Dirty Dancing Memories

The prompt for today is a childhood memory but I'm going with a teenage girl memory.

Sitting in the theatre with my mom and her best friend watching the movie Dirty Dancing. Then my mom gets up and goes to the washroom and takes a very long time to come back and when she does she demands we leave since this movie is such filth. I didn't have the heart to tell her how many times I had already seen it. Every time I hear this song it brings back this memory.

Runing away from it all

As promised I pulled myself out of the pity pool and I'm back to play the game.

A song that makes me feel guity is the prompt for today this is one that is hard for me because I don't tend to feel guilty very often but I think this song is perfect and probably most mothers/wives can relate to wanting to run away every once in awhile.

I know my followers are not country fans but if you listen to the words I'm sure you'll understand why I picked this song.

Had it with the wife thing, living on a shoe string
What’s a poor girl got to do just to have some fun?
All these years without any help
Guess what, honey, clothes just don’t wash themselves!
Neither do dishes, neither does the bathroom floor

Roller coaster continues

Sorry that I have missed the last couple of days of the music challenge but my real life seems to have derailed my blogging life.

Tuesday I was out selling Epicure this is my new side business I love it but it takes a lot of time.

Last night I was all set to blog and play along but the reality of how tight money is and how bleak the future is finacially just came to a head and I'm letting myself have a swim in the pity pool. I promise to pull myself out and be back in the game by tomorrow.

I know I can't let my mood stay too long but on the other hand its not a bad thing for me to let these emotions have their turn. I know that this will work because the lord never gives us more than we can handle but right now I just want to be gloomy and sulky.

Watermelon Crawl

The title alone should tell you why I choose this song.

The lyrics are so funny I couldn't stop laughing and replaying this song when it first came out and then I saw the video and that was it I was head over heels in love with this song.

Worst cover song

The worst cover song I've heard has to be Walking in Memphis by Lonestar.

This by far is a song that no one should try to copy. The original version is a masterpiece and should not be touched.

Best Cover Song

Sorry that this is a day late but I got crazy busy yesterday visiting and enjoying my last day before my youngest comes home.

The best cover song I've heard was just this summer and I was amazed that it this version was so amazing.

The Devil Went Down To Georgia by Emerson Drive

Always puts a smile on my face

When I'm sad I put on this song and then before I know it I'm in a better place and I can function.

I do not function wel when I'm sad or my emotions are all crazy.

Chantilly Lace by the Big Bopper

Like It Love It

This song is my go to song when I'm in a good mood. It just brings back memories of fall fairs and young love. Yes I apparantley seem to be in a sappy place these days.

Bonus the video is all Tim which is never a bad thing.

Song when I'm angry

Today's prompt has really had me thinking. I don't get angry very often and when I do I try my best to shake it off fast so I don't have a go to song for this mood.

When I'm angry I select random on my favourites playlist on my ITouch and this normally helps shake off my mood.

The song I would pick if I had a go to song would be Hell and Highwater.

Hakuna Matata

This song brings back wonderful memories of all my children dancing around the house singing this song. We all love Lion King and this song just seemed to stick with us.

I loved it when my youngest was able to watch Lion King and sing this song with his older brothers it was awesome. This song is catchy but also has a good message and I still find myself telling my children Hakuna Matata when they are stressing over something that can't be fixed.

Gimme that Girl

When I first heard this song I thought wow this is how all men should feel about their women. If I was talented enough to write a song this would be the one.

Hope you take the time to hear the song and read the lyrics on the screen.

Storybook Story

I got in late last night and had to work today hence why my selection is so late but bonus you get two selections tonight.

This song is such a true love song and everytime I hear it I get weepy and dreamy.

I truly wish I had someone to write me love songs. My hubby writes me goofy love notes because thats what he thinks is cute and most of the time I appreciate it but to his credit he found this song and made me a CD of love songs and this is the first song on the CD.

Jack and Diane

I am away this weekend so this is the answer for Day 16 just being posted a day early.

This is another answer that is fictional since I don't go to places that have jukeboxes

This would definately be the song I would pick I love this song.

I Can Only Imagine

The answer for today's prompt is fiction since the shower is the one place that I don't have music of any kind. This is my one on one time with God.

The song I picked is most likely the one I would sing since its so powerful and fits my morning theme. Yes occasionaly I have a ritual, routine or theme.

Mothers heart break

I realized this week that no matter how old our kids get we are always protective of them and our heart will always break when they are in trouble or their heart is breaking.

On Monday my oldest had an appointment that he had to go to and it was an hours drive. Right before we were to leave he had a full blown melt down and there was nothing I could do to soothe him or help. I had to just walk away as my 20 year child was trying to get control of his emotions. This is not an easy thing for him. He has a hard time navigating the world because our world is very different from the one he lives in. I was impressed that he was able to realize how important the meeting was and actually calm down enough to get in the car and go with me. The plus side is that by the time we got there he was able to have a conversation with me and listen to my advice for the next time this happens.

My son's world is black and white and literal. There are no shades and we are all supposed to remember verbatim what we said to him a minute, a day, a week, a month or more ago. Because most of us don't function this way he feels we are lying to him or picking on him. For the most part he holds it together and can function but when our two worlds collide he has a hard time coping.

I'm praying that as he grows and matures this will become less of a struggle for him because he is so smart and has such potential he just doesn't realize it and its so hard to show him and motivate him. It is heartbreaking to watch and unfortunatley when outsiders see this they think he is just disrespectful or a brat and its so hard to explain the situation.

Mambo #5

This song is one of my secret favourites. I can't get enough of it and its one of the few songs that play in my head. Its so far removed from my type of music but I love it for real and I guess its not a secret anymore.

A little bit of Monica in my life, a little bit of Erica by my side
A little bit of Rita is all I need, a little bit of Tina is what I see
A little bit of Sandra in the sun, a little bit of Mary all night long
A little bit of Jessica here I am, a little bit of you makes me your man

Come on I'm sure you also love this song and have been known to here it on the radio and start dancing.

Well in case you haven't guessed the song I have included the video for you to sing and dance along with.

I'd lie for you and thats the truth

This was the song my hubby and I danced to at our wedding and at my cousins wedding a couple of years ago we were suprised to hear it played and of course we had to dance to it.

Not a song anyone would normally consider for a wedding but my hubby picked it and he even attempted to sing to me as we danced to it.

I'd Lie for You by Meatloaf

Here I Go Again

I couldn't swear on a stack of bibles that this was my first slow song but I did have a lot of slow dances to this song in highschool so it would be a pretty good bet that this is the song.

Love this prompt it brought back some awesome highschool memories that I hadn't thought about in it feels like forever.

Look What You've Done

Today's prompt for the music challenge had me stumped because I don't know if there is anyone who would rather forget me and then to pick a song to go along with that I wasn't sure what to do. Then my middle child came downstairs playing this song by Jett and when I listened to the lyrics it was a perfect song for this prompt. Not sure who the person is that doesn't want to remember me but this song sums it all up.

Give me back my point of view
'Cause I just can't think for you
I can hardly hear you say
What should I do, well you choose

Oh, look what you've done
You've made a fool of everyone
Oh well, it seems likes such fun
Until you lose what you had won

More then a feeling

Today's music challenge is supposed to be a song about someone I'd like to forget and I've been racking my brain and so far I haven't come up with a person or a song. Six months ago this would have been a breeze but I decided this year to look back on my past and those I'd rather forget and instead turn my thinking to the memories and postive things these people brought into my life whether it be a memory or something else.

I decided to put  a twist on this prompt instead of a person I picked an event. This song represents how naive I was to not know how many women my ex was with and that one of them was my close friend. I have move on and have no bitterness but everytime I hear this song that ugly head of anger appears.

Its Old Time Rock N Roll

Still like that old time rock'n' roll

That kind of music just soothes the soul

I reminisce about the days of old

With that old time rock 'n' roll



This songs gets me everytime because yes I'm a Country Music Freak but I still love classic rock and the oldies. How can you not dance to this song regardless of where you are or doing.  Yes even in my office I've been known to dance.

 

I will confess I do dance to almost any and every song but this one is guranteed to get me out on the dance floor.

 

 

Wild in the Streets

When I first heard this song as a teenager I realted to most of the lyrics and played this song over and over again. As I got older this song still stuck with me and gives me happy memories of my teenage and young adult years.

For the last month I have been looking high and low for the CD that contained this song I may know the lyrics by heart but I can't sing at all.

I can tell you the name of the album and what number it is.

A brief glimpse of the lyrics and my favourite part of the song.

A member of the boy's brigade
Had a date with the girl next door
You know it made her daddy crazy
But it only made her want him more
They weren't looking for trouble
You know that boy didn't want a fight - not tonight

What a night

I decided to go visit my family tonight since my hubby is doing work for them. As the night progressed I was excited about my new role as granny and the upcoming shower. I told them that I would get them invites and I was hoping they could come and support my son and his girlfriend.

In the process of the talk my one cousin found out who my son's future mother in law (D)is. I don't like my future mother in law because I have some bad history but I'm trying to get over that for the sake of our future being intertwined. I find out that my sons future mother in law had an affair with my cousins husband up until and including when he was sick in the hospital and dying. I suspected this over the years but never knew for sure and never knew my cousin knew.

Needless to say this part of the family will not be at the shower and will probably not be overly willing to come to my house in fear of saying something. The best part of all of this is that apparantley my cousins husband spent a lot of time at D's house so my future daughter in law knows him well but maybe not the situation.

I feel horrible that my cousin is now reliving this horrible event 11 years later but how was I supposed to know the world was this small.

Invisible Touch

This was the first concert I ever went to and I got to go with my mom who was so cool. She was up there dancing and singing along with all the songs. I couldn't keep up to her.

Thanks for including this prompt. I havent thought of this memory in like forever.


"She seems to have an invisible touch yeah
She reaches in, and grabs right hold of your heart
She seems to have an invisible touch yeah
It takes control and slowly tears you apart."

Music Challenge

When I decided to participate in this music challenge it was to get me disciplined to start blogging more often. Wow what an impact this has had on me and its only been six days. The memories its bringing up and the music I'm listening to. I am so attached to my Itouch that I rarely listen to the radio anymore and I've gotten into a rut with only hearing my music and not the oldies or even new stuff.

Each prompt has me searching my memory bank, hitting You Tube to find videos and then looking for a good radio station. I will be updating my ITouch by the time this is over.

I love it. Thanks to the girls that organized this.

Blackbird by the Beatles

Day 6 - Music Challenge part 2

I remember this moment and probably will for life because it sticks out so clearly. My heart sister and I were away on our annual escape to my dads.  We are sitting in the truck getting ready to go for a Chisholm Carwash (this could be a blog on its own) on the radio comes Blackbird but not the original. My heart sister goes on a rant (nicely) about how she wants the original played at her funeral.

The reason that this sticks out so much is that we normally don't have the radio on for our Chisholm Carwash and that my girl does not normally get so animated about a song. She was in the backseat so this must have been a couple of years ago before she started taking pictures as a hobby.

Shes Every Women

Music Challenge Day 5 - Song that reminds you of someone.

She's Every Women by Garth Brooks

She's sun and rain, she's fire and ice
A little crazy but it's nice
And when she gets mad, you best leave her alone
'Cause she'll rage just like a river
Then she'll beg you to forgive her
Oh, she's every woman that I've ever known.

She's so New York and then L.A.
And every town along the way
And she's every place that I've never been
She's makin love on rainy nights
She's a stroll through Christmas lights
And she's everything I want to do again.

It needs no explanation
'Cause it all makes perfect sense
For when it comes down to temptation
She's on both sides of the fence.

No it needs no explanation
'Cause it all makes perfect sense
When it comes down to temptation
She's on both sides of the fence.

She's anything but typical
She's so unpredictable
Oh but even at her worst she ain't that bad
She's as real as real can be
And she's every fantasy
Lord she's every lover that I've ever had
And she's every lover that I've never had

This song reminds me of an old love his names Dan. At the beginning things were amazing I mean fireworks amazing but alas things did not end on a good note and my heart was broke for a long time.

I came home one night to a message on my machine from Dan. I real apology I think the only one I ever got from him. He said to listen to Shes Every Women by Garth Brooks. This song would explain how he felt about me and he still loved me.  I listened to the song over and over for days. I got the message but we did not get back together. Its been 15 years since I've seen him and I still wonder how he's doing.

I could not listen to this song for the longest time because it just made me remember all the bad but now this song is played on my ITouch regularly and it now brings back good memories of Dan and also reminds me what a wonderful women I am.

A song that makes me sad

When I heard this song it made me cry which never happens. I am one of those people where the glass is always half full. But having lost my mom when I was a young adult this song just tugged at the heart strings and tear ducts.

I danced with my dad to this song when I got married since my mom was not with us and had never even met my hubby. The day I got married my hubby made sure to include my mom in every little way he could and encouraged me to play this song.

Don't judge others

The talk around my house this weekend has been about the officer that died and the kids that killed him.

See my kids and some of my younger friends know the names and reputation of the kids that caused the accident. I got caught up this weekend in the blame and judging game. They did leave a women with no husband, two young children with no father and a community without an officer.

I heard this song today and the message made me realize that we should not judge these youths. We have no idea what they were thinking, what type of home life they have or even if they have role models. From what I've heard about this kids they don't have much of a home life or role models.

A song that makes you happy

This is an old song but every time I hear it I fall in love with it and it just makes me grin. This is from my teens and it brings me back to those days of carefree living and just being in the moment.

A song your know better then to enjoy but love anyway

Well my guilty pleasure and this song gets me everytime and no matter where I am I start shaking my booty. Not all out dancing if I'm in public but close and if I'm alone I feel the need to sing along and a smile comes to my face.

The song is Achy Breaky Heart by Billy Ray Cyrus

A song you are supposed to love but don't

I'm doing a 30 day music challenge. Couldn't figure out how to use the prompts so I'm doing it on my own blog.

The song for today would be any and all versions of Life is a Highway. This song plays and it is automatically turned off.

I know its apparantley a great song but I don't like it not one bit.