IT'S FALL!!!!!!!!!

Yeah, I'm a little excited, told you my favorite season is fall =]. My temperature is about 75 degrees and I'm happy. Love the rain and how it makes my non-exsistent lawn look green =].

Well, it's October which means Halloween, stupid gorey movies on TV - why do they think that gore is scary? It's just gorey and disgusting - ugh. My great room upstairs still isn't completed so I have NO WHERE to put any decorations - whimper whine - so I guess that's a motivation to finish. =D.

My hubby might not be thrilled with this idea >] but I am going to let yet another side show on the memories panel. The ghost related side. I figure since it's Halloween - why not? Now here are the disclaimers before I start next week: 1 - Yes, all stories posted are TRUE and did happen. 2 - The problem no longer exsists so there is no reason for current Nephi residents to be freaked. and 3- I don't look at "Ghost Stories" as that or as scary. Yeah, sometimes the hair raises on my neck or arms but I take that to be a confirmation. Only the evil spirits roaming here under Satan's control can we let harm us and I have faith enough - through experience mind you - that those righteous spirits that surround me won't let that happen. =]

Hmm, I guess this month let's out the impish side of me also - heh heh heh. FUN!

It's FALL! Let's Celebrate ! Wahoo!

Let's hear it for OPERA!!!!!! WAHOO!

Okay, the final show for summer ended tonight. I must say I was happy but rather shocked. I figured it would be between Queen Emily and Neal Boyd but it wasn't! Queen Emily got kicked out first! =0 very shocked. Than my man Donald =( , than Nuttin but Strings =[, and that left the 1 person out of the 5 I didn't like -ha ha of course! - and Neal. As I said at the beginning - NEAL WON!!! WAHOO!!

Alright, I know there aren't ALOT of Opera fans out there but there is obviously enough that can recognize an amazing Tenor voice, as I said before, like Pavarotti's. I mentioned in my last blog that I am very picky about singers, so now I want to explain why. My father LOVED Opera. He had Jeannette McDonald and Nelson Eddy movies and albums, Mario Lanza albums, Pavarotti Albums and the 3 tenors. So, can you guess that I grew up listening to it? Yeah. Well, you know little kids, they love to mimic what they hear, etc etc - so yep, I grew up singing it! Ha ha. Than at age 16 my parents put me in voice lessons. I had been singing Alto in the school Select Choir for years and my teacher told me no. I try not to brag but I can't do it anymore so it's more of a memory =]. Through voice lessons I could hit 2 octaves up to a C and 1 octave down to a C. I could sing all 4 parts - pretty cool - I LOVED singing base. Back to the story, my voice teacher also decided that I had the perfect voice for.................. yep, OPERA. So, as my father used to say, if you don't do it you can't complain about it. =]. So, I'm a little picky, okay, a LOT picky. If you want to hear REALLY good tenor's, try and google Mario Lanza or Pavarotti - if you'd like to listen to someone ALIVE... try Andrea Boccelli. Ah, to melt at a man's voice. hmmm =]. A beautiful soprano is Charlotte Church.


Well, so now you know on of my secrets, I sing Opera. Nope not ashamed of it, I just don't sing anymore, except around the house =] my dog likes it. lol. Also, another love of Opera must come from my name Kathleen Patrice. My father named me for his favorite song "I'll walk you home again Kathleen" AND his favorite Irish Opera Singer Patrice. I guess I was just fated. Ha ha. I will admit there are some really, really boring Opera's out there but if you want to see two really good ones with incredible music - lol BESIDES PHANTOM (must see! must see!), check out La Triviata (sp?) or Barber of Seville. Once you have seen the opera and can understand what is going on, listening to the aria's is wonderful.

America's Got Talent

So we aren't really fans of reality shows. Never could watch Survivor, have only watched like one episode of The Great Race and can't stand American Idol. I admit to watching a couple of episodes of So You Think You Can Dance but that's because a sister told me about some celebrity on there. I guess we feel like we have enough Reality in our own lives, TV is supposed to be an escape not a DRAMA into someone elses.

Than one day Dean happened on what he thought was like a mix of an old Variety Show and the Gong Show: America's Got Talent. He and the KIDS are addicted! However, I will admit that it is on Wednesday nights so they DVR it and skip through the acts they don't like and all the commercials. Lol, the ONLY way they watch it.

I blog about this, idk why, but they have 3 really amazing singers in the top 5 right now. One I believe would be perfect for Broadway (he would be a great Phantom), one is the next Pavarotti (yum! and I don't give that compliment lightly), and the other I believe will win. They are ALL three amazing (wahoo Joseph another Awesome!) so in case you don't watch, I wanted to share them with you. There are 2 brothers who also play the violin that I've never watched but caught while Youtubing the others =D so they are here too.

Nuttin but Strings


Donald Braswell - (Broadway)


Neal E Boyd (Pavarotti)


Queen Emily