Pyjama Party Sunday Session

Today I'm playing along with two blog memes; Thea's Sunday Session (of course), and Natasha's 5 Minutes Just for Me Pinning and Singing theme. For Natasha's meme, I'm meant to share pretty pics from Pinterest, but I took some pretty photos on Saturday night that I wanted to share.

I've been having a lot of fun since I started selling Learning Ladder educational books and games through home parties. At Friday night's party I got a lot of hugs and pleas for more chocolate from heaps of little cherubs, and last night we had a girls' night only pyjama party.  If you've been to this blog before, you'll know that I love red and white spots, so  imagine my delight when I stepped into Rachael's house for the party and it looked like this!

The girls were very cute in their jim jams and uggies! Check out the gorgeous spread that Rachael and Helen prepared:

The display on the little table and chairs was another of Rachel and Helen's creations. I added my Hostess Rewards display on the floor (see, that's my read and white cloth!), and that's my guest prize box of goodies in the front.

We played lots of games, and worked out who was good at maths, drama, making words, and finding items in a picture. it was all very fast and fun!

In the background, the party was entertained by the country music channel, and while I'm not a huge country fan, I can always be hooked in by a catchy song.

For Thea's meme, I chose a country song to share with you that I would sing at a karaoke do (if the opportunity came up!) It's very American, but I just love the melody.



And this one is the perfect love song; I love the video, it makes me tear up!



You too can play along with these memes, or just enjoy listening to some fun music over at Thea's and Natasha's.

Sunday Session - Bridges

I tuned into the Grilled Cheesus episode of Glee today, and felt all emotional when they sang Bridge Over Troubled Water. I cried and cried. They treated the topic of religion in this episode very well, I thought.

Glee Glee Bridge Over Troubled Water Music Videos

While downloading this clip, I remembered the Anthony Callea version of this song as well. I love it, and it is truer to the melody and lyrics.



I always cry when I sing this song, the melody is just so pretty! Pop over to Thea's blog to enjoy some more great songs!xx

New car!

Hey, I'm here again, two days in a row!

I've been so excited about our new car (2006 model, but new to us) that we purchased in the holidays, so I thought I'd share a pic of what it looks like. This isn't exactly it, but pretty close.

(Google images)

I love it! xx

Sunday Session - Soaring vocals and cleverness

It's been so long since I've been here to post, that Blogger is all new! I have thought of the songs I will post on Sunday Session each week, but I just never get to it! Today I'm MAKING myself do it!

So... I can't bring myself to post a Michael Jackson song today (in line with Thea's blog), but the song I've been listening to heaps, is this one (turn it up loud):  



Love the anthemic keyboard and pretty piano, and  LOVE Kelly Rowland's voice.

I'm also inspired to post a Barenaked Ladies song after seeing some clips on Tropical Mum's  blog. I LOVE how fast they say the lyrics, I guess it's white rap, or reggae (?) and I think it is just so clever and funny!




Now here's why I don't blog much anymore. I used to get so into reading everyone else's blogs that time just went, (you know how it is) like two hours just like that! Let alone post on my own blog which would be another hour. I glance through my blogroll to see what everyone is up to, but I hardly ever visit blogs, I hardly ever leave a comment, and I don't make the time to post! I realised I could be making money or doing housework, instead of passively reading blogs (no offence, I still ADORE reading people's blogs), and I realised I had to get off my butt and not indulge myself so much (again, no offence, indulge away).

So, love you all, but time is of the essence, and I've already been here for 2 and a half hours!!! Your blogs continue to inspire me, and the Sunday Session is such a time of entertainment for me I never miss it! I am still alive, and still around!  xx

Sunday Session - Remember this one?

Last week, when I was desperately trying to find a way to stay motivated to write my reports, I rediscovered this song and then proceeded to play it over and over to entertain me. It is such a happy toon, I had to share it. I wonder if you remember it from ABC viewings circa mid-seventies?



(For trivia fans, the vocals are by Ronnie James Dio, lead singer of heavy metal band, Black Sabbath!)

For more feel good songs, check out the Sunday Session finds at Thea's blog!

Nik Kershaw

Due to a busy weekend of paperwork, Sunday Session is now on a Tuesday for me.

After looking at Thea's Nik Kershaw clip, I wondered what this fave singer from the eighties had been up to lately and my word, has he changed.

Barely recognisable and totally NOT eighties anymore! I had to share the original version of Wouldn't it be Good, because this song rocks, and then I thought I would share him singing it in 2008.

1984:


2008 (That's 24 years later!):


And if you're still loving this song, I also found a version of it by Placebo, and even though they totally milk the emo message, that guitar riff never loses its appeal.



And, while I'm on a roll, I'm sharing a song from Nik Kershaw's recent album. Pretty melody, no clip yet, nice to listen to.



Need more music? Visit Thea's blog for some more blogger faves.

See you next week!

I'm still here!

Sorry I've been AWOL lately! I've been throwing myself into my new Mobile Bookshop venture, which some of you already know about. I've been planning, and training, and making phonecalls and sending emails like anything, to get it all happening. It's very exciting!

Also there were a couple of weeks there where our internet service was struggling with the amount of gaming and Youtubing that Jack does, and sometimes I just could not even load my own blog! That is all sorted now, so I am back!

I'm playing along with Thea's Sunday Session, because I love revisiting old songs.

This week the theme is siblings. My first thought was Nick and Mark Seymour, then I thought of the Jonas Brothers, but I wanted to choose a band that is a little more obscure. So I've chosen Ella and Jesse Hooper, who used to be in a band called Killing Heidi, and are now in a band called Verses. I adore Ella, and she was 16 when they released Weir, which was a huge hit on Triple J.



This next one has a great Aussie clip - very cool.



Love Dan Sultan's voice!

Go visit Thea's blog for some more musical inspiration.