Month: January 2013

2013 Music Calendar

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Those of you that know me well know that I love music. I love live music the best – there’s something about a band or artist being able to seeing well without the aid of studio magic that really makes me happy. Every year I do my best to go see all sorts of musicians play live, whether it’s country music, opera, or pop, I love a good show. Here’s what I have lined up so far for 2013:

January 27: Rock of Ages

January 31: George Strait

June 2: Les Misérables

I’ll admit, it’s a little bit light. So far, there’s not a whole lot coming to the greater Northern California area, at least not right now. There are a few bands (Mumford & Sons and the Zac Brown Band come to mind) that I would love to see and am keeping an eye out. A major bet went down on New Years Eve as to whether or not Led Zeppelin will be making a 2013 appearance… if they do, we’ll definitely be seeing them!

Happy Birthday To Me!

Anna Blankenheim Holidays ,

I have the best husband ever. Period. Yes, better than yours. I woke up today (my birthday) to two envelopes on my counter – one said to Anna from Mike and the other said to Mommy from Shadow. I was told to open Mike’s first. In it was this:

Birthday Horse!
Birthday Horse!

Yup, he got me my horse. He said I could pick the color and everything. And it gets to stay in the house. On the refrigerator. Isn’t he great? Shadow, on the other hand, got me tickets to see Rock of Ages in January and Les Misérables in June. He’s the best dog! I can’t wait!

Happy New Year!

Anna Blankenheim Holidays

A happy New Year it was indeed! We had a fantastic time celebrating with our friends and family! As is our customary tradition, we roasted a pig.

New Year's Pig
New Year’s Pig

The number of people that we have seems to vary by year. We had somewhere between fifty and sixty this time around. This year we celebrated a New York new years and a California new years. I thought for sure that we would be the only ones left at midnight, but surprisingly, there were still a decent amount of people!

Midnight!
Midnight!

Little miss Chloe made her first party appearance – and did really well with all the people and noise!

Chloe on New Years
Chloe on New Years

It really was a great time! Maybe too much of a good time… both Mike and I have been feeling the effects today! Thank goodness we both had the day off! Head on over to my Facebook page if you want to check out more pictures from the party!