Can't Get Enough

I am OBSESSED with these songs.  Seriously, this first one is on repeat all day long.  I'm pretty sure I'm single-handedly giving her a million views on YouTube.  Check them out, you won't regret it.


And this lovely video makes me so happy. I love Sara Bareilles!

Oh hey there 2013!

I am loving all the New Years resolution blog posts.  Can I hop on the bandwagon??  I love that everyone is feeling motivated, reflective and excited about all the possibilities this year could have for each of us.  For me, this year is going to be the bomb.com.  I can just feel it.  Also maybe because I can't stop finding reasons to use 'the bomb.com' to describe things in my life.... can't be a bad sign. 

I too made some New Years resolutions that I'm particularly stoked about:

1. Learn Spanish....again.
2. Complete my Vans collection (only 3 more to go!)
3. Read 12 books
4. Go on a road trip
5. Buy my own place

I have a few others, but those will be kept to my journal only. :)  For the past few years I've tried to have a theme for the year.  One year it was "Weightless."  Originally it stemmed from the All Time Low song entitled, Weightless, and it seemed so fitting. 

"Maybe it's not my weekend, but it's gonna be my year.  

I'm so sick of watching all the minutes pass as I go nowhere." 

I even typed out my resolutions along with what I felt my definition of Weightless meant to me. 

P.S. If you haven't heard of All Time Low.....

palm smacking forehead 

Try them out! They are one of the best live performers I've seen.

 Plus it's a great song to run too. 

This year I've been struggling with what my theme should be... Quotes, Songs, a single Word, anything can qualify. Maybe I'll just go back to my roots and have DOMINATION be my theme for this year.  (Not Dominatrix.... don't worry Mom)  Who knows, but I'll figure it out. I'll probably be blowing up Pinterest searching for some adorable and inspiring quotes.

Well, here's to a fantastic new year that I'm soo excited for! 

Oh Thursdays....

Life's Lovelies just got a face lift.  Thursdays will still be filled with a weekly thankful post, but just under a different name!  Dominating life is no easy task, and it's good to remember all the things that keep this lucky life o' mine in tact. 

• Lazy holidays with family
• Scoring sweet gifts from Santa!
• Being single so that I can still score sweet gifts from Santa
• Visits from the Cali Conant Cousins
• Endless Christmas movies
• Snowmen
• Snow to make snowmen
• Snow to make it a White Christmas
• Free nap ride to work
• Timp Indoor CHAMPIONS t-shirt
• 80's Hits Pandora Radio Station (after Christmas of course....)
• Technology --> Skype --> Christmas mornin' chat with Jordan!!

Whew, what a good week. :)

Isn't life lovely?

This week has been full of lovelies!!!!

• Little Miss Syd coming into town
• SNOW!
• Annual family Christmas weekend getaway (obviously we're still looking for a snappier name for this new tradition....)
• Being stuck in traffic instead of being the one causing the traffic.
• Hi-Chews:  I'm OBSESSED with Peach and Green Apple right now :)
• Continuing education
• Re-discovering Old iPod music - Jamming to my old favorites (Garth Brooks, Thrice, Jacks Mannequin, Relient K, etc.....)
• A new addition for one of my besties!  Check it out over HERE.

Hick-ville Hailey Returns

Yup, I've found another twangy country song that has been on repeat all weekend.....

Pontoon by Little Big Town.



Lake Powell anyone?!  Let's get a bunch of peeps and live on a houseboat for a week next summer.  Who's in?!

If you didn't remember, last time it was this lovely, "Oh My Heart, Skips a Beat....."

Procrastination

Alright Alright I know that I have a massive post ahead of me, but I am sort of putting off taking the time to upload my millions of photos.   However, I just wanted to say that I've returned from the happiest place on earth with plenty of good memories!  I really had so much fun being with Todd's family, they truly are amazing people. 

Since I've been in sunny California the past week I suddenly want to be a beach house livin, surfin', tan skinned, blonde waves and coral toes kinda girl.  It's true, they certainly do have "more bounce in California than all y'all combined."  [Hold up. Now this song is stuck in my head. I looked it up and MUST share the lyrics with you.... haha so great.]

 We got more bounce in California

Than all y'all combined

We got more bounce in California

We like to party all the time

We got more bounce in California

Where the hustlers all reside

We got more bounce in California

Rollin' easy when we ride

What I'm getting at is that......

  

haha have a good Tuesday.  I'll be back with plenty of awesome things to share about Disneyland!!

Nostalgic

Looking at concerts for some reason.  Remembered that warped tour should be coming up soon.  Curiosity got to me and so I looked up the band list.

All Time Low

Breathe Carolina

Mayday Parade

We the Kings

You Me At Six

It's going to be quite the show this year!  Looking at the bands I got really really excited, but also very nostalgic.  Warped tour is a lighthouse moment for me.  (movie reference: What Happens in Vegas)  It is a special memory that I visit if I ever need to remember a time when I was truly happy.  I went twice, and both times were fantastic.  Each hold different treasured experiences in their separate memories. 

#1 - Ashes showed me how to Warped Tour it up in style, taught me that you ALWAYS meet the band, invited me to take an interest in meeting random smaller bands trying to make it big and showed me how to push your way to the front every time. 

#2 - Put a little cement in the bonding of my relationship with my brothers, gave Kay her very first spray painted t, showed off our loyalty (rain or shine) and re-affirmed my love for music.

I would love to go back, but I think Warped Tour is better as a memory this time around. I'd like to remember it when I was jumping around amongst all the sweaty people, desperately reaching to touch Rian Dawson or maybe Gabe Saporta, rather than being one of the people that stands in the back watching all the madness take place. 

P.S. I love the word nostalgic.  It just sounds cool.  Everyone that says it has always sounded cool, so I finally looked it up in the dictionary.  I believe it will find its way into my vocabulary quite nicely. :)

P.P.S I did just find out that All Time Low has a new CD out!  Of course I bought it! It's waiting patiently for me at home, ready for me to enjoy this weekend.  Can't wait.  

Music to My Ears

Not literal music, but I've been CRAVING one of these today.....

I feel odd just going out and buying one though.  For some reason my brain is telling me the only time a Symphony bar is appropriate is if I buy it at Reams, in a King Size, and it's for my favorite teacher or for random people's Christmas presents.  Odd. 

In speaking of music, I just bought Maroon 5's new lovely tune called Payphone.  WOW, Maroon 5 has done it again!  I have to say, I am oddly drawn to Adam Levine's voice.... even though it is just as high as mine.  NBD.

Have a good day in May!

Welcome to FB

Today my dad came into my office and excitedly said, "Guess what!"

Me: "What?!"

Dad: "Mom and I are friends on Facebook." :)

He broke down and finally activated his Facebook.  I don't know what brought this on, but he was shooting out friend requests like it was no one's business.   Then he asked me, "So, what's the advantage of being your friend?"  I realized at that moment that my father was sizing up my contribution to his friend bank and my donations must not have been holding up very well.   Now that he had joined up with the rest of the world, he had to make sure he was a selective Facebooker.  I tried to prove that our "friendship" was in fact worthwhile, but didn't make a very good presentation.  "You can... keep updated with me and see all my pictures!"   He went along with it to satisfy my lame excuses.  Really there was no dire need for our facebook friendship, but I was shocked at how slighted I started to feel when my dad was questioning the 'validity' of our friendship.  As I thought about it, I would have a hard time arguing that anyone should keep me as their facebook friend.  If someone was weeding you out of their friend list, what would you say to keep your spot?

You can stalk me all you want?  Greeaaat!

I have really fascinating status updates about

choosing Skippy over Jif Peanut Butter?!

They definitely need an update on my

latest purchase of Vans shoes right??

sarcasm font needed.

Yeah I don't know how many people would be convinced by those arguments.   After all, a lot of my friends on Facebook are there for when I can sneak the occasional update on their last vacation, or to investigate their latest boyfriend/girlfriend.  The feeling is mutual though,  they are friends with me for the exact same reason and that's just fine!    Well it took him 30 minutes max to be bored with Facebook and he was done.  Maybe next time he gets on we can chat.. you know since we are official friends now. :)

P.S. Remember this song?

Oldy but Goody - Love it.

A Little Privacy Please?

For a long time now I have had this guilty feeling when I listen to cute, lovey dovey, mushy love songs.

Allow me to explain.

Artists create music for the public to make a living, right? However, the lyrics and music must come from somewhere, and usually they come from the artist's personal experiences. So when there is a particularly great song like "It's your love" by Tim McGraw and Faith Hill, I can't help but feel like I'm stepping in on something private when I listen and love every second of it. I wonder if the woman these men sing about ever feel a little slighted that 4 million couples have this as "our song." I have a lot of respect for artists in that not many other careers broadcast their diary secrets nationally. I'm pretty sure that if someone wrote a song specifically about me and a month later I overheard a couple declare that same song as "their song" I'd be a little upset.

Not only do they expose their love lives, but they expose their family issues, personal struggles, triumphs and weaknesses. Yes, "Sara Beth" by Rascal Flatts makes me cry for the girl with cancer, but is Sara Beth embarrassed that her personal struggle has been broad casted? When a singer speaks of his alcoholic dad does the dad feel like his son/daughter has betrayed him by uncovered his 'secret' in front of the entire world? In all honesty, I usually don't think twice about the subjects in these songs...but now that I have started to, I can't stop.

Now these artists may be strong enough to open their heart to the world, but do you think they are ever prepared for the criticism they receive? "Here let me give you a piece of me and I'll let you tell me how I should crawl in a hole and die my song is so bad." I understand that there is bad music out there, but the meaning behind this music is still real. People are still producing this stuff, not robots (yet).

So now I'll step off of my soap box, but before I do I just ask that we become a little more conscious about our criticism. I'm making a goal to work on this and to try and value everything I hear for what it is - expression.

On a lighter note, I'm obsessed with this song. :) Take a listen, and then listen to it again. Hear it twice and I have no doubt you'll be bobbing your head and tapping your feet. Yes, it is a country song but at the very least Jerrod Niemann is pretty good looking so that should keep the females entertained for awhile.