Day Three - A Happy Song

This is the song/performance that really got me hooked on Glee...and I'm a full on Gleek.

This show is sort of my guilty pleasure.  I love the music in it so much.

And, as a side note, this is also our "Car Wash Song", Punk is wicked afraid of the car wash, so when we go through it we blast this song and we dance and sing along crazy...always gets him smiling, even in the car wash.

Day Two - Least Favorite Artist

This post was supposed to be my least favorite song, but honestly, I couldn't come up with anything (at least not anything that didn't have all kinds of profanity in it and even in a "least favorite" post, that isn't something I want on my blog).  So I changed the post to my least favorite artist (because it's my blog and I do what I want!).

I'm a Taylor Swift fan, I think she is amazing as a singer and songwriter, but more so even because she is business minded and so sure of herself and in control especially for a child.  So on September 13, 2009, when she won the MTV award for Best Female Video and then was accosted on stage by Kanye West I became a real disliker of Kanye.  I'd never really liked him anyway, most of his music is kind of awful (okay, I kind of love Gold Digger, but doesn't everyone?), and he's stupid in general.  I mean, if President Obama (I'm not a fan) thinks you are a jackass (kind of like a slug saying you are icky), you must really be a mess, right?

This is the video of the President's "off the record" remark about Kanye:

Day One - Your Favorite Song

FAVORITE SONG?  I love music, so there are a lot of songs I love...I'm a big fan of pretty much all kinds of music but lately I've been listening to a lot of country music.  I have a few favorites on the radio right now, I love Taylor Swift and I'm really loving her "Mean" right now.  So, not because it's my all time favorite, but because I have so many favorites and it's in my favorites right now:

Taylor Swift - Mean

Enjoy.

30 Days of Music Anyone?

Got this list from Tumblring.net here.

30 Songs in 30 Days (modified to fit me better)

• Day 01 – Your favorite song
• Day 02 – Your least favorite artist
• Day 03 – A happy song
• Day 04 – A sad song
• Day 05 – A song that reminds you of someone
• Day 06 – A song that reminds you of somewhere
• Day 07 – A song that reminds you of a certain event
• Day 08 – A song that you know all the words to
• Day 09 – A song that you can dance to
• Day 10 – A song to relax you
• Day 11 – A song from your favorite band
• Day 12 – A song from a band you hate
• Day 13 – A song that is a guilty pleasure
• Day 14 – A song that no one would expect you to love
• Day 15 – A song that describes you
• Day 16 – A song from your favorite Broadway musical
• Day 17 – A song that you hear often on the radio
• Day 18 – A song that you wish you heard on the radio
• Day 19 – A song from your favorite album
• Day 20 – A song that you listen to when you’re angry
• Day 21 – A song that you listen to when you’re happy
• Day 22 – A song that you listen to when you’re sad
• Day 23 – Your wedding song
• Day 24 – A song that you want to play at your funeral
• Day 25 – A song that makes you laugh
• Day 26 – A song from your favorite movie musical
• Day 27 – A song that you wish you could play
• Day 28 – A song from a musical you have never seen
• Day 29 – A song from your childhood
• Day 30 – Your favorite song at this time last year

Thought it might be fun to do.  I'll try to link all of my song choices to Youtube, but I reserve the right to link to someplace else if I find that someplace else seems more appropriate.  Join me and let me learn about your music tastes too!

What age should you part ways with your inner nudist for propriety's sake?

So, when I picked Punk up from Nursery class the nursery leader mentioned 3 things.

1.  "Punk sure is a ladies man".  Yep, yep he is.  He comes by that honest, mom and dad were pretty big flirts in their younger days as were their dad's before them, plus, he's so cute he's just irresistible.

2.  "Punk is quite a good dresser and he seems to like being dressed nice, he doesn't try to take off his clothes at all".  Well...Punk doesn't dress himself and when he gets a choice he only gets a choice between outfits.  Punk IS an excellent dresser, but it is because mommy is a great shopper (at least for children's clothes), because, really, how many not quite three year olds do you know who take themselves shopping?  As far as taking off his clothes, he doesn't because he can't...he doesn't know that is an option...because mommy hasn't let him know that taking off his own clothes is an option yet (my life is easier that way).

3.  "We had a hard time keeping Ashlyn's clothes on her today, she kept taking them off".  Ashlyn is Punk's little "girlfriend" at church (and playgroup and she lives close so we have had a play date and I expect we'll have quite a few), right now I have no issue with Punk having a "girlfriend" that is in touch with her inner nudist, but I imagine there will come a time when I'm not so okay with that...I'm thinking probably when he's five or so...

Making Edna Proud

So, I decided I wanted to get a movie at Redbox for this evening (we don't have a TV here and while we have about a million movies, some that have never been opened, well I wanted a new one).

I got out of the car and there was a lady getting a movie, I noticed that she had a note in her hand with a Redbox code on it, you know, the kind that gets you a free rental but can only be used once per person, well, I snooped just enough to get the code.  My rental tonight was FREE!  And, as a "pay it forward" kind of moment I passed the code on to the guy behind me in line as well.

I figured it was just the kind of thing that Edna would do...lol.

Update

Just a quick update on our family logistics...

We are all in WA.  Not in Bremerton where we lived for the last 5 years, but in Arlington (north of Seattle and Everett).  Bobby is no longer stationed on the USS John C Stennis, he is now on the USS Abraham Lincoln (which is currently stationed in Everett, WA).  The ship will be leaving at the end of the year to move over to the Norfolk, VA area.  During the move time I will be in AZ (for a few months) then I will meet Bobby and the ship in VA.  We are looking forward to that time when we will be able to live together as a family for longer than six months at a time...

We are renting and living down the street from Bobby's mom and the kids are LOVING having "Gramma Di" so close, they love spending time with her and she has been great to take them and let Bobby and I have quite a few dates since we got here (something that has been in short supply for us since the kids came along).

I am working on being a better housekeeper (I'm still no good at it, but baby steps, you know?).  We live a long way from town and I'm trying to save miles on my new Ford Flex, so me and the boys hang out here a lot.  We don't have a TV, but we do have computers (although the internet can be tricky), the boys are getting acquainted with some of the great kids movies of my time (Punkin fell in love with Sesame Street's "Follow That Bird" just yesterday).

Our new ward (Arlington 2nd Ward) is great.  The people have been very welcoming.  Punk LOVES his nursery class and has a cute little blonde girlfriend there already.  Bobby has been called to work with the young men, and while he feels a little overwhelmed by the calling at times I think it is awesome that he gets to work with the youth.  The ward has an active weekly playgroup (that meets with two other wards in the area) and a monthly "ladies night" that is really NIGHT, we meet at 9:00p.m. for dinner/dessert and fun conversation.  I have really felt welcomed by the women in the ward and already know I will be sad to leave here when the time comes.

Hoping to be a better blogger again.  Not that a ton happens here, but the kids are growing fast, Bug will be walking soon, and Punkin says/does totally cute/funny things everyday and I am doing a lot of cooking and crafting, so maybe I'll get some pics, recipes, etc up at some point.