web tour...

Just some things I've been reading or listening to this week...

1. JillandKate's Song on the 17th... 

I'll leave you guessing on any personal meaning in this song. I'm afraid the wrong people could get the wrong idea, but if the right people always knew what you meant there wouldn't be a need for passive aggressive blogging would there?

2.Lindsey's Noble's blog on missing yourself... 

I have never met Lindsey and I'm not sure our paths will ever cross... but I feel like sometimes she's inside my head. I'm not missing myself currently, but I have definitely been there.

3. JillandKate at it again on getting Burned... 

This should be my theme blog... I love the analogy and even more than that I love the truth in it. I'm so grateful I didn't settle for straight hair and keep seeking our curls with or without the burn. 

4. Jon Acuff shares Joe Rogan's story... 

Ah the story! I could write a whole blog on this myself, but I find this becomes more and more true every time I meet a student-athlete, coach or staff member from an opponent's school. On the court, field, etc. we're all "enemies," but most of the time we really all want the same thing. 

5. Ravens release 2011 schedule...

We're not sure we'll have a 2011 season, but just in case we have a sweet schedule. My mom's not too thrilled about the home games on Thanksgiving and Christmas Eve but I can tell my dad is already drooling about another season.

it's not too late...

I wrote about new beginnings yesterday and it made me think of my fave duo JillandKate. They just released their new album Songs on the 17th vol. I and one of my fave songs made the list. I keep praying for more new beginnings... I'm still praying you'll give me one.  

JillandKate posted the explanations and lyrics for all of their songs on their blog but I included "Your Way Back" below...

"We find that it can be easier to write a song about someone than to actually tell them how you’re feeling. Maybe it’s cowardly, but it is what it is. Sometimes a song is the only chance you have of communicating to that person. Whatever the reason, this is one of those songs.

Relationships come and go in life and some losses are harder to swallow than others. We wrote this song together, but each of us wrote about different people.

So this is a combination of our attempts at reaching out to someone who we have lost touch with in our lives and communicating that the door is always open for them to come back."

LYRICS

I miss you so
And you’ll never know
I was too afraid to try to show you love
To give it up
To let you know I might

Care a little
Care a lot
Hold a place for you in this stubborn heart of mine
I hide it well

And maybe you’ll never see
But you’ve got me

And do you still remember me
Your long lost friend you used to need
I’m still hoping that you might find your way back
And if you ever think of me
I hope you know that it’ll never be
Too late for you to make your way back

Are you alright
Are you getting by
Do you still laugh out loud
Like we used to ’til it made us cry
And does it spark a memory
When you hear my name does it make you miss me
You hide it well

Did you close the door
Well I’m still yours

And do you still remember me
Your long lost friend you used to need
I’m still hoping that you might find your way back
And if you ever think of me
I hope you know that it’ll never be
Too late for you to make your way back

On a downtown street
(Your favorite song on repeat)
Drinking coffee late at night
(Your favorite show on tv)
Driving your car around all around
(Do you remember me)
All around

On a downtown street
(Your favorite song on repeat)
Drinking coffee late at night
(Your favorite show on tv)
Driving your car around all around
(Do you remember me)
All around

And do you still remember me
Your long lost friend you used to need
I’m still hoping that you might find your way back
And if you ever think of me
I hope you know that it’ll never be
Too late for you to make your way back

No it’s not too late for you to make your way back
No it’s not too late for you to make your way back

(c) jillandkate.

bloggers...

A lot of the blogs I read are written by people who write every day. They blog for a living and usually post every day. I don't have time to post every day so when I do have time my blogs usually become a hodge podge of what I could have made into a week's worth of ramblings. So here goes...

1. Yahoo posted a story this week... 10 quirky facts about kissing. Not exactly the kind of reading that usually makes you think, but I saw a guy mention one of the facts on facebook that he was upset about... "The average woman kisses 29 men before she gets married." The facebook poster said it made him sad to think about and another one of his friends agreed he didn't want his wife kissing 29 men before him. My first question was, "What's the average for a man before he gets married?" I tried googling it, but instead of finding an answer I found contradicting research debating whether the average for a female was 29 or 79... Maybe it's nearly tripling based on the fact women are getting married later. Once upon a time I made a list of the guys I've kissed... Rest assured I'm not close to 29. Although I've debated if I need to start kissing more to increase my chances of finding my husband! just kidding!!

I am always a little apprehensive about the double standard. I hope if you're worried about how many guys I'm kissing, you're thinking about who you're kissing.

2. CMA Awards... I watched a little bit of the CMA's on Wednesday and thanks to the DVR can catch the whole show on a lazy Saturday. I have yet to watch the whole thing, but I promise my favorite part will be the Kelly Clarkson and Jason Aldean performance. I know I'm biased, but just saying...

My other favorite part was Brad Paisley's thanks to the fans... "I'm like a turtle on a fence post. You know he didn't get there by himself." There was some stuff circulating on the internet awhile ago making fun of Obama being a turtle on a fence post and took the analogy further... but I love Brad's tribute. We're all where we are because of someone else. I know for sure I would not be here today if it weren't for a host of people in my life. I can't say thank you enough...

3. Speaking of Kelly Clarkson... her backup singers... and two of my favorite singers... JillandKate recorded a cd with their Songs on the 17th... well documented through my blog they post a song on youtube on the 17th of every month and I definitely preordered the cd. So as a plug for JillandKate... check out their site, their blog, their videos, their cd... do it.

4. One of my favorite bloggers Bianca Juarez posted a vlog about depression on Friday... I'm sitting on it a bit, letting it stew... expansion to come...

sarah...

I've probably talked about Jill and Kate too much already, but I go through phases of music and they're the most recent phase. They did a show in Nashville last week that I really wanted to go to but it just didn't work out. I've been checking youtube for videos and found a few just extending the phase. My new fave is "Sarah." Someone asked Jill and Kate if the song was written about a particular person and they said, "Even though we know a lot of really cool people name Sarah, it's not written about one person. It's kind of that ideal person you want to be and it's qualities that we respect or like in a lot of different people.. the ideal woman you want to be."

Sarah
Sarah runs when everybody's walking
Sarah never seems to second guess
She doesn't care that everybody's watching
Sarah never looks behind her back
Sarah never feels the bruises
When she falls down she laughs
Sarah teach me how to fall like that

Sarah catches everybody's glances
Sarah never throws them back
She's not afraid to take her chances
Sarah dreams in more than white and black
Sarah doesn't care if she loses
She always bounces back
Sarah teach me to lose like that

She's always first to say I love you
She looks you in the eye and never blinks
She doesn't hide it
She doesn't try and
Sarah doesn't care what anybody thinks
Sarah loves like it's never gonna hurt
With her eyes wide open too
Sarah teach me how to love like you