Celine Dion vs. Ghostland Observatory

So last week I had a busy week. Two of the nights - Thursday and Saturday I went to concerts.  Thursday night was a Celine Dion concert in Portland.  I went with my Mom, Alicia, Misty and Jessica.  We started the night by going to dinner at Claim Jumper and stuffing ourselves with food and dessert -- which was great.  Then we sat in traffic for forever trying to get to Celine, which was a little stressful but we made it before the opening act was done.  So then Celine came out and she was awesome!!!!!  So good.  I wish that some day -- it will have to be in the after life - if ever -- that I could come close to singing like that.  We were pretty far away - but it didn't matter -- it was still great.  She put on a very fun show and her voice is just as good live as it is recorded.  It was a fun night.  The down fall was we left the children with all the boys at home and when I returned to my house -- I found that my chandelier over my dining room

 table had been ripped from the ceiling and also made a nice hole in my table on it's way down.  But no one got hurt - so that's all that matters.   Sam still hasn't put it back up.  Anyways it was a great night and I thank my mom for the tickets -- they were given to all of us girls for our Christmas present from the previous year.  Poor Amber --  she went and had a baby so she couldn't go with us in the end.  :)

The next concert I went to was on Sat. night with Sam.  I had never heard of the band before Sam told me about them - so I wasn't hecka excited about going.  What I was excited about was going out with Sam.  Unfortunately Sam had to work late that day and barely got home in enough time to pick me up and drive straight there.  So there was no fun dinner before hand - except for the drive-thru at Carl's Jr. and eating while we drove.  Wasn't exactly what I had in mind for our date night.  Then when we got to the concert instead of having an opening band playing - they had a DJ playing rave music - forever!!  He played for over an hour and a half - way too long for an opener.  Anyways -- the band - Ghostland Observatory -- they were pretty good -- the lead singer had some dance moves and he was very amusing to watch.  The down fall was the crowd around us smelled like straight B.O.  It was so nasty!!  I kept my hand over my nose for most of the concert.  In the end -- I did get to spend time with Sam -- and that is always fun.   Although the concerts were very different - they both were good in their own way :)

Ghostland Observatory Concert

        Celine Dion Concert