Posted in Other Places to Find Me, Seen, Heard, Said, Soundrack, Startup Mom on Jan 21st, 2010 5 Comments »
We flew into Salt Lake City tonight for the Sundance Film Festival where we’ll be live streaming and producing video at the Tweet House. While standing in the baggage claim Bryan goes, “Hey, there’s Ted from How I Met Your Mother.” FIVE FEET AWAY. I watched a few people ask for his autograph, smile at [...]
Posted in Depression, Everyday, Soundrack on Jun 17th, 2009 1 Comment »
Nobody warned me about the last two weeks of school. I think plenty of you had ample opportunity to wave your arms in the air, wild-eyed and frazzled, somehow communicating to me that I would be run ragged with year-end crap. So, THANKS for that. Also, who said I could be depressed? I didn’t order [...]
Posted in Comfort & Control, Learning, Soundrack on Mar 31st, 2009 3 Comments »
We sing this song often in our church, but it became particularly relevant during the five weeks Bryan was out of work. It often seems that stress begets stress, and things began to fall apart a little between us in that season. We pressed through and we’re all good now, but I wouldn’t change a [...]
Posted in Seen, Heard, Said, Soundrack on Feb 11th, 2009 No Comments »
A truly remarkable performance by Jennifer Hudson at The Grammy’s – both in talent and bravery – in her second public appearance since the shooting death of her mother, brother, and nephew. I applaud her song choice for The Grammy’s. It seemed a very intentional one that told her story of grief and healing, punctuated [...]
Posted in Soundrack on Dec 15th, 2008 3 Comments »
I hesitate to mention this because I feel like such a whiner, but I just can’t seem to get into Christmas this year. Jesus, shopping, family, friends, baking – whatever Christmas represents, I’m not feelin’ it. We’re not traveling this year, and even though I love visiting family, I look forward to the years we [...]
Posted in Soundrack on Oct 1st, 2008 No Comments »
The Muxtape is back! Only I’m going back to calling it a Mixtape. Muxtape was shut down by the RIAA this summer, and I cried in my beer for days over it. I don’t know who this Justin kid is, but I feel like he represented the Say Anything generation well in his fight to [...]
Posted in Bryan, Soundrack, Until Death Do Us Part (and to the Death it will be) on Jul 27th, 2008 9 Comments »
About a month ago a new friend asked me how I met Bryan, and I was caught up in telling our story. It’s a fun story, and I love to tell it, so please ask me to whenever you see me next. It makes me smile. Today is our 7th wedding anniversary. And in writing [...]
Posted in Picture Book, Soundrack on Jul 23rd, 2008 No Comments »
It occurred to me this year that Sufjan Stevens may never release another album EVER AGAIN. It sure seems like that, anyway, and I’m not the only one who thinks so. But listening to Andrew Bird play live at Zoo Tunes tonight, I decided I just might be able to live with that. Andrew Bird [...]
Posted in Soundrack on Jul 13th, 2008 5 Comments »
I discovered most of these songs while driving around in my car during our latest heat wave, so it’s become a road trip mix. It’s true that I have a minivan, but this mini van happens to have a sun roof, a decent stereo, and two kids who like the music I listen to. So [...]
Posted in Soundrack on Jun 29th, 2008 1 Comment »
I meant to post this mix weeks ago, but I’ve been having so much fun reading and playing outside that I just couldn’t be bothered. My apologies, but I hope you’ll understand. As before, click here to listen (remember to open a new browser or tab), then come back to read all about it. The [...]
Posted in Soundrack on Jun 2nd, 2008 2 Comments »
I’m so forever in love with Muxtape.com. Even though my last mix was accidentally deleted by a software error, I’m still a fan. Because really, how fair would it be for me to put up with all the consistent Twitter outages, only to slam Muxtape for one mistake? They seem to be on the ball [...]
Posted in Soundrack on May 18th, 2008 9 Comments »
Like any child of the 80′s, I heart the mix tape. I make them all the time, for every possible reason. I’ve even considered writing a book about the soundtrack to my life, but this guy thought of it first (and I’m not the only one bitter about it). I’m always trying to figure out [...]
Posted in Seen, Heard, Said, Soundrack on Mar 20th, 2008 No Comments »
I went back to the gym today after a month long hiatus (kids were sick, my back went out, my mom was here, blah blah blah). I ran/walked 2.5 miles on the treadmill and the endorphins definitely kicked in. My soul and my body are very happy right now. I’ve listened to Cloud Cult’s Meaning [...]
Posted in Seen, Heard, Said, Soundrack on Mar 15th, 2008 1 Comment »
We just got back from the Gymnastics studio where we threw a joint birthday party for Thomas and Ruthie. (Which is THE way to do winter birthdays, by the way. I walked in with my pizzas and walked out with my brain intact). Bryan continued the party at home by putting on a Daft Punk [...]
Posted in Seen, Heard, Said, Soundrack on Jan 11th, 2008 2 Comments »
This is Mike Doughty. I love his voice and his rockin’ music. It must be played loud.
Be warned: what you see here is not my best work. It is what Anne Lamott describes in Bird By Bird as a series of “shitty first drafts.” Blogging dragged me kicking and screaming out of creative constipation by getting me to actually write. So I do that. A lot. Without worrying about every word choice or comma placement.
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