Do I really admit to this????

Oh Friends, let me just say, back in the day, I was a big New Kids on the Block fan. My family can attest to it and my Mom still has a picture in her house today that can prove it.

When I say that I was a big fan I'm talking I had t-shirts, huge buttons (and little buttons), a sleeping bag, throw pillow, earrings and even one of their dolls among other things I can't remember. Big fan.

I even used to go to the grocery store with my Mom every week so I could buy whichever fan magazine had the best posters in it and then by the weekend I had it compeltely taken apart and I'd spend part of Saturday playing their music on my boombox while I happily plastered my room with the posters. Oh people and when I say plaster I mean you couldn't see the wallpaper anymore. As a parent now I have to thank my Mom and Dad for letting me do that to my room because as a homeower I'm cringing over the thought of the thousands of tiny pin holes I must have left in the walls.

I also got to go to their concert when they came to Wichita back in 1991. I'm pretty sure I still have my ticket stub in a memory book somewhere but I don't need it to tell you that I went on March 6th, 3 days after my birthday and I took my best friend Rebecca. The tickets were a gift from my Parents and I waited in line at Dillon's early in the morning only to have my concert dreams crushed when they announced that the concert was sold 0ut. Not sure how the rest of this happened but when my Mom came to pick me up she let me know that my Grandpa was able to get the tickets for me over the phone so I'd get to go afterall. Woo-hoo! Unfortunately there isn't much more that I rememeber about it other then the atmosphere and that Rebecca and I got to go by ourselves and be picked up later, honestly I don't know how we found our way around the Coliseum etc. I guess I was just overwhelmed by it all and not much of the memory stuck.

So, why am I bringing all of this up now? Well folks, there are new memories to be made! I just found out yesterday that New Kids on the Block are once again coming to Wichita on July 3rd. My fellow dorks and I have already been planning the evening and plotting how we will manage to get our tickets the day they go on sale since we will all be at work.

Crazy isn't it? I was a 15 year old girl the last time they were here and now I'm a 33 year old Mom. Eighteen years makes a lot of difference doesn't it?

I have their new CD on my MP3 player, I've upgraded from the old Boombox (although I think it may still be hanging around somewhere). I'll have to listen to the CD more before the concert so that I can get familiar with the songs. I'll try to refrain from putting posters all over my walls though, not sure Hubbie would want thouse up while we're trying to sell the house. ;0)