Don't Do Life Alone

Life is a wonderful thing. Ecclesiastes 3 is one of my favorite passages in the Bible. In vs. 12 and 13 we're told, "I know that there is nothing better for men than to be happy and do good while they live. That everyone may eat and drink, and find satisfaction in all his toil-this is a gift of God." Does this mean everything comes up roses? Absolutely not. But, sometimes I think it's easy to forget in our busy society to include others in our lives. We can be surrounded with people and forget to take them with us. Share your life with other people. Get together with friends. Take your kids with you. (one at a time please :), to devote some needed, individual attention) Call the grandkids and let them know how much you love and miss them. Serve meals at a local mission and take someone you love with you. Hey, maybe you could even blog with a few new people. :) There are so many possibilities! Above all spend time in the Word and nurture your marriage. Life is fun, a gift from God. Enjoy every minute and be thankful.

I thought you might like to see a few pics. Miss Etiquette's helped me learn how to post these babies, so I thought I'd share the fam. (My husband refuses to let me publish his mug shot on the blog, atleast for now, hehehehe.) Now, I just need someone who can inform me how to make these appear better on the page. ?????? So, I'm not a web designer. :)

Here are some fun, wonderful parts of my life: my son's football games, a rock concert (the girl on the right of me is not mine, you fellow chorale people may recognize her, Prof's youngest (aka Dr. G**), she and my daughter are best buds) - They wanted to see Superchic[k] and since that band was touring with one of my personal favorites, Sanctus Real. I made the sacrifice and said, "Sure, Mommy will take you.") :-) , a trip to the Pumpkin Patch and reading books with my youngest.

Screw the Celebrity Thing

I tried to get my celebrity look alike and the site didn't have any options for me. So, I just did my own. What do you think? Pretty close resemblance....... if I do say so myself. :)

Grrrrhhhhhhh.

Stand Up and Cheer

My petpeeve: poorly written music (I'm not referring to genre here. I don't care what style you write.....whatever it is, just write it well, please.)

Guess what? There's a ton of it out there. (including the obssession of P&W writing, people should be arrested for some of the lack of depth they put into that kind of writing, 80% makes me want to hurl) My occupation kind of forces me to keep up in the music world. I feel that I'm better at my profession if I stay current. I listen to music continually. This past month, I've had more than my personal liking of music listening because I'm arranging my own programs, again. I told myself that I wasn't going to do that anymore. (time consuming) I purchased some ready-to-go programs and ended up chucking them. I get so sick of the uncreative junk out there. So, I'm spending my time editing and arranging my own programs because I couldn't give into the crap.

Why am I saying all of this? Because there's hope people. I'm putting my personal compliments on these two albums. Mark Schultz: Broken and Beautiful, Skillet: Comotose

Schultz is so lyrically sound. His story telling is simply wonderful and unpredictable.
With the amount of music I listen to, it takes "something" to touch me. Mark is the one artist that I have cried on every one of his albums. I don't even care for his voice that much. (If you've ever been to one of his concerts, you'll know what I'm talking about. Vocalists kind of cringe to watch.) But, his writing is something to applaud and he understands how to write real love songs. Wow, good stuff. For all you country fans out there, his "She Was Watching" will make you a Mark Schultz fan yet. I was a mess by the end of listening to his album even with the little country ballad feel towards the end of his album.

For all of you rock fans out there: DO NOT DELAY ANY LONGER. Go and get your copy of Comotose. You put it in your stereo and you want to stand up and cheer. Talk about inspiration. The instrumentation is unbelievable and lyrics are well written. This group is incredible. They hit the stage and you can just sense that you're in for a treat. The best keeps getting better. Their album will not disappoint you.

How can one tell your standing and cheering for the sake of music? You're in your mid-thirties, driving a minivan, windows down, music blasting, throwing up your rock fist and it's cold outside. (That's kind of a scary visual, isn't it?) :) Some of you will understand what I'm talking about. The rest of you will think I'm a freak. Maybe I should change my name from Anon to Freakizoid.

Wow, I think my body has almost reached room temperature again. That was a chilly ride home.