I just bought this chair.

It has changed the way I live and work at home. I know this doesn’t make sense to anyone who has not seen my living room, but let me tell you…. My life is changed.

I love the Red Sox, but not as much as Ryan. So, I am now able to comfortably cocoon myself in the corner away from the baseball.
 
I can now sit at my tall dining table turned audio workstation and work for hours as opposed to the sore wooden chair rear I would previously get. 
IKEA is my new best friend (well, we’ve actually been best friends for a while).

In all of the audio/studio needs I will fulfill this year, this might be the most important one. Maybe someday I’ll have cushy velvet couches in my studio….
 

I’ve also had the exciting privilege of having one of my songs produced and recorded by my good friend’s Creative Production Skills class. What an experience! It’s in the final mix stage now and I can’t wait to share it with you all. 


I’ll see you on the other side…. hopefully I’m still sane.

So there are some quirks and things that peeve me. Why am I sharing this? I have no idea…

1. I have to have wine glasses that are in at least pairs. I don’t know know if I could ever keep a single wine glass. It would be so lonely.

 
2. I really can’t stand the second hand smoke I inhale from going to Berklee… for the love of Pete… you’re not any cooler if you smoke you silly hipsters!

3. I really don’t like most sponged on wall paint because it usually looks like this. Bad Idea.

4. Shape Up Shoes…. ugliest idea that anyone has ever had. And, if they work so well, why are most of the people wearing them, not in great shape. I don’t know…. I just think there are better ways. 

I realized that I never posted the latest videos in the Ryan and Corey hilarious educational videos. I wanted to share them with you. My personal favorite is the Boston edition (the bottom one). They’re not very professional in their production, but they’re worth a good laugh, especially if you know my brother Corey or my husband Ryan.

These are my tired feet recovering from my first week back at school, then jumping head first into a university ministry retreat to prepare for the semester. I was waiting to help sell our church’s new CD which was just released.
(If you haven’t had the chance to check it out, I recommend it greatly. 
It is $13 download and $15 for the hard copy.)

I tiredly stumbled into my living room today and began accomplishing some things before Ryan joined me, when I listened to this for the first time alone. 
The last track, I Lay My Sins On Jesus, sung by my friend Kevin Burtram (Reverend) continues to rip my heart out. 
I realized today that I have cried every single time I’ve heard this song. I sat on my couch, wept, and fell in love with Jesus again. If that is something sounds good to you, then my friend, this album is for you.

www.citylifemusic.com

I guess you could say I’ve been taking my summer break from blogging, and in the spirit not breaking from blogging….

My recent life according to my phone… no explanation, just pictures.

When I brush me teeth I have to walk around the house…. bad habit

I’ve been getting some good use out of my leather jacket in recent weeks. At least it’s not a total waste of the $100 my mom spent.

Go out and try Pepperidge Farm Whole Grain Goldfish…. The toasted corn kind.
They will change your life

I’m excited that tonight and tomorrow are the two days a year that I can wear my leather jacket…. Unless, of course, we move to Boston then I will wear it, underneath 18 other coats, every day…
Everything is relative.

So I was listening to the radio today right before the inauguration. The reporter was remarking how much purple was being worn by the crowd in Washington. Royal Purple.
And yet, somehow they were wondering why.

*smirk*

I like having a new president with new things to pray for.

Am I the only one who is bothered when people call Barak Obama the Antichrist? I even heard of someone in the church, who will remain nameless, that was saying Obama will be in office for a while, then be shot in an assassination attempt. Then he will rise again and become the Antichrist …. Really? Is this what evangelical Christianity has come to?
Or should I say conservative evangelical republican Christians over thirty or their mindless children.

For me, it’s not even about not being a republican, partisan, or conservative. It’s about not being dumb. Ugh, the whole two party political system nauseates me. This is why I am an independent.

I heard an eighth grade kid pray tonight for Obama and this nation and it was inspiring. He asked God to give him wisdom and protect him. He then went on to say even if he is evil and corrupted to use Obama like God used pharaoh and Moses. That’s powerful. That is what we should be doing.

God rules the hearts of kings and He is still sovereign. I think whatever happens next will be exciting to see.

I have a weird bump on my head the size of a silver dollar and I’m losing feeling in it. I think I should probably go to the doctor. I’m going to try and not think about it until then. I guess you could call me a hypocondriac.

I have come to accept the fact that I have a brown thumb when it comes to plants. I have, in the recent past, kept a few plants on the patio and done my best to keep them blooming and growing. Now, they are still alive, which I should be happy enough with because I usually kill everything, however they are looking kind of sickly.

Maybe the fertilizer I just started using will work….

I don’t know why I’m even writing this because I’m pretty sure NO ONE cares about my plant mishaps and misadventures.

On a side note, I actually have named my plants.
Their names are Harold, Cindi, and Tricia.

I feel rather under the weather and it’s my own fault for not keeping up with my juice plus pills. I’ve got the sore throat / cough thing going on. But, on the upside, separate people bought me really nice meals today for both lunch and dinner which was pretty fly.

Today was my parents 26th wedding anniversary. Awwwww……

And also, there’s a slight chance I might teach Joe Girardi’s kids piano lessons.
I’ve weighed whether that would be a mortal sin against my love for the Red Sox, but I decided it would not be that mortal, just slightly distasteful. I will update on this fact once I know for sure.

Peace

Why is it that I never feel like doing anything worth doing, but when I actually start, I actually quite enjoy being busy doing something useful?

I need to learn to suck it up