Showing posts with label Parrot Heads. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Parrot Heads. Show all posts

Friday, May 23, 2008

Jimmy on Late Night

















While I'm not a huge Late Night with Letterman Show watcher, I am a huge Jimmy Buffet fan. Check out this after-the-show extra Jimmy stayed on to perform.

Jimmy Buffet on Letterman.

There is just something about Jimmy that I find soooo incredibly relaxing. It may be the sound of the steel drum playing while he sings, or the "spoken from the heart" words that encompass his songs. Maybe it's the fact that he has no pretense about who he is and how he lives. He travels his own path and his goal all along, I believe, was simply to be happy...and along the way he became incredibly rich just by doing what he loves and doing it in a way he believed in. To me, Jimmy is the true definition of success.

Nothing takes me back to the Caribbean faster than a Buffet song. And I (mentally) go back there a LOT! The sand, the sun, the music...What's NOT to LOVE?! I'm counting the days till I can dig my toes back into the white sands of the Caribbean and feel the warm, clear water literally wash away my stress.

enjoy the things that take you to your happy place!
-d.

Tuesday, June 5, 2007

Fun People Wanted:

Are you looking to meet fun, new people? Want to participate in great fundraising activities? Longing to release your tropical soul?
Ready to enjoy incredible musicians and don your beach wear?
Then this is the group for you...
Parrot Heads of Puget Sound invites you to join us!

We will be getting together all summer for tropical concerts, volunteer opportunities, backyard bar-b-ques and much, much more!
While we all love Jimmy Buffet music it is more his life philosophy that brings us together. Living life to the fullest and helping others along the way. Partying with a purpose...earning money for various charities at almost every gathering!

The cruise Rog and I went on this spring raised over $44,000.00 for breast cancer research! It was incredible to be a part of that!

If you are interested in checking out the club, join us at an upcoming event!
Find out more at http://www.phops.com/

Tell then Deanna sent you!!!

Thursday, March 29, 2007

Home again...

Where do I start? An incredible, eight-day cruise followed by a sad farewell, as Rog's dad was laid to rest. Such a wide range of emotions for us over the past couple weeks.



We headed out on our cruise as scheduled and agreed to put all thoughts of "real life" aside and just unwind. Nothing makes unwinding easier than the Caribbean, that I can say with absolute certainty!!! I fell in love with the islands we visited, the incredible aqua blue water and the people we met along the way. It was truly paradise. We were a part of an incredible group (Parrotheads) raising money for Breast Cancer Research and our combined efforts brought in over $40,000! They call it "Partying with a Purpose," and if you are a Jimmy Buffet/TropRock fan....this is an event you don't want to miss!!! For eight incredible days there were concerts, auctions, cocktail parties, pool invasions, toga attire, dancing, and of course a little food and drinking too. So many great memories...we can't wait to go back.

Without our luggage and seven hours behind schedule, we arrived in Arkansas to be with Rog's family. It was an obviously sad time, but it was time we cherished. All of us looking through old family photos together and sharing memories. Love, laughter, and of course some tears, helped begin the healing.

And as I sit here this morning, the sunrise peeking up over the mountains, I feel so blessed. Even through loss there is something to grab hold of...each other.


enjoy the memories you are making,
-dw