Wait, who’s got the cool kid?
Um…that would be me.
In love……
#41
#40
Crazyness….
Too much is going on!!
-Yeah our pool fence is finally being installed! We ended up using All-Safe and it is looking really nice so far:)
-Mom don’t read this next part…. I am thinking of getting another tattoo soon. hmmm…. Have a few ideas. Do you guys have any tattoos?
-Helping some friends move….worn out! One of the reasons my time online has been zilch. Home at 4am baby up at 7 this morning!! Joy!
-Dryer doesn’t work… wet clothes hanging from every piece of furniture, lampshade, windowsill, door, ledge of the house. Looks horrible but my my my smells amazing!
-Insurance should cover multiple assistants for every stay at home mom…or every mom for that matter!!! It would save them money in the long run!!!
-Refrigerator empty, starving kids. But the thought of 3 kids, 1 cart and groceries seems unbearable.
-Everyone getting haircuts today…
-and back to helping friends move.
-oh yeah, pack for the whole fam, enough for a few weeks….
-oy veh!
#39
So it seems you guys like it the best when I tell embarrassing stories about myself. So here’s one of my top 5!
Yes this next story should be it- but pathetically it’s just the back story…..
When Jonny and I met, his ‘Lie to Me’ album had not yet been released. He was a kid playing tiny venues. (Maybe I’ll write the insane story of how we met later). After that, we kept meeting up all over the country by coincidence. We’d both be working in the same state on the same day. A few months later he asked if I’d come out to New York to be in his ‘Missin Your Love’ video and see his New York City show. My mom and sister came with me because I was only 17 at the time. We shot the video then drove to his show. In which he happened to be opening for Aerosmith at Madison Square Gardens, which he had failed to mention!
Now, lots of you guys don’t know me but, I hate large crowds and huge spaces freak me out. And Aerosmith is my favorite band in the entire world. The thought of meeting them freaked me out. But I didn’t say anything when we pulled into the venue, which was a series of underground catacombs. Figured I could hold it together and play it cool. NOT.
He pulls me from the dressing room to ‘show me something’. We walk up this flight of stairs and we are standing center stage. The place is empty and Jonny says “I wanted you to see what your grandmother saw” (back story-My grandmother was a concert pianist and she played Madison Square Gardens a few times). Yes, sounds so sweet but it completely freaked me out! How do people get in front of crowds like this and not pass out!! The chairs were empty and I couldn’t handle it! I ran back down the stairs and told him I needed to leave. I told my mom I needed to fly home. This world was just too much to handle. I had met a guy playing the small Hard Rock Cafe and overnight he’s in Madison Square Gardens!
They calmed me down and convinced me to stay for a little while…..over the course of the night I completely mortified myself in front of Steven Tyler (Long Story) and then the whole band for that matter. Steven had told Jonny to have me wear a pink dress and he would surprise me by bringing me up onto stage to dance during the song “Pink”!! Fat Freakin Chance!!! HAHA. Anyways, the night left everyone talking about me…in a ‘what an idiot’, kind of way.
Now for the embarrassing story:
Fast forward a few years, Jonny was opening for Aerosmith again at the Hollywood Bowl, down the street from me. I had heard that Steven asked Jonny if his girlfriend was still freaked out over him. I figured I would skip out on the night. Better safe than sorry. But Jonny assured me that I could come backstage once Aerosmith was already onstage and that we would leave before they got off stage. Sounded easy enough. No way of embarrassing myself…
I watched Jonny, who was amazing and when Aerosmith came on, marched myself back to the dressing room. I knew everyone in the room except for two guys, who were visiting. We were all chatting it up. One of the ‘newbie’ guys started doing Austin Powers imitations to me. I was wearing knee high glitter white go-go boots (Don’t ask) and he was calling me a fembot. We were acting out scenes and I ended up on his lap, ‘in character’ of course!
All of a sudden we hear a ton of people outside the dressing room. I peek my head out and there is a party going on right outside the door. Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston would have been blocking my way, had I walked out! Just a ton of famous people hanging out…no big deal. Then Aerosmith ran in to cheers. Oh crap! I had been talking so much I didn’t realize the show had ended. Typical me! Apparently Steven had asked Jonny earlier if I would be there (while laughing)!!! Oh no, I couldn’t embarrass myself in front of not only him but now a huge group of famous people!!
The 2 ‘new guys’ (who I had been sitting on one of their laps don’t forget!!) asked what the problem was. “I freak in front of musicians. My brain stops working. Not new bands just the 80’s bands I grew up with.” etc. etc. etc. “famous people scare me” blah blah blah.
The gentleman that I had shared his lap, says he has an incredible idea. He is wearing a huge trench coat…I can get behind him and walk out of the venue with the trench coat around us both. So ridiculous, I do it! We hobble through the party and out the back door to a van. Who knows what people thought!! The guy had a hunchback and four feet! Jonny, his band and I get in the van. The 2 guys get into a car. We are all going to meet up for sushi. “See you there” we all say and pull out of the venue. “I LOOOOVE that band!!!!” one of Jonny’s band members says. “ME Too! Aerosmith is my favorite!!” I said. “Not Aerosmith…Van Halen”, “I can’t believe Haylie was sitting on his lap”!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
WHAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!??????????? I had just told Van FREAKIN Halen I was afraid of 80’s rockers and then snuggled in under one of their trench coats!!!! Can’t I ever just act normal!!!!!??? I instantly got ‘sick’ and needed to be dropped off at my house!!! 🙂 I couldn’t face them again at the restaurant!!!!
Now have some fun with that and be proud you are not me!!!:) Just know this is not even close to the most embarressing story which will follow soon!
#38
Hello my sweets! Yes it has been a while. I will post an update on the D-rama of my week later….blaaaahhhh blaaahhhh.
I was over at the FTLOB (for the love of blogs) site, and they started a weekly posting called-Prompt Me Writer’s Workshop. This week they said write about your worst plane flight….. And you know what….with the week I’ve had, I needed some idea inspiration. This really got me thinking!
This is a topic that I know far too well…. I have not been on a plane in over 5 years because of my “worst plane story”! Yes I am married to a man who is on a plane almost everyday, and am with him some of the time, but I DO NOT fly!
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My whole life I’d flown a ton! When I was little, I was in a band that played out of state every weekend. It was a constant part of my life. When Jon and I first were married, I was on tour 100% of the time and suddenly started getting nervous while flying. Then came the ‘simple’ flight from LA to Tahoe:
In LA we were on the runway about to take off and the captain says. “Ladies and Gentleman, there is a storm in Tahoe, I personally don’t think we should even be flying. There will be no snacks or drinks because I will not allow the flight attendants to be unbuckled at anytime. This will be the worst flight you have ever been on.”
!!!!!!!!!!!!! KJDWHIXHUWS!!!
Jon’s band mates all looked straight at me like I was gonna fall down dead right then and there. I jumped out of my seat and said “Let me off the plane, I don’t wanna fly”
“Ma’am please take your seat”
“The captain just said he doesn’t think we should fly!! I don’t wanna fly!!!!”
“Ma’am we will call security”
“Call security”
The guys pulled me in my seat and said it was fine and the plane raced down the runway into the air.
Now I’ve been in turbulence….this was not that! It’s very surreal to be in a tube full of people screaming and yelling out loud to God! At one point the plane dropped so fast a baby almost hit the ceiling! I put on my earphones and listened to Tommy Simms “Let Me Write One Today” on repeat a hundred times. To this day that song is an instant mellow maker:) I concentrated on not hyper-ventilating.
Jonny started talking to calm me down. “Honey, I’ve been in turbulence worse than this.” “I’ve seen documentaries on planes. Did you know the wings have so much give they can touch above the plane and not snap?” He started spewing some scientific knowledge about air, gravity, force etc. He had a very smooth tone through the craziness that was very calming. So calming, apparently, that the woman in the row in front of us pushed her arm through the crack in the seat and death gripped Jon’s knee. “Can you talk to me too?” she said pitifully, as her husband white knuckled it with his eyes closed next to her. He had an audience at this point and she asked after his many knowledgeable speeches, “What do you do? Why are you going to Tahoe?” “Business” he said, “going to a conference there”. I was too scared to even question why he said that. I couldn’t even muster up a weird look!
As we landed, if that’s what you call it, the wind was so crazy part of the roof on the airport was blowing off!! They couldn’t pull out the sky walk safely, so we had to exit out stairs and straight into a bus. The passengers cheered and hugged. People were crying and praising God. The husband in front of us turned around and thanked Jonny for being there for his wife when he was uuuhh unavailable. He then said “You look really familiar.” “I’m a musician”, Jonny said “Yeah, I know you!” The wife looked confused. “Sorry, I didn’t want to tell you that I was a musician because they always die on planes”. HAHA!
We were driven to the casino Jon was playing at that night and the power was out. Hundreds of drunk people playing casino games, cut off and pushed into the lobby. HAHAHA now this is the crowd you want to get stuck with when you are crammed indoors for safety! The storm eventually subsided, the power came back on and the show went on. Many hours after scheduled and in the middle of the night, but it went on!
While on that flight I said “If I ever get off this plane alive….I will NEVER fly again”. And I haven’t…. We rented a car and drove home.
Jon’s next leg of tour, the kiddles and I will be joining him. Late though! We will be getting picked up in the bus because mama is a wuss! Yes, I realize there will come a time when I must fly again…but right now I am content with tour buses, RVs, boats cars and trains!