For this week’s Music Monday, I’m co-hosting with Xmas Dolly and her Monday’s Music Moves Me crew: Lorie, Stacy, Callie and Cathy. These ladies are such wonderful, supportive people and I am THRILLED to be part of this with them!
And what better way to show my love and appreciation then with a kiss? I mean, it’s Valentine ’s Day and all. Well, how about a juicy, wet kiss from Little Lion Man?
He’s refined his kiss a bit since the holidays. Now, he can blow you a kiss…
…with a little smack of a sound at the end. Muwah!
How stinking cute is that?! Don’t you just want to smother him with kisses?
Every time Selena Gomez and the Scene’s song plays on the radio, my kids yell and beg from the back of the mini-van for me to turn it up. It’s a cute song, so I don’t mind. Like an 80s throwback, it’s got a good beat and it’s easy to dance to you. Even the video is an 80s throwback.
And much like the bubble pop music of the 80s, this song will get stuck in my head for days. At least the lyrics are sweet so I don’t mind when they keep re-peat-peat-peat-peat-peat-petaing in my head (except when that part plays over and over in my head).
It’s been said and done
Every beautiful thought’s been already sung
And I guess right now here’s another one
So your melody will play on and on, with the best of ‘em
You are beautiful, like a dream come alive, incredible
A centerfold miracle, lyrical
You’ve saved my life again
And I want you to know baby
I, I love you like a love song, baby
I, I love you like a love song, baby
I, I love you like a love song, baby
And I keep hitting re-peat-peat-peat-peat-peat-peat
I, I love you like a love song, baby
I, I love you like a love song, baby
I, I love you like a love song, baby
And I keep hitting re-peat-peat-peat-peat-peat-peat
Constantly, boy you played through my mind like a symphony
There’s no way to describe what you do to me
You just do to me, what you do
And it feels like I’ve been rescued
I’ve been set free
I am hypnotized by your destiny
You are magical, lyrical, beautiful
You are… And I want you to know baby
I, I love you like a love song, baby
I, I love you like a love song, baby
I, I love you like a love song, baby
And I keep hitting re-peat-peat-peat-peat-peat-peat
I, I love you like a love song, baby
I, I love you like a love song, baby
I, I love you like a love song, baby
And I keep hitting re-peat-peat-peat-peat-peat-peat
No one compares
You stand alone, to every record I own
Music to my heart that’s what you are
A song that goes on and on
I, I love you like a love song, baby
I, I love you like a love song, baby
I, I love you like a love song, baby
And I keep hitting re-peat-peat-peat-peat-peat-peat
I, I love you like a love song, baby
I, I love you like a love song, baby
I, I love you like a love song, baby
I love you…like a love song…
When I really listened to the lyrics, I realized the song could be so much better than a bubble-gum pop hit. If someone slowed it down and sang a more soulful version of it with just an acoustic guitar, you would then hear the beauty in the love song.
Surely, someone has figured that one out already. I couldn’t be the only one. (Nope, I’m not and don’t call me Shirley.)
Although the volume of the video is very low, Dena’s version is definitely worth listening to, so crank it up.
I even found a tutorial guitar lesson, which I was sure to pass along to my guitar playing hubby. Maybe he’ll serenade me for Valentine’s Day.
For that, I’ll love him like a love song and I’ll keep hitting re-peat-peat-peat-peat-peat-peat.
If Dr. King were still alive today to witness the struggles of the gay community, what would he say? Would he call the gays an abomination or would be love them and stand beside them to fight for equality?
If Dr. King were still alive today to witness the Occupy Wall Street movement, would he call them communists or would he stand beside them to speak out against cooperate greed and plea with the powers that be to level the playing field between the haves and the have-nots?
If Dr. King were alive today, what would he ask of us?
I took my best girl to the cinema yesterday. Just me and my gal catching a show and we had a swell time, see. A real swank time, I tell you.
It’s hard to shake the circa 1940s slang after being immersed in it for a couple hours. As an early Christmas present, I bought tickets for Holiday Inn for my sister since it’s her favorite Christmas movie. She was surprised to learn that I had never seen it so she asked me to join her rather than her hubby.
With its old world charm, the Tampa Theatre is the perfect cinema for a showing of a classic film and I loved watching the movie for the first time on the big screen as it was intended. The larger than life dance numbers and set designs help your appreciate the art of film-making in a time before CGI and green screens.
Fred Astaire and Bing Crosby’s characters were delightful and endearing, like the way you want to remember these classic Hollywood film stars. Although as beloved as they are, it’s the songs and the dancing that truly steal the show, of course.
The song, White Christmas, makes its debut in Holiday Inn, however, most people know it as the theme song for White Christmas, which will also be showing this holiday season at the Tampa Theatre on December 23.
Much like my sister, Holiday Inn captured my heart with singing and dancing. I enjoyed watching this classic Christmas movie on the big screen so much that I plan to make this a new holiday tradition for us.
I read somewhere that Zooey Deschanel’s voice helped land her role in Elf. Since first watching that movie, my husband has had a crash on Zooey Deschanel all in part to her voice. Normally, Allan doesn’t have a thing for blondes, but he could see past this siren’s golden locks in part to her soulful, sleepy bedroom voice.
Once he learned she was a brunette, Zooey Deschanel had a permanent spot on Allan’s laminated list somewhere between Marisa Tomei and Amy Adams.
Honestly, I’m not the biggest fan of Zooey Deschanel’s voice. I’d prefer to watch her in (500) Days of Summer or as the adorkable Jess in her new hit comedy, New Girl rather than listen to her sing. However, I had a change of heart when I heard She & Him’s In the Sun, but more recently when I heard their new Christmas album, A Very She & Him Christmas.
More than another Christmas album filled with favorites, She & Him honors these songs with pure and simple renditions, perfect for cool nights drinking hot cocoa in front of a fire while gazing at the tree. In a world of autotune and over produced music, each song sends you back to an era of a simpler time when families sat around a radio for enjoyment.
My favorite song on the album is The Christmas Waltz. Zooey’s style and tone reflects the true heart and feel of the song. Watch She & Him’s live performance on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno.
I’ve downloaded the songs from amazon and on the sly, I’ll add a few songs to Allan’s player as a surprise for our anniversary in a few weeks. Christmas songs by She & Him will make a sweet, romantic gift, especially since Zooey’s voice is like sugar straight from the candy cane. (Watch out, Jewel!)
To say I ran it is an overstatement. I more like hobbled to the finish line. It was my worst race ever.
Whether I ran it, walked it or limped over the finish line, I still earned a medal regardless of my time which will forever be listed on Active.com with all my other race results and my husband and my kids were there to for cheer me. Having them there meant the world to me.
Now, I’m healing my body to start training all over again for my races coming up in the new year. And I’ll run another marathon, maybe Palm Beach, Jacksonville or New York. It doesn’t matter as long as I can redeem my performance next year.
For the past year, I’ve worked extremely hard on repairing some broken relationships. It took a lot of patience, trust, honesty and understanding to rebuild those relationships, but it was so worth it. Now, my life is full of laughter rather than pain.
Or so I thought. As I expended my energy into one relationship, other relationships unraveled because I hadn’t been as plugged into some big events as I should have been. My lack of presence and support was perceived as a lack of empathy.
When I heard I let my sister and friends down for various reasons, it stopped me dead in my tracks. Somehow between running around after my family and running in races, I had missed some important events and it’s not like me to not be there for loved ones. However in these incidences, I wasn’t and I hurt them terribly. When I heard I let them down, I cried for weeks.
Even now, the pain I know I caused brings tears to my eyes. I live a rich life because of my family and friends. Their relationships are bountiful blessings. Without them, my life would be empty and lonely.
Somehow I have to find balance between my own family, my extended family on both sides and my friends.That’s why I am so grateful for the 30 Day Challenge, because it forces me to stop and remember everything and everyone that is important in my life, whether it’s spending time with them or sending them a note to say, “I love you. I appreciate you in my life.”
Of course with schedules, it’s hard to coordinate time to spend together, but we’ll make it happen. And for that, I’m thankful.
For the next four Music Mondays, I’ll be counting my blessings through song. Each week in November, I will be singing my praises and giving thanks by sharing a song that symbolizes one of the many blessings in my life. Come count your blessings with me and link up while you’re here. What a blessing that would be!
And there’s always music and spontaneous dance parties in the living room.
There’s enough food in our fridge to feed a small village. Oddly, sometimes it feels like there’s a small village living here.
Thankfully, Allan has a job that affords me to stay home and raise our small village children.
And our small village home is filled with laughter, from-the gut-laughter that makes us throw back our heads like pez dispensers to release the most boisterous, obnoxious cackles and cause us to fall out of our chairs from laughing so hard.
But I’m so blessed because Allan is a great dad and husband but occasionally he chooses to hit “ignore” on his cell phone while I’m stranded at the gas pump or my car battery is dead, which is not a good thing when I’m PMSing.
For the most part, our simple little life is a good, good life.
For the next four Music Mondays, I’ll be counting my blessings through song. Each week in November, I will be singing my praises and giving thanks by sharing a song that symbolizes one of the many blessings in my life. Come count your blessings with me and link up while you’re here. What a blessing that would be!
If you have young school aged-children still at home, then you can probably relate to the madness of a day that I will be facing today. There’s a costume parade at the school followed by two class parties where Monster Mama Run DMT is expected to DJ dance music for said parties and then another party after school before we set off to trick-or treat with our friends.
That’s some serious Halloween hoopla, my friends!
But we do it all for the kids, right?
Rest assured, I’ll be funneling a few beers tearing into some treats of my own around 5:00 p.m. Then, I’ll be feeling good in the ‘hood.
And with the help of some liquid courage, maybe I’ll sing some Halloween carols to really piss off my neighbors keep my spirits high and smooth things over when Little Lion Man tries to enter each home we visit for trick-or-treating tonight.
Here’s to a safe and Happy Halloween to you and yours!
For the next four Music Mondays, I’ll be counting my blessings through song. Each week in November, I will be singing my praises and giving thanks by sharing a song that symbolizes one of the many blessings in my life. Come count your blessings with me and link up while you’re here. What a blessing that would be!
If Dr. King were still alive today to witness the struggles of the gay community, what would he say? Would he call the gays an abomination or would be love them and stand beside them to fight for equality?
I took my best girl to the cinema yesterday. Just me and my gal catching a show and we had a swell time, see. A real swank time, I tell you.
