Two-Steppin' Astronauts

So it's been awhile, yes I'll admit. But you have no idea how much stuff went on this past week!

First of all, a week ago today, I was priveleged enough to see and hear the 4th man to walk on the moon--Alan Bean--give a lighthearted yet inspirational talk about doing whatever makes your heart happy. When he started by saying, "Each and every one of you is different..." I almost started to tear up. Well ok, I did tear up...but no droplets came out I swear!

Mr. Bean was 76 years young and seemed to be teeming with life and vigor! He spoke about his obvious accomplishment of being one of the great men who have seen Earth from the dust prints on the moon, but what I loved most was his little anecdotal stories of his life. Somewhere on the moon, there is a small silver pin lying in the dust and whenever he looks back up at the moon, he wonders where it landed...How amazing it was to see someone standing before my eyes and to know that he has stepped his feet on land out there in the universe! But this was just an ordinary guy who told jokes and talked about Texas football!

Alan Bean is also an artist. He said that he had always loved painting, so why not paint something no one has ever painted before? The coolest thing? In some of his paintings, he has taken little bits of his journey (US flag patch, moon dust, NASA equipment pieces..) and has put them into his art! Wow! On of my favorite paintings that he showed was the one of him and another astronaut throwing a football across space. He said, "I thought 'why didn't I throw a football up there?' so instead I painted it! I used my artist's license!" He was hysterical. The night ended spendidly with a surpise guest in the audience, a Russian who asked how he felt about the Russian space program and how the KGB controlled everything. I felt like the music could've swelled with some high drama action beats and Sydney Bristow busts in decked out in a perfectly put-together costume, saying 'Da' all night long. Ahhh...but 'tis was not so...

Anyway, Alan Bean has given me new hope. New hope to get out there and not be afraid of what we feel we cannot do, but to have the courage and faith to do what we imagine to do!

So that was only Tuesday. :)

Wednesday and so forth brought on lots of cowboy hats and honky tonk dancing at a rare country club in Danvers. I mean rare, seriously rare. No one knows what country is out here! Except for Danvers-ians. And thank God for them!

You can tell spring is in the air though because Friday held a time for a great BBQ and Saturday for a short shorts extravaganza! Don't worry, it was just a house-warming party...nothing to get your panties all twisted in a bundle about! But man did I see legs! All I had running through my head all night was, "She's got legs! And she knows how to use 'em!" Thanks ZZ Top. I love you to pieces!

Well then, you may be "bored now" or you may be intriqued to check out Alan Bean and ZZ Top. I know peculiar combination, but try it out! Tell me how it fares. Until next time, which will be soon I swear...Love you all!