Wow, time flys when you are having fun and unfortunatly I haven’t written in a while…sorry about that  : )

           When you think of Summer you think of certain things such as Cook-outs, Vacations, Baseball games and various other things. Well when I think of Summer not only do I think of that stuff but also Thunderstorms!!  When I was a kid I was scared to death of them, but now I am glued to the window when one hits.

     At the beginning of spring/summer I kept saying I want  thunderstorm(s) to hit my hometown (nothing to severe), and let me tell you, as of recent I have to say my love of them has dwindled into annoyance with the daily occurance of Thunderstorms.

   I have officially learned my lesson…”becareful what you wish for”.   You would think I would have learned this when I was at school at SUNY Oswego. I kept wishing for snow and it wouldn’t snow…finally about 2 days into the Spring semester it started to snow and didn’t stop!!  5feet of snow, a really bad case of cabin fever , 2 1/2 days later..I trecked out the student parking lot in hopes to find my car again all the while mumbling to myself…be careful what you wish for!

    Obviously I am not to blame for the millions of thunderstorms rolling through the area, but I have to say I feel slightly guilty wishing for them..haha and once again I learned my lesson!

   Talk to you all soon!!

      Becca, Producer of the Gomez and Dave Morning Show.

You may have heard I have a bunny problem. My bean plants have been destryoed by what I thought was one bunny. As it turns out there are at least, TWO bunnies making my garden their dinner. I saw one in the grass all tucked down trying to hid and another under my back steps. Brown fur with a cute lil’ white tale. I’m working on a plan to frighten them away from the greens, but they ARE SOOOOOO CUTE!

I may try to make friends with these intruders or I migt let G-mez coming over and take these bunnies for a ride. NO NO NO, Kidding…I’m getting some bunny food and luring them into my neighbors garden. HAH HAH HAH, my evil plan has begun…..BAM BAM BAM….read next when when we find out if Lisa made friends with the bunnies and enimies of her neighbor.

ok…I’ve been…persuaded…to participate in this social exercise… so, here’s a quick recap of the first Sunday of Summer 2008 (!)..first of all, lemme preface this by saying that I have 4 sons (Mike-25, lead singer in Simplelife & going back to OCC, Dan-22, heading into his Junior year at Coastal Carolina University/Myrtle Beach,Dylan-20, also heading into his Junior year at St. John’s University/Queens & Mark-18, graduating from Henninger this weekend,heading to OCC) and so along the way you can check back for reference…alrighty then…since Dan is going back to Coastal in 2 weeks for a mandatory Summer Session, time was running short to get him to Yankee Stadium during it’s Final Season..(& it’s on his “list of things to do..”)

Luckily, last week, I contacted a friend at Caz Limo’s and found out they had a bustrip alrady heading down to the Stadium (but they were outta tix)..next call to a record company buddy that works for Sony, and he was able to find a ‘friend’ who scored a coupla seats in the loge (3d base line)…then it was just a matter of getting to the bus pick-up, across from the State Fair at 6am..load-in & take off…btw, most buses are NOT made for anyone over 6′1″, (which I am) & leg room is at a premium…  sure enough, 2 ‘older’ women (all of about 5′ tall) settled in  right in front of me and put their seats in lay-back position…jamming my knees into my chest…being half-asleep & a gentleman, I dealt with it…

We get to the Stadium an hour before the 1:05 gametime and had a chance to wander around a bit,checking out BP from left field, before securing our seats…there’s really nothing like leaving the outside streets behind and taking in the majestic view of Yankee Stadium, and then Andy Pettitte hit the mound to open the game…without recapping the entire contest (which might be in violation of MLB policies,according to the really small text on the back of my ticket), Andy pitched 6 shut-out innings, then there was an hour-long rain delay (our seats were in a position to stay dry throughout), after which the Yankee bat’s lit up and they pulled away. Ken Griffey Jr. hit his 601st for Cincy’s only run and Mariano came out to “Enter Sandman” and wrapped it up.

The bustrip home was similar, however when ‘Betty” in front of me attempted a full-body lunge back to set her seat to wayback mode, I had to politely, and directly, advise her against it (by showing her the screw-bump on my knee from a previous ACL surgery). She relented and even offered me a brownie. We actually got to be distracted thru the entire ride by movies provided by the bus driver, Mike. “The Client”,”Larry the Cable Guy”(on the ride down), “Juno” and “The Kingdom”(on the ride back) were our featured presentations.

All in all..with price of roundtrip to the Stadium, two nice tickets to a Yankee game, beers (that go for $8.50 a pop) and other assorted concessions…it was a bunch of money…but spending it with my son Dan, who had really been looking forward to it…it was one of those ‘priceless’ moments…and the bottom line is that those moments will always far outweigh the temporary debt you dip into to make them happen…

*as additional proof, my first game at the Stadium was with my Dad on Saturday, September 18,1965..Section 18,Box 286F,Seat 5…(I don’t have  great memory, but I DO have my ticket….along with a 1967 Mickey Mantle baseball card)….and Dan has already made plans to save HIS ticket…

btw…during the game, I got a text message from my wife Jenn..it read….”Sharon is taking me to the hospital :-( hope u r having fun”…

… another story for another time….

I made the mistake of ordering a pair of DRYER BALLS. It was my feeble attempt to “go green” and cut my dryer time in half. Now I get a Walter Drake gadget catalog every week. But there are some incredibly silly gadgets in the catalog that gave me a laugh….like DUST MOP SLIPPERS and JUMBO LAWN HANDS. I like the POWERFUL PERSONAL MEGAPHONE…it promises to save your voice at sporting events! And who could live without ERASE-A-HOLE. But the most bizarre item by far is the St Joseph Statue that you bury upside down facing your home to make it sell faster!!  And all I bought is a pair of dryer balls….

Somewhere between the Ben & Jerry’s and the Mojito mixers, I ran into a bin of $9.99 Three Stooges DVDs!  In color! Who buys these?

If you think the concerts at Fillmore East were legendary, you will love this website. An audio candystore built from the archives of Bill Graham. Allmans, Cream…unbelievable stuff.

Mimi

I’ve done the google to no avail so I thought I’d toss this out. I would like the tub/shower unit in our house reglazed to change the color. Not one of those tub surround thingies!! Does anyone do this in our area?  I know, I watch a lot of HGTV.

Mimi

Hey everyone!!

     I have good news and  bad news…..I couldn’t load a picture on here : ( …I think Window Vista isn’t playing nice with the blogging site. 

    The good news is that I was able to put it on the Gomez and Dave Page, under Gomez and Dave image gallery.

    Talk to you all later!!!!

             Becca : )

Ok for this blog in your mind start singing “Surrey with the fringe on top”…

Oh goodness, I have made the most lovely rhubarb pie. Little golden stars cut from the crust.

Coated with sugar so it sparkles! Tart sweet filling!

My oh my, that’s good pie!

Check out the Gomez and Dave Page for a photo!

 I have to admitt, as much as it pains me to….I Becca…am a reality show junkie…(gasp). Like many people. I spend hours watching this crap, for what reason I couldn’t tell you..lol. I mean right now I am watching the Flavor Of Love marathon with FFFLLLLLAAAAVVVOOORRRRR FFLLLLAAAVVVVV or however that goes. 

   I mean it makes me wonder that 1- people are that desperate for love and admiration that they need to go on a competition on national television with a guy 2 times older than most of them and slobber all over him…eww haha I don’t know about all that business. 

 The other point that makes me wonder is, are you that desperate where you need to throw yourself in that situation to get your 15 minutes of fame?!   haha if you are really that desperate put up a movie on youtube, look at that guy who sang Chocolate Rain, he recieved a lot of exposure, and if you think you are as good as you think you are…you probably could to.

   Now, a lot of you are probably thinking “well Bec why are you watching it if you think so negative of it”. Well the answer is simple it is very addicting. It’s almost like a trainwreck, you know it’s bad to watch and you shouldn’t buuuuttt yea you just can’t help it, hence why I am watching good old flavor flav.

 Granted, not all shows are like good ole Flavs, like the Hills and Real World. Now I used to watch The Real World  and used to enjoy it, but now I feel that the concept has gotten a bit old after so many seasons, they provoke soooo much drama it’s ridiculious. You just know it’s to the point where the staff is talking  the characters up on the side.  The same thing with the Hill’s, at first good old LC and Heidi going at it, and well we have all gotten in it with friends and departed the friendship, but come on how much more drama between the two can America take?! other than their backstabbing hijinxs towards each other, there is also what bar should we fly to in Vegas to party at, When should we take our 20th vacation this year and go snowboarding and omg my BMW is dirty…blah blah blah worry about something that matters.  I mean I used to be hooked on the show at first  but, the novelity wore off and now I feel if you have that much drama in your life you should probably move far away and start fresh.

  I have to say with my gripe of reality shows, there would only be one I would be on and that would be The Amazing Race. I find that show to be very interesting people have to out smart each other, and have to use the old noggin to get around the globe on clues and conquer physical and cultural challenges in a certain area of the world.  You get to travel the world  granted you don’t stay very long in a particular spot, you still get to see it and say you were atleast there.

 Well I think thats enough out of me today besides I need to go seek some reality and go to the gym..yikes!

        Talk to you all soon!!!

      Becca, Producer Gomez and Dave Morning Show

PS: I KNOW A FEW PEOPLE HAVE ASKED…A PICTURE IS IN THE WORKS I PROMISE : )