Reminscing

About the days back when music was music, not the junk on the airwaves these days. Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell, Aretha Franklin, Lenny Williams, classic Motown - where The Funk Brothers reigned supreme, Otis Redding, Al Green, Sam Cooke. The songs about love - real love. People who put all their heart and soul into a song and made you FEEL what they were singing about. The songs that made you think. The songs that made you cry.

John Coltrane, Duke Ellington, Billie Holiday, Etta James - the jazz greats!

There's so much more, in many more genres, but this is the music I'm in the mood for at the moment. Maybe tomorrow, I'll be looking for some early rock-n-roll, vintage country, good old bluegrass or maybe even some rockabilly! But for tonight, this is what I'm longing for. I miss listening to this quality of music. Thank goodness for CD's!

I believe I'll go put my jammies on, pop in my favorite CD and read for a while before I drift off to sleep...

Shoes!

Here's a complete shot of the shelves Peter put up for my shoes.

I absolutely love the color of the wall. Amber came in this morning and looked at the wall and said "Chocolate" over and over. :D Funny girl!

Obsessed

I've got a new toy and I'm totally obsessed with it. I have used it for tons of stuff over the weekend, and I personally think it's the best thing since sliced bread and Skinny Cow ice cream sandwiches!! It's so much fun and it's actually helped me get a lot accomplished the past few days.

Now, without further ado, I'd like you to meet my new friend....

Yes, it's a label maker. And it TOTALLY rocks!

Mmmmm, chocolate....

Since I've run out of anything worthy to read, we stopped by Books-A-Million tonight to get some goodies for me. At the register, I saw this:

Now, I've been looking at this stuff for the past couple of times I went in there, but always refrained. Tonight, I just couldn't resist. Folks, let me tell you, it's some SERIOUS chocolate!! It's not really sweet, but instead is really intense, lingering on the taste buds for ages afterwards. It's too intense to eat a lot of at one time, but instead, just a tiny nibble now and then should kill that craving.

It's relatively expensive (to me, anyway), at $3.99 a bar, but it is SO worth it! So if you're a serious chocoholic and want to eat something that's actually good for you, I totally recommend grabbing some of this good stuff. It's wonderful!