So sometimes I really really wish I was in a band. But the amount of work it takes is daunting.
So I like to imagine I'm part of a band that already exists.
Which band, you may ask, would I be in if I had the choice?
Grand Prize; Fleetwood Mac
yes there was plenty of drama and marriages and divorces and drug habits. but this is about the music people. Nothing quite compares to the timeless rock of the mac. Who doesn't love marching bands? Tusk is the greatest marching band rock song in history. I also love a band with multiple singers who harmonize with each other instead of just their own voices looped back. Its beautiful. And who does it the best? Christine McVie, Stevie Nicks, and Lindsey Buckingham. I dislike Glee but props to them for doing an episode based on the album "rumors". Bigger props to my little sister who got into my dad's fleetwood mac CDs and was definitely the original fan.
Runner up: The Beach Boys.
the sheer number of hits. The oozing positivity. tight harmonies. matching shirts. this choice is obvious.
Saturday, September 24, 2011
Sunday, September 18, 2011
Hello Muddah, Hello Faddah
1. I SPENT 4 BUCKS ON iTUNES
which is more than I've spent in a while. I have started listening to music more now that my commute is longer. I downloaded...
Half Moon by Blind Pilot- (their new cd came out last week!) they have an amazing sound. love love love
I Can see you shine by Gabe Dixon (his new cd came out a month ago) his lyrics and his voice are beautiful and unpretentious
Hello Muddah, (the camp grenada song) by Allan Sherman. yes. I like novelty songs. This one is hilarious and a classic.
Uprising by Muse. Because we've had that song stuck in our heads for a year and just needed to buy it finally.
2. I HAD A WEIRD DREAM
that adam and I hosted a dinner at a convenience store and a lot of people showed up from random moments in my life but didn't recognize me. It was not a success. Probably because it was at Circle K.
3. WE DROVE TO SAFFORD YESTERDAY
to visit family. My cousins live there. We left kind of late though and needed to be there by 2 so I averaged 95 MPH on the way up. YIKES. I will never do that again I promise! We had a lovely time and even though the drive is longer than going to phoenix, it feels shorter because I haven't completely memorized the landscape yet. When we got to a chapel there, I handed my cousin's daughter the camera and this is what she took:
,
I got to sing "He Sent His Son" at my cousins' twins' baptism. I love that song. It is so perfect in it's simplicity.- "have faith, have hope, live like his son, help others on their way. What does he ask? Live like his son." Later I played the piano by ear while two of my other little cousins once removed sang with me and I had the feeling I used to get with my grandpa at the cabin, singing with me while he played. It was lovely. I am so blessed to have music in my life. It's the frosting on the top.
4. I HAD A GREAT TIME AT WORK
kids have a hard time getting what an adjective is and what it is not. But i had a good time trying to get it drilled in their brains! I also got a preschooler to talk who was being reallly passive agressive and not speaking above a whisper. My strategy? Act like a total crazy goofy person. Not hard for me. Well, it is hard to do in the presence of other adults.
5. I PULLED WEEDS AT THE BALLPARK
Who knew the Binghampton Family Park was host to these creepy crawlers- toads, bees, wasps, cockroaches, wood lice, termites, butteflies, a rat, etc etc etc. While pulling weeds we realized we need to hang out more with people. That would be nice. Also, ADam announced to everyone that he was a climate change skeptic until he married me hahaha. I remember that conversation, i think it went like this: "Adam, 10 out of 10 scientists agree; global warming is real" What we can do about it and how we go about doing it is another question, entirely and I have no solid opinion on that. LIke most things.
6. THIS BLOG ENTRY IS MAKING IT SOUND LIKE I AM VERY PRODUCTIVE
maybe. But I spent some hours watching Sherlock, the BBC update of Sherlock Holmes set in modernl London, some new show pilots, and the movie "loss of a teardrop diamond" which was deeee-pressing. It was written by Tennessee Williams so I should have expected that. Also, Adam finished reading me the Hobbit and I must confess, I feel slightly inspired by Bilbo. It was lovely. And um, I also found a youtube video of LEONARD NIMOY singing a song about Bilbo Baggins from the 1960's. HILARIOUS.
which is more than I've spent in a while. I have started listening to music more now that my commute is longer. I downloaded...
Half Moon by Blind Pilot- (their new cd came out last week!) they have an amazing sound. love love love
I Can see you shine by Gabe Dixon (his new cd came out a month ago) his lyrics and his voice are beautiful and unpretentious
Hello Muddah, (the camp grenada song) by Allan Sherman. yes. I like novelty songs. This one is hilarious and a classic.
Uprising by Muse. Because we've had that song stuck in our heads for a year and just needed to buy it finally.
2. I HAD A WEIRD DREAM
that adam and I hosted a dinner at a convenience store and a lot of people showed up from random moments in my life but didn't recognize me. It was not a success. Probably because it was at Circle K.
3. WE DROVE TO SAFFORD YESTERDAY
to visit family. My cousins live there. We left kind of late though and needed to be there by 2 so I averaged 95 MPH on the way up. YIKES. I will never do that again I promise! We had a lovely time and even though the drive is longer than going to phoenix, it feels shorter because I haven't completely memorized the landscape yet. When we got to a chapel there, I handed my cousin's daughter the camera and this is what she took:
,
I got to sing "He Sent His Son" at my cousins' twins' baptism. I love that song. It is so perfect in it's simplicity.- "have faith, have hope, live like his son, help others on their way. What does he ask? Live like his son." Later I played the piano by ear while two of my other little cousins once removed sang with me and I had the feeling I used to get with my grandpa at the cabin, singing with me while he played. It was lovely. I am so blessed to have music in my life. It's the frosting on the top.
4. I HAD A GREAT TIME AT WORK
kids have a hard time getting what an adjective is and what it is not. But i had a good time trying to get it drilled in their brains! I also got a preschooler to talk who was being reallly passive agressive and not speaking above a whisper. My strategy? Act like a total crazy goofy person. Not hard for me. Well, it is hard to do in the presence of other adults.
5. I PULLED WEEDS AT THE BALLPARK
Who knew the Binghampton Family Park was host to these creepy crawlers- toads, bees, wasps, cockroaches, wood lice, termites, butteflies, a rat, etc etc etc. While pulling weeds we realized we need to hang out more with people. That would be nice. Also, ADam announced to everyone that he was a climate change skeptic until he married me hahaha. I remember that conversation, i think it went like this: "Adam, 10 out of 10 scientists agree; global warming is real" What we can do about it and how we go about doing it is another question, entirely and I have no solid opinion on that. LIke most things.
6. THIS BLOG ENTRY IS MAKING IT SOUND LIKE I AM VERY PRODUCTIVE
maybe. But I spent some hours watching Sherlock, the BBC update of Sherlock Holmes set in modernl London, some new show pilots, and the movie "loss of a teardrop diamond" which was deeee-pressing. It was written by Tennessee Williams so I should have expected that. Also, Adam finished reading me the Hobbit and I must confess, I feel slightly inspired by Bilbo. It was lovely. And um, I also found a youtube video of LEONARD NIMOY singing a song about Bilbo Baggins from the 1960's. HILARIOUS.
Tuesday, September 13, 2011
DO THIS NOW! Because I want to too!
Go see the bats!
park next to trader joes on campbell and limberlost, walk to the river walk and 15 min. after sunset they fly out like a giant cloud for 10 minutes. Its awesome. But you have to do it before october!
visit PATAGONIA. they have a festival coming up on oct. 9th. It is a gorgeous little town covered in trees and tall grasses.
http://www.patagoniafallfestival.com/
Make plans to go to the MEet YOurself festival. BRing cash for food because there is TONs of really really good stuff
http://www.tucsonmeetyourself.org
go to the gaslight theater. yes it can be pricey but it's worth it to go at least once in your life. and right now they're doing a spoof of lord of the rings!
http://www.thegaslighttheatre.com/currentshow.htm
Buy tickets to "The Secret Garden" musical that U of A is doing nov-dec. because it's the best musical ever written
http://www.cfa.arizona.edu/theatremarketing/2011-12-season
Go to U of A "Band Day" not just to see some crazy awesome high school bands but to see the PRiDE OF AZ perform all day nov. 12th at the stadium
http://music.arizona.edu/downloads/MusicOnCampus2011-2012web.pdf
It's campy but at least it's free. Go to pinnacle peak on weekends and watch the stunt show. Definitely visit the joke shop too because it's amazing
http://www.traildusttown.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=46&Itemid=62
park next to trader joes on campbell and limberlost, walk to the river walk and 15 min. after sunset they fly out like a giant cloud for 10 minutes. Its awesome. But you have to do it before october!
visit PATAGONIA. they have a festival coming up on oct. 9th. It is a gorgeous little town covered in trees and tall grasses.
http://www.patagoniafallfestival.com/
Make plans to go to the MEet YOurself festival. BRing cash for food because there is TONs of really really good stuff
http://www.tucsonmeetyourself.org
go to the gaslight theater. yes it can be pricey but it's worth it to go at least once in your life. and right now they're doing a spoof of lord of the rings!
http://www.thegaslighttheatre.com/currentshow.htm
Buy tickets to "The Secret Garden" musical that U of A is doing nov-dec. because it's the best musical ever written
http://www.cfa.arizona.edu/theatremarketing/2011-12-season
Go to U of A "Band Day" not just to see some crazy awesome high school bands but to see the PRiDE OF AZ perform all day nov. 12th at the stadium
http://music.arizona.edu/downloads/MusicOnCampus2011-2012web.pdf
It's campy but at least it's free. Go to pinnacle peak on weekends and watch the stunt show. Definitely visit the joke shop too because it's amazing
http://www.traildusttown.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=46&Itemid=62
Monday, September 5, 2011
Labor-Dabor Day plus SUPER Birthday Fun!
1. THE I-10 STINKETH
I hate the I-10. You know, if you go but a half a mile from it in any direction, the landscape is much more bareable. BUt somehow by the freeway, it is the most degraded, depressing dirt I've ever seen except on the way to California, because nothing is uglier than that. But I must add, despite my personal belief that all the dust storms in Phx originiate in the dustiness that is Casa Grande, I really am enjoying their new little shopping center on Florence Blvd. On our way up, we stopped at Culvers and had really bad for you food that was really really good. I had a chocolate custard shake and a sourdough melt and some onion rings. Man it was good. But so so bad.
2. ADAM's BIRTHDAY IS A DIFFICULT THING
He doesn't ever want anything for his birthday. He always gets a pineapple, per tradition, so that's one thing I guess. But I didn't know what to get him. So I DIY'ed it this time and made him an apron that he can eat in his Sunday clothes with and do dishes in. He is always spilling stuff on himself.
3. HUNGER GAMES
this book made me really grateful to have food. and shelter. and to not have people trying to kill me. I liked it, but it definitely felt like a guilty pleasure book. I mean, come on, another teenage love triangle where the heroine is choosing between someone she's comfortable with and a guy she feels is too good for her? Putting people on pedestals are SUCH a great way to start a relationship...whatever. now I gotta get the next one....!
4. ADAM's FAMILY IS RAD.
Seriously. I love them a lot. And it's so fun having two teenager-in-laws.
Now if only I could convince them to be WILDCATS! Then their path towards the RAD SIDE would be complete.
I hate the I-10. You know, if you go but a half a mile from it in any direction, the landscape is much more bareable. BUt somehow by the freeway, it is the most degraded, depressing dirt I've ever seen except on the way to California, because nothing is uglier than that. But I must add, despite my personal belief that all the dust storms in Phx originiate in the dustiness that is Casa Grande, I really am enjoying their new little shopping center on Florence Blvd. On our way up, we stopped at Culvers and had really bad for you food that was really really good. I had a chocolate custard shake and a sourdough melt and some onion rings. Man it was good. But so so bad.
2. ADAM's BIRTHDAY IS A DIFFICULT THING
He doesn't ever want anything for his birthday. He always gets a pineapple, per tradition, so that's one thing I guess. But I didn't know what to get him. So I DIY'ed it this time and made him an apron that he can eat in his Sunday clothes with and do dishes in. He is always spilling stuff on himself.
3. HUNGER GAMES
this book made me really grateful to have food. and shelter. and to not have people trying to kill me. I liked it, but it definitely felt like a guilty pleasure book. I mean, come on, another teenage love triangle where the heroine is choosing between someone she's comfortable with and a guy she feels is too good for her? Putting people on pedestals are SUCH a great way to start a relationship...whatever. now I gotta get the next one....!
4. ADAM's FAMILY IS RAD.
Seriously. I love them a lot. And it's so fun having two teenager-in-laws.
Now if only I could convince them to be WILDCATS! Then their path towards the RAD SIDE would be complete.
Wednesday, August 24, 2011
Things I Made this Summer
This is the Harry Potter wand I made with my super duper sister and brother in law. All you need is hot glue, white glue, double sided tape, a piece of paper, and paint.
http://www.instructables.com/id/Make-an-awesome-Harry-Potter-wand-from-a-sheet-of-/
Our value at camp this year was "virtue". I stamped it onto bronze washers using a metal stamping kit from the craft store. This is my finished nametag- Each girl had one she had to wear at all times.
This is called prince regent cake or prinzregenten torte. It is so good but it took me over 2 hours to make it! It didn't look as good as the one in the photo, but it tastes like heaven.
CAKE: 1 3/4 cup sugar, 1/3 cup hot water, 3 cups flour, 1 tbsp baking powder, 1/2 tsp salt, 3/4 cup butter, 3 eggs, 1 tsp vanilla, 2/3 cup milk
FILLING: 1 cup sugar, 1/4 cup cornstarch, 2 eggs, 1 1/2 cup milk, 1 tsp vanilla, 3 oz semi-sweet chocolate
FROSTING: 10 oz Semisweet chocolate, 1 1/2 tsp oil
PREP
Cake: place 1/2 cup of sugar in a heavy sauce pan. Over medium heat, cook the sugar, stirring until it browns (stir constantly so it doesn't burn). Remove from heat and add the water. Allow to cool. Then sift the flour, baking powder, and salt together. I don't have a sifter so I just sprinkled everything into the flour and used a whisk to mix it. In another bowl, cream the butter and remaining sugar together until very light. Beat in the eggs one at a time. In another bowl, mix the cooled syrup in and add the vanilla and the milk. Alternate flour and liquid into the creamed mixture in thirds. Cut eight 8 inch diameter rounds from wax paper or parchment and put on cookie pans. Divide batter evenly between them (this is hard and I didn't make it perfect) so that batter goes to 1 1/2 inch from the edge of the paper. Bake each or 2 at a time for 7-8 minutes. (I poured two, baked two, poured two, baked two).
Filling: In a sauce pan or a double boiler, blend the sugar with the cornstarch and eggs. Whip in the milk and vanilla. Heat over medium heat. Stir in the chocolate. Cook until sauce is very thick. Let it cool. Stack the cakes and put filling in between them.
Frosting: Melt the chocolate and oil together in a double boiler or the microwave (be careful not to microwave it too long or it will burn) While it's still melted, pour over the cake and spread over the sides. Cool it in the fridge until the cake has a hard chocolate shell.
http://www.instructables.com/id/Make-an-awesome-Harry-Potter-wand-from-a-sheet-of-/
Our value at camp this year was "virtue". I stamped it onto bronze washers using a metal stamping kit from the craft store. This is my finished nametag- Each girl had one she had to wear at all times.
This is called prince regent cake or prinzregenten torte. It is so good but it took me over 2 hours to make it! It didn't look as good as the one in the photo, but it tastes like heaven.
CAKE: 1 3/4 cup sugar, 1/3 cup hot water, 3 cups flour, 1 tbsp baking powder, 1/2 tsp salt, 3/4 cup butter, 3 eggs, 1 tsp vanilla, 2/3 cup milk
FILLING: 1 cup sugar, 1/4 cup cornstarch, 2 eggs, 1 1/2 cup milk, 1 tsp vanilla, 3 oz semi-sweet chocolate
FROSTING: 10 oz Semisweet chocolate, 1 1/2 tsp oil
PREP
Cake: place 1/2 cup of sugar in a heavy sauce pan. Over medium heat, cook the sugar, stirring until it browns (stir constantly so it doesn't burn). Remove from heat and add the water. Allow to cool. Then sift the flour, baking powder, and salt together. I don't have a sifter so I just sprinkled everything into the flour and used a whisk to mix it. In another bowl, cream the butter and remaining sugar together until very light. Beat in the eggs one at a time. In another bowl, mix the cooled syrup in and add the vanilla and the milk. Alternate flour and liquid into the creamed mixture in thirds. Cut eight 8 inch diameter rounds from wax paper or parchment and put on cookie pans. Divide batter evenly between them (this is hard and I didn't make it perfect) so that batter goes to 1 1/2 inch from the edge of the paper. Bake each or 2 at a time for 7-8 minutes. (I poured two, baked two, poured two, baked two).
Filling: In a sauce pan or a double boiler, blend the sugar with the cornstarch and eggs. Whip in the milk and vanilla. Heat over medium heat. Stir in the chocolate. Cook until sauce is very thick. Let it cool. Stack the cakes and put filling in between them.
Frosting: Melt the chocolate and oil together in a double boiler or the microwave (be careful not to microwave it too long or it will burn) While it's still melted, pour over the cake and spread over the sides. Cool it in the fridge until the cake has a hard chocolate shell.
Sunday, August 21, 2011
Ahhaha.
I started this blog.. um.. a long time ago and never posted anything else in it.
I'll just talk about my week!
1. CRAWDAD FISHING
I FINALLY went crawdad fishing on Mt Lemmon yesterday with Adam, Doug, and Andrea. We only caught three crawdads and they were all pretty tiny. Adam spent most of the time trying to catch dragonflies with the nets we bought at WalMart. He actually caught like 4 of them (and of course let them go). I also made a bean dip which it didn't take long to eat. I like Rose Canyon lake a lot.... We all decided it would be really fun to camp there sometime.
2. I HAVE FOUR NEW JOBS
I am now working as an SLPA at Cross, Ironwood Ridge, Prince, and Mesa Verde. That's one middle school, one high school, one preschool, and one elementary school. Mainly I just have groups of kids that will work with me on either articulation (most of them are /r/ and /s/ kids) or language (reading comprehension, vocab, verb/noun agreement). Some of them just have to practice pragmatics (taking turns, appropriate language) . It should be interesting because starting Monday, I am doing it all by myself at the middle and high school. The elementary school and preschool SLPS have enough time to help me ease into it. But man! It's crazy. I am trying to think of how to integrate kid's curriculum from their other classes into it and how to jazz it up a bit. Also if anyone knows of a picture book about someone who won't stop talking about themselves or things they like and doesn't care about anyone else, let me know. We need it for the elementary school.
3. ADAM TOOK THE GRE
but we have no idea what score he got since it's a revised test and they have yet to figure out the scoring system. Once we get it, we can apply for PSEP- I love how I always say "we", when it's really just "he"- it just feels like "we" because where we go next year has a lot to do with our future. PSEP is a scholarship for people who are going for a graduate program in health sciences when that grad program isn't offered publicly in their state- in our case, occupational therapy. We may end up in...
phoenix (midwestern/ AT Still) albuquerque (UNM) Seattle (U of W) or Spokane (EWU) . Probably phoenix though.
4. WE WATCHED PRETTY MUCH ALL OF DOLLHOUSE
We decided to stop doing instant play on netflix but before we go to dvd's only, we definitely binged on the last show on there that we wanted to watch... Joss Whedon's "Dollhouse".. LOTS of cool philosophical questions in that show- ghost in the machine type stuff. But we're done, netflix. We have watched pretty much everything worth watching.
I do have to say that this guy is the best actor on the show. Probably one of the best actors I've ever seen. Ever.
5. THE HOBBIT
Adam is reading me the hobbit. It's awesome. Our new bedtime routine is teeth, prayers, earplugs (a new thing for me, they make it so i don't wake up in the night thinking our AC is a nuclear attack) and then hobbit and sleep. So far it's amazing. I can't wait for the movie!
Ok well that's it for now. Things i'm looking forward to are going to a concert with LIz next week and then going to Wildwood with my momma on friday ( if i can get to the airport on time!!!) Yay I miss my family so much sometimes..
I'll just talk about my week!
1. CRAWDAD FISHING
I FINALLY went crawdad fishing on Mt Lemmon yesterday with Adam, Doug, and Andrea. We only caught three crawdads and they were all pretty tiny. Adam spent most of the time trying to catch dragonflies with the nets we bought at WalMart. He actually caught like 4 of them (and of course let them go). I also made a bean dip which it didn't take long to eat. I like Rose Canyon lake a lot.... We all decided it would be really fun to camp there sometime.
2. I HAVE FOUR NEW JOBS
I am now working as an SLPA at Cross, Ironwood Ridge, Prince, and Mesa Verde. That's one middle school, one high school, one preschool, and one elementary school. Mainly I just have groups of kids that will work with me on either articulation (most of them are /r/ and /s/ kids) or language (reading comprehension, vocab, verb/noun agreement). Some of them just have to practice pragmatics (taking turns, appropriate language) . It should be interesting because starting Monday, I am doing it all by myself at the middle and high school. The elementary school and preschool SLPS have enough time to help me ease into it. But man! It's crazy. I am trying to think of how to integrate kid's curriculum from their other classes into it and how to jazz it up a bit. Also if anyone knows of a picture book about someone who won't stop talking about themselves or things they like and doesn't care about anyone else, let me know. We need it for the elementary school.
3. ADAM TOOK THE GRE
but we have no idea what score he got since it's a revised test and they have yet to figure out the scoring system. Once we get it, we can apply for PSEP- I love how I always say "we", when it's really just "he"- it just feels like "we" because where we go next year has a lot to do with our future. PSEP is a scholarship for people who are going for a graduate program in health sciences when that grad program isn't offered publicly in their state- in our case, occupational therapy. We may end up in...
phoenix (midwestern/ AT Still) albuquerque (UNM) Seattle (U of W) or Spokane (EWU) . Probably phoenix though.
4. WE WATCHED PRETTY MUCH ALL OF DOLLHOUSE
We decided to stop doing instant play on netflix but before we go to dvd's only, we definitely binged on the last show on there that we wanted to watch... Joss Whedon's "Dollhouse".. LOTS of cool philosophical questions in that show- ghost in the machine type stuff. But we're done, netflix. We have watched pretty much everything worth watching.
I do have to say that this guy is the best actor on the show. Probably one of the best actors I've ever seen. Ever.
5. THE HOBBIT
Adam is reading me the hobbit. It's awesome. Our new bedtime routine is teeth, prayers, earplugs (a new thing for me, they make it so i don't wake up in the night thinking our AC is a nuclear attack) and then hobbit and sleep. So far it's amazing. I can't wait for the movie!
Ok well that's it for now. Things i'm looking forward to are going to a concert with LIz next week and then going to Wildwood with my momma on friday ( if i can get to the airport on time!!!) Yay I miss my family so much sometimes..
Monday, February 21, 2011
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