A message from Shaughn.........

LOL. I was playing with my new video recorder and wondering what to do to see how I can check to see how easy it would be for me to take a video and upload video from my new video camera here on the blog for when we are away videoing everything and my youngest lovely son Shaughn said he would send you girls a message so here it is.

Ohh well, its uploaded so hope it works. If it is this easy, that will make things so good to be able to upload when we are on our adventures.

Enough from me, its a lovely Saturday afternoon and hubby is wanting to go out and about.

Hope you can understand Shaughn, lol, we find it hard at times too! Typical 17 year old! He was a doll to do this and don't listen to him!!!!!!!! I can handle more than two glasses!!!

Mxx

Look out for the girls in Azure Blue!!!

We have had some tshirts printed to wear at the concerts etc! A few of you wanted to see what the designs were. Have to shout out a real big thanks to Natalie who designed them with lots of input from everyone.

Front of Shirt :

And this is the back of it. They will have our 'knick names" on the top. And it also has "What goes on Tour, stays on Tour" underneath the 2010 - 2011.

We will use these t's for the Downunder Leg too!

Easter Monday - Wow! Only 39 days left to go!

Happy Easter Monday everyone. The sun is shining and its really quite warm still here, in fact really quite humid. This summer is going on and on. Desperately in need of rain still tho! Hasn't rained for months.

Can't believe that we only have 39 days to go!! Yes!!! 39 days, thats all!

Can't just post something without a pretty picture. Took this at the top of Mount Maunganui looking down onto where we live. The first stretch of beach on the left is Mt Maunganui main beach and then it goes into Papamoa Beach. We live about half way along. Gives you a idea of where we live.

And this one is looking back to the Mount that the top picture

was taken from.

Okay, work tomorrow, yeah, short week and another week

closer.

Mx

Loves the only Rule - Philly May 2010

Okay everyone, here is the proof that Karen got to grope Jon!! Check out at 2.28 I think it is..... Way to go Karen. But you could have pulled him down for a dance or something!

And look at these pics of when he laid down in front of you, how on earth did you contain yourself???

Happy Easter everyone! Its Good Friday here and typical NZ, all the shops are closed by law and not allowed to open so its off to the Beach for a walk in the fresh air! Only 42 days to go!! Amazing how the time has gone so fast. Especially as we started the countdown at 200 days and that didn't seem that long ago.

Mxx

more photos from Philly show

Bon Jovi - Philadelphia, PA

Hi everyone.... Well, it was exactly one week ago today that I touched Jon twice!!! But I'm getting ahead of myself, so....... first things first!

I met Michele Smith (MJB from topix) and her mom Monday evening for dinner and a tour of my King of Prussia Mall. They drove down from their small PA town (near the NY border) and then we ventured in to Philadelphia the next day (3/23) for my very first full Bon Jovi concert! While MJB and her mom had the VIP package, front row seats, backstage tour, etc., I was on the floor in Section 5 with my very best bud, and Jovi supporter, Kristen! (You'll meet her for the Hershey show!) It was a fun filled night with a great set list -- Blood on Blood opener, my Circle favorite Superman, a great rendition of Bad Medicine/Roadhouse Blues, and as much as I wish Richie would "Lay his hands on me" (sorry Robyn... we can share!) his solo of Lay your hands on Me was wonderful! So happy Jon did Hallelujah and those maracass were shaking on Keep the Faith... We got Runaway that night, too! But the greatest night that week has to have been Wednesday, March 24th! A last minute decision to get a pit ticket (there were about four unsold tickets) for that night was an idea planted in my head by Joelle (WIJovifan from Topix). She got to touch Jon two times at a recent concert in Fargo, ND (I believe) - and when she learned there were a few pit tickets left, she got me thinking! I'm so glad I just couldn't let a sweet girl from Wisconsin roam around Philly by herself (lol!).... So I picked up Joelle at the airport at 10:30 a.m. (thank goodness she was the only girl on the sidewalk with a blue jacket and blue bag).... we toured some Philly historic sights (Liberty Bell), had a cheesesteak at Pat's, found our way to the Rocky statue and "ran" up the Art Museum steps! Met a couple of other Backstage friends at their hotel so we could change into our "slutty" attire -- Michelle Turner (DMamturner), DiamonodRing (I forget her actual name), and DeeDee (Goinghometonj) and her daughter.... dinner at Chickie & Petes, listened to most of the WMMR free concert on the car radio in the parking lot of the Wachovia Center, drinks at the AT&T Pavillion bar, and off to our awesome seats!!! I was two seats away from Joelle (the lady next to her wouldn't change seats with me... whatever!), but the lady next to me was very nice (Jenn -- she and I ventured into the men's room for our preshow bathroom break with the blessing of the Wachovia staff) and I had another fanclub member from Germany on the other side of me... We met a man in the row in front of ours who kept claiming he was "Richie's cousin" but I think that was just his "pick up line" as security was keeping quite an eye on him... They brought Richie's mom out with a few other friends and family right before the opening and she was standing directly behind me with what looked like one of her friends, or maybe an Aunt of Richie's? There was a tall blond woman, like an assistant or something, with her.... she looked so happy and proud! The opening to the show (they play This is Our House) is a bit long, but it sure builds up the excitement! The rest is history! They opened with Happy Now, played Captain Crash which was a surprise to me, so glad they played Sleep When I'm Dead (that's my new theme song!), Richie did Homebound Train in a nice tight tshirt! -- Bed of Roses! Aaaaah! Jon comes out right behind us while Richie is playing, and then they let us go up to the edge of the circle after he passes -- I got the fingertip touch during that -- and ladies -- when he laid down on the floor at one point -- I thought I'd melt! I was standing right next to Matt during BOR -- he seemed like he was in a bad mood.... scanning the crowd intently, etc. -- I wanted to say something like, "bet you hate when he does stuff like that" when he laid down, but I didn't. I wish I had asked him about where our seats will be for NY -- but he had those ear things in his ears anyway.... I got to rub the back of Jon's leg as he was finishing Loves the Only Rule (nice, tight muscle!) And another surprise that night was Only Lonely.

Who knows -- maybe it was the seats, but the second night was so much better for me than the first night! Jon and the band all seemed like they were having a lot more fun, too. Maybe they were still on an adrenaline rush from doing that "free" show at 5:00pm that night? I thought Jon seemed tired on Tuesday night.... and Richie supposedly had a cold so he didn't do as many of the harmony parts as he ususally does, and may explain the gum chewing throughout both shows! The "mom" in me wanted him to get rid of that gum! I would have helped in anyway possible, too!

All I can say is that the Pit or Circle or Circle Side is probably worth every penny spent! The shows left me wanting more.... and wishing it were "May" already! I can't wait to share the next round of shows with all of you! The concerts are incredible -- but I'm looking forward to meeting you all even more! So, get those bags packed! It'll be here before you know it! I got my itinerary for NYC today -- hope you did, too! I'm going to try and add a few photos here and that video link... !

Karen and Kristen

Karen and Joelle

Karen and Michelle (MBJ)