Thursday, June 8, 2006, CMA Music Festival/Fan Fair, 10:56 a.m. in the a.m.~ *grins*

Dear Journal~

Hiii! This is your favorite gal pal, Ronee' Le-Anne, writing! I hope this finds y'all well! I am doing SUPER! :)

I am with my family at Fan Fair, and even though I am in line now (I am waiting to see Loretta Lynn!), I am already itchin' and rarin' to go! :) We have already seen Brad Paisley (omigod, what a DREAMBOAT he is!! I am in LUV!!!!! :) ), Jimmy C. Newman (he was glad to see me; he was surprised to see me without my crutches! :) ), and Dolly Parton, who is always a sweetie-pie! I just luv her!! :) I have already nabbed some neat autographs, and I had my picture made with Dolly, Brad, Jimmy C., and Kata Hay, who is from Oklahoma. :) She is a sweetie pie, too! :)

I have been at it for over two hours now; it would have only been one  hour, but I have special needs, so those people who have special needs got to go in an hour early; that gives us an edge coz we don't have to worry about people runnin' over us in their mad rush to get to the stars' booths and wait for an autograph or picture. People in wheelchairs or scooters, people on crutches, canes, or walkers, or people who are blind or deaf are fair game: we fall into the special needs group, and we don't want to get run over by those nuts who can walk or see good, so we get to go in first, neener, neener, neener! :) I love that coz we are the first to get autographs! :)

Hey!! Guess who is here!! My friend, Nicole! :) I just saw her in the line for Loretta Lynn, and she waved at me! Cool beans! :) Nicole and I have made up: the reason she seemed so distant to me is because she is still mourning her daddy's death, and she is still having probs accepting it. Her daddy died a few years back in a car crash, and she and her mama have both been emotional about it. She has also been having probs with her arthritis: she is facing surgery on her knees and feet in about a month, and she is understandably scared. I hope all goes well for her! I will have to visit her when she goes into the hospital!!

I am excited too because in a few weeks (in fact, in just one week, a week from TODAY!!), we get Vlademir Aleksander, who is coming to our family from Russia!! I am getting a new little brother, and he is soooo cute!! He has red hair and a killer smile, and I have already fallen in love with him!! We will soon have fifty-four kids in our family!! :)

Whoospie! I just saw Loretta come out, so I guess this means I gotta' scoot! I will write to y'all later or I will miss out on an autograph! That would NOT be cool!!

Bye!! C ya! Aaaieee!

(((HUGS))) and much love, your Cajun friend, Ronee' Le-Anne Reaux, reportin' from Fan Fair 2006. :D