Weekend Update – part 1

04/13/2010

Friday night Laren Brumley played at the Curb Cafe. She’s a super talented singer/songwriter and I’m honored to consider her a great friend of mine and one of the most interesting people I know.

Seriously, check out her music. Her voice is amazing and totally not what you’d expect by looking at her! Laren’s style sounds a bit like Alicia Keys, Joss Stone, Amy Winehouse. You can find her on myspace, facebook and iTunes.

Jason’s band Waterside backed her up. And then the guys played their own set.

Good music and a good time!

Heard any good new music lately?

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Waking Up

02/18/2010

My husband is a professional musician so in his circles of influence he’s always discovering new music and graciously sharing it with me. Yay! … or is it me stealing it out of his iTunes library?

Regardless of how it was acquired, I am listening to some new music from One Republic today and LOVING it! Their newish album Waking Up is only $7.99. It’s kind of a funky neo-soul rock and very creative. That’s the best this non-musician can describe it!

But don’t take my word for it, have a listen:

One Republic – All the Right Moves

I already loved the song but I was really pleasantly surprised by the beautiful video! Sound quality is poo-poo though.

One Republic – Everybody Loves Me

Not actually a music video but you can listen at least. Sound quality much better.

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Literal Music Videos

02/04/2010

You may have already seen these around the web. The idea is to take a music video with random images that have nothing to do with the song and match the lyrics with what’s actually happening in the video. Hilarious concept. This one is my favorite:

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Search for “literal music videos” on YouTube to find lots more.

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Pilobolus

01/28/2010

Apparently this aired on Late Night with Conan O’Brien a year and a half ago but I just came across it this week. What a beautiful work of art combining modern dance and shadow puppetry! This group is called Pilobolus.

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Thanksgiving Part 2

11/26/2009

This year I have been truly overwhelmed with gratitude when I think of all that Jason and I have been through and all that the Lord has done for us. I can’t get into details here but I can tell you with certainty that if it wasn’t for God’s grace and mercy and favor and blessing and influence in our lives I wouldn’t be happily married (I’d probably be gone, honestly), I wouldn’t still be at this job that I love, and Jason wouldn’t be successfully self-employed. Things could have been so so different. But, GOD IS SO GOOD! Everything that is going right and good in my life – it’s all because of Him. It makes me want to shout Hallelujah! Thank you Jesus!

I’m not generally a big Shane & Shane fan but I love this song and they do it justice and this video is pretty:

When I Think About the Lord
(Hillsong)

When I Think about the Lord,
How He saved me, how He raised me,
how He filled me, with the Holy Ghost.
How He healed me, to the uttermost.

When I Think about the Lord,
how He picked me up and turned me around,
how He placed my feet on solid ground

It makes me wanna shout,
Hallelujah,
Thank you JESUS,
LORD, you’re worthy, of all the glory, and all the honor,
and all the praise…

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Weekend Update

11/02/2009

Hot date with my Jason on Friday night! Hardware store, dinner at an Indian restaurant and a movie (Away We Go) cuddled up on the couch at home. This is what happens when you’ve been married a while I guess. I love it though.

Home projects Saturday! We installed a shower fan in the hall bathroom (mounted in the ceiling, installed ducting to vent through the room, ran the electrical wiring … big deal!), fixed the vent duct above the stove which had been blowing food steam into the attic, AND framed the new walls in our master bathroom! (More on the last project later this week when I get some better pictures.) Here are 2 sneak peaks:

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Sunday after church and a lunch at Blue Coast Burrito, I hit the road with my work buddy Lindsay toward Evansville, IN for a Leeland, Brandon Heath and Francesca Battistelli concert (“Follow You” Tour). It was really good but a looooong drive and we didn’t get home until the wee hours of the morning. This rose has nothing to do with that but isn’t it lovely? It been hanging on for almost 2 weeks now!

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Phone Photo Friday

10/16/2009

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Only in Nashville would I watch a guy with a cowboy hat walk across an intersection and down the street carrying an un-cased upright bass.

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A Perfectly Lovely Weekend

10/05/2009

This past weekend was so wonderful! It started Friday when Jason met me at work with Chick-fil-A for lunch (including chocolate milkshakes.) Then we got on the road towards Valhermoso, Alabama where J was playing guitar in the worship band with our pastor Lindell Cooley at an outdoor festival. Besides the damp chilliness as it got dark, the night was perfect: two hours of worship and dancing and celebrating God, getting to hang out with 2 of my sweet friends and their adorable kiddos, watching our pastor get completely undignified jumping around the stage dancing and worshipping, and ending the night with fireworks! I love fireworks. Here are a few pictures I didn’t take:

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Jason and I absolutely adore that little girl (and her parents are pretty amazing, too)! Getting to hold her always makes our days.

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Her mama adores her too.

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This sweet little boy is going to be a big brother this spring! I love this kid and his mama, too.

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Our husbands, our pastor, and the rest of the band picking out some songs for the night (not that Lindell ever sticks to the setlist!).

Saturday, after sleeping in late, J got together with his bro to work on some recording stuff and us ladies went shopping. Found some great deals at the thrift stores and Macy’s. Had my first real fruit slush from Sonic (Half-price happy hour between 2-4pm – seriously?! My drink cost $0.50! Hello mid-century prices!!)

Later that night we went to PM for sushi with friends and then downtown Nashville to the art crawl. We ended a lovely Saturday falling asleep on the couch in front of Seinfeld in a “Roma-coma”. (Drifting into a peaceful rest after gorging yourself on Roma pizza!)

Sunday after church we had lunch at the brand-new abode of some dear friends; overate and then relaxed on the couch on a peaceful rainy afternoon.

I seriously can’t imagine a more perfect weekend. I am so thankful for our friends, for our church and our pastor, for our family. We don’t normally have a weekend that includes just about EVERYTHING we love: worship, friends, BBQ, music, fireworks, friends, art, sushi, “sleepovers”, church, friends, resting. Ahhh. Thank you Lord!

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Phone Photo Friday

10/02/2009

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Michael Land playing at the Listening Room.

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October Randomness

10/01/2009

Can you believe it’s already October?! We are not fans of Halloween in this household so that means just one thing:

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Some adults buy candy to share with cute, costume-clad trick-o-treaters on Halloween. And then there are adults who hide out at home with the porch light off and eat all the candy themselves. I think you can guess which ones we are. We’re already on our second round of Reese’s peanut butter cups and the bag in the freezer is almost empty. (I highly recommend eating Reese’s frozen!)

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Speaking of sweeties… Isn’t this picture funny? It looks like my husband is playing and singing his heart out on someone’s front porch. Basically, he is. Last week Waterside played a benefit concert for an organization that’s based out of a ranch house (with a very typical mid-century modern front door) so, naturally, the stage was the front porch.

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What you see above is called a fairy circle (and arc). Doesn’t that sound fun? It’s finally sunny again, but last week and the week before we got a TON of rain in Nashville – in the whole SE U.S., actually. Which led to mushrooms. And fairy circles. And allergies…

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