Friends at work gave me an early birthday 'party' at work yesterday since we have a lot of folks on vacation the rest of the week.  We had dark chocolate cake with Mayfield vanilla ice cream, hot fudge sauce (home made) and whipped cream. 

Some of you may remember the fudge cake that Shoney's restaurants used to have - well it was that, only WAY better.  We all had a big ol' dose of it after lunch yesterday and we were miserable (in a good way) all afternoon long.

And, I had it for breakfast this morning.  Now that's the way I like to start the day!

Just got the work tape back from my co-writer on "Just Another Number".  If you have a few moments give it a listen at let me know what you think. 

www.myspace.com/pwheelmusic

It's the first song on the list.  Just hit the 'play' button if it doesnt start automatically after a few seconds.

BabyGurl and I went to Nashville Fri nite to see our friend Anthony.  It was a fundraiser for www.monroeharding.org Take a peek if you get a chance.

We saw Anthony ...

The flash didnt go off on this one and it got a funky glow, so I played around in photoshop and smeared out the people in the background.

Kix Brooks was in attendance, an graced us with a song.  He was GREAT!  (For those of you who may not be country music enthusiasts, Kix is 1/2 of the duo Brooks and Dunn).

Two of the other songwriters performing this night were Shelly Fairchild, and Lisa Carver.  Great singer/songwriters! 

And the beautiful and gracious lady who organized the event ... Laura Stroud.

Well worth eight hours in the car (my dad's truck to be exact, since the air is still out on my Jeep) and not getting home til 4am.  I love love love it (and so does BabyGurl).

I think I'm gonna be forced to look into getting a blog at an actual blog site.  This 'free' one that came with my webhost isnt cutting it any more.  It wont let my friends post, and now it wont let me change templates.  No telling what you'll see (or not) over the next few days as I take out my frustrations on the blog template site.  I'll try to get something going soon.  In the meantime, please feel free to keep emailing me!

BabyGurl and I are going to Nashville tomorrow night to see my favorite songwriter - and very good friend - Anthony Smith.  Check out his music at www.anthonysmith.com  His new album will be out in a few weeks and you can hear five songs on his website. 

You can also be his friend at www.myspace.com/anthonysmithfans and you can keep up with his antics at www.twitter.com/anthonysmithhq

He's a top notch songwriter, amazing singer, and all around great guy.  I'm proud to call him my friend.  (And I'm honored that he calls me his friend!)

(This is from a couple of years ago.  I think it's time for a new one!)

I've heard from a few folks that the blog is being moody and not letting some of you leave comments.  Seems to be a hit and miss kind of thing.  If you want to leave a comment and cant, feel free to email it to me at

aluapenyap at aol dot com

At BCT BoyChild could not have his cell phone or any electonic device (computer, mp3 player).  Now that he is at AIT, he can have those devices. 

He wants me to look around for a laptop he can afford.  He can barely afford pen and paper.  So, being the sneaky good, kind, generous Mom that I am - I am going to send him my laptop.  It's old, and slow, but it gets email just fine and will do the job for what he needs. 

Besides, I've been thinkin' about tryin' a MacBook Pro anyway. 

:-)