Concert

OK, so while we were in Germany I got hooked on American Idol. It absolutely drove the husband crazy when it was on because I insisted on watching it, and he thought it was stupid. He could handle the last few weeks of it when it was more about the talent and less about the BS.

Season 4 was the first season when I caught the auditions at the beginning of the season. I saw Carrie Underwood audition and liked her from the very beginning. If I'd had the option to vote while we were overseas (couldn't because we usually saw the episodes the day after they aired here), I probably would have voted for her. I was very happy when she won that year. So of course I bought her CD when it came out. The kids love her too, and we usually have her CD in the car.

When I found out that she would be playing live at the County Fair here this year, I had to get tickets. I was kind of disappointed when I found out that she was playing on a school night, because I would have loved to have been able to take the kids to see her. Hopefully there will be another opportunity for them some time. P. wasn't able to go - he wasn't really crazy about the thought of the crowd - so I took my mom. She didn't know who she was, but enjoyed the concert anyway. She says she's going to have to go out and buy her CD now.

Our seats were pretty good. I was able to get halfway decent pictures from my seat. I was able to go down to the floor and get closer for a decent picture, and I'm including it here. I really enjoyed the show. There have been times when I go see someone I really like in concert and end up disappointed because they don't sound very good. I wasn't disappointed with Carrie tonight though. She sounded great, and she has some really good musicians. They even did a couple of old Guns 'N Roses songs. It's things like this that make me glad I'm back in the U.S.