Sunday, January 29, 2006

Concert Rocked And now I know why She's rich

Well the concert was a Huge hit for April and I. We had a blast..Ok almost a little bit to much fun. We looked around and most parents looked miserable and the kids were bopping and dancing. The you look at us and it was the opposite. Meaghan thought it was too loud and it hurt her ears. I never thought to explain in advance that it would be very loud. Michaela on the other hand had a great time.
As for the Pictures they will be posted below. I was gonna photoshop a picture with the Kiss thing as I can work wonders with photoshop but the Kiss really didnt happen. It basically would never be allowed by her managment team. Just imagine how much money I coulda made selling a pic of Hilary Kissing an Older Fat Guy. I could see the Enquirer headlines now."Good girl Duff Into Older Big Guy's" yeah totally not good for her Miss innocent career.
I do have a lot of respect for her and she sends a really good message to all people not just the young girls that were in attendance. She explained before one of her songs that she wanted everyone to raise there arms as if to embrace themselves, because they should be happy to be who they are. She also said that one of her goals is to show people that you dont have to take off your cloths or dress down or expose and degrade yourself to have a good career. Just be yourself and work hard and you can do anythign you want.

I also feel bad for her as you will see in the pictures she is dead tired, she really needs to take some time off. I did 18 months of working 2 full time jobs and taking odd jobs in between and I felt the burnout . She has worked just as much but while traveling the world. Of Course she does get paid much more than I do, but it doesnt make her any less tired.

Her opening Act was from Toronto and the indie band name is "Hello Operator". They are a band that is kinda bringing back the 80's style rock. I totally enjoyed it and will be watching for them in the near future.

The overall Meet and Greet I was ""NOT""really impressed with, it was really rushed but what can you expect for free right. There were only about 20 people that got to meet her but to ensure there was enough time for everyone to get a quick poleroid she would not do autographs. We were told not to even bother asking because her management team wouldnt allow it.
Her body guards were totally huge and way bigger in person and they kinda herded everyone through to get the picture done and get out.She did say hi to everyone. I think the True Highlight of the night was April grabbin at some of her workers.

I think she is just trying to let it all out before the wedding. One of Hilary's Merchandisers were selling things and as he walked by April his butt just happened to land in her hand and she felt the need to squeeze. So let this be a warning to all Colored fella's if your butt gets to close she's gonna grab it.

To make the event truely memorable we had to buy the 40 dollar T-shirts and the 8 dollar autographed pictures, and the 5 dollar glow sticks, and the 10 dollar posters..... The list goes on trust me. In total not counting food and such I would say we spent about 225 at the concert in merchandice. I am Proud to say however that Meaghan used her 100 dollars that she had saved and that Kayla used her 20 and still owes us lots of work.

I usually pay for it all but we are trying to give them lessons in how money isnt free and it has to be managed if you want to keep it. So they work for there money(Chores to collect allowance) and then they have to save up for something they want. Meaghan does much better than Michaela, but she is 9 while Michaela is still only 6. Wait until Michaela learns about interest on money borrowed I think she will quickly learn to work harder and save more.

I have a funny system on allowance. There is 20 bucks up for grab each saturday, the amount of work completed during the week, as well as attitudes/behavior, school work and such determines who gets what share of the 20. There were a couple of weeks where Meaghan got 15 of 20 and Michaela only got 5 as Michaela is much lazier when it comes to cleaning rooms and such. But other Weeks the Drama Queen(Meaghan) goes down to 5 because of attitude. Madison doesnt have any impact on the pool yet as she is only 2 but I think she may start collecting very soon as she can be more helpful than the other 2 put together at times :~).

Anyhow here are the Pictures:

4 Comments:

At 8:55 AM, Blogger Lesley said...

Glad to hear y'all had such a good time. I can't wait for my kids to graduate from the Madagascar soundtrack to real music!
I think Aaron needs to start doing what you do with the allowance. He'll buy Joey and Alex anything/anytime and I don't want them to turn into spoiled brats. It's nice to be able to buy them things but they'll never learn about saving money. The boys still aren't big on chores, I'm lucky to get them to clean the playroom and scrape their plates and load them in the dishwasher, it's a start though.

 
At 12:44 PM, Blogger Brenda said...

Glad to know it's all just an act and she actually took the time to take pictures. How do i get everone linked to my blog like leslie has. I tried to figure it out but now luck. I got everyone linked to Mom;s msn but that the extend of my computer knowledge. still learning. Oh yeah glad to hear you didnt get your *ss kicked

 
At 7:04 PM, Blogger Heather and Jeff and baby Jonathan said...

Im glad to hear that you had a good concert...I have no idea when we are going to our next one...Now that hockey is on again there will be less chances for concerts at the Dome...oh well...there is a rumour about Iron Maiden coming through town...I AM SO THERE!! and anyopne else in the family is welcome to pop by if they are in the "hood...

Im glad that Im not the only one having troubles with the link thing on the blogs...yup...you heard it right...i have a blog as well...i sent the address to everyone on my email list...hopefully it worked...

H

 
At 6:24 AM, Blogger New MrsIngram said...

I am so surprised that she doesn't even look the same. Well hopefully my seats tonight are close enough that I can get a good look. I will be so disappointed after standing in line that long if they are not good seats.

Glad to hear you had a good time though .. maybe next time the kids can have some fun. Maybe the Wiggles are coming soon, it should be Maddy's turn now?

 

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