Hump Day Humor

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Music Monday

I hope you all had a fun and safe 4th of July! Mansfield put on a pretty good fireworks show this year, and the best part is that it's fairly close to our neighborhood, so we just walked down the block to our neighborhood pool and watched from the playground. We could watch the pretty fireworks without having to deal with all of the traffic and people like we would have if we'd actually gone to the fireworks show. Nice!

Ben found this song on YouTube and showed it to me the other day. It's pretty funny. Ben's favorite part is the bear at the back, but keep your eye out for the Swedish Chef. :) Enjoy!

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Music Monday

Last night we went with a couple of friends to see the Riders in the Sky at the Botanic Gardens in Fort Worth. I'd never been to a concert in the garden, but it was a lot of fun! You can bring a cooler and picnic dinner, then sit and enjoy the concert, and watch fireworks afterward. Casey reminded me that when we were kids the Riders in the Sky were on Pee Wee's Playhouse. I used to love that show!

When they played "Woody's Roundup" from Toy Story 2, the baby started moving around. I think she's going to be a Disney fan just like her momma. :) Oh, and the girl who sings the part of Jessie in the song is apparently from Fort Worth, so she came up and sang a couple of songs with them later on in the concert. Neat!

Hump Day Humor

I came across this funny video on Gordon Keith's blog. My favorite part is how the camera man keeps zooming in on the drummer. Hilarious!

Music Monday

Today was our teacher workday. While it feels nice to be finished for a bit, there is *so* much to do at the house. After taking a short break when I came home from school, I got together four bags of clothes to donate in the morning--two are my clothes that don't fit anymore, that I hadn't worn in a long, long time, and probably won't wear post-preggo weight, and two are my old baby clothes that I decided not to keep. Let's face it, clothes were kind of silly in the '80s.

So enjoy today's song, I'm off to make restock of some Bewitchingly Vanilla sugar scrubs!

Music Monday

Happy Memorial Day, everyone! In the last episode of Friday Five, I mentioned a Sousa march. I'm sure you all know which one I mean... I played it a week ago at the Mansfield Wind Symphony patriotic concert. Cue the march! Oh, and this one is conducted by the great Leonard Bernstein. Yay!

Music Monday

It's another rainy, stormy evening here in North TX. This Garth Brooks song came to mind as I thought of what to post today, and I came across this video using scenes from Sims 2. It's pretty neat. By the way, check out the woman's "faded flannel gown." :)

Enjoy!

Music Monday

If you don't know this about me already, I enjoy musicals. Go figure, I teach elementary music and love musicals. Especially The Sound of Music. I had a student ask me the other day if I've ever seen it as we're in the middle of singing notes in the staff. I think it reminded her of the song "Do Re Mi."

I've only ever seen the movie, and thought it was interesting that the original Broadway soundtrack starring Mary Martin as Maria is sang in a higher key than the Julie Andrews movie version. Either way, it's still a great song. Enjoy! :)

Music Monday

Today as I was working at my desk after school today, I had some Johnny Cash playing. This is one of my favorite songs of his. Enjoy!

Music Monday

My personal taste in music is pretty eclectic. I like classical/jazzy/folksy/pop/rock type music, with some musicals thrown in for good measure. I guess I like variety? :) So in the spirit of variety, today's Music Monday features Bela Fleck. Enjoy!

Music Monday

Ben and I usually don't go to the movies in the middle of the week, but this week is different -- it's Spring Break! Yay! So tomorrow night we're going to go see the new Alice in Wonderland movie. I've heard mixed reviews about it, but I'm really excited anyway, just because I think Johnny Depp does a great job in anything he's in.

I came across this video/audio mix created by a teenager in Australia using video and sound from the animated Alice in Wonderland. It's pretty neat. Enjoy!

Hump Day Humor

Apparently sometime after the Academy Awards (which I didn't watch), Jimmy Kimmel had something funny on (which I also didn't watch). But Ben showed it to me the other day, and it was pretty good. I literally lol'd several times. :) Enjoy!

Music Monday

Another rainy day here in North Texas. But this rainy day happens to be on the same day that I have my 2nd grade program, and the art teacher is hosting a school-wide art show. Awesome. I hope you enjoy this folksy version of "Rain, Rain, Go Away." I sure did!

Music Monday

Over the weekend I finally watched August Rush, and seriously, I don't know why I waited so long to see it. Some of my fourth graders had told me that I should watch it earlier this school year, and I had it on the Netflix queue, but didn't move it to the top of the list until about a week ago. This movie is WONDERFUL. The music is pretty good too. :) And according to IMDB, Johnathan Rhys Meyers actually performs the songs that his character Louis sings. Bonus points for that.

This song combines classical with rock, which they do a couple of times in the movie. The two main characters, Lyla and Louis, are musicians. Lyla plays classical cello, and Louis is an Irish rocker. So when they're playing at the same time, their music plays together too. Enjoy!

Hump Day Humor

Please allow me to put on my dork hat for just a bit. I happen to love Star Trek. The original series is my favorite (I love that the newest movie went back to those original characters!), but I like most of the others too. You can read about just how much I love them here.

Ben came across this video clip. Thanks, Ben! We both laughed pretty hard over this one. Now, Next Generation is Ben's favorite, and I think we've agreed to disagree. I do love Patrick Stewart, though.

So if you like the occasional (or not so occasional) Star Trek, definitely take a look at this clip. Out of context clips put together make for funny stuff!

Enjoy!

Music Monday

I was just watching a rerun of Whose Line is it Anyway? which is a hilarious show if you've never seen it. I'm sad they no longer make new episodes, because this really is one of my favorite shows. Ben says I cackle when I watch it...but...I can't help it if I do sometimes, they're hilarious!

Anyway, this was at the very end of the episode I just watched. It's a song, so it counts for Music Monday, but it's really funny too. Enjoy!

Music Monday

I just came home from dinner after my Orffestra program at school. Orffestra is my after-school club of 3rd and 4th graders. We sing and play Orff instruments, with a lot of the music we play coming from the Orff Music for Children Volumes, and basically have a good ol' musical time. Today's Music Monday is inspired by a different Carl Orff piece, Carmina Burana--one of my favorite vocal pieces *ever.*

Enjoy!

Music Monday.... and Go Frogs!

Today is not only Music Monday, it's also my first day back at school from Winter Break, Dinner No. 2 from my New Year's Resolution, AND... the TCU bowl game! Wow, what a busy day! I forgot how tired I always am the first day back at school, and then I had to run by the grocery to pick up a couple of things for tonight (like parsley... the store I was at yesterday didn't have it, gah!).

Honestly, the last thing I want to do tonight is cook. Fortunately, I'm making pizza, which is pretty painless. The only thing is, I'm making Zesty Tomato Pesto and Yeast Free Pizza Crust from How it all Vegan! I've never made pizza crust before, but it doesn't look so bad.

So here I am on the couch, already tuned into Fox, wearing TCU plaid flannel jammies, and a TCU t-shirt. Go Frogs, beat the Broncos! (The video isn't from when I played in the band not too long ago, but it's nice to see that pregame hasn't changed!)

Music Monday

Tonight starts my New Year's Resolution, and yes, I know it's a little early. Oh well. I was inspired. (And if you have no clue what I'm talking about, check yesterday's blog update.) One month of cooking from my newest cookbook, How it all Vegan! by Tanya Barnard & Sarah Kramer. My mom is coming over, along with possibly a couple of guy friends, and I'm making Classic Spinach Lasagna, with homemade Traditional Tomato Sauce from the same cookbook. (Homemade pasta sauce rocks, and is super easy!) I'm also making Easy Garlic Spread and cooking it in some puff pastry to make garlic bread rolls. Yum! I bought some lasagna noodles just in case, because the closer it gets to cook time, the more chicken I'm getting about making my own pasta. We'll see... I might save homemade pasta for another night when I won't have company...

What about Music Monday? Hold your horses, I was just getting to that. I was putting groceries in the trunk of my car today and had a very "hippie" moment. In the Whole Foods parking lot, wearing faux-suede boots and an organic cotton skirt, putting reusable grocery sacks filled with tofu and organic veggies into the tiny trunk of my Beetle...

Needless to say, I listened to some Beatles on the way home.

This is one of my favorites. Enjoy!

Hump Day Humor

It's Wednesday. And you know what that means. It's business time - conditions are perfect. :)