Tuesday, January 30, 2007

Jefferey Steele

Here is the news about Songwriter Jefferey Steele's son:

Our thoughts and prayers are with him and his family during this sad time.

You may not have heard of Jeffrey Steele, but you've heard his songs. Steele's songwriting credits include Montgomery Gentry's "My Town," Tim McGraw's "The Cowboy in Me," Diamond Rio's "Unbelievable," Faith Hill's "When the Lights Go Down," Trace Adkins' "Chrome," LeAnn Rimes' "Big Deal" and Steve Holy's "Brand New Girlfriend" and Rascal Flatts' "My Wish," "These Days" and "What Hurts the Most." Jeffrey's 13-year-old son was killed Sunday (Jan. 28) in Franklin, Tenn., when the youth lost control of an all-terrain vehicle he was driving. Police said Alex Levasseur was thrown from the vehicle while attempting to steer through a curve in the road. *** Cards and letters can be sent to P.O. Box 214, Franklin, TN 37065.

Saturday, January 27, 2007

DISNEY!

Hey! It was a cold, but great time up at Disney. The Princess Castle was AMAZING! I am putting some pictures here for you to see, I hope you enjoy them! If you want to see the interview that we did with Bobby Boyle of Monstropolis please click on the link!


Tuesday, January 09, 2007

2007!

Hey everyone! I hope that your holidays were safe and happy ones! This morning JD was talking about the you tube video of Blake shelton and his New Year predictions...check it out!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FW8ivt6P2Lw

Also....THE WOMEN WON BATTLE OF THE SEXES AGAIN!!! JD will be out washing womens cars next week, and we wil let you know when and where soon!

South Florida Fair starts this wekend, and Miranda Lambert will be performing on this Friday night, then we'll have Heartland on the 18th, and then one of my personal favorites Chris Cagle will be playing on the 24th! Admission is FREE with your fair ticket, and all of these shows are sure to be awesome!
The Crew will all be spending time at the fair over the next few weeks, so be sure to stop by the shed and say hello!

See you soon!

Friday, December 08, 2006

JD's email Letter...

JD received this email, and he read it on the air today...We have received an outpouring of requests for it to be posted, so here it is. Please note this is not the ACTUAL, but rather a retyping of it by me as JD didn't still have the email in his folder. Thanks!



Date: December 3, 2006
Fllight 1904 ORD-MIA
Captain Jeff Wallace
First Officer Gary Blied

We were informed at the gate that the remains of MSgt Shawn Richardson would shortly be loaded on our flight for the trip to Miami. He was a 17 year veteran of the United States Air Force and had been killed in the service of our country. I went down onto the ramp and found the long box appropriately stationed off to the side in a luggage cart. The curtains on the cart were pulled. I spent a few moments in prayer with him.

The Captain and I finished our preflight duties and then went down onto the ramp, checked it with the crew chiefs to observe the loading of MSgt Richardson. We departed almost an hour late due to our late arrival into Chicago.

We called for a push and it was immediately granted. Normally there is a wait. We called for ground taxi and again- immediately granted. Normally there is a wait. We were cleared onto the runway and for an immediate take off. Passing through about twenty five thousand feet we were further cleared direct OMN (Ormand Beach) which is the first fix on the arrival to Miami. Not a word was ever said, but people were watching out for us.

The flight to and landing in Miami were uneventful, until we went to turn off the runway. The tower asked us to proceed a little further down where an escort was waiting for us. We did as instructed and a Miami Dade Police cruiser met us on the taxiway. He escorted our American Airlines Boeing 757 to the D terminal. The entire North ramp had been cleared of all aircraft.

As we approached we noticed the lights. There were at least a half dozen fire trucks and no less than 15 police cars and countless other vehicles. They were all parked in rows with their lights flashing. As we taxied our aircraft to the gate, the fire trucks saluted our arrival with crossed streams of water shooting over the aircraft.

We parked the aircraft and shut down. After our checklists, Captain Jeff Wallace and I went down to the ramp level and observed the unpacking of the casket, then the dressing with the flag. It was accepted by the Honor Guard which was comprised of members of the Miami Dade Police Department and Air Force Honor Guard.

After the "present arms" order (when all military and former military render salutes and civilians put their hands over their hearts) and the "order arms" order, when the salutes were finished, I noticed our jet. As I looked up from the ramp level I saw a face in every window. Not one of our passengers had moved until our fallen soldier had departed the aircraft.

When the procession left the airport, there were two cruisers in front of the hearse and I have no idea how many behind. It was worthy of a Presidential motorcade and a fitting and probably all too uncommon show of love and respect for one of our fallen.

And in case I haven't mentioned this previously- it was 1:30am, and I would bet that most of the people on our ramp were not on the clock.

Every now and then you see it: the silent majority that makes this country the best in the world. I was so proud that night. Proud that my felow citizens on every level worked to get MSgt Richardson to his final repose. Proud of all of the people that showed up on the ramp that early Saturday morning to show their respect.
Proud that American Airlines knows how to handle this situation with humility and honor.

As you go through your day, remember that there are thousands of men and women overseas in the service of our country, far from home and in dangers way. Please remember that they have families back here who live every day in fear of the phone call or visit with the news that their worst nightmare has come true.

Be thankful of their efforts and if you know someone who is in the service- get their address from their family and write to them and thank them.

Gary Blied,

Pilot, American Airlines

Major, USAF (ret)

Monday, November 27, 2006

Holiday Parking Lot Rules...

Here they are again! The rules to live by when parking during the holiday season:

1. If you pass an open spot, you cannot back up, once passed it is a free space again!

2. If only going to your car to put away packages you must let cars following you know that you are not leaving!

3. When you get into your car to leave please do so in a timely manner...2 minutes!

4. NEVER take up more than one spot...this is just rude!

5. When two cars are waiting for the same spot, the car that arrived first gets the spot. EVEN if the car backing out blocks the car that arrived first from entering right away!

6. If you pull into an open spot and the one in front of it is open there is no pulling through, this can cause accidents!

7. No backing into parking spots, period, end of story!

8. If two people arrive at the same spot at the same time, the first to use their turn signal has the right to the spot!

9. Going the wrong way in parking lots with one way signs is strictly prohibited.

10. When waiting for a person to leave their spot, please give them enough room!

11. You are responsible for your own shopping cart, please return it to the proper place! Not doing this can damage other cars!

12. No holding up traffic while following pedestrians to their vehicles in the parking lots!

13. Be considerate of the other cars that you parking next to!

Also, here is the website for cyber Monday specials: www.cybermonday.com

See you in the morning!

Meg

Tuesday, November 14, 2006

Photo's from Brooks & Dunn

Hello! I took a bunch of pictures on Sunday night at the B&D show, all of Jack Ingram, and Sugarland! They were both great, I didn't really get any pictures of B&D, but of course they were really good too! JD is out due to a thrown out back today, which can sometimes throw us as well because we don't do alot of the regular stuff (battle of the sexes & and now you know), but today we decided to do it anyway! Later this week we will have Daryl Worley on the show too!
Enjoy the pics!

Meg

Thursday, November 09, 2006

Last day in Nash...

So, these are the photos from our last day of interviews in Nashville for the 40th annual CMA Awards. There are also a few pics from the after parties...fun, fun, fun!

We had a great trip...long, but great. It was I have to admit nice to be back in my own bed for the first time in five days!

Monday, November 06, 2006

GMA at the CMA's!!

This morning was great! Sugarland, and Bon jovi too, they put on a short but awesome show...here are some pic's!






More later!

Meg

Sunday, November 05, 2006

SUNDAY!!!

Lots of interviews today, lots of pictures too..check out some of them! We will be airing a lot of the interviews from the weekend tomorrow, and Tuesday, but just to give you an idea of what has been happening...we are in a ballroom with about 40 other stations, and all of us have been doing interviews for the last couple days. I can only imagine what it is like for the artists to have to talk about the same thing over and over again, so we try to find stuff that they normally don't talk about...The broadcast provides us with what are called "talking points", but everyone gets those, so I will try and check out other stuff as well. Tomorrow morning JD has me going over to the Good Morning America Broadcast site where Sugarland will be performing!! That and we will be playing interviews for you and llots of other stuff too...ssee you then!

Meg

Saturday, November 04, 2006

First night in Nash...




So, we made it! It was definately a loonngg day, but we are here, and last night we went to the Curb label party. Steve Holy, Rodney Atkins, and Jo Dee Messina all performed, and it was fun! We start doing interviews this afternoon, and will be playing them back to you on Monday morning...I will be putting up pictures as we move along though!!

See ya!

Meg

Wednesday, November 01, 2006

CMA'S!!!

Well it is that time again, and we are headed off to the CMA Awards in Nashville. This is always a great time, but there is alot of prep involved too.
We need to send out our equiptment for the broadcast, and make sure that it is all there prior to our arrival. We use alot of JD's equiptment, so he has all of the cases and cables, wires and everything else that he has to bring in to the studio so that we can send it out from the station.
We leave on Friday after the show, and then when we arrive there is a mandatory meeting to make sure that everyone understands what will be happening over the course of the broadcast. Usually after the meeting we will have a press conference with a big country artist, and they usually will perform at least one or two songs.

Our broadcast will begin on Saturday, and we will be recording interviews for Mondays show...We probably talk to about 20 artists a day...some new, some veterans, and usually a few big big stars too. JD will be on the red carpet too! This is going to be a great year to watch it because it is the 40th anniversary, so there are sure to be some great surprises. I will be posting lots of pictures while we are there, so check back often!

Also, thanks for all the emails I have been getting about my surgery. The recovery has been alot better than I thought it was going to be, and the results are awesome! If you want more informaion about my surgery, or the surgeon please feel free to email me at wirkmeg@hotmail.com

See you in the morning!

Meg

Monday, October 16, 2006

Post surgery!!

As I am sure you have heard by now, I have been doing some commercials for Estetica Institute. I had my breast enhancement procedure done on Friday (yes, friday the 13th!), and am recovering really well!

The staff at Dr. Rankin's office are all sooo nice! I have had surgeries in the past, and every time I come out of recovery I would be crying! A long time ago a doctor suggested to my mom that she bring in a stuffed animal or something that would remind me of the comforts of home...ever since then I always brought my little dog scooter with me! The reason I am telling you all of this is because I thought FOR SURE they were going to laugh at me about my little dog, but they didn't! It was quite the opposite actually, they made sure that scooter was right next to me so that he wouldn't get lost!
I was really impressed with the way they treated me, when we got into the operating room, the staff promptly put an electric blanket on me so I wouldn't get cold, and then put these sleeve like wraps on my calves that gave me a massage! WOW!
My anesthesiologist took the time to make sure I understood what was happening, and was very gentle with the IV for me...I was only awake in the operating room for a few minutes, and then poof I was in recovery! It was really cold in there too, so the nurses gave me another blanket to make sure I was warm enough!

Friday was pretty much a blur, I would wake up, take my medication, and then go back to sleep, Saturday there was pain, but not to the great extent that everyone was saying it would be, Sunday I was still pretty sore, but I was able to take a shower (WAHOO!), let me tell you that was an adventure all its own! Today I went for my first follow up with Dr. Rankin, and he showed me these excersises that I have to do four times a day...it was a little painful the first few times I am not going to lie, but he said that I was doing great, and I get to have my stitches out on Friday yay!

I am serious when I tell you that if you are thinking about cosmetic surgery, you need to set up a free consultation with Dr. Rankin at Estetica Institute, I am putting the link to their website up here. Based on my experience with them so far, I have been SOOO impressed.

More later, but for now I need a nap!

Meg

Tuesday, October 03, 2006

Almost forgot...


How could I forget this one?

Pictures....






These are finally the pictures from our day at Beads Gone Wild...It was such a great time! Thanks for all those who came out, and lets try and do this again soon!

Forever ago!!



We have been having some trouble with my login for the blog so I am SOOOO sorry it has been a while!

Things have been getting more and more busy lately! We will be announcing the details for our annual Song of the Day contest, so there are meetings that we have to attend to make sure we don't botch it up!

Also, JD is going to have a BIG announcement here soon, and for a sneak peak you can go to wirk.com and click on the JD and the Wake Up Crew link, then scroll down til you see the...well you will get it!

This week I have a couple animals to tell you about too, they are both really special, so if you know of anyone please send them the Peggy Adams Animal Recue League on Military just North of Okeechobee...here are the descriptions:

Pinky is a 1 year old female Labrador Retriever mix. She has been at the shelter since June and has been spayed. (ID# A126013) Adoption fee: $75

Cody is a 3 year male longhair cat. Cody had a very important role at the shelter – he was a blood donor cat who lived with the staff in the Administration offices. After his service was up, Cody retired and is now available for adoption. Cody is playful, adventurous, talkative and likes other cats. He is neutered, litterbox trained and weighs 25 pounds. (ID# A097839) Adoption fee: $25

The adoption fee includes spay/neuter, microchip, initial vaccinations, bag of food, and 14-day check-up. To find out more about the adoptable pets at Peggy Adams Animal Rescue League, please visit them at 3200 N. Military Trail, West Palm Beach, Tuesday through Sunday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., or go to www.hspb.org. For more information, call 561.686.3663.

So! What else can I tell you about that is going on...we have a lot of stuff planned for the upcoming weeks, realy great prizes, and just fun stuff! We will be interviewing Keith Urban this week too, so it is jam packed!

Stay tuned as there will be some surprises you won't want to miss!

See you in the morning!

Meg

Thursday, September 14, 2006

Hello!


Not much to report this week.

I have been really busy with school...work...trying to get the new house all in order and out of boxes! My mom is in town for the next week, and she is so excited to be able to listen to the show...in the past when she has come to visit it has been over a holiday, or weekend, and so she hasn't been able to listen in. There really isn't anything like having your mom or dad be proud of you! Bill is out on vacation, so once again I am responsible for the news...great first impression for mom! Ha!

This week I have a real sweetheart of a dog looking for a home...

Missy is a 1 year old female Pointer mix. She is spayed and great with other dogs. Missy is very active and loves to play. She’s housebroken and has had some obedience training. (ID# A120463)

You will find her at the Peggy Adams Animal Rescue League, in the domes on Military Trail just North of Okeechobee. Their phone number is: 561-686-3663.

For those of you who purchased tickets for the Phil Vassar concert at the Hard Rock this past Tuesday, you can get refunds at point of purchase because the show has been out right cancelled. If you won tickets then you don't have to wait 30 days to win again, but we apologize for the show being cancelled.

We will have Carolyn Dawn Johnson in the building next week to talk about her new album....Can't wait!

Talk soon!

M

Hello!


Not much to report this week.

I have been really busy with school...work...trying to get the new house all in order and out of boxes! My mom is in town for the next week, and she is so excited to be able to listen to the show...in the past when she has come to visit it has been over a holiday, or weekend, and so she hasn't been able to listen in. There really isn't anything like having your mom or dad be proud of you! Bill is out on vacation, so once again I am responsible for the news...great first impression for mom! Ha!

This week I have a real sweetheart of a dog looking for a home...

Missy is a 1 year old female Pointer mix. She is spayed and great with other dogs. Missy is very active and loves to play. She’s housebroken and has had some obedience training. (ID# A120463)

You will find her at the Peggy Adams Animal Rescue League, in the domes on Military Trail just North of Okeechobee. Their phone number is: 561-686-3663.

For those of you who purchased tickets for the Phil Vassar concert at the Hard Rock this past Tuesday, you can get refunds at point of purchase because the show has been out right cancelled. If you won tickets then you don't have to wait 30 days to win again, but we apologize for the show being cancelled.

We will have Carolyn Dawn Johnson in the building next week to talk about her new album....Can't wait!

Talk soon!

M

Tuesday, September 05, 2006

Old Stuff, and New Stuff too!

I hope everyone had a great holiday weekend! As you know we had a beading class at Crystal Creations Bead Institute a few weeks ago, and I finally have the pictures!! If you were at our little get together, and you want a copy emailed to you, just email me at wirkmeg@hotmail.com. I am posting a few here though, and we all had such a great time...Lets do it again soon!

This past Friday night was the Toby Keith show, and while the show itself was great, I have to say that I was a bit disappointed when Toby brought out a guest that sings in his new movie to sing a song...up until that point the momentum of the show was great..hit after hit, and the SCREECH! It came to a halt...Mitch says that it is so they can sell more beer, but it was just a let down for me...Joe Nichols was awesome, and overall I would still say the show was good, but not one of my favorites. I am posting a few pictures from that show too!

Football season is just about officially here, and I think I am going to head up to Pittsburgh for the season opener against the Dolphins..It should be a good game, and the entertainment of Rascal Flatts, and Martina McBride will make it worth the trip all by itself!

JD is out this week...he's at home painting, and putting up crown molding...a little hard physical work is good for him I say...just don't tell him that!

Mitch is helping us out this week, and Captain Tim is filling in for Mitch! Sometimes it may feel like "who's on first"!

Have a great week!

Meg

Wednesday, August 23, 2006

This Week...



Thank you to all of our winners that came out to the Crystal Creations Bead Institute this past Saturday...We all had a great time, and I think some of us have found a new hobby! Lunch was great too, and it was really nice spending time with everyone. I will have the pictures soon!

Yesterday and today we came up with Man rules and Women rules, and you can check out the results at wirk.com and then go to the JD and the Wake Up Crew page.

This week I have two animals from the Peggy Adams Animal Rescue League to tell you about, and they are both adorable!

Whisky is a 4 year old male Labrador retriever mix. He came to the shelter as a stray. (ID# A124438)

Stacy is a 4 year old female grey and white domestic shorthair cat. (ID# A118908)

The League is having an adoptathon this weekend, and I will be there on Sunday from Noon til Two on Sunday...Come out and bring home some unconditional love! If you need directions, please email me at wirkmeg@hotmail.com

See you in the morning!

Meg

Thursday, August 17, 2006

Weekly Animal that needs a home...


Here is my weekly Peggy Adams Animal Rescue League animal that needs a home!

Maggie is a 3 1/2 year old female Irish Wolfhound mix. She is spayed,
housebroken and weighs 75 pounds. Maggie is great with kids and other dogs.
(ID# A122272)

Look at that face!
She is a very sweet, if you or someone you know is looking for an animal, please adopt!
More information in the web: www.hspb.org

Peggy Adams is having the last Dog Days of Summer at Roger Dean Stadium this Saturday night August 19th. Take your dog to see a minor league ball game. Tickets are available for free at the Animal Rescue League, or at the door for a small fee, and four legged freinds are only a buck!

Don't forget the adoptathon is next weekend the 26 and 27th of August from 10am til 4pm, and I wil be there on Sunday from 2-4pm!

This weekend is going to be a blast!
I am hosting a introductory to beading class at Crystal Creations Bead Institute. If you are interested in going send me an email at: wirkmeg@hotmail.com

It is free, and the time is from 9:30am to 12 noon.

See you in the morning!