I mentioned on my show Monday that the 2023 concert series on The Today Show has been announced. Everything gets started this Friday morning! Three WQMX artists will play the plaza this summer!

First will be Dan + Shay on July 21st.

Second will be Kelsea Ballerini on August 11th.

Third will be Darius Rucker on September 1st. 

The schedule of artists is a pretty good list! You can get the full schedule on the show's website here.

There was a lot that happened this weekend! It was Cinco de Mayo (one of my favorite days of the year), Cedar Point opened for the season, the Kentucky Derby was run, Charles III was coronated King! Dang, A busy couple days!!!

On Friday, I celebrated Cinco de Mayo by having dinner at my favorite TexMex/Mexican restaurant in this part of the country - Pancho's Southwest Grille in Green. Then on Saturday I watched some of my neighbors do yard work. Had no interest in doing any of my own though, LOL. Next, I had to help my mom clean out her gutters - a fun time was had by both of us...NOT! Then we went out to dinner afterward. I did not watch the derby or the coronation.

I kinda just took Sunday easy. I watched some TV and did some grocery shopping. LUCKILY, I did NOT screw up my ankle in the process this time! I'd call that a win :)

Now, it's on to the work week. Have a good week :)

Since I hurt my ankle Sunday and missed work Monday & Tuesday, I had some time to watch a few things on TV while I iced my foot. Several years ago I began watching different TV series start to finish in the order the episodes aired. I started with Doogie Howser and have since watched shows like Friends, Frasier, Schitt's Creek and Dawson's Creek among others.

Quite a long time ago, I started The Bob Newhart Show and never finished the final season. That changed this weekend. I finally finished season 6 and was able to add that to the list of TV series I have watched start to end. My next one is Dharma & Greg. It's the same story - I got within a few episodes of the end and then stopped. So, I started it again at the pilot episode and am going through the whole series again on HULU. I enjoy being able to say I have seen so many series in full.

I am such a klutz! Sunday afternoon, I went to the grocery store for the week and everything went very well. I got what I needed (except I forgot batteries) and then was going out to dinner with my mom. I got home and took my bag of stuff inside. I only had one bag. GREAT!!! Then, it was time to go back out to the car to get the milk. So I have the milk in one hand, and begin going inside. Now, off my driveway, there are three steps up to get into my kitchen. As I was going up these steps, I forgot to lift my right foot far enough and went down HARD on the steps :(. OOOWWWWW!!!

My ankle was in such awful pain! Luckily I could get up, got things in the refrigerator that needed to be in there and then went to the couch. Started to elevate and ice it right away. My mom ended up getting Chinese food to bring to my house for dinner. 

That should explain why I missed work on Monday and Tuesday. My ankle is still kinda swollen, I'm still elevating and icing as much as possible. At least I can now walk well enough to come back to work. Be careful of steps!!! THEY BITE! lol

The list of performers at this year's ACM Awards has been announced! The list is great!!! It includes:

Jason Aldean, Kane Brown, Luke Combs, Cody Johnson, Miranda Lambert, JoDee Messina, Ashley McBryde, Jelly Roll, Cole Swindell, Keith Urban, Morgan Wallen, Lainey Wilson, and Bailey Zimmerman!

This list reads like an amazing music festival, not an awards show! Not only that, Dolly Parton & Garth Brooks are hosting...AND Dolly says she will debut her 1st single off her rock album! This will be a great night indeed! It will stream live from The Ford Center in Frisco,TX (Dallas) May 11th on Amazon Prime Video and then will be available the next day on FreeVee.

Even before the playoffs started I had a feeling this would be the outcome. I just didn't want to say anything and possibly jinx it. The Cavs season is over. They were eliminated from the playoffs by the New York Knicks Wednesday night with a 106-95 loss. The Knicks won the series 4 games to 1. New York will go on to play either Miami or Milwaukee in round 2.

JB Bickerstaff did a good job with the team this year. It was an exciting season with him leading them to a 51-31 record for the season. This was the first season the Cavs reached the playoffs in over 20 years without Lebron James! If that isn't an accomplishment, I don't know what is. This is a young team without a lot of playoff experience which is why I'm not surprised we're not going to the second round. I look forward to another fun and exciting Cavs season come October.

Tuesday was a big day for Miranda Lambert. Her new cookbook "Y'all Eat Yet?" hit stores, and she had a full day of related activities. She signed copies of her book for fans in New York City at Barnes & Noble on 5th Ave. While in the Big Apple, she also appeared as the musical guest on "Live! With Kelly & Mark".

Then it was time to hop a plane headed out west for more signatures! She made a stop to sign moe copies of her book for fans at the Barnes & Noble at The Grove in Los Angeles. Guess what though? That's not all for Miranda.

On May 9th, she has plans to sign even more copies of the cookbook at her Pink Pistol store in her hometown of Lindale,TX. So I guess if you want a signed copy from Miranda herself you haven't missed out quite yet. Just make plans for a road trip to East Texas in early May! Happy cooking :)

When I get home from work, I eat breakfast (after hopefully going to the gym) and then get ready to go to bed after a little TV. Sometimes after eating breakfast and getting interested in what I'm watching, I get quite comfortable. So much so that I will often say "screw it! I'm sleeping here on the couch!" lol. It happens more than I'd like to admit. It just feels like it's so many stairs to climb up to bed and I have just totally lost the interest in making that MILES-LONG journey!!!

Thankfully, my mom and I had dinner with our financial advisor on Friday night, and found out she will do the same thing! I'll tell you, I honestly felt myself let out a silent sigh of relief now knowing I know at least one other person who feels the same struggle! haha

Maybe I should consider moving my bed into the living room? Sounds like a perfect idea to me!

Starting this week, Send Me Backstage ticket stops are back for the season! This is your chance to come and hang out with some of your favorite WQMX jocks and possibly win tickets to some really cool concerts! Our first one is this Thursday with Scott Wynn from 6:00-7:30pm at Wild Eagle Saloon in Steetsboro. He will have your chance for Country Fest Tickets!

Plus, something new this year...WQMX-Treme ticket stops!!! These will be your chance to win tickets to 3 shows at Blossom, not just 1 show!!! Get all the details on our website by clicking the ticket stop slider. You'll also have your chance to get the Send Me backstage T-shirts! We can't wait to see you this year for the ticket stops and at all of the shows :)

After 25 years and 5.2 billion discs later, Netflix will end its DVD movie by mail service September 29th. I have mixed feelings about this. I understand why they are making this move - most of their business is streaming and there just isn't a demand for DVDs as there once was. However, my mom was a longtime subscriber to this service only cancelling her subscription in the last couple years.

Her and I used this service for a long time to watch a lot of movies that we hadn't seen in a long time or ones we never saw in the theater. We always thought that the selection of movies was much better on the DVD list for mail than it was on their streaming service. Now of course, many people use Netflix and HULU for TV shows more so than movies. Either way it is a sad time to have to say goodbye to something that brought my family a little excitement when going to the mailbox. I'll tell you, there was a little feeling of euphoria when your next movie made it to your house and you could keep it as long as you liked and watch it as many times as you wanted!

RIP DVD service...I'll miss you.