Personal Memories

Ok, me first.

I was driving back from maternity with my newborn daughter in the back of the car, and was just thinking that I was missing hearing music.

This was just starting as I turned it on. As soon as I heard it, and how appropriate it was "Handle Me With Care" I knew it would be our song. 

This song I had hardly noticed when it was in the charts and on the radio.

However I actually listened to it properly just after I left the ex. It was on the radio in the staff room and I found myself listening intently when I spotted the lyrics and for ages I was laughing about it. Even now, it brings a smile to my face.



and more recently this guy Michael Buble [pronounced boo blay] He has a fantastic voice, and I don't think he has hit america yet. But he is also singing of his escape.

I thought MB was english.

when i was younger, like from almost crawling stage onwards, i stayed over a my grandma & grandads every weekend, on a night my grandma would take me to bed, she would tuck me in, give me a kiss and say 'Good night baby, sleep tight & don't let the bed bugs bite. I love you to the stars and back again'
the other night i took Malakai to bed, i gave him a kiss and said the exact same thing, i walked out of the room with tears running down my face but also smiling. crying because it brought back so many memories, but smiling because omg, im turning into my grandma.

My dad simply didn't expect a daughter like me I think. Apparently we were very close until I was about 5, and then he decided he should be a bit harder on me. We never got along again until I moved out, then we became close again. That was nice, but it did not last very long as he died prematurely in his early 60's.

It was the evening after the funeral and I drove my car up to the local hills to look over the bay and think of my dad.

The album in the car was The River by Springsteen and this song Independence Day encapsulated my feelings. He died before any grandchildren, so his memory will die in only one generation.

Cher, The Wilburys may be the best collaboration of rock stars ever! And you chose a great song.
I  just listened to Handle With Care again.  Harrison, Orbison, Dylan, Lynne, and Petty; it doesn't get much better than that.  Is it still your favourite?

This was "our" very first song. Hearing it reminds me that there actually was a time before we were together. I recall having to look up what "feenin" was. What a marvelous word.

I remember Macy Grey was going to be the next big thing, but it seems that one song well written and beautifully sung were all she had in her. Hasn't she got a big mouth though?

Gardens for my grand parents too.

Pansies for her, potatoes for him.

Have you noticed how the chorus in "Rolling in the Deep" sounds quite similar to the chorus in "Crazy" by Gnarls Barkley?

Michelle, that reminded me of my first period experience.

My mom took me out to purchase a video game because I was pretty bummed about entering "womanhood". She wanted me to know I could still be exactly as I was because I was afraid that I'd have to be more girly and stop doing everything I enjoyed now that I had my period lol

So... I picked out a video game about this female spy who kicked butt :-) It sure helped!

I loved it, but overplayed it.

Still happy to dance to it though.

Yeah they are waay too big to flush B.

Yeah!

We American have big pusses.

LOL!