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anniversary, disco, Elvis Duran and the Morning Show, Ernie Banks, Grand Valley State University, gratitude, Imagine Dragons, Kesha, Maroon Five, marriage, Miley Cyrus, Monday, Orange Leaf, Soul Train
Monday morning. I had 745 emails in my inbox. Did you ever have one of those days that just kicked you’re a**? I’ve had a few lately, but Monday was a real challenge. So challenging, that it required a glass of wine AND some potato chips when I got home. Oy vey! I’ve been doing so well since January, but fell completely off the nutrition wagon that night. I got up early on Tuesday morning, took the pooch for a walk, cleared my head and remembered what Einstein said. He said that the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results. That was my biggest takeaway from Monday. Therefore, on Tuesday, I kept myself centered with one of my favorite early works of art by my daughter (pic) and hung a disco ball in my workspace.
After all, life is always better with a little glitter. Like Kesha says – when you’re around me, you’re going to get a little glitter on you.
I also thought about a quote that I saw on Suzanne Elizabeth Anderson’s blog:
When everything seems to be going wrong,
the best thing you can do is write a list of what’s going right.
She’s so right. What were you thankful for this week?
Me? I’m thankful for the ability to laugh…at myself and at crazy things that I see and hear during the day.
My knee slapper for this week is a little crass and a lot crazy. I heard about it during my morning drive while listening to Elvis Duran and the morning show. Since this is volume #2, why not have my knee-slapper put a spotlight on #2. Here is a commercial for PooPourri. Watch at your own risk. You can’t unsee this.
My headscratcher for this week is definitely Mylie Cyrus.
That girl really knows how to create a buzz. If she’s not twerking and shaking her Styrofoam finger around, she’s riding a wrecking ball in birthday suit. College kids had so much fun with it, GVSU had to remove a sculpture after student parodies of Mylie’s video became a cause for concern.
In the spirit of disco balls, and glitter, and so much loveliness…this is my favorite toe-tapper of the week. Does anyone remember watching Soul Train on Saturday morning? How can you not love this video? Crank up the volume, get up from your computer, and lose yourself to dance…if even for a few seconds J I have dibs on the guy at 1:30. This video makes me so happy. It reminds me of the Sugar Shack painting by Ernie Barnes that was featured in the intro to Good Times.
For this week’s tastebud tickler, it is my public service to you to let you know about Orange Leaf frozen yogurt. Oatmeal cookie is the flavor of the month. Nuff said. Budget wise – it’s an official splurge, so I don’t feel like I can really share any penny pinching wisdom this week. In fact, if I had an extra $400k sitting around, I would open a franchise!
Other news from the front-line. We marked our 19th wedding anniversary this week. We saw The Neighbourhood and Imagine Dragons under the stars, and by the light of the full-moon. That’s about right. I got my first gray hair on our wedding day, it rained, and the pianist took a wrong turn at the lake, which caused him to be 30 minutes late. We had to poll the audience to find out who had what songs in their repertoire. We were faced with the options of walking down the aisle to Wheels on the Bus or Amazing Grace. We chose the latter, a funeral song! Ever since that day things have been wild, crazy, and unconventional yet full of friendship, laughter and love. I’m always reminded of the lyrics in one of my favorite Maroon Five songs, Sunday Morning – change of weather, still together. Still together indeed. In sickness and in health.
So went a week in our life