I decided a few years back that every year I would make the
most of turning one year older by doing things that I love for
my entire "birthday week".
On my list this year:
bowling (inspired by Across The Universe)
visit an art museum
out for gelato with Chad and the kids
dinner at Red Rock with our friends Kalli and Justin (Justin and I share the same birthday!)
a photo shoot of myself (sounds narcissistic , but I want some pretty pictures of myself as a young person! I stole the idea from Staci)
Last night Chad and the kids gave me my presents because they just couldn't wait. I got some pretty red and pink Gerber daisies, a pot with seeds to grow my own cherry tomatoes and basil, a Starbuck's gift card, and an iTunes card!
My honey knows me well.
I know I am a little late in discovering the wonderful world of the iPod. I just got one a couple months ago. But I hadn't used the iPod store yet and what a high that was! I was so consumed with downloading songs from my past, that Chad cleaned up almost the entire house and I didn't even notice. I shocked him by using up my entire gift card in less than an hour. He walked by every 10 minutes and reported my diminishing credit aloud to me. "$17.78, $13.88, $7.22,... $4.31!" I couldn't help myself and it was so much fun! So today I will be driving to Salt Lake listening to the songs that take me on a trip back 33 years to some of the sweetest memories of my life.
My new tunes (I would love to share so just ask!)
Falling Slowly and Lies (my favorites from Swell Season, and I just bought tickets to see their concert here in Salt Lake in May!)
Erasure (songs from The Innocents. Remember "Yahoo!"...that song was THE BEST. Something about a man in a pink tutu belting "yahoo, ahhhhh find your way unto the Lord", totally floats my boat. I loved that entire gospel-sounding album. It's brilliant.)
A lil' Lionel- Easy, and Three Times A Lady. The best!
Some Michael Jackson of course! Jackson 5 for the kids and a few of my all time favorites-Man in the Mirror, The Girl Is Mine (with Paul McCartney), and P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing)
Celine Dion- I have never loved her songs enough to buy a CD but I love her voice and I love her. I'll never forget the first time my sisters and I heard her sing in a music video. It was We Are The World or something like that. I love what a cheese ball she is ( just like me) and she sings with so much passion. She is an icon and one of my favorite celebrity personalities. The sweetest person in the world. I am so excited to see her show in November! So I bought two of her songs that I love. I Drove All Night and A New Day Has Come. Wow, I guess I thought I really had to justify my two Celine Dion selections. Ha ha!
Forever and For Always- Shania Twain I love her too and this song is one of my favorites.
Janet-Again and Together Again. Again is SOOOO Rick's College.
The Shins- New Slang, I think I first heard this song in the movie Garden State and it blew me away.
Matt Costa-Astaire and Sweet Rose (a song that we have dedicated to our Rosie) These are such good songs! I love Matt Costa's style. My favorite kind of music I think)
Whitney Houston- How Will I Know (this song reminds me of Jackie. She LOVED this song!)
Carole King- Chicken Soup With Rice. I didn't know she sang that song!
Madonna-4 Minutes (featuring Justin Timberlake!) I guess this is the brand new single off her new album that isn't even released yet. I can't believe how she is still as cool as ever. If that's what almost 50 looks like I am looking forward to it!
I also have several new books that I bought with some birthday money.
The Audacity of Hope
What Is The What
The Looming Tower
Persuasion
Into The Wild
Broken Colors
Happy 33 years to me! :)
11 comments:
Happy Birthday Deann! I was going to call you first thing this morning but Hannah said she'll sing after she watches Cinderella. So, you are going o post the pics from your photo shoot right?
You're probably snickering right now thinking I am going to do some glamour shots or something. :)
I probably will post them. You know me!
I love the music selections! And the defensiveness over Celine! LOL!! I'm the EXACT same way about her - exact I always get suckered into actually buying the whole album and then I'm like, "Why did I do that??" Single tracks are DEF the way to go with her. What a fun week you've got planned, though! And I've been dying to go bowling! We should go to Oak Tree Lanes when you're in town! LOL HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!
I meant to say "except" not "exact", but you probably knew that. :)
Happy Birthday!
I don't have an iPod either, don't really understand the need. But I'm sure once you have one, it's like TiVo, a must!
Your comments on Celine made me laugh. It reminded me of a skit from SNL. I can't find a video clip of it, b/c NBC takes them off of you tube. But here is a transcript.
Hi Deann,
I wanted to dance just thinking about those songs! LOL, I did love that Whitney Houston song. I still love Michael too, his music that is. Remember watching Thriller with mom and Aunt Leslie and Aunt Leslie would do the scary dance?
Oh, remember when mom threw us all in the car to drive to Licorice Pizza in the valley somewhere to meet Rick Dees. Grandma Martha was with us and she said something weird to Rick Dees and I was so embarrassed. We all came home with those pink KISS FM t-shirts!
That is the funniest story about going to meet Rick Dees with your Grandma Martha! I'd give anything to know what she said to him. He was such a cheeseball- I hope she offended him. Remember those stupid impressions he would do on his show? At one point I'd have LOVED to see him at a place called Licorice Pizza- awesome.
Hi there,
I'm Becky. I stumbled onto your blog thru Lane's.
Weird but Yesterday was my 33rd birthday!
Hope your Birthday WEEK is fabulous!
Happy Birthday!! I love that idea of doing things for yourself on your birthday. It's the only way to go to make sure you still have a happy bday, even when you're a grown up.
OK, I talked to mom tonight and found out what Grandma Martha had said to Rick Dees. She talked to him about her Bipolar Disorder! The anxious fans waited while Grandma and Rick Dees discussed medications and his own mother's struggle with the disorder. Mom said he seemed really sincere. The conversation started with her complaining to him about having been dragged there against her will when she really just had to go pick up her medication. Ha! SO funny isn't it?
I wasn't there for whatever reason. I was so jealous of your Kiss FM shirts. And that you got to go see Erasure in concert with mom!
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