What was will be again, what happened will happen again.
There’s nothing new on this earth.
Year after year it’s the same old thing.
Ecclesiastes 1:9
Many of these songs are NOT songs you might hear in church…especially at the 4:40ish mark…
My all-time favorite thing to do on the Internet is to find, get, receive, take, and/or steal ideas from others. Whether it be finding hacks for my mobile device, new ways to balance my bank accounts online, reading reviews on books I’ve not read, or just finding new ways to do old things; the Internet has opened the doors to feed my daily improvement habit.
In the spirit of this sharing here are a few of the things I use, both online and offline:
So that’s all I got in my bag for you this time around. I’d love to hear some of the things in and around your life that are worth sharing. (And don’t send me pictures of your kids, geesh!)
I’m not a high-class music snob, but I know what I like and with the exception of “Kill your momma!” songs and “I’m a redneck” country songs I like EVERYTHING.
With that in mind let me make my Christmas music recommendations.
You could hardly find Sufjan Steven’s Songs for Christmas Album two years ago, but I see it with more regularity now. Whether you like new Christmas songs or classic Christmas songs, you will adore this wonder. But one word of warning: DO NOT buy it on iTunes. Buy it in the store. You will get much more music, as well as the other Christmas goodies included in this box set.
The other recommendation is to check out A Very Rosie Christmas, by Rosie Thomas. You’ve heard her other stuff, right? If not, then please do. You can download and listen to one of the tracks off this album for free by going HERE.
Let me tell you about this wife of mine. A few nights ago after the kids headed to bed, and it was way past our own bedtime we headed to the bedroom. I closed the door and turned out the lights and then……get your mind out of the gutter……we somehow got into a conversation about the music and movies we grew up on. Somehow that conversation led to me making some song requests from days long ago, so I could see if she still knew the words.
Let me just tell you that this woman of mine has a sick mind for memorizing 1980′s movie love songs. She sang every verse and chorus from just about every Whitney Houston song (Where do Broken Hearts Go?, I Believe Children are the Future, One Moment in Time, Saving All My Love for You, Didn’t We Almost Have it All, and etc, etc, etc) , songs from Cyndi Lauper (True Colors, Girls Just Wanna Have Fun, Time after Time) threw in a few Bangles (Manic Monday, Eternal Flame, Walk Like an Egyptian), and topped it off by singing favorites from Karate Kid (Glory of Love) and Top Gun (Take My Breath Away.)
We even got in an argument over which Karate Kid movie takes place in Japan. Which I won, because all true Karate Kid lovers know it was Karate Kid 2 and not Karate Kid 3! She kept fulfilling my song request for well over an hour, and when I woke up in the morning I found myself singing…
“I am a man who will fight for your honor
I’ll be the hero you’re dreaming of
We’ll live forever Knowing together that we
Did it all for the glory of love.”
What is wrong with me? And how in the world can this wife of mine keep this much garbage rolling around in her head? At what age exactly will those lyrics leave that super-sized brain of hers? So the next time she forgets to do something simple, like close the garage door or start the dishwasher; I’m gonna blame it on Whitney and all her catchy pop songs!
