March 23, 2006
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Michael y las tres niñas in Stephenville. We are well -- and we actually received a little more rain last night. Tonight we are under a freeze warning!!! The girls are running circles -- and our poor neighbors are probably cursing our eclectic musical tastes. Lya has been blaring Sarah Brightman, Michael Buble, and classic 50's through 80's rock. Stephanie has her grunge, punk, and goth rock and rap going. Rainey is all excited about their new Hank Williams greatest hits collection. And I have been listening to Balinese Barang/Keris dance, polkas, mambas, cumbias, mariachi, honky tonk piano, and Irish folk. Ah!!!! We had a hoe-down this evening of American folk, country, and western. The girls watched Walk the Line and are all intrigued with music of that era anew. I think I won the show, though, with my tone perfect rendition of the Carter family's "I'm Dreamin' Tonight of My Blue Eyes" -- complete with all the nasal intonations...
Lorena used to love our hoe-downs. We have a ton of Karaoke music, and she always had to sing La Bamba and the other Mexican folk songs. I sure wish she could join us here now. [I always enjoyed teasing her about La Cucaracha's connection to roach clips...] I would give anything if we could sing La Zandunga together again. I have to run Molly home. Take care. We love you all.
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*laughs* Sounds like a great blend of music to me! I really want to see "Walk the Line", I have always admired Johnny Cash.
I have never done Karaoke before, but have always wanted to try it. We go to a town a few hours away in the summer to listen to tourists strut thier stuff at an outside mall. It is really quite amusing.
Tell your girls I said hi and that I miss them already....
Even though I am an anonymous outsider to your family's situation, I feel privileged to be able to read about the courage your family has shown. Blessings.
Amanda
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