Snapshot Saturday - Project 365

Photos a day for the last week.

1/5/2009

Something I've had for a couple of years, but never used. That has changed, and I've downloaded a bunch of CDs and even made my first purchase from Itunes. So I'm only a little behind the times.

1/6/2009

Trying to capture a picture of Maggie in the mirror after coming back from a car trip to pick up dinner.

1/7/2009

Two days in a row - she was in heaven. Picture of Maggie doing her favorite thing every - taking a ride in the car and standing on the middle counsel between the two front seats.

1/8/2009

This is the new addiction in my life right now.

1/9/2009

We finally found a Wii Fit, however, since I've been sick, haven't felt much like doing much of anything, especially exercising.

So, how do you like the new picture in the banner? This was taken on our Montana trip last August. I felt it was time for a change...

Flashback Friday

Release date 1984.



Forever Young by Alphaville
Let's dance in style, lets dance for a while
Heaven can wait we're only watching the skies
Hoping for the best but expecting the worst
Are you going to drop the bomb or not?
Let us die young or let us live forever
We don't have the power but we never say never
Sitting in a sandpit, life is a short trip
The music's for the sad men
Can you imagine when this race is won
Turn our golden faces into the sun
Praising our leaders we're getting in tune
The music's played by the mad men
Chorus
Forever young, I want to be forever young
Do you really want to live forever, forever and ever
Forever young, I want to be forever young
Do you really want to live forever?
Forever young

Some are like water, some are like the heat
Some are a melody and some are the beat
Sooner or later they all will be gone
Why don't they stay young
It's so hard to get old without a cause
I don't want to perish like a fading horse
Youth's like diamonds in the sun
And diamonds are forever
So many adventures couldn't happen today
So many songs we forgot to play
So many dreams swinging out of the blue
We let them come true
Chorus

Del's funny moment to share....

So Del spends a lot of time watching videos on You Tube (which is partly how Flashback Friday's got started). He came across this one which cracked him up so much he wanted me to share it with others. To get the full affect you really should watch at least the first 30 seconds or so of Britney's new video. (I know, I know, but bear with me......)



Be sure to leave your comments for Del on your appreciation for this new rendition of Britney's Womanizer song. :o)

Who will be next??

First it was my brother....now my nephew has jumped on the wagon. Who will be next? Anyone???

Happy Birthday, Tina!

My big sister is having a birthday today and I couldn't let the day go by without a big shout out to her on her special day. This picture was taken last year when she and Kim and my mom came to visit in September. I love this picture of the two of them.

Happy Birthday, Big Sis!

Someone else's birthday is also today - someone who I forgot shared a birthday with my sister. A long lost friend....Birthday wishes (and a pretty embarrassing picture) from her big brother can be found here.

Project 365

So, I tried it during the month of November, but can I actually do it for a whole year? We'll see...I'm on board with Project 365. Not sure I'll buy the kit, but will probably make some sort of scrapbook out of it.

Here are the first four days worth...

1/1/2009

Maggie, like her mother, was not able to stay up until midnight New Year's Eve - couldn't even make it through all of Wall-E, which Del says was really good. I know this officially was not taken on 1/1, but felt it was close enough. How cute is she??......really???? :o)

1/2/2009

Del and I eating at one of our staples, Del kindly saying, "You are not taking a picture of us in the mirror..." and me answering, "Ah, yes, I am....(snap)."

1/3/2009

I'm still fighting a cold and felt it only appropriate to show my daily (and nightly) treatment. I feel like I've slept the weekend away.

1/4/2009

Del exclaiming, "You can't take a picture in here....that can't be legal." And, me, not listening, "Why not...I'm not using a flash...(snap)." A long movie, but a solid "B."

Hope you all had a Happy and Safe New Year.

Flashback Friday

I picked this week's song (but Del approved!) :o). Release date 1986.



True Colors by Cyndi Lauper
You with the sad eyes
Don't be discouraged
Oh, I realize
It's hard to take courage
In a world full of people
You can lose sight of it all
And the darkness inside you
Can make you feel so small
Chorus:
But I see your true colors
Shining through
I see your true colors
And that's why I love you
So don't be afraid to let them show
Your true colorsTrue colors
Are beautiful like a rainbow
Show me a smile then,
Don't be unhappy
Can't remember when
I last saw you laughing
If this world makes you crazy
And you've taken all you can bear
You call me up
Because you know I'll be there
Chorus:
(Can't remember when I last saw you laughing)
If this world makes you crazy
And you've taken all you can bear
You call me up
Because you know I'll be there
Chorus:

Happy New Year!

Of course, with the holidays, quite a bit has happened since my last post and I have a lot of pictures to share.

First things first...I can now post those projects I was working on for Christmas gifts. I made an album for my sister's wedding pictures. The entire album can be viewed by clicking here.

I also made a chipboard Family album for Anna, my mother-in-law. Completed project can be viewed here.

And I made a Friend chipboard album for my friend, Karie. Completed project can be viewed here.

The holidays came and went this year with us spending time with friends and family back in Ohio.

It was fun to have all the little ones at the Waganfeald Christmas again.

Del got me a Wii for Christmas. I womped on him in bowling (how could I not with such form??), but we were pretty well matched in golf. The children were perfectly content just watching from the grandstands.

And although I've been extremely sick with a cold, Del scored some Charlotte Bobcat tickets from the Chairman of his company for this past Tuesday night. Yes - we are sitting on the floor! Amazing seats - very cool!

And just because.....

Chalupa tolerating Maggie again.

And a rose from a bouquet Del bought me before Christmas that is still hanging on.

Hope everyone had a very Merry Christmas and a safe New Year's.

See you tomorrow for Flashback Friday!

Flashback Friday (a day late)

This is a little later than the 80's (1990), but still a good, really fun song. The extended mix video was the only one I was able to embed, so if you don't want to listen to the whole version here, you can link to You Tube to listen to the shorter version - just click on the title below. Del wanted me to mention that you should pay particular attention to the dancing microphone. :o)



Room at the Top by Adam Ant

Once is never enough
Never is and never was (uhuh)
Here and now is all that counts
Here and now in large amounts
Be beautiful and shut up
The going can be real tough
You can keep your fancy bars
Clubby friends and fast cars (uhuh)
And when the going gets hard
You can eats your credit cards
I really tried to fight
But what the hell I like it
chorus:
There is always room at the top
Don't let them tell you there is not
Made in England
Born and bred
An 18th century brain in
A 21st century head
Room at the top - so 18th century (x2)
Room at the top
There's always room
If some of this fits some of u
Or like the things that you might do
It's the pleasure and the pain
That makes you do it all again
They say
Be beautiful and shut up
The going can be real tough
chorus

Flashback Friday

Well as promised - another flashback song from Del. Another song I've never heard before Del. Released in 1986.



Oh L'Amour by Erasure
Oh l'amour
Broke my heart
Now I'm aching for you
Mon amour
What's a boy in love
Supposed to do?

Looking for you
You were looking for me
Always reaching for you
You were too blind to see
Oh love of my heart
Why leave me alone
I'm falling apart
No good on my own
Chorus
Why throw it away
Why walk out on me
I just live for the day
For the way it should be
There once was a time
Had you here by my side
You said I wasn't your kind
Only here for the ride
Chorus
No emotional ties
You don't remember my name
I lay down and die
I'm only to blame
Oh love of my heart
It's up to you now
You tore me apart
I hurt inside-out
Chorus

Happy Friday!