Musical Monday - Stacy's Playlist, Part II
This Musical Monday is brought to you by Jo's bff, Stacy. Until recently her picture could be seen in the sidebar, but apparently it was just too confusing for people. Since Stacy's parents wouldn't agree to letting us adopt her, we're working on them for an arranged marriage with either one of our boys. Stacy is just that awesome. And if that deal doesn't go through, I'm still thinking of hiring her as my personal shopper and stylist.I've included a few comments (because you know how hard it is for me not to comment) and hints (since my kids keep asking what to get me for Christmas) to go with Stacy's selections. I thought about just leaving Stacy's original comments in here,

Someone I used to...
Someone I used to know liked to say (in a thick Jersey accent), "Fall is my favorite time of year--everything's dyin'!" An odd sentiment, but I'd have to agree. Autumn is my favorite season and a big part of that is the dying leaves, though I wouldn't have thought of it that way before he said it. Remembering him saying that this morning reminded me of this:That video reminded me that Caleb wrote a poem for freshman English which had a very similar storyline and feel to it. Whether that's where he got the idea or not I don't know, but it was brilliant. I wish I could post it here, but the only reason I ever got to see it in the first place is because it was hanging on a fa

This morning I re...
This morning I read a post that felt like it was ripped straight from my soul. Do you ever do that? Read yourself in someone else's words? Empathizing with other people is something I do easily, yes, but that's not what I mean. Sometimes I come across a post, a poem, a book, a song and it's exactly the song I've been hearing deep down inside of me, only the words haven't been able to make it to the surface yet. Hearing it aloud from someone else first always takes my breath away.Something said recently on yet another blog has gotten me thinking again about why I write, why on a blog, and why I read blogs or anything else. Rising numbers on my stat counter are always nice, and co

Musical Monday - Jo's Playlist, Part III
Last week my oldest daughter, Jo, who is away at college this year, emailed me the following note.So I think I should get another Musical Monday because you have posted a TON of Caleb and Josh's songs =pSo here's my list...in two parts...I do like to be fair, so here is part one of Jo's most recent list with her words (from the email) in black, words of Mom in red.Daddy's Hands-Holly Dunn (It reminds me of Dad.)Something to Be Proud Of-Montgomery Gentry (Caleb's song)I Run to You (AKA me and Baby Girl's song)-Lady AntebellumI don't know why this is J

Early this week m...
Early this week my computer came down with swine flu. The computer version of this virus comes with slightly different symptoms than the human version. The designation H1N1 (which I always want to pronounce as hiney) seemed particularly appropriate, which was actually terribly inappropriate.