The soundtrack of my life...

So, you know by now how much I love music... I've been appreciating it a lot more lately and thanks in part to my dh... and DSL (lol) have been finding lots of music that exists out there that I might not have found other wise.

Today is the day I usually post my music finds. And, in keeping with that schedule, this post will still have a few of them. ;) But, I have also been pondering "life" a lot lately and where I am right now. With all the health stuff happening when it has, it has been really difficult for me to find joy in a lot of things. {With pre-apologies for whining... I'm going to be totally transparent with this post here, too...}

I am not in a really "good" place at the moment. And I know, I gotta kick my own butt a little to figure that stuff out. The fatigue-factor wears on a person, but when you get to the point that it wears on your happy thoughts, too, it's time to figure out a way to force yourself to make some new happy thoughts. I'd like to say that scrapbooking still does that for me, but I have not scrapped in months. My room remains unoccupied-- except for the stuff that lays in wait... I just cannot get myself to do it. I have re-discovered the joy of taking photos, but still, I just cannot get my mind to be excited by it completely because it takes so much physical energy at this point. I am, in essence, stuck... and when you put all your eggs in one basket-- ie a dr. helping me to be un-fatigued (sorry for the cliche and improper grammar), well, you just stay stuck... and now it's going to be June before I *might* be able to see a dr. who can finally unlock the mystery of the fatigue...

So, in the middle of all those thoughts, I found a U2 video/song that-- gasp!-- I have never heard before (ie a music find-- see I told ya I'd get them in here;)) that says it all pretty darn well...



OK... moving on then...

Like I said before, there is some good music out there that you miss if you're not looking... I guess these guys have been around a while by the looks of it, but I had never heard of them. Granted, this is a punk band-- and I most likely would not have stumbled upon them, but Andrew played a song for me last night that as he put it is a good scrapbooking song. :) When you go to their myspace page, click on One Day, Six Months and you'll get it. :)

And one more... this one I found all on my own... Wait until Andrew sees the upright bass! LOVE the sound, the words... going on my soundtrack I think.



OH... and their myspace is here.

So, anyway... forgive the total introspective nature of this post if it seemed too cryptic to follow... but still... enjoy the music! :)

L

I've got a headache THIS BIG...

... okay, maybe it's a backache, too... okay, so maybe it's also a footache... okay, seriously, the whole body... I was having a productive afternoon when I got back from picking up Thomas from school-- despite the headache, etc. I already have dinner in the crockpot (Jerk chicken sandwiches-- yum!); loaded the dishwasher; folded laundry and put it away and put in another load... even got the dog out (productively-- KWIM?). Then, I was just about done with everything before homework with Thomas-- was just putting some dirty clothes in the basket in my kiddos' bathroom when the stinkin' dog tripped me. Now, if I had hit the top and toes of a normal foot, that would have hurt enough, but... as you know, not a normal foot to be had here.... OWWWWWWW! "Dog-gone" it! LOL-- at least I can laugh...

Anyway, I was looking for that old excedrin commercial to put up, but couldn't find the right version of it, but I did find this cool site with old stuff you might find interesting... including old commercials. Very cool... you should check it out :)

So, before the dog got on my list, I was going to post a cute pic of him from yesterday... guess I'll go ahead and do it anyway. ;) I see some photoshopping in its future, but you get the idea.



We actually even put batteries in just to freak him out with some barking--lol... that was pretty funny. I couldn't get any good action shots, he just moves too fast, but just picture it-- he soooo enjoyed "chasing" a puppy that he could catch... even though it is plastic. :)

On the referral front... gasp! I have an appointment with a rheumatologist at last! Um, yeah, it's in JUNE! Gasp again! But at least I have one finally... just takes so long because of where it is... a really good area hospital. But, I just don't want to waste anymore time going to the wrong person, so I shall try to get from here to there somehow.

More stuff to write about, but I have to save something for later... think I need a sugar-free icecream sandwich now. :)

L

Mahna Mahna & more...

My kiddos LOVE this old Muppets clip... they have seen it a million times and still laugh hysterically every time they see it. I love that.



Was absent here yesterday... I. am. tired. Very, in fact. Sitting here is a big deal at this point. I have done too much. Just paying for it is all. I even went back to sleep a bit on the couch this morning after getting Thomas and Andrew off... something I NEVER do. I love doing "normal" stuff, but then I often pay for behaving "normal" later. Drives me nuts-- I so want to do the normal stuff, ya know... got a lot of normal housework stuff to do today in fact... ugh... Still waiting for my referral to the rheumatologist to go through... I'll get there. Got some results back, some good news and still some confusion-- nothing new really.

On a very bright note :).... I am an aunt again-- YAY!!!!!-- to a beautiful little girl born yesterday-- what an angel!

In her honor... Welcome to the world, baby girl. :)

again, ignore the subtitles. :)


L

I'm on a roll...

These are from the 35 mm... promise... done for now. :)

A few more...

Thanks to my hams and no school today for the sweet 16 (go Cards!). ;)

Just for fun... with the point & shoot... 35 mm getting developed today.

Just practicing with some backdrops...

more to come, I'm sure. :)

L

This week's music finds: ACK! Look what I found!!!!

Forever Thursday has a music video for How can it Be? (their song from the JC Penney commercial) now!!! Cool!



On other music fronts...

My dh wanted me to check out this group... so I did... funny thing is, I checked them out already last week--lol... does he know me or what? ;) Anyway, I didn't post their link before, so here it is. They have a really unique sound-- go check them out.

There is another group I stumbled on at the same time, and they are KY girls... will keep digging and post if I can find it again! This is why we bookmark things; huh?

ETA: LOL... okay this is why I was confused... apparently, they are the same group... LOL! :) The "Louisville" thing is throwing me... anyway, they are good. :)

L