Music Mash Up

My musical tastes this week are a little bit on the funky side. A little modern, a little pop, and a whole lotta bluegrass. :)

First - Gotye, Someone I Used to Know. The video is just as odd as the song. And I am very distracted by this guy's mouth and teeth. Anyway...



Next - A little bit of pop for ya - I have loved Train since their Meet Virginia days - seriously, my first year of Spanish in high school I picked the name Virginia, not realizing until it was too late that it was pronounced vir-heen-ee-ya en the espanol. I switched names the next year. lol
And another weird aside - Does anyone else think that Pat Monahan looks like he could be Ian Somerhalder's dad, or less hot older brother?

Next up a little bit of bluegrass! This song was played Sunday at church during a video and I loved it sooooo much that I downloaded the whole album. I felt like it goes back to my roots a little bit and I just love Rhonda Vincent's voice.



And finally, my newest musical love affair. The Civil Wars. I really had a hard, hard time picking which song to post because their entire album is phenomenal. Seriously - there is not one bad song. Not even a mediocre song. It's like the Adele album in that there is not one bad song. I love them all. Go buy it. Now.

InstaWeek!

Hi ya'll - just sharing my Instagram photos from the week! :)

I MacGyver'd an umbrella to my chair because it was so sunny and lovely last Saturday! (bummer though, bc apparently some neighbor reported me for having a "tie out" for my dogs (which I dont) bc they were leashed with me outside AND now I may have to get rid of my rug too because it is apparently against the by-laws of the association. I guess they have bylaws against fabulous purple rugs.) end rant.

My awesome bracelet from Katie :)

Mt. Dew - a gift from Heaven. I got this out of a pop machine by pressing the Sierra Mist button on a machine that doesn't sell Mt. Dew on a day I seriously needed a caffeine jolt.

My baby cakes and her under-bite :)

"I like big bows and I cannot lie" Spiced up a boring outfit with some polka dots!

While waiting for the midnight showing of Hunger Games my last caption sparked this lovely interaction :)

Music Feature Friday!

This week my "critera" for my song choices were the 2 songs that caused me to roll down my windows and sing at the top of my lungs. It was lovely.
First song is a oldie, but goodie, Garth Brooks song and my second pick is Adele's Rumor Has It (both videos are live versions this week!). Enjoy! :)


Garth Brooks Papa Loved Mama

No good, rotten, very bad day.

Yup - that is pretty much describing my day. I am in a serious funk that I am having difficulty escaping. I have 3 solutions for this funk:

1. Email Alli (check)
2. Eat Chocolate (check)
3. Spend 5 minutes on the Pinterest Humor section.

Here are some nuggets from #3. 

I feel slightly better now, don't you? :)

InstaWeek! (Double Feature!)

I missed out on this post last week - so you get a double dose of my Instagram weeks!

Getting the itch for a new tat - but no, I wouldn't actually put it on my hand.

Feeling like a rock star in my sunglasses (which I have already lost - *facepalm*)

My sweet sis-in-law looking beautiful! I think her b/f thinks so too ;)

And adorable couple! (I wish you could see her shoes! They are red and awesome! I found them for her, but Instagram crops photos short. Bummer)

It was "High School Clique" day at my hub's office. They chose to be nerds - fitting for accountants. He's in the middle and unfortunately his feet got cut off in the pic too - he was rocking Birkenstocks with white socks. I'm so proud. :)

A freshly bathed, still wet Iz looking pitiful and wanting to jump on my bed full of clean laundry

Got my Hunger Games shirt in the mail! So excited!!

Remembering my mama on 3/13. Can't believe it's been 15 years. This pic was taken on our last vacation to Sedona, AZ and Las Vegas.

Clearly my dogs have a thing for clean laundry. Sophie snoring away on my clean clothes. She was seriously snoring too - there's a 30-second video at the bottom of this post!

Showing my Irish pride :)

My sis-in-law Katie did my hair - I love it long!!!

My delicate flower... :)

Music Feature Friday!

I am trying something new here kids! I am going to try to feature a couple songs every Friday that I have really been digging throughout the week. They may be new/current songs or something more old school. I am going to try to post every week for awhile and see how it is received.

This week I was apparently drawn to songs with  haunting quality. First one is And the World Turns by the Gabe Dixon Band. This popped up on one of my Pandora stations and just loved it. What do you think?



And song #2 is Taylor Swift and The Civil Wars, Safe and Sound. I am probably loving it so much because it is the Hunger Games song. So excited to see this movie!!! Right AlliFerg? :) Thoughts on this one?





Well, I hope you like my "Friday Feature!" And if you do, tell me about it! :)

For my mom....

This song was played at her funeral 15 years ago. Always makes me cry, but it's so beautiful, just like she was.

Mom, I miss you all the time. I can hardly believe it's been 15 years. It seems like just yesterday I was a little girl and you had enveloped me in one of your amazing hugs. You are the strongest person I will ever know and have shown me so much in such a short time about strength, perseverance, and facing the struggles in life with a smile. Love you always.