I guess I am feeling nostalgic lately. Yesterday, my son drove me to the health food store for soap and I needed to go to CVS as well. It was kind of cold yesterday but I am lucky that my son can get me into the car and drive me anywhere. I still have to be there, because he just finished segment two of driver’s training.
Because it was so cold, I stayed in the car and he just got out to ran into the store to get what I needed. Before he did this, I would tell him to, “Turn my jam on.”
I hadn’t heard this song in a while and it makes me think of my second apartment and when I first leased my black Malibu. Her name was Natasha. I still could drive back then and I was more able-bodied. Maybe that’s why I’m so nostalgic for that time in my life! That, and this song! Because, “Everything [I] got, best believe [I] bought it!” 😄😄😄
I heard this tune awhile ago while I waited, in the car, for my mom after ATI one day. I’ve been in a funk for a while so I have not posted it but I thought about it to again today.
I was reminded of the bus ride to Washington DC in eighth grade. When I was in eighth grade, I got solos for the Christmas play and I had some pipes. I would sing often! Because of my youth, I really didn’t care what people said so I belted out songs all of the time!, probably to the annoyance of some people. I think about that fact now and cringe and shake my head.
When I heard this song on the radio not too long go, because I was by myself, I remembered all the words so I belted them out (NOT as well as I used to!)
It surprised me that I could not hit a lot of the notes but I haven’t really been in the singing mood as of late. I guess I need to work on that! Hearing this song brought back so many fond memories and it made me smile (even though I could not sing it as well as I used to!)
I’m not sure what made me think of my second apartment and this CD:
but I thought about it as I washed dishes one evening at my house.
I used to listen to this CD (back when one used to buy CDs, in the days before streaming) as I got ready for work in the Fall and Winter of 2007. I was still teaching English back then. I wasn’t sure of the names of the songs that didn’t get radio play but I especially loved this first one!
I was never saved from the darkness and in retrospect, it wasn’t even darkness, rather dusk. I didn’t know how dark it would get in the years to come given my health but I still managed to buy a house and get my Masters degree so I’m not trying to have a pity party.
Sean came into the kitchen as I was washing dishes and listening to this CD on Apple Music. I’m not sure what song was playing but he remembered it, told me that he liked it, and asked who sang it. I kind of laughed as I told him that I used to listen to thisCD all the time in our second apartment. I appreciated that he has a memory of these songs that played a huge part in my life some 11 years ago.
Well, since I’m not out of my house much so I haven’t really heard much newer music, I had to share at least three songs and I absolutely love the first line of this one!
These songs really show my age but I’m OK with that. Today marks the beginning of “Birthday Month” for me, the last year of my mid 30s and the year where I will be closer to 40 than I am to 30. 😄😄😄
So, with the snow and my healing knee, I haven’t been getting out of my house much. My son has been taking me to ATI and we listen to his playlist on his phone. Here are some of his song choices that I really dug. I never really thought about the fact that songs that I listened to repeatedly can become songs that he likes too:
Another time, he was driving my car and I have XM radio (I got it in grad school) so we listened to backspin (because he likes songs that came out when I was in high school) and jammed to some songs:
We listened to some DMX and some Notorious B.I.G. but they are a lot more explicit than I remember them being so I’m not going to put them on my blog! I am kind of excited to see what other songs he has on his playlist in the future and jamming to some old school tunes is fun with my son because I still know all the words! It kind of impresses him!
Because the AFC and NFC championships are this weekend, there was only one broadcast of Good Morning Football and then it changed over to a different show about Championship Wednesday. I’m really not into any of the teams in the championships for both the AFC and NFC so, I started to channel surf and I ended up on a channel called AXS tv. There was a documentary about Bob Marley titled Marley.
I have never watched anything on this channel before and based on the show advertisements, it’s all about classic music. I ABSOLUTELY loved Bob Marley my junior and senior years! My friend, Bobby, turned me onto him. I used to call him, “Bob-O” because when I would call him ( I called his house back then) and his dad would answer the phone, he would call him to come to the phone and it was always, “Bob-O.”
I was a bit bummed because the documentary was already on for an hour before I started to watch it and I wondered if I missed my favorite song but shortly after I started watching it, my favorite song came on:
It was SO interesting! I learned about Jamaican politics and his toe injury. I never knew that he had 11 kids from seven different women! TONS of great music was playing for the duration of the show. I love SO many of his songs and I have Bobby to thank for that!
My cousinT, Dawn’s husband really likes him and this was their wedding song that they danced to:
I’m not sure of what point I started to cry, but I did. I cry often nowadays. I can’t control it. PPA sucks! I cried a lot when I talked about his death and cancer! I remembered my senior quote from high school,
“Good friends we’ve have and good friends we’ve lost along the way, (hey) in this bright future, you can’t forget your past, so dry your eyes I say.”
I never saw that in print because we never got our yearbooks. I didn’t think I would hear my favorite song but just before it ended, it played:
It was a really good documentary and I’m glad I watched it! I hope to catch it again soon! Now that football is drawing to a close for the season, I think I will.
I really haven’t left my house very much since the spring of last year. It’s a combination of my knee and MS. One song I heard the other day on my way to ATI was a song that I vividly remember liking, listening to, and singing along with as I drove myself to Barwis. I listen to my Apple Music playlists often when I am doing the dishes, loading my crockpot, or puzzling. I absolutely DO love me some Gavin so I am surprised that I had not heard that song for so long, even when I put my playlist on shuffle that’s why it was ALMOST forgotten until I Heard it on the radio.
This song reminds me of my roommate in college at WMU when I was a Freshman, (she listened to them a lot). I also think of my CousinTs, Dawn and Shannon because they went to one of their concerts and my cousinT Shannon told me that they put on a really good show! I have been singing this song in my head constantly because today marks “one week” that I have started to drink Garlic Tea three times a day.
I first heard about this Tea in one of the groups I belong to on Facebook. I have been hearing for a long time about the health benefits of garlic so I thought I’d give it a try. I’m sure that I smell terribly, Sean really hasn’t been so bothered by it, except that he says the tea smells disgusting as I am making it. He has been squeezing the lemons for me because I don’t have then strength to do it myself anymore. I think it tastes really good! I have been warning all of my friends that I may smell like garlic because I am taking this tea now. It’s a good thing that I am a chain gum-chewer now because of Adam at Barwis, back when I was on garlic supplements. I have been chewing Blue 5 since then.
It’s really good! I told my group on Facebook that at least I have proof now that I am NOT a vampire!
Sean went back to school today so I was able to jam out to my music as I loaded up my crock pot. I have different playlists for my Apple Music and I haven’t played Train in a LONG time! I thought of going to see them in concert twice with my cousinT Shannon:
and then this song came on and I thought of Parker! I haven’t heard this song in a long time! Then I heard my favorite line, “I love you from your toes to your face.” I remember my mom thought that line was stupid, she asked, “What about the top of their head?!” I don’t sing along as loud as I used to, maybe that’s my age or the fact that I’m tired and don’t have the energy to belt out songs at the top of my lungs…
With my knee healing, (I think I may have spoken too soon about it being better!) I haven’t really left my house. My family came to my house for Thanksgiving and Christmas so I didn’t have to leave my house in this cold weather and I just left for my Tenex procedure in December so I really haven’t listened to the radio much.
Most recently, I completed this puzzle:
While I “puzzle,” I listen to my Apple Music playlists on shuffle. Most notably, I’ve heard these songs:
I saw this commercial just after Thanksgiving and still during November so I thought that was a bit premature to share it. I saw it again yesterday and called to Sean to come watch because, “This has been a commercial since I was like 10 years old.” I like the, “Phew” at the end.
Turns out, I was 7, not 10; so, it pretty much has been as long as I can remember, It’s always been a commercial. When I see it, it reminds me of being a child living at my parents house with green carpet in the living room. My Mom has hardwood floors now. My brother did them and he did mine too.
