so last night ...........

last night i got to talk to my dad :)  for most people that may not seem like a big deal, but for us it is.  we were out of contact for many years, and have just recently been back in touch.  they are in australia, so the simple act of picking up the phone and calling is slightly more complicated - in fact, we're on skype so that we can talk and not have to sell plasma to pay for it.  since i am in the central time zone, when it's evening in my world it's midday the next day in theirs, but we've managed to get a pretty good system going by which we get to talk at least once a week.  dad's had to have some tests done on a hip that's been giving him trouble, and i wanted to see how that was - as it turns out he was going back to the doctor when we got off the phone to talk about the results.  it's great to be able to share little bits of life (which ends up being the big bits, doesn't it?) with people that you love - technology can be a really good thing and i'm grateful for it!

in other news, husband has been working on a new cover band project that has it's first show in about a month :)  he's very excited and i think they will do well ~ the singer is also a very talented musician, and since it's an acoustic project, there's less gear to have to tote (have you ever seen how much gear a drummer has to tote around?  it's a lot!)  just drilling it down to what's important for me, people, that's really the most important factor to be considered :)

and i promise, pictures are coming .....