Days 19-30 Plus ♥My Favorite Things♥

I've rather conveniently forgotten  about the music challenge for the last few days and as the questions from here on out are rather repetitive and I'm just plain tired of it, I will admit defeat and finish it all up today.....ready?

I like music, almost all kinds, rock, country, pop, oldies, crooners, soundtracks, Christian, instrumentals, indie bands.....about the only genre I don't follow is rap, I hate it when you can't understand the lyrics, the Christian rap is better, but it's still pretty bad! So there you have the next 2 weeks of posts in a nut shell!

♥My Favorite Things♥

This skirt, from Purple Moon Wang on eBay!

These earrings from Gabrielle Atelier on Etsy (I may be buying them as soon as I deposit my paycheck.....I might have bought them already except for yesterday being Presidents day the banks were closed!)

This necklace from Cute Ability on Esty, it's so cute! I love almost everything in her store, it's like she's in my head and making jewelry straight form my imagination!

This movie! I love Bolly Wood movies, they are beautiful with all of the bright colors and over the top musical numbers, not to mention the fact that they don't even kiss, so you are totally safe in that way too! Not that there is anything wrong with just kissing, but most of the time it doesn't stop there!

The JaneDear Girls - Wildflower (Official Music Video). Watch more top selected videos about: The JaneDear Girls

This song and video, if you look them up on you tube they have lots of fun how to type videos, like tying your bandanna like Rosie the Riveter and making home made caramels!

Days 6 and 18

 .....of Ashley's Classy Fashion Week!

 Cardi~ Same as Monday

Cami~Jc Penny $3

Skirt~Made by me from an old dress also made by me

Boots~Naturalizer $140

Jewelry~Made by me

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~A Song I Listen to When I Get Mad~

I love this song and around the time I got the cd a friend was having relationship problems so I imagined out a whole music video to this song with them in it.....it's nothing like the official video! I love the spy/dramatic feel it's got going on. I imagine big houses and diamonds, tuxes and evening gowns, fast get away cars and a lone scarf blown out of the heroines hand and as the final notes play it lands at the feet of the jerk who broke her heart! Ahem.....see I told you I had it all planned out!

Days 5 and 17

 .....of Ashley's Classy Fashion Week!

The girl I nanny says that my Mom is the nicest Mom because she lets me write on my hands. I don't know that she lets me per say.....she's just given up reminding me not too!



The sun!!!!!!!! This is just before I slipped and almost did a face plant off of the stairs, I'm really glad no one was there to see me doing my little dance! ;-)

I lurrv (That's for you Becca and Megan! I know how much you luurv it when I use "blog speak"!) the fullness of this skirt, it makes me feel twirly and fun!

I'd been wanting a denim shirt after seeing them around the blogiverse so I'd been keeping my eye out for one. I saw one on the Jc Penny clearance rack (the only one in there and it was my size!), but it was predistressed, you know, it already had worn spots and such. I though that this was the silliest thing ever, like I was going to pay $15 for something that already had holes in it!

I regretted not buying it as soon as I got home. A few months later I'm back to buy! I search through the clearance racks, they were having an all clearance $4.97 sale, so I didn't really expect to find it. But lo and behold on the exercise clearance rack in the xs-s section there she was! *Grin*

 Denim Shirt~Jc Penny $4.97

Cami~Jc Penny $5

Skirt~ Cold Water Creek via eBay, $10 Shortened considerably by me

Cow boy boots~Wal-Mart $17

Earrings~ Fred Myer, $8?

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~A Song From my Favorite Album~

Is that big enough for you Becca? ;-)

Hmm, well first off I'm assuming they mean any cd/tape/record, 'cause albums to me are just records and things of that nature! Once again I have a hard time choosing, my favorites change about as often as my underwear (which is daily FYI!)! so I'll just pull one off of my favorites at the moment! If you've never seen Into the Woods you need too, they made a video of the Broadway show, it's my favorite musical.....for now! ;-)

These aren't the guys form the Broadway show, but I cant seem to find a video of the Broadway version, but these guys do an awesome job! You have to watch both, they are a total crack up!

Days 4 and 16

(Sooo, how does everyone like my sad attempt at bubble letters?)

.....of Ashley over at Bramblewood Fashions classy fashion week! 

Had to sneak a pic of THIS in here, it's finally cold enough to wear it again, yeah!

 Sweater~Day twos cream colored twin, Jc Penny$4.97

Shirt~Wal-Mart um....$5??

Skirt- Made by me from the Folk Wear walking skirt pattern (I promise it's green, the skirt that is, not the pattern! You can see the skirt color a little better in the jacket pic!)

Earrings-One pair from a set of three from Payless, $6



~A Song I wish I Heard on the Radio~

Anything Micheal Buble or Frank Sinatra or Elliot Yamin or She and Him or..... I think I may need to make my own station! Hey, speaking of, does anyone else love Pandora? You can make your own stations and customise any one station to play a number of different genres! Plus, it's completely free, there is just one commercial about every 5-6 songs. The only draw back? I can't figure out how to get it in my car! ;-)

Days 3 and 15

Congrats to the lovely Adalid (You all should head on over and check out her blog, Frocentral!)! It is Jack Black looking very unlike himself! If you would like the earrings just contact me with your mailing address! 

 ....of Ashely of Bramblewood Fashion's classy fashion week!

I was wearing a shorter brown skirt but it got super wet when I shoveled the driveway, yes still in my skirt and was very warm thank you.....oh yes, we got a foot of snow last night! I had quite a busy morning leading up to my snow day!

I left 20 minutes early to get to work and heard on the radio that there was a downed power line down on the main road I needed to take. I kept driving, hoping that it was cleared by the time that I got there. There was a cop parked in the middle of the road and he was talking to the person in the car in front of me and then just waved me on saying to follow the white car.

The part of town I nanny in is one main paved curvy road with a bunch of narrow winding dirt roads leading off of the main drag. I work on one of the only other paved roads! The white car and I were following a snow plow/cinder truck down a quickly narrowing road when THE SNOW PLOW GOT STUCK!

I tried to turn around but then I got stuck, the very nice snow plow man helped me get out and then I tried another way to get to work, but as the four wheel drive vehicles were all turning around I decided to head home! When I got home our power was out.....bah blah blah, lots of phone calls and frantic talking later their power was out too and the Dads boss told him not to bother coming into work. So, long story short, I got a snow day! 

 Sweater~ShopKo at least 3 years ago $12?

Cami~Jc Penny $3

Skirt~Made by me

Earrings~Made by me

~Day 15~

A song I hear often on the radio, hmm, all right I've got one! I love this song.....and he's pretty cute! ;-)

Day 14~A Song that I Used to Love but Now Hate

I liked this song when it first came out, but the more I heard it the more it bugged me, the sentiments are rather insulting to men when you listen to and actually process the words instead of just mindlessly singing along! And they played it to DEATH, it seemed like I heard it at least 3-4 times a day!

Day 13~A Song that Describes Me

'nough said!

 You Will Carry Me

By: Shannon Wexelberg

Day 12~A Song No One Would Expect You to Love

Hmm, this is a hard one as I like wide range of music! I know that as a country music fan I am in a minority where I live and that lots of my Christian friends are surprised I like country even though they listen to rock and and other genres besides Christan music! But for some reason country has a bad rap around these here parts! In my opinion besides Christian it's the next genre in line to mention God the most(in a good light that is!)

Anywhoodle (that's for you Becca!) back to the subject.....Captain and Tennille would be one of the more surprising additions to my music collection! Love this song and most anything else these two have done!

I also like one by John Denver, whom has been on the receiving end of many a mock of mine, he is not one of my favorite artists! My initial fascination with this song may have been the fact it was on a record of my Mom's and I loved playing the records! I've never seen this video before, it makes me like the song even more, I love the Muppets!!

Day 11~A Song that is a Guilty Pleasure

Since the term "junk in my trunk" readily applies to me, I've always liked songs that.....erm.....celebrate it?  They are a guilty pleasure and this is one of my favorites!! It does not say slap your Grandma, it's slap your grin off, but I still sing it sing it slap your Grandma, it more fun that way!

This is the chipmunked version of this song! =)

Day 10~A Song from a Band that I Hate

I've never gotten the hype about about the Beatles. My Mom always sings this song, with the words she thinks their singing, which actually make more sense then what they are actually saying!

Day 9-A Song from a Band that I Love

*Sigh* Okay, this seemed like a good challenge when I started, but I'm getting a wee bit bored with it now.....

Does two people count as a band? I guess since it's my blog I can say yes, two people count as a band! I love this video! Sad enough to say, this is the only song I like off of their new cd, which I paid $13 for, bummer right?

Day 8~A Song that Makes Me Fall Asleep

I could take this one of two ways, an incredibly boring song, or one that helps me relax and fall asleep! I'm going with both options!

First up the worlds most boring theme song. It does manage to convey a lot of emotion and does capture the feeling of the show quite well for only being 9 seconds long! We just finished watching all 6 seasons, and I have to say it's my new favorite show! I can be in love with a show but if they end it badly I will never want to watch it again, lets just say I'm putting the Lost DVD set on my X~Mas list this year! ;-)

The Star Wars theme song must make me sleepy. I will readily admit to never being able to make it past the sand planet.....I've bee told that that is still in the first 20 minutes.....oops! So the theme song must be the best lullaby ever!

Day 7~A Song I Can Dance Too

This is assuming I can dance.....anyway here are a few of the songs I love to "dance" too!

Hmm, it appears he "dances" about as well as I do.....

Day 6~ A Song I Know All of the Words to

I have a confession to make.....the only songs I know all of the words too are kids songs. Like Ring Around the Rosy, This is the Song That Never Ends and the like. There are grown up songs I know most of the words too, but not all!

A friend recently posted this on Face Book and I can't stop watching it!

Day 5~A Song that Reminds me of a Certain Event

My family used to put on civil war era balls. We all dressed up in hoop skirts (Super fun! If you've never tried one on, you need to add it to your bucket list!) and square danced. We did about 5 of them and at the last one we had over 300 hundred people in attendance!

What does any of this have to do with Phantom of the Opera? Well, I had just gotten the sound track for the movie (Yes, I know Gerard Butler isn't a classical opera singer, but I he is my favorite Phantom anyway!) and we had it BLARING on the sound system while we were setting up. Nobody was supposed to show up for at least 30 minutes so we thought we could finish listening to I Remember/Stranger Then You Dreamt It.

It had just gotten to the part where the phantom starts singing, you know, yelling all kinds of fun things and sounding all angry. We suddenly notice the door is open and there is a little older lady all dressed up like a war widow, just standing there, shock on her face. We all just look at each other for a moment as the phantom rails on. I come to me senses, hike up my hoops and run for the stereo. I turn it off as my Mom goes to greet or somewhat shell shocked guest. Every time I hear this song I am taken back to that ball and all the fun we had before it had even started!

Day 4~A Song that Reminds You of Somewhere

A soft, warm, salt scented breeze blows gently and caresses the back of your neck. You close your eyes and turn your face up towards the sun, smiling as you feel it's rays warming your face. You suddenly open your eyes and race towards the blue foamy surf and as you jump over the crest of a wave you.....

.....Are about as far away from where today's song takes me as possible! There is one song that takes me back to a certain time in my life more then any other. The Coffee Song by Frank Sinatra. I had just discovered my love of Frankie and listened to his cd over and over the distract myself from the overwhelming nausea I was feeling. Now every time I throw up (Which if you ask my family is a lot. I am a bit of an epic barf-er!) I here this song in my head the whole time and every time time I hear it it makes me feel vaguely nauseous!

Not the most picturesque or romantic picture in the world, but it's the song that most strongly reminds me of somewhere, unfortunately that place includes my head in a toilet bowl.....

Day 3~A Song that Reminds You of Someone

Now, don't be mad Megan.....but this ones about you!

My older sister is always saying she's unattractive (so not true) and when ever the song She Don't Know Shes' beautiful came on we'd say how much it reminded us of her. Then one time when I was listening to it I remarked about how the girl in the song must be stupid (yes, I'm that mature!) because if she was getting that much attention, how could she not know she was pretty.....
Um sorry Megan.....

Now she fumes and I laugh whenever this song comes on the radio!

Day Two~ A Happy Song and a Sad Song

This one is easier then yesterday! I'm posting a song that makes me happy and a song that makes me sad, I'll leave it to you to decide which song is which! ;-)

~Zombie Jamboree~


~You're Nobody Till Somebody Loves You~



Day One~My Favorite and Least Favorite Song

Uh oh.....all of you who were around when I did the last 30 day challenge will know how hard of a time I have picking just one favorite of anything! But, here we go!

~Least Favorite~

My Funny Valentine

Maybe I just don't get it or maybe I need to lighten up but I am seriously confused as to why this is one of the most famous love songs! Could it be I'm missing the point and it's really ironic? I don't know, but any enlightenment on the subject would be welcomed!=)

~Favorite~

Um, I should know this, bare with me for a second.....ahha.....got it!.....Wait.....no I don't.....

There are so many excellent songs out there for different moods and different weather, different times of the day and how happy (or annoyed!) I am!

Sesh, I think I'm just going to make a list and point.....be back in a second.....

The winner is.....Our Song by Taylor Swift! Hmm, I've never seen the video before, it's cute! I am seriously in love with that pink phone of hers!