The Monkey And the Restless

WHAT?!?! It's time to go back on the road??? REALLY?

That's a great thing. But I really feel like I just blinked and the holidays and this big ole chunk of "time off" was over.

We have gotten SOOOO much done. But there are still many loose ends that haven't gotten tied up just quite yet... i.e. our new trailer... we ordered it a while ago, but with the holidays... they have just now put it into production... so it won't be ready for this first trip. Not a big deal. But that also means there are other things that we can't take out on the road with us because our original trailer is too small for anything extra.

But no matter!

James and I went to Costco today and bought SOOO much stuff for the band retreat this week.

We are excited. The band is heading down to Port Stovall on the Tennessee River. We are locking ourselves in to rehearse the new material for this year.

Since Miguel joined the band 3 years ago... we have not had a full on rehearsal with sound equipment. How crazy is that??? So this is a big deal!!! I remember the days where ALLLLL we did was rehearse... and never gigged. Now we are the opposite. We gig so much, we never have time to rehearse. We learn new songs by running through them acoustically in a hotel room somewhere, run it at soundcheck and hope for the best!! This is going to be such a treat. (And great bonding time with the newbies!)

Cinnamon just found her Christmas hedge hog and is going crazy right now playing with him. He makes an awesome grunting noise, which drives her nuts. The Vet prescribed her an antihistamine today because she has been wheezing and sneezing non stop the last few days. Who knew a dog could take an antihistamine?! So cute!

I don't want to leave her. :( She's the one thing that makes me sad to leave. But that's why we're working so hard. So I can take her on the road WITH us!!!

Peace. Love. Fiddle.
~natalie

Happy Birthday Jenn!

Opening For Justin Moore!!!

As we're gearing up to head back out on the road... we are looking toward some of the bigger shows coming up. I just wanted to go ahead and share this flyer with everyone for our upcoming Chicago show in March. We get to open for Justin Moore!!! If you know peeps in Chi-town - PLEASE tell them about the show. :) Joe's is a GREAT bar and this is our first time in. We want to make a good impression so we can go back!!!




Peace. Love. Fiddle.
~natalie

The Last Unicorn From Outer Space

Last night, I posted this blog... but you never saw it. And I did not realize until today!!! I got a new phone, and I'm having some technical difficulties with the email. So, here's what it said :)


EVERYONE should have a roommate this awesome:



This picture was emailed to me while we were out on the road. All it said was "The Last Unicorn from Outer Space"

Katie and I recently had an interesting conversation about unicorns... so I guess you could say there was somewhat of a reference point. However, we were talking about normal unicorns as opposed to extraterrestrial unicorns.

My favorite part was the explanation:
Katie was cooking and she used to much tin foil. She didn't it to go to waste. She made a unicorn helmet out if the remaining tin foil, which says a lot about her aforementioned awesomeness.

Peace. Love. Fiddle.
~natalie