Saying Goodbye

I can't believe it is almost time for me to say goodbye to my baby boy. Next weekend I am scheduled to take him to his forever home. He will be living with my cousin and her family in Dallas. I am glad he is living with family but sad at the same time because he is four hours away. This upcoming year I will probably be seeing him a lot anyway because I am helping my cousin with her wedding. When I got Watty something told me I wouldn't have him long and I guess my gut was right. I have many fun memories with Watty that I will cherish forever. I want to thank Sandy and Bob for raising a great boy. I will be getting a successor dog in the spring.

Hard Decision

Had to make the hard decision of retiring Watty. I am heartbroken on that decision but the way he has been behaving lately it is best he become a pet. I have been struggling with this decision since he was attacked last October. I tried my hardest to get him back to his old self but after this past week of major struggles I think its for the best. My parents are going to take him and I will get a successor. I always thought retiring a dog would be easier than loosing a dog to death. I can say it hurts the same if not a little more.

Moved

After having a fall out with my roommate and our lease at our apartment being up I moved out. I am now living with another friend in another apartment. Our apartment is closer to my parents which is a good thing because gas is so expensive. My friend and our dogs are so much more relaxed at this apartment than our old one. I know its only been 3 days but we love it here. Its so quiet. We hear NO sirens, gun shots, or super loud music.

My new art

Last Monday a friend of mine surprised me and took me to a tattoo shop. She had heard me talking about a certain tattoo I wanted to get and took me to get it. She has a tattoo and I love how it looks 3 years later. So bright and pretty. The guy that did her tattoo did mine and I am in love with it! It took 5 hours to get done.

This is the bass he copied from.

The meaning behind this tattoo:
1) Jay's bass(favorite Flatt)
2) lyrics are from my song STAND
3) 2 paw prints (1 for Shocker & 1 for Watty)
4) fleur de lis for the best fiddle player in the world Chank
5) Jay has buckeye stickers on his red bass so that's why I have those on mine.

Flattshack

For a while I have been trying to find an apartment so I could live on my own. I finally found one! My friend Jen and I are roommates and we have almost been here a month. I feel so free and less stressed. Watty is doing well here and already has a buddy. A friend of ours has dubbed our apartment the Flattshack lol. It a two bed 1 bath apartment...pictures to come later!

Nothing Like This

The last concert of the tour was a blast! Thanks to the girls I went with, the tweet Alicia tweeted to Jay, and this sign! On one side it says I love Chris(Chris Young) and on the other it says I love bass players! Chris and Jay loved the sign but this night thanks to Alicia's tweet we teased Jay all night. We showed him the side for him and then flipped it around to show the I love Chris side. When he saw that sign the face he made was priceless. We "talked" throughout the show. It was a blast! Towards the end of the show Gary grabbed my sign and added his name under players in his handwriting! All the girls thought he had signed it when I let them look at it they noticed it wasn't signed. While Gary was signing it Jay grabbed it out of his hands and showed the ENTIRE venue my sign!! To bad no one got a picture of that :(





When it was time for Bless The Broken Road the guys called Jacee Badeaux on stage to sing. Jacee was a contestant on American Idol this year and all i can say is he will probably be getting a record deal at some point if he keeps singing.

Guys bowing at the end of the show...L-R Jay Demarcus, Luke Bryan, Gary Levox, Joe Don Rooney

All Night To Get There

After the show in Oklahoma City we dropped of Deb at her hotel and headed to New Orleans. Of course this had to be the weekend we loose an hour thanks to day light savings time. We headed off an hour later than we really wanted to but we were headed out. It felt like it took forever to get to Louisiana especially at night. We finally made it to Louisiana around! It took us all day to drive from the top of Louisiana to New Orleans. We made it in to New Orleans around 4pm. We had about an hour to unload change and get ready for the show and be at the venue no later than 6:30 by the time we got to the hotel. By this time we were all running on adrenaline. We made it to the venue with minutes to spare. Jen, Adiana and I had to run to the box office to get out meet & greets and find where we had to go so we didn't miss those. Adina barely made hers and we made ours by 10 minutes.

When it was our turn for our meet and greet it turned out Jen and I were first in line of our group. As soon as we walked in Jay and Joe Don's mouth dropped. I also noticed Jay was wearing the same shirt that he wore almost a year to the day that he sang STAND to me. Of course I loved it! They were shocked we were there. Once we got settled in line Gary noticed us and pointed to Watty. Jen told Gary "Yes we brought the dog and you are his favorite!" Gary busted out laughing. Watty wanted to go say hi so bad that we had to keep telling him we have to wait our turn, we were only 8 people away by now. We brought gifts to the guys(golf stuff) so Jen handed them to the guys and I said I to Gary. Then as I was saying hi to Joe Don and getting a hug from him Jay steps in front of me and says "So KAREN I hear you are a Chris girl now." He said this because a friend of mine tweeted Jay and said my heart now belonged to Chris Young and that I was no longer a Jay girl. After he said that I told him "NO! I am always your girl." Jen was where she could see my face and she said it turned beat red when he asked me that! She told me later she knew I was flipping out inside and she sure was right. While this was going on Gary and Joe Don were loving all over Watty and he was eating it up. Joe Don let Watty give him kisses on the face and he talked to Watty and was saying how he missed his puppies(he has mastiffs). It was time for our picture and I told Jay I wanted him behind me and he said sure! I didn't tell Joe Don or Gary how to stand or where I wanted them but I didn't care I just wanted Jay behind me. I love how my meet and greet turned out. As I waited for Jen the guys handed Watty's leash to John(their stylist) so he got some love in too. Before we left we gave John a gift too. He got lint rollers to defuzz the guys after Watty's visit and Hershey bars(Hershey is sponsoring the tour). He loved it and of course I accidentally ran over John's foot as we left :(.

After our meet and greet Watty was dragging us to our seats. He heard Luke Bryan on stage and wanted to go watch. Once we got into the pit where our seats were Watty settled down and slept through the entire show.