Another confession...

Ok...my Ipod is full of different music genres. I don't like to be cornered into one specific type of music being my favorite. Last week, I constantly listened to James Taylor and this week I'm in the mood for a more pop/rock sound. I think the weather often affects my music needs (or is it effects...one of the hardest grammatical rules to remember...). My husband has opened my ears to a few classic rock bands as well (Boston is now a favorite at work and I already loved Steve Miller Band thanks to my father)

So, I bet you are wondering what my confession is....I can't believe I'm telling you all this...but I soooooooo love Britney Spears new song Womanizer....so much so that I'm thinking about giving her my money. The hard part about this confession is that I don't want my kids to look to her as a role model. She is jacked up in the head and hopefully getting her life back together (she must be doing something right since she has this cool song out, right?). I read all the gossipy junk about how she went psycho and I was thoroughly disappointed when she decided that no hair was a better look for her. Not many people can really pull that look off. Then, she didn't even OWN the look - just covered it up with stupid pink wigs. Ok...yes...I'm aware that I know WAY too much about Ms. Spears. Oh, and one more thing, I can't believe she actually got an MTV Music Video Award for video "Piece of Me". That has to be the worst video she has ever done! (Totally left me dumbfounded). I guess I could use her story to show my kids how to overcome adversity....I just prefer them to keep their clothes on and avoid the pitfalls of Hollywood. I'm sure I can put a spin on it somehow...

I guess I should just say "Get behind me Satan" and not let Britney enter my Ipod...but it's got such a good beat. I should probably mention that I also love Pink's new song "So What" too.

Please don't judge me....

I 'heart' Norah Jones

As I sit here, Norah Jones is playing in the background. Its melodic, gentle, folkish, and simply lovely. I have visions of being in the country in the fall, sipping sweet tea, sitting in a rocking chair on a wrap around porch. Now, I don't even really like the country THAT much - but her song, "Seven Years," just takes me away to that spot that sounds so peaceful. Probably because its on her album "Come Away With Me." Ya, that kinda makes sense.



Anyway, if her music is what country living feels like, I'm all for it. There is just a relaxing, simplistic way the songs flow. No worries about the right clothes to wear, how to wear my hair, and no need for makeup. All too often I get so caught up in the day to day happenings that seem so far from what God intended. Now, I understand that country living can be really difficult, but in my dream world right now it doesn't include a ton of land to take care of or animals to feed. MY country living includes a two story house that is still modest in size (making it easier to clean)...

...with the smell of honeysuckle that blows in the wind and sheets drying on a line outside. A place where you can stop and just enjoy the simple things that God created instead of worrying about randomness of work or what show to watch tonight.

Now - this world sounds wonderful and I know it isn't my reality. It could be, but my stupid worldly desires get in the way. What...give up my Cable, my Internet, my makeup? I NEED those things. But, I really don't. Its all those things that chain us to our sin. Its all those things that one day will be thrown out the door as Christ returns. I have such the urge to just forgo the things of this world all together, but would my kids really understand WHY? And besides...that world wouldn't probably include an iPod and that's where my Norah Jones is currently anyway....and that world CAN'T exist without her!

Hi, my name is Julie and I'm an addict...

Yes, that's right folks. I'm admitting it to the public. I've let a few close friends know the secret but now feel like I should announce it to my blogisphere. I'm addicted to the Twilight Saga.




They are just sooooo good. Stephenie Meyer is a great author and really draws you into the story. I started the final book, "Breaking Dawn," this past weekend. I'm really going to TRY and savor reading this one for the simple fact that I'm not 100% sure I can handle NOT having any new installments into the world of Bella and Edward. Its sad to say that I feel like these characters have turned into my friends. They just don't realize it since they never actually invited me to join in their adventures. So instead, I'll just live vicariously through their story. Yes, I know it is fiction. Yes, I know that vampires do not exist. Now ask if I care?

I'm driving my family, my co-workers, and my friends nuts! Thankfully, my dear husband is somewhat accommodating to my randomness as I ask questions about his adoration for me. Here was our conversation last night...

Me: Honey, would you protect me if a wolf was about to attack me?

Michael: What?

Me: You know, if a a wild wolf was going to attack. Would you try to save me?

Michael: (Brief Pause)....Sure, if a crazy werewolf was attacking us in our home, which is where we would be since we never leave the house, then yes, I would try to protect you.

His answer made me laugh so hard.

So anyway - read the books. They are that good. And after you read them, write your Congressmen to make it a law that Stephenie Meyer MUST keep writing about their lives. It really should be part of the Constitution. If not for the simple entertainment value of her books, then for the sanity of her devoted readers like myself. Does anyone know how to start a petition?