A to Z Challenge : "H"

Today's song is from ... I'm having a hard time with this one .. of course if this is giving me a hard time how am I ever going to get through Z or Q or the really tough ones.

I was going to go with the Beatles, Here, There, and Everywhere, but I didn't like the YouTube videos. I decided to go with Help!


p.s. I love the Beatles.

A to Z Challenge : "G"

My "G" song is from the Beach Boys' Endless Summer album and was also in Love, Actually.  Another one of those love songs.



My husband and I have seen the Beach Boys in concert like four times Several times for free in Washington DC on the mall and once with Chicago (not for free). Remembering those concerts reminded me of my first concert which coincidentally was also my first date. The concert was great -- the date .. hmmm. Anyway, Elton John was my first concert. I fell in love, so my second song for today is Goodbye Yellow Brick Road.

A to Z Challenge : "F"

My "F" song is a Taylor Swift song about falling in love "Fearless".  I like the image of the rain on the pavement.

A to Z Challenge : "E"

So today's song has been a toss up between Eye of the Tiger and Edelweiss.  Both songs from movies.  Edelweiss, as we all know, is from the Sound of Music.  That was the first movie I ever saw at the drive in theater.  I went with my aunt and uncle, two cousins, and my sister Rachel.  I don't know if I fell in love with the movie then,  but it certainly is one of my favorites now.  And of course, Eye of the Tiger was from one of the Rocky movies, the one with Mister T if I'm not mistaken.  I guess I could just put both of them up here ... or flip a coin.



Btw, we have a visitor from Australia at our house.  I don't know how long she's staying, but she's passed the devil cat test.  He didn't attack her.

And yet another birthday

Yesterday was my MS's birthday  I always seem to remember to post about the YD's birthday but not his.  Anyway, he turned 29.  We had a special dinner, which he ate and then he had plans.  We did cake tonight so the boys could participate.  (It took us three tries to get the angel food cake right.  The first one got dropped on the floor before cooking; the second one didn't get cooked long enough and fell; the third one turned out perfect.)

Anyway .. Happy Birthday!

If I ever get my act together, I'll post some younger pictures of the family so you can see what they looked like 20+ years ago.

A to Z Challenge : "D"

I've been thinking about today's song post a lot.

The first song I thought about was Petula Clark's Downtown.  I remember really liking it when I was very young .. it came out when I was five, but it has no other special significance.

Then I thought about the Beatles Drive My Car or Day Tripper, but again, other than really liking them, there's no special significance (though I confess not all the songs I pick will be significant).

Then there's Donna.  There's the well-known Richie Valens version which is great, but I remember it being a Donny Osmond version.  When I was 12 or so my girlfriends and I were huge Donny fans (yes, this is time for true confessions).  One of these friends' name was Donna .. so, so unfair.  No one ever sings about Thea..

and then there are a ton of "do you" songs: do you know the way to San Jose, Do you really Want to Hurt me?, Do you Believe in Magic? Do you know what I know? Do you know where you're going to? (featured in the Poseidon Adventure).

However, in honor of some of my bloggy friends, I decided to go with Down Under.  



Btw, it wasn't until I read your blogs that I found out about vegemite.  I always though they said "a bite of my sandwich" not vegemite sandwich ..

Wordless Wednesday

15 Minute Challenge - Week 13

Tuesday - zip
Wednesday - nothing
Thursday - nada
Friday - got the giveaway from our most gracious host -- two quilt books; looked through them
Saturday - zilch
Sunday - went to JoAnn's; organized my project book (the binder where I keep the print outs of the projects I want to do)
Monday - went to another JoAnn's; found the flannel fabric I was looking for (and some other flannel too); made a small 4x10 patch

So yesterday was the only day I actually sewed at all, but I'm getting ready to start. I have a colleague I need to get together with to start her son's quilt and then there's my daughter's duvet cover.

A to Z Challenge : "C"

Today's song is an easy one, California Dreamin'.



This is one of my favorites of The Mamas & the Papas. In the year between when I wanted to move to California and the year we actually did move to California, I loved listening to it. It made me want to come out here even more.

I thought it would make a good name for my blog and so here it is.

A to Z Challenge : "B"

I cheated and looked online for my "B" song.  There are so many great songs out there.  Here are a very few of them ...

Baba O'Reilly
Bennie and the Jets
Beach Baby
Baby I'm a Want You
Bad Day
Big Girls Don't Cry

I've decided to go with Behind these Hazel Eyes. I think it might be the only one out there about hazel eyes ..

April Come She Will

I was thinking of joining the A to Z Challenge this year.  However, not being very confident of my ability to follow through, I think I will just do it on my own.  I was thinking of picking my favorite Beatle songs for each letter, but then as I started to write this post I was reminded of a Simon & Garfunkel song, April Come She Will.  That's my song for "A".


I pulled this from YouTube and hope that I did it right.