99 Red Balloons

St. Louis has an annual balloon race, and the night before the race is a balloon glow. I think this is pretty unique to St. Louis & I was excited that I was able to go this year. I am also fortunate b/c I live in the CWE & can walk to the balloon glow...which was great b/c it was packed & I would have parked further away than I live.

It was really cool, and I got a few pictures. Mariah & I were pretending to be professional photographers :)

Saturday, while watching Suze Orman (see previous post) I was able to watch the balloon race out my window. Perfect view of all of the balloons racing around town :)

I wanna be Suze Orman when I Grow Up

Yesterday, after I got out of the shower, I was immediately sucked into a Suze Orman PBS special. I, unexpectedly, spend 1.5 hrs watching Suze, and thinking I wanna be here, or my version of her, when I grow up. She has a very inspiring story. At age 30, she was a waitress and decided she wanted to do something else. Then through a series of events, became a top stock broker at Merrill Lynch.....and we all know where she is today. Her topic was Women & Money. She has a great topic, that everyone should be interested in, and she is a great public speaker. I love stories like hers. Where people rise above all sorts of crazy obstacles and land on top of the world. I hope to someday conquer something like this... My first step is to figure out what I am supposed to overcome and what I am supposed to be....minor details.....

For more info on Suze - check out her site or her show.
http://www.suzeorman.com/

It's all about Heart

This weekend, I got tickets through work to a Cheap Trick, Heart & Journey concert. My work has thoroughly spoiled my by occasionally providing the tickets to a sporting event or a concert that are the best seats available & you are treated like loyalty. It provides you a peek into how the other side lives. I had tickets in the box for a concert. I was not even aware you could have 'box' seats at a concert. Nikki & I were in the 'party box,' under the pavilion where we had a table & a waiter to bring us everything we needed! We also has VIP parking and our own entrance. it was great!!



Anyway, I digress, b/c altho the night was great, & I was spoiled, that is not what I wanted to write about.



I wanted to write about Heart. They were awesome. The band was 3 women & 3 men, and it was clear from the very first note that this band was all about the women. Heart was popular in the 70s & 80s. The band has switched members fairly often with the 2 constant members being Ann & Nancy Wilson. Anyway, these women are in their 50s and they have as much energy on stage as anyone. Their sound is big and booming and I loved it. They have to be one of the first huge bands (21 songs in top 40) that was all about women. That is so empowering. They were not afraid to stand out and rise above.



This got me to think, what can I do to forge my path. what can i do that no woman or no one has done before. I know I will ever do anything as ground breaking as a women-lead rock band, but I would like to leave my own mark. The only task now is to figure out what that mark is............. All I know is that is has to be 'All about Heart'

Responsibility

In general, people consider me a very responsible person. I pay my bills on time, I don't excessively spend money, I go to work when I am supposed to, I regularly follow through on commitments with friends.....however, I seem to take no responsibility for anything I eat. That is one area, where I still think it is okay to behave like a 5 year old. Why cant I have a cupcake for a snack and then McDonald's for lunch? That's what I want to do. Even though I know I should really eat the lunch I packed. What is my deal? I hardly ever splurge on shopping, yet my diet is more like splurge all the time, & randomly eat healthy. It seems like a way that I am struggling to hold onto childhood. But it is unhealthy, so Unfortunately, I need to face the music & be responsible!