Oh...and she didn't realize I was recording her at first. She just thought I was taking her picture until she saw the phone up again.
why my mom is awesome
Rockettes, Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, and my mom and bro-ha. Usually I join in, but I sat back and recorded this year...
mainstream
I decided to take it pretty darn mainstream for this cover. The acoustic version of this song really gets stuck in my head so I thought what better way to get it out than cover it. Ta-da...
Paparazzi - Lady Gaga
let the vacation begin
I'm writing this blog while sitting at my parents house in a ski bib from middle school. Believe it...and allow me to explain.
I just got home for the holidays, and I walked in my room to find the following: the madre's lightbulb/Christmas ornament cardigan (my fave of her Christmas sweaters. She thinks it's rude/funny that I want to borrow one of her sweaters for a tacky Christmas party), a dickie to go underneath the sweater (of course), khaki overalls with Auburn decor all over them (not really sure what these are), and a ski bib.
My mom was convinced that my ski bib from middle school would still fit, but I didn't believe her. Well ladies and gents...she was correcto, and therefore I am currently wearing it mainly because it's pretty dang cold in this casa. Also because it is totally fashion forward...duh.
So my past week was pretty busy even though I got to stay at home ALL week. Whoa. Lets start with Monday.
MONDAY was Regina preceded by Flying Saucer which were both absolutely wonderful.
On TUESDAY I signed up for the Country Music Half Marathon (woot!), got my new Droid phone, joined Twitter (due to my new phone), and I got to have dinner with my pops since he was in town.
WEDNESDAY was pretty normal. I went to the gym to start pretraining for my half marathon training, and it went really well. Again I say...woot!
THURSDAY. Gymed it. Mustache Thursdayed it with gal friends. Loads of fun.
FRIDAY was Mexican with the friends as well as a night on the town in Midtown which included talking to a few Jordanians...??? Oh and can I say that I went into work every single day this week? I think that's the first time that's happened since maybe when I interned. Haha.
SATURDAY = nothing = what I did all day. It was so great. I've been traveling during the week for so long and have really not had a weekend break lately due to either more roadtrips or friends/family coming to visit. Which is the case for the next three weekends as well so it was nice to have a break for once.
SUNDAY was so fun. I had brunch with the girls which included Christmas tunes and delightful homemade waffles. I tried out a new recipe for Turkey Sausage Balls which were actually better than regular sausage balls to me because they tasted the same but weren't as greasy. I also put all of my Christmas decor up since I probably won't have time until after the girls weekend in Denver. Oh and I almost had a nervous breakdown. Basically I thought I had mold all under my kitchen floor, but I didn't. I can explain in detail if you want to know, but I'll leave it at that for now. And I almost had a nervous breakdown because I knew I was about to be gone for about two weeks and wasn't sure what to do.
MONDAY was a car day. I spent about 9 or 10 hrs in my car. I drove to JC for a customer meeting, and it lasted maybe 15 minutes. Then I drove down to ATL to spend the night with the broseph. We went to a really good mexican restaurant called Pure that was in downtown Woodstock. We also did a little Christmas music recording so stay tuned for that.
I'm pretty sure they should put some sort of max character limit for posts because I feel like I've typed a dang textbook. Anyways, I'm out for now. Happy Thanksgiving! YEA for the Purina Dog Show!!!
Oh one more thing. I don't know if y'all remember my post from last Christmas season about the baby Jesus/Santa snowglobe. Well my mom found this oh so precious ornament while she was at the Biltmore for a girl's weekend a month or so ago.
How sweet is that?
From my bro-ha...I have a uke on my tree!!!
I just got home for the holidays, and I walked in my room to find the following: the madre's lightbulb/Christmas ornament cardigan (my fave of her Christmas sweaters. She thinks it's rude/funny that I want to borrow one of her sweaters for a tacky Christmas party), a dickie to go underneath the sweater (of course), khaki overalls with Auburn decor all over them (not really sure what these are), and a ski bib.
My mom was convinced that my ski bib from middle school would still fit, but I didn't believe her. Well ladies and gents...she was correcto, and therefore I am currently wearing it mainly because it's pretty dang cold in this casa. Also because it is totally fashion forward...duh.
So my past week was pretty busy even though I got to stay at home ALL week. Whoa. Lets start with Monday.
MONDAY was Regina preceded by Flying Saucer which were both absolutely wonderful.
On TUESDAY I signed up for the Country Music Half Marathon (woot!), got my new Droid phone, joined Twitter (due to my new phone), and I got to have dinner with my pops since he was in town.
WEDNESDAY was pretty normal. I went to the gym to start pretraining for my half marathon training, and it went really well. Again I say...woot!
THURSDAY. Gymed it. Mustache Thursdayed it with gal friends. Loads of fun.
FRIDAY was Mexican with the friends as well as a night on the town in Midtown which included talking to a few Jordanians...??? Oh and can I say that I went into work every single day this week? I think that's the first time that's happened since maybe when I interned. Haha.
SATURDAY = nothing = what I did all day. It was so great. I've been traveling during the week for so long and have really not had a weekend break lately due to either more roadtrips or friends/family coming to visit. Which is the case for the next three weekends as well so it was nice to have a break for once.
SUNDAY was so fun. I had brunch with the girls which included Christmas tunes and delightful homemade waffles. I tried out a new recipe for Turkey Sausage Balls which were actually better than regular sausage balls to me because they tasted the same but weren't as greasy. I also put all of my Christmas decor up since I probably won't have time until after the girls weekend in Denver. Oh and I almost had a nervous breakdown. Basically I thought I had mold all under my kitchen floor, but I didn't. I can explain in detail if you want to know, but I'll leave it at that for now. And I almost had a nervous breakdown because I knew I was about to be gone for about two weeks and wasn't sure what to do.
MONDAY was a car day. I spent about 9 or 10 hrs in my car. I drove to JC for a customer meeting, and it lasted maybe 15 minutes. Then I drove down to ATL to spend the night with the broseph. We went to a really good mexican restaurant called Pure that was in downtown Woodstock. We also did a little Christmas music recording so stay tuned for that.
I'm pretty sure they should put some sort of max character limit for posts because I feel like I've typed a dang textbook. Anyways, I'm out for now. Happy Thanksgiving! YEA for the Purina Dog Show!!!
Oh one more thing. I don't know if y'all remember my post from last Christmas season about the baby Jesus/Santa snowglobe. Well my mom found this oh so precious ornament while she was at the Biltmore for a girl's weekend a month or so ago.
How sweet is that?From my bro-ha...I have a uke on my tree!!!
regina
I finally got to see Regina Monday night...at the Ryman...with some vino and a new friend in hand. The guy beside me had flown in from Cincinnati to see her, and he thought I was a Vandy student which I took as a compliment. We chatted about music and how long we had been Regina fans and how awesome she is in general.
I also got to attend the show with my mom for a few songs. My mom is a huge fan and her favorite song is "Hotel Song" which I think is hilarious so I called her and let her sing along. She loved it.
I've already found a few videos from last night. Isn't YouTube just wonderful? The usher near our section was pretty strict about recording videos so props to whoever recorded these.
Some friends and I were discussing after the show how she never really talked to the crowd. She was very thankful and polite but never really segwayed into the next song with an explanation. But lets be honest...if she tried to explain her songs it would probably go way over everyone's heads. She's kind of a lyrical genius.
I also got to attend the show with my mom for a few songs. My mom is a huge fan and her favorite song is "Hotel Song" which I think is hilarious so I called her and let her sing along. She loved it.
I've already found a few videos from last night. Isn't YouTube just wonderful? The usher near our section was pretty strict about recording videos so props to whoever recorded these.
Some friends and I were discussing after the show how she never really talked to the crowd. She was very thankful and polite but never really segwayed into the next song with an explanation. But lets be honest...if she tried to explain her songs it would probably go way over everyone's heads. She's kind of a lyrical genius.
norah
Norah Jones has a new album out today! Yea! For those of you who don't love her, you should. Period. Those are my words of wisdom for the day. You can listen to the full album HERE.
shut the front door
I'm not going to lie. I was somewhat hesitant on doing a Carole King cover. Why you may ask did I decide to cover a Carole King tune after all? Well...SHE'S GOING BACK ON TOUR...WITH JAMES TAYLOR! How ridiculously awesome is that news? I just about have a heart attack everytime I read it. I mean Carole King and James Taylor together again. Wow. So I've covered one of my first favorites of hers in honor of this wonderful news...
Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow? - Carole King Cover
bon jovi is white
Am I the only person in the world right now listening to Regina Spektor while watching the Colts/Patriots game? I'm just saying.
I just wrapped up a wonderful weekend with the sis and fam (my sis being the only female in her family of five). The broseph and I gave her two tickets to the Grand Ole Opry at the Ryman when we knew Carrie Underwood would be singing since she's a pretty big fan. Being the horrible Nashvegan I am aka not really loving the country music scene (especially the new one), I let her take her hubby with...which left me with three boys for about 5 hours. This of course being right after we all treated ourselves to a Gigi's (ten pounds of icing...aka sugar) cupcake.
Normally they can be a bit overwhelming all together, but I had a blast. I have a lot to entertain them with, and I just let them have at it. I mean who wouldn't love a night of Nick Jr and Disney online games, Chic Fil A (including ice dreams...NOT creams I was informed multiple times...and the playground), uke action, "bass" guitar playing (the middle child kept calling my guitar a bass since it was bigger than his youth guitar), Playstation 2 and Xbox 360 games galore.
They all had pretty random and memorable quotes. My oldest nephew wants a PSP and an Ipod for Christmas which he says shouldn't be a big deal since Santa is paying for it. I totally agreed with him. I mean you can't argue with that one, huh? Unless you spill into the state of the economy which I'm pretty sure happened for a brief moment.
My favorite quote of the night was when we finally sat down and watched a total of 2 minutes of the Auburn game. A Bon Jovi commercial came on for some reason which was pretty random in and of itself. The eldest turned to me point blank and said..."I didn't know that Bon Jovi was white." I'm pretty sure I laughed for a good while and am even chuckling now thinking about it.
I just wrapped up a wonderful weekend with the sis and fam (my sis being the only female in her family of five). The broseph and I gave her two tickets to the Grand Ole Opry at the Ryman when we knew Carrie Underwood would be singing since she's a pretty big fan. Being the horrible Nashvegan I am aka not really loving the country music scene (especially the new one), I let her take her hubby with...which left me with three boys for about 5 hours. This of course being right after we all treated ourselves to a Gigi's (ten pounds of icing...aka sugar) cupcake.
Normally they can be a bit overwhelming all together, but I had a blast. I have a lot to entertain them with, and I just let them have at it. I mean who wouldn't love a night of Nick Jr and Disney online games, Chic Fil A (including ice dreams...NOT creams I was informed multiple times...and the playground), uke action, "bass" guitar playing (the middle child kept calling my guitar a bass since it was bigger than his youth guitar), Playstation 2 and Xbox 360 games galore.
They all had pretty random and memorable quotes. My oldest nephew wants a PSP and an Ipod for Christmas which he says shouldn't be a big deal since Santa is paying for it. I totally agreed with him. I mean you can't argue with that one, huh? Unless you spill into the state of the economy which I'm pretty sure happened for a brief moment.
My favorite quote of the night was when we finally sat down and watched a total of 2 minutes of the Auburn game. A Bon Jovi commercial came on for some reason which was pretty random in and of itself. The eldest turned to me point blank and said..."I didn't know that Bon Jovi was white." I'm pretty sure I laughed for a good while and am even chuckling now thinking about it.
girls weekend
Well some of the college ladies got together this past weekend in Huntsville. I would actually like to call it a men's weekend because it entailed drinking brewhas and watching football. We hit the downtown Huntsville area Saturday eve where we managed to almost start a new war against the North and the South at a bar thanks to a confrontational Southern gentleman who called out a New Yorker chatting with us on cussing too much (he was escorted out of the bar which I personally thought was discrimination) as well as order fries at both bars we went to (one purchased/one taken from a crazy drunk). What a feat. Ha.
It was great to all be together again, and we could tell we had all grown up a bit because we were all pretty subdued. Funny what the real world will do to you. Speaking of I went to bed at 8:30 last night. When telling my coworker that graduated a semester after me about this, he looked at me, laughed and said he was asleep by 7.
The Ladies
The sprinkler after watching Disturbia
It was great to all be together again, and we could tell we had all grown up a bit because we were all pretty subdued. Funny what the real world will do to you. Speaking of I went to bed at 8:30 last night. When telling my coworker that graduated a semester after me about this, he looked at me, laughed and said he was asleep by 7.
The LadiesThe sprinkler after watching DisturbiaI'm off to the gym for my feel good about life Monday workout. It includes working out while watching Intervention during which I tell myself...hey I'm not addicted to drugs AND I'm exercising. Double whammy.
Lady and Her Uke
I can not get this sad yet very beautiful song out of my head. Sorry to depress you, but this will be my outlet.
San Francisco - Ingrid Michaelson Cover
pretty cool stuff
For those of you who aren't aware, there is an Australian teen by the name of Jessica Watson trying to become the youngest sailor to sail around the world nonstop and unassisted. I was following her for the first week but completely dropped off. I just remembered it the other day. She has a blog set up for it so she can keep in touch with everyone. I thought it was pretty cool. Check out the blog here.
On a completely different note, I noticed today that I am a habitual non zipper of pants. I literally forget to zip my pants up every other time I go to the ladies' room. How sad is that? TMI? Anyways, I guess if I hung out with friends all day then I would at least have someone there to let me know I was a moron aka xyz aka I forgot to zip my pants up. Maybe I will just wear dresses/skirts every day for the rest of my life. Game plan...check.
On a completely different note, I noticed today that I am a habitual non zipper of pants. I literally forget to zip my pants up every other time I go to the ladies' room. How sad is that? TMI? Anyways, I guess if I hung out with friends all day then I would at least have someone there to let me know I was a moron aka xyz aka I forgot to zip my pants up. Maybe I will just wear dresses/skirts every day for the rest of my life. Game plan...check.
iamsotiredbutatleastlifeisfun
I was pretty bummed out when I found out that I was going to be in Johnson City on the Monday of the Ingrid Michaelson show in Nashville (especially since I bought my ticket about 3 months ago and had been excited ever since), but I put on my big girl pants and got on with it. That was until I found out she was going to be in Asheville the next night. Asheville is literally only an hour away from Johnson City, so I voted yes to that concert. AND I am SO glad I DID (minus the 12:30 am arrival back to the hotel).
Why the Ingrid Michaelson concert was awesome besides the fact that it was Ingrid Michaelson, and she is awesome. And besides the fact that she plays my two fave instruments...piano and uke. Well...I will tell you why.
I could go on and on and on...but I won't. Yea for two amazing concerts within the past few days. And yea for Regina Spektor in under two weeks. And yea for Denver in one month. YEA!
Why the Ingrid Michaelson concert was awesome besides the fact that it was Ingrid Michaelson, and she is awesome. And besides the fact that she plays my two fave instruments...piano and uke. Well...I will tell you why.
- Crowd involvement - She does a ton of crowd involvement which is oh so fun. For one song, we were split in two and had a singing (screaming) contest. The team names...Nipples and Balls. Balls = the best word ever in my book, and when she asked for names I almost screamed it out but didn't...she thought of it anyways. I laughed everytime she yelled it.
- All of her random/hilarious tangents. She's seriously really funny in a dry kind of way aka my favorite kind of way. Like when she asked the crowd to delete and please not upload any bad pictures of her, and then dove into a story about a girl who sent her a "good picture" but really it was a picture with like triple chins and the worst angle ever. She politely said thanks though.
- She skipped the walking off stage for the encore and instead just hid. And by hid I mean one of the guys was behind a set of drumsticks.
- Scrubs in opera. Let me clarify. TLC'S "SCRUBS." IN. OPERA.
- The fact that she closed with Far Away. Loves it.
- The man in front of me. No this has nothing to do with Ingrid, but this 50 year old man with ear plugs came and stood right in front of me with like a song into the concert. I could have easily been mad but the fact that he was constantly doing this ridiculous Carlton with no hands type move and randomly talking - or should I say screaming due to the ear plugs - to the girls beside me who never responded kept me pretty entertained. Plus, I still had a pretty clear shot of Ingrid.
I could go on and on and on...but I won't. Yea for two amazing concerts within the past few days. And yea for Regina Spektor in under two weeks. And yea for Denver in one month. YEA!
play hard
Why this weekend was awesome...Halloween, Friends, and Avett Bros (who I pretend are my friends, too).
Costume Party on Friday
I had the cube on maybe half of the night. A 2 ft cube does not fit easily through doors. FYI. I had about 6 bruises on my arms from the box, but it was comfortable at the time. I shouldn't have done all of those Chris Farley moves.
Avett Bros at the Ryman on Halloween
This concert was ridiculous. I mean...wow. The crowd was awesome. The bros were awesome, and they were the Three Amigos. Need I say more.
On our way to the show after a little pregame
action at Flying Saucer. So essited.
Big Bang after the show. Brunch on Sunday with some of the college crew followed by a visit to McKay's and Grimey's...where I bought five records for a total of like 5 bucks...no joke. Check out the variety:
Carole King Tapestry (I needed a listening copy since my other one is framed)
Mary Poppins
Christmas Mix
The Best of The Guess Who
Survivor - Eye of the Tiger (For the album cover. Check it out below. Awesome.)
Yea for life!
Costume Party on Friday
I had the cube on maybe half of the night. A 2 ft cube does not fit easily through doors. FYI. I had about 6 bruises on my arms from the box, but it was comfortable at the time. I shouldn't have done all of those Chris Farley moves.
Avett Bros at the Ryman on Halloween
This concert was ridiculous. I mean...wow. The crowd was awesome. The bros were awesome, and they were the Three Amigos. Need I say more.
On our way to the show after a little pregameaction at Flying Saucer. So essited.
Three Amigos
Big Bang after the show. Brunch on Sunday with some of the college crew followed by a visit to McKay's and Grimey's...where I bought five records for a total of like 5 bucks...no joke. Check out the variety:
Carole King Tapestry (I needed a listening copy since my other one is framed)
Mary Poppins
Christmas Mix
The Best of The Guess Who
Survivor - Eye of the Tiger (For the album cover. Check it out below. Awesome.)
Yea for life!
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