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Blast From the Past - Karaoke Kelly

Kelly Attempting KaraokeIn a time before I married, before I had kids and grand kids, I was a less than happening single guy. That being said I wasn't a complete dullard and did know how to have a little fun, with the help of friends. Two of those friends were neighbors. Jim, Jennifer and their two kids lived across the street. We were the perfect neighbor friends. We kept an eye on each other's houses, watched each other's pets and invited each other to celebrations. One such occasion was Jim's birthday in 2004.

They had the gang over for fun, food, booze and karaoke! I really didn't want to join in the singing, but after much pressure and so many failed attempts at carrying a tune I decided that I couldn't possibly be any worse than the rest. To sweeten the deal they said it could be a duet.

I sang with one of Jim's friends. Don't recall his name. I also don't recall what we sang. I do remember we did two numbers together and had a blast. He could carry a tune better than I, which is to say the pets it the household weren't running for cover.

Once we were done, I put the weapon down (the mike) and let others attempt to do a better job. I much preferred providing tech support to the Karaoke machine than to using it; but it was all in good fun.

2004 seems like such a long time ago. Little did I know that just a few months after this picture was taken I would meet and eventually marry my wife. Beginning a new life and a new duet, a proper duet with someone who can actually carry a tune that doesn't scare the pets of the house.

Neighbors Annual Halloween Party

Each year our neighbors across the street throw a huge, and by that I mean increadibly huge, Halloween party. They don't just get a little candy, a few beers and spooky music... nope! They get bounce houses, build a haunted house in their garage, decorate the entire property and invite 60 to 70 of their closest friends and their kids. So to call it huge is a bit of an understatement.

Tracy wasn't feeling great, but she wanted to go and dawn a costume. I'm not much into custumes but she had me attach a few spiders to my shirt so that I would at least meet the sprit of the party. Courtney and Giselle just went as giggly teenage girls, which of course they are so the part was easy to do.

All of us had a great time. Courtney, Giselle and I spent our fair share of time both in the bounce house and on the slide. Our time in the bounce house was made more interesting by the fact that the under 10 crowd see anyone over 10 as basically adults and therefore as the enemy to be crushed under the weight of their mite. If that fails, bite and bite hard. The girls got crushed and I got bit. In all fairness I was actually bit on the slide by the cutest little girl; well cute right up till the moment she bit me. No teeth marks and no blood, so no damage done. I guess biting passes as flirting when you are barely 6 years old.

So eventhough Tracy wasn't feeling very well, we all had a great time and Ibelieve our neighbors saw the party as a huge success.