Dog Adventures, Other

My best girl, Savy.

Southern Bell We adopted Savannah on Saturday, January 19th, 2013. (This just so happens to also be Dolly Parton's birthday! I've always loved knowing that.) She came up from the southern state of Georgia to Buffalo, Minnesota where an animal humane society welcomed her. (My husband had actually been there before because in college he… Continue reading My best girl, Savy.

Annie's Micro-Museum, Other, Public

Creating a micro museum in Madison, Wisconsin & a letter from my Great Great Aunt Sarah Ann I’d include

I'm curious what turning this virtual micro-museum into a physical space would be like? What would it take?I know where I'd locate it.This is a recent curiosity I'm following. So far it's consisted of looking up the old 4 unit apartment building my Great Grandma Rose lived in for 50 years. It's located on 2416… Continue reading Creating a micro museum in Madison, Wisconsin & a letter from my Great Great Aunt Sarah Ann I’d include

Cover Songs, Other

My bullies and boobie stories & #SearchForDolly Broadway Audition!

I didn't really know what Broadway was until I was a freshman in high school between 1996-1997. That's when I saw Joesph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat in Chicago, Illinois with Donny Osmond staring as Joesph. We had gone as a part of a school trip I think. I remember others saying what a big… Continue reading My bullies and boobie stories & #SearchForDolly Broadway Audition!

1998 Europe Tour Choir Journal, Annie's Micro-Museum, Public

Voices Europe Tour Choir Journal Day 12: Munich, Germany 1998

DAY 12 Monday, April 13th, 1998 (Room with Lacy 133) 6:50am MUNICH, GERMANY: HOTEL IMPERIAL I can’t believe that tomorrow we go home! I’m ready, but wish coming back wouldn’t be so hard to do. I know with a blink of an eye I will be able to travel back in my mind. I forgot… Continue reading Voices Europe Tour Choir Journal Day 12: Munich, Germany 1998

1998 Europe Tour Choir Journal, Annie's Micro-Museum, Public

Voices Europe Tour Choir Journal Day 10 & 11: Salzburg, Austria 1998

DAY 10 Saturday, April 11, 19988 (7:10pm) Room 210 with Anne SALZBURG, AUSTRIA: GASTHOF GRUENER WALD We’re getting ready to go out for the night. We have a concert and a dance after. I’ll write about that when we get home. I just did Patty’s hair! She likes it! Today we went to Salzburg and… Continue reading Voices Europe Tour Choir Journal Day 10 & 11: Salzburg, Austria 1998

1998 Europe Tour Choir Journal, Annie's Micro-Museum, Public

Voices Europe Tour Choir Journal Day 9: Passau, Germany 1998

DAY 9 Friday, April 10th, 1998 (11:00pm) PASSAU, GERMANY: BEST WESTERN HOTEL AM FERNSEHTURM Today we went to Germany. My pen’s running out! We’re in Passau Germany and I am living with Sue in room 313. We stopped at a resting spot and had lunch. I got everyone crown hats and we looked like queens.… Continue reading Voices Europe Tour Choir Journal Day 9: Passau, Germany 1998

1998 Europe Tour Choir Journal, Annie's Micro-Museum, Public

Voices Europe Tour Choir Journal Day 8: Vienna Austria 1998

DAY 8 Thursday, April 9th, 1998 (12:00pm) “Einbahn" (one way) is all over!  VIENNA, AUSTRIA: HOTEL HARMONIE Today we didn’t have a concert so Lacy, Linda, her mom Ms. D., Sue, Kathy and I all took the subway to shop. It took us about an hour to get change for the ticket and find out… Continue reading Voices Europe Tour Choir Journal Day 8: Vienna Austria 1998

1998 Europe Tour Choir Journal, Annie's Micro-Museum, Public

Voices Europe Tour Choir Journal Day 6 & 7: Bratislava, Slovakia, Gumpoldskirchen & Vienna, Austria 1998

DAY 6 Tuesday, April 7th, 1998 (10:50pm) VIENNA, AUSTRIA: HOTEL HARMONIE Today we left for Austria and went through the check point with our passports. An official man came on our bus and personally checked each one of our passports. He smelled good and not like many other men here smell like. The scenery is… Continue reading Voices Europe Tour Choir Journal Day 6 & 7: Bratislava, Slovakia, Gumpoldskirchen & Vienna, Austria 1998

1998 Europe Tour Choir Journal, Annie's Micro-Museum, Public

Voices Europe Tour Choir Journal Day 5: Cesky Krumlov, Czech Republic 1998

DAY 5 Monday, April 6th, 1998 (10:45pm) CESKY KRUMLOV, CZECH REPUBLIC: HOTEL RUZE Today we left Prague and are now at Cesky Krumlov and are staying at the Hotel Ruze We all slept on the five hour bus ride and are getting along better. The hotel is 4 out of 5 stars and we are… Continue reading Voices Europe Tour Choir Journal Day 5: Cesky Krumlov, Czech Republic 1998

1998 Europe Tour Choir Journal, Annie's Micro-Museum, Public

Voices Europe Tour Choir Journal Day 3 & 4: Prague, Czech Republic 1998

DAY 3 Saturday, April 4th, 1998 (late at night) PRAGUE, CZECH REPUBLIC: HOTEL BELVEDERE (In honor of St. Mary) Today we went to a monastery and sang Ave Maria, our first song here. It was very moving and I got a postcard of it. The treasures in the top of the monastery had a picture… Continue reading Voices Europe Tour Choir Journal Day 3 & 4: Prague, Czech Republic 1998