More Country

Can't forget favorites like
Craig Morgan
Dierks Bentley
and 
Josh Turner

CRAIG
  Red Neck Yaht Club
  That's What I Love About Sundays
  American Harvester
  Love Remembers
  A Little Bit Of Life
  My Kind Of Woman
 

DIERKS
 ....well pretty much EVERYTHING

SUGARLAND
  Baby Girl
  Settlin
  Stay
  All I Want To Do
 Already Gone
 To The Left (Beyonce song IRREPLACEABLE gone country!)
 Life In A Northern Town
 Want To
 One Blue Sky
 Something More
 Down In Mississippi
 Stuck Like Glue
 Who Says You Can't Go Home Again
  Just Might Make Me (Believe)

MONTGOMERY GENTRY
  The Big Revival
  Long Line Of Losers
  Roll With Me
  Some People Change (also recorded by kenny)
  Lucky Man
  My Town
  If You Ever Stop Lovin Me
  Hell Yea
  Speed
  Merry Christmas From The Family

DARIUS RUCKER
  It Won't Be Like This For Long
  Alright
  Don't Think I Don't Think About It


ok....not EXACTLY country per se....but i am IN LOVE with these two songs!!!!!

PINK
  Glitter In the Air
UNCLE KRACKER
  Smile
  (there's ALOT of UKs songs that i think are awesome...wanna know more of them?)




more to come ...i'm sure, as they float into my head!!!

a little bit country

i have a friend that used to avoid country music like the plague....until recently
now she's jumping in FEET FIRST and embracing the genre head on.....ironically i met her at a GFA concert in San Jose.....i recall her saying she loves gary but that's it...not into country music (i'm paraphrasing, but you get the gist) ......

and now....she's asked me for music & artists to feed her starving country soul..............

i'm going to list a few here, and if you feel so inclined please comment & add some of YOUR favorites!!!
*one rule....no Gary or Kenny (unless they are EXTREMELY OBSCURE) she knows their music very well!

ALABAMA
  Mountain Music
  The Fans
  My Home's In Alabama
  The Closer You Get
  Lady Down On Love
  Feels So Right
  Dixieland Delight
  Tennessee River
  Thank God For Kids
  If You/re Gonna Play In Texas

ALAN JACKSON
  Back Where I Come From
  Five O'Clock Somewhere
  Remember When
  Sissy's Song (or is it Song for Sissy?)
  Little Bitty
  Pop A Top
  Drive (For Daddy Gene)

JASON ALDEAN
  Johnny Cash
  Asphalt Cowboy
  Hicktown
  Big Green Tractor
  Laughed Until We Cried
 
ok...i was gonna go alphabetical..but too many songs are popping into my head

JAKE OWEN
  Eight Second Ride
  Don't Think I Can't Love You
  The Bad In Me
  Something About A Woman
  The Bottle and Me
  Startin' With Me
  Places to Run
 You Can Thank Dixie

JOHNNY CASH
  Sunday Morning
  Folsom Prison Blues
  Ring of Fire
  It Ain't Me
  Daddy Sang Bass
  A Boy Named Sue
  I'm Still In Love With Someone
 
CHUCK WICKS
  All I Ever Wanted
  Man of the House
  Starting Now
  What If You Stay

LUKE BRYAN
  The Car In Front Of Me
  Pray About Everything
  You Make Me Want To
  We Rode In Trucks
  I'll Stay Me
  Do I

SHANNON BROWN
  Corn Fed
  High Horses
  Can I Get An Amen
 
TIM McGRAW
  Southern Voice
  Last Dollar (Fly Away)
  The Cowboy In Me
  Over and Over
  Back When
  Do You Want Fries With That
  Comfort Me
  Sing Me Home
  Where The Green Grass Grows
  Everywhere

MARTINA McBRIDE
  This One's For the Girls
  God's Will
  Independence Day
 
JASON MICHAEL CARROLL
  Hurry Home
  Where I'm From
  Sleep When I'm Dead
  No Good In Goodbye
  Anywhere USA
  Honky Tonk Friends
  Let It Rain

TRENT TOMLINSON
  Henry Cartwright's Produce Stand
  Country Is My Rock
  Angels Like Her
  Hey Batter Batter
  One Wing In The Fire
  Drunker Than Me

the Brick

ok, so i got this as an email....and for some reason it's sticking with me, so i just don't wanna lose it.....i know the story is contrived but the message is a good one.

THE BRICK

A young and successful executive was traveling down a neighborhood street, going a bit too fast in his new Jaguar. He was watching for kids darting out from between parked cars and slowed down when he thought he saw something. As his car passed, no children appeared. Instead, a brick smashed into the Jag's side door!

He slammed on the brakes and backed the Jag back to the spot where the brick had been thrown. The angry driver then jumped out of the car, grabbed the nearest kid and pushed him up against a parked car shouting,

'What was that all about and who are you? Just what the heck are you doing? That's a new car and that brick you threw is going to cost a lot of money. Why did you do it?'

The young boy was apologetic.

'Please, mister....please, I'm sorry but I didn't know what else to do,' He pleaded. 'I threw the brick because no one else would stop...'

With tears dripping down his face and off his chin, the youth pointed to a spot just around a parked car.

'It's my brother,' he said, 'he rolled off the curb and fell out of his wheelchair and I can't lift him up.'
Now sobbing, the boy asked the stunned executive, 'Would you please help me get him back into his wheelchair? He's hurt and he's too heavy for me.'

Moved beyond words, the driver tried to swallow the rapidly swelling lump in his throat. He hurriedly lifted the handicapped boy back into the wheelchair, then took out a linen handkerchief and dabbed at the fresh scrapes and cuts. A quick look told him everything was going to be okay

'Thank you and may God bless you,' the grateful child told the stranger.

Too shook up for words, the man simply watched the boy push his wheelchair-bound brother down the sidewalk toward their home. It was a long, slow walk back to the Jaguar.. The damage was very noticeable, but the driver never bothered to repair the dented side door. He kept the dent there to remind him of this message:

'Don't go through life so fast that someone has to throw a brick at you to get your attention!' God whispers in our souls and speaks to our hearts. Sometimes when we don't have time to listen, He has to throw a brick at us. It's our choice to listen or not.



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Thought for the Day:



If God had a refrigerator, your picture would be on it.

If He had a wallet, your photo would be in it.

He sends you flowers every spring.

He sends you a sunrise every morning Face it, friend - He is crazy about YOU!



God didn't promise days without pain, laughter without sorrow, Sun without rain, but He did promise strength for the day, comfort for the tears, and light for the way.



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Read this line very slowly and let it sink in...



If God brings you to it, He will bring you through it.

tempest fugits.....baybeeeeee!

that's what my mom always said....course she was generally referring to when you're having too much fun! i wanna have some fun!!! tired of being all cooped up...taking drugs...avoiding sunlight.....

i am feeling the effects of a week of imposed captivity......geez i sound like some heroin crazed crimminal on the lamb!!!

really i'm NOT!!! i'm just on anti-biotic #3 tetrecycline.......two times a day....PLUS showering TWICE A DAY with physoderm....AND this is the worst part of all....TWO TIMES each and every day - neosporin up the nose!!! it is really hard to leave it there more than 10 minutes. i end up either wiping my nose or blowing it all out again.....YUCK yuck YUCK yuck

so yes, i have advanced from the ER to my own doctor and he says he thinks i may have Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA)  ...oh what FUN!!! ...and although not related i am suffering through an acute case of sciatica on the same leg......when it rains it POURS!!!

five days into the new antibiotic.....i've seen some improvement but not a whole lot. i sure hope it kicks in SOON cuz i do not wanna have to go to the next level of treatment!!!!! grrrrr

down....but not out

i didn't wanna do it....
i really really didn't wanna do it
but i did it....

called the doc to see if i need to come in & see him.
his front office gal took the information & told me she'd have him give me a call

so now i wait.

wonder if i should take another magic pill? the swelling did not go down overnight like it usually does. it's not too painful right now, but then i'm not moving around either. and i did not make the LONG DRIVE into work (which is a big help) .....maybe i'll wait. i don't like to take drugs.....unless i really really have to

i'm gonna wait
at least a little while

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Good bye Ruby Tuesday

....and so the saga continues. broke down and took strong drugs this morning....barely able to walk out of bed. and this is the STINKY part! ....my mom always insisted that i don't give in to the pain.don't allow a limp to develop.............and i've always been really good about that....about not letting on to anyone that there's something wrong. EXCEPT NOW i can't seem to shake the gimpiness.....my leg is definitely dragging.

and this means only one thing left....i'm gonna be forced to call the doc & go in and see him & get told to take drugs & bedrest..............................I CAN'T AFFORD TO DO THAT!!!! i've got too much going on to stop living!!!

grrrrrrrrrr!
that's all i have to say!
GRRRRRRR!

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Muzzle to muzzle, now anything goes
As they wriggle, and Sue starts to giggle

monday once again!

thank you jen!!!! how i wish you were comig to GFA in a few more weeks!!! but i totally understand....ur hubby does deserve one day of the year where you are thinking only of him (and not that other sexy guy with the hot goatee & smoky voice!)

yesterday DID get better after i got through my little temper-tantrum! no, no one came to my aid & rescue. and  no i did not get all the cuttings bagged. but i will get it done, and i will finish digging up & trying to repair the yard. it is my responsibility.

in the afternoon we took 'my boys' (& their sister too) to the train museum in suisun city....VERY FUN. if only we had gone EARLIER in the day we could've ridden the trains all afternoon long. but we did manage to get two rides in before the close of the day. and we had a nice picnic lunch afterwards......came back & stopped at costco for some 'mingos' (mangos) and picked up some chicken and potatoesalad for dinner. ran into their neighbors at the food court and stayed to visit for a while.

unfortunately, all the walking and standing really irritated my already 'angry' sciatic nerve & by the time we got home i was barely able to stand, let alone bend, squat, lift and all the 'normal' things i do everynight....so with a handful of ibuprofin it was off to my domicile at an early hour.

did get to play all my games on fb (thank you for the addiction!!!! lol) leveled up on a lot of them :) and RE-started playing on yo'ville.....put on an old favorite 'outfit' and hung out with a friend in the yo-ville pads & shacks.......too much fun......not enough sleep

and here we are it's MONDAY again!

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no rush...
though i need your touch

sortta getting old

this idea that i am supposed to put everyone else's needs before my own.......

someone needs help
i am there

someone needs an ear to listen....a shoulder to lean on
i am there

someone needs something done
call on me

my housework
my laundry
my personal upkeep
....that can wait

then maybe when it's my turn to need help someone will be there to help me out too.....
NOT
never happens.
suddenly everyone is too busy
has important things they have to do that can't wait

nope
instead i sit here now covered in little flecks of blood from the rose thorns (which i am allergic to) that pricked me because i waited for three weeks to see if someone might help me by bagging them up for me. but that did not happen

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ok i'm done feeling sorry for myself.......

who needs a helping hand?

FRIDAY the THIRTEENTH

i remember the movie FREAKY FRIDAY.....and no not the remake but the ORIGINAL! funny stuff! IF ONLY things like that really happened in real life!

so far today, things have not been terrific.....i guess i can chalk it up to FRIDAY the 13TH?!
there have been some nice spots (like chatting with special friends, some that i get to talk to everyday, some that i haven't heard from in a long while)
AND
tonight is friday so EVERYONE KNOWS that means it's 'donalds!!!!
and later it's girls night out........we got an invite to go see myron & jeff play at LEGACY BAR & GRILL in antioch.....should be a good time

BUT in the meantime
i got caught infracting the law GRRRR!!!
was late to work
had to be at work
dealing with drama at home
feel cold & mizzly cuz the summer sun is starting to disappear
did i mention not wanting to work today?

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CLOSE YOUR EYES & JUST TRUST IT

yesterday's second thoughts

addicted to games in fb YES....thank you

i need more nails & boards
beeswax and blankets
buckets of paint
VIP advice
giant leaves
the ability to scare bears
more social friends
an offer you can't refuse
fertilizer to grow my pineapples, grapes, rice, corn.....just about any thing that can be planted in the ground
anyone see my lost frontier hubby?

i did especially enjoy 'tasting' merlin's vicarious wine.....it was SPECIAL!!! i hope the vintner makes more :)

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IT'S THE THUNDER BEFORE THE LIGHTNING
THE BREATH....BEFORE THE KISS

#71

lately, i've noticed i have been quite prolific in my written thoughts..........................THIS is number seventy-one!!!! and i've also noticed that i've developed a pattern of two thoughts per day....in August 2009 i had ONE thought!!!

wonder what my second thought will be today?!

my first thought: i wanna be somewhere other than here (work)....and yes i do have a specific somewhere that i think i'd rather be, i'm curious to find out

but you know what they say about curiousity & cats!!!! lol

DIRTY a.k.a. Dirt Tea

CHAI TEA.....my favorite morning time treat! to me it tastes a little bit like OATMEAL and is exceptionally good on cold winter days. it's also comforting on mornings when you just don't wanna get up and start the day.....

Boil 5 minutes, then steep 10 minutes:

1 Tbsp fennel or anise seed
6 green cardamom pods
12 cloves
1 cinnamon stick
1/4" ginger root, sliced thin
1/4 tsp black pepper corns
2 bay leaves
7 Cups water

Add, bring to a boil, and simmer 5 minutes:
2 Tbsp Darjeeling tea (i actually prefer GREEN tea)

Add:
6 Tbsp honey or brown sugar
1 Cup milk

h'mmmm i think SOMEONE is mistaken!!! lol there's no DIRT in this tea at all!!!
 
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WISH FOR AN ENDLESS NIGHT......

Our Father

as i was driving to work today i was listening to the CATHOLICS NEXT DOOR on the CATHOLIC CHANNEL on Sirius/XM radio (thank you scott for addicting me to this, :) among other things)

they were interviewing a guest, a priest from England ( i missed the beginning so didn't catch his name) but he was discussing prayer and one part that i caught onto was the fact that rote prayer is equally as good as personal prayer. i've always felt inadequate in my 'prayer life' because i am just not good at personal prayers...i know all my traditional (rote) prayers by heart but having that 'personal conversation' just never seems to work for me. this priest was explaining that God gives us just as much grace through rote prayers as he does through personal prayers. 

another thing he talked about was meditating on the meaning of the traditional prayers. take them line by line and just think, meditate, on the meaning of each individual line........i think i will do that. perhaps i will blog it down as i consider the words of the Our Father and their meanings to me.

honesty

i am basically a very honest person.
i do not lie
....especially if you ask me a direct question
if you are not direct i may try to evade the whole truth but i will never tell a blatant lie

except possibly to myself.....seems i deceive myself on a daily basis about many things that matter in life. BUT if i catch myself up in the middle of the night (or more precisely....just before dawn) without any sleep i just may have let my guard down long enough to tell myself the full truth

(ok, yea...i know i'm rambling & not making much sense to YOU...but i'm just capturing thoughts bouncing around in my head after a mostly sleepless night....nothing bad...it was a good night yes...just mostly sleepless)

vicariously on a limb

to live vicariously is no real risk.....in fact the benefits may far out weigh the pitfalls.
the real question is whether to remain vicariously alone....or to share your vicarious desires with another vicariously


oh the things we ponder when we stay up all night.....

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calling me sugar....you called me sugar

BIG DOG DADDY DAY!!!!

TIMEMANAGEMENT this is DEFINITELY a task that i do not seem to know how to handle!

cuz IF i did i probably wouldn't be so tired & discom-boob-u-lated.......and i wouldn't rush around like a chicken with my head cut off

here it is BIG DOG DADDY day......i had planned to be so organized & ready for the big MEET&GREET event.........................................................................but AM I READY?! lol...now THAT is a silly question!

i am tired...........and all that comes to mind is KENNY's song OUT LAST NIGHT - even tho' i did not go OUT...it was a good night & i got too little sleep

i found a picture to have Toby Keith sign tonight.....at 2 o'clock in the morning, so NO i have not gotten it printed YET.....gotta make that pitstop before i go  across the bridge!!!

i did manage to 'wash the grey' outta my head .....at 5 o'clock in the am.....yea i know i WAS GONNA do it last night but i got distracted :)

do i get to leave work early? probably not :( i FORGOT that i needed to get gas....well i didn't really forget about needing gas.....i just forgot that COSTCO doesn't open until 6am....so my idea of leaving for work by 530a kinda went right out the window *sigh*

oh yea..then there's the camera - i did remember to bring it....but the battery is drained & needed to be charged......yep had to bring all THAT stuff with me to work today

irregardless of my lack of time management & running around in the middle of the night like a chicken with my head cut off.....

i wouldn't change anything...........it was worth every moment!

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GLITTER GLITTER IN THE AIR ~ * ~SPARKLIE SPARKLES EVERYWHERE

FOOD

my best friend
my enemy
my comforter
my destroyer

we NEED it to live
we WANT it to feel good / give pleasures / set off endorphines

i am in a LOVE/HATE relationship with food......never fear i will not ever become anorexic nor bulemic.....but on the other hand i may eat so much that one day i will just EXPLODE.

i am a JUNKFOOD JUNKIE (remember that song from the 70's?!) in the trueset sense of the word....i am happiest while consuming mass produced over processed sugar infused fried food substances that come in plastic wrappings or paper/styroform containers .............and then when the feeding frenzy has ended i am even more upset and disappointed because i have failed yet again to stay away from the 'BAD FOOD'

i am also a firm believer in being GREEN/RAW ......when i prepare meals for family and friends i like to use the freshest ingredients and make it all from scratch. i love living in the boondocks where we have so many fresh farm stands available to buy great fruits and vegetables!!!! i LOVE fresh crunchy juicy sweet tangy fruits & veggies!!!

h'mmm i see my split/dual personality shining through once again....if only i could find a way to meet myself half-way someday.

right now i'm in a denial mode....i am denying myself all things 'bad' and TRYING to only eat fruits & veggies with a smattering of proteins mixed in...................................it's not working very well. i already failed yesterday, going for the 'do-over' today...but feeling like i am already slipping over the edges of the slippery slopes & into the big deep dark pit

another mom-ism

diddle diddle dumpling my son john
went to bed with his stockings on
one shoe off and one shoe on
diddle diddle dumpling my son john


.....ok, WHY remember this today.....guess it's just nostalgia......well, that AND as i am sitting here at my desk  really wanting to take a nap i am remembering that my mom used to 'sing' this little rhyme to me all the time because i would forever always have only one shoe on..............................and YES as i am sitting here at my desk, i STILL have only one shoe on.

i think the psycho-analytical-brain-tweakers might pick this apparent character-flaw of mine apart and logical-ize it by saying that i often remove one shoe to symbolize my tendency to only have one foot in reality and the other floating free in some fantasy world or other

...that will be $75, thank you & see you again same time next week!

momentary thoughts

"Of all sad words of tongue or pen, the saddest are these: 'It might have been.' " ~John Greenleaf Whittier

i often find myself playing the WHAT IF game...

What if i had gotten out of bed when the alarm clock rang this morning
What if i had eaten a salad for dinner instead of that sandwich
What if i had never moved to Hawaii at 21
What if i had gone to college instead of dropping out on that very first day at SFCC
What if i had studied harder in high school, made an effort to get high scores
What if ...
What if ...
What if ...


my mother was always fond of reminding me: "if wishes were horses; beggars would ride"

the things i wish for are the things i can never have. time to forget about the 'coulda beens' and accept the way it is.

monday monday

wish it were a FUN day.......

sometimes i wonder the wisdom of our forefathers when they determined that people should have to WORK to EARN a living. WHY OH WHY can we not PLAY all day.....i never asked to grow up...i never asked to be a responsible member of society........**stomping feet here** i wanna go outside and play....i wanna stay up late and sleep late....i wanna laugh & giggle  cuz the grass is tickling my toes...i wanna run through the sprinklers with all my clothes on and then lay on the hot cement and feel the warmth seeping through my wet clothing

i do NOT wanna work....nope....not today....not tomorrow....not ever!!!!!


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i don't wanna grow up! why didn't anyone ask my opinion before forcing this on me?!

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gonna make it the best it can be......for the moment on the upswing of this crazy pendulum called LIFE....wondering why there has to be a downside

tomorrow may be dark & gloomy....but for today i will make a happy memory to look back upon in my sorrows and remember the good times

little treasures stored upon the cracked surfaces of my heart, sweetness & sunshine tickling my nose.....fighting for sanity inch by inch
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