my mom thinks i'm funny

I'm sitting here...still...as the day has turned in to night...and still no new music. SO I decided that maybe it was because I haven't been LISTENING to much music lately! *gasp* Could it be so simple? It could be!

I tried to spark some creativity today by looking at pictures of the shows that Meghan Wilcox and I played...Memphis, Indianapolis, Eau Claire, Milwaukee, Chicago, Saugatuck, Grand Rapids, etc...they more made me nostalgic, and want to kick Meghan for not moving down here with me. (Love and miss you Meg-hand.) Maybe I will win that battle yet!! My plan is to get her really drunk when I fly home, and fold her up in my suitcase. What? She's small.

So now I'm not just sitting here surfing the web...I've been sitting here surfing the web AND listening to some of my favorite tunes...which you can see below (and possibly hear if you have sound on)...such as "Skinny Love" by Bon Iver, and "Fake Plastic Trees" by Radiohead, and "So Close" by Jon McLaughlin, and everything by Ray LaMontagne, and the list goes on and on and on and on...I also took the initiative to put a banner link to my own music page at the very bottom of this blog. So you can take some time, if you like, to listen to a few of my songs that I was able to upload to MySpace...though by no means perfect.

Now...about the title of this blog...my mom annoys me more than any other person could possibly ever annoy me. HA! This really makes me laugh, because I know that she will read this...and because she too has a great sense of humor, will not be angry at me for saying that. lol. But anyway, even though she annoys me, I also love her to pieces. Tonight when I was talking to her on the phone...wait...let me start that sentence over... Tonight when my mom was talking at me on the phone (*snicker*), she said she had read my blogs and laughed at every one because of my dry sense of humor. This was after she cracked up laughing about the pictures of snails that I had put on my blog earlier today. She said "you must've been pretty bored today", and I said "yes. I really was."

Long story short. I'm funny. You should know this. And, I still have writer's block, though am trying to cure it by listening to fabulous music.

Here are a few pics of my travels/shows with Meghan...peace out.

rain, rain, go away!

OH. MY. GOSH! I can't believe it's raining again! This is the rainy season in Florida, however usually it's just an afternoon shower that lasts about an hour and then it's over. Sunny morning, clear evening. Argh. The last few weeks have had more completely cloudy and rainy days than is typical of Florida even in the months of June through September! *sigh*

So...Cody and I sit here and watch the rain fall...


...and due to all the rain, there are tons of SNAILS all over our screens on the porch!! ...eeewwwwwwwwwwwww....

lazy daze

I started a new work schedule last week and am trying to get used to it. I went from working mad overtime with only 1 day off a week to working 4 10-hour days with 3 days off! Yikes! I barely know what to do with myself. I should work on that writer's block problem I was talking about...but instead I'm balancing my check book, writing my budget for the month (did you read that Scott??? i said "budget"!!) doing laundry, moving my room around, trying to find the best place to put my laptop (based on the strongest wireless signal I can get back in my bedroom from the very front of my living room), catching up on some tv shows that I can watch online, and watching the rain fall.

This is the perfect nap day, however I can never seem to take naps. I'm not a good "napper". I always feel like there's so much to do - and time's wasted if I nap. Maybe I should write a song about that...

I really should take full advantage of my 3 days off this week, because next week we're back to overtime! Woot!! Unfortunately, since it happens right about when I'm going up to Michigan, I have to jam a whole bunch of hours in to the 3 days that I work that week. So on Sunday & Monday (August 10 & 11) I work from 9:30 AM - 10 PM, and then Tuesday (August 12) I work 10:30 AM - 10 PM...it's all worth it though, because then on Wednesday (August 13) I get to fly home to Michigan and see my niece & nephew!! YAY!!! ...and everyone else of course... :)

Cody even knows today is a lazy day...although, now that I think about...everyday is a lazy day for him! The only difference in today is that he gets to sleep on my bed this afternoon instead of in his crate.

~some of my favorite music~

I moved my music player featuring some of my favorite tunes to the very bottom of my page. So if you want to change the song or stop the music, just scroll all the way down.

Writer's Block!

My plan was to take the last year off from performing to write new music. I thought this would give me enough time to get aquainted with my new surroundings, and write about my new experiences. Argh, wrong! I can't seem to finish any new stuff and it's very frustrating! I feel like I have the classic case of "Writer's Block"!



I've started quite a few new songs, however none of them are what I really want to say. I want to write songs about the beach and the sunshine - a la Jack Johnson!! I'm tired of writing songs about stupid boys who tick me off, and about waiting around for love to come my way again. Maybe I need to go sit outside more often...there's plenty of beautiful inspiration around here...

Home Sweet Home

I moved in to a new apartment on Saturday...I now have twice as much space, a patio, a second bedroom (and a roomie with a kitty for the second bedroom)! I can't believe it's already been a week. Time flies.

Honestly, I can't believe that I've been down here for almost a year! I didn't anticipate that it would go by so quickly, or that I would be so happy here. I knew it was a good move at the beginning, however I didn't know how good of a move it would be for me. Don't get me wrong, I miss my family and friends like crazy... the fact that I'm missing all of these monumental pieces in the lives of my niece & nephew feels like someone is tearing my guts out. I can handle missing my friends, I can handle missing the rest of my family, but those kids...man it's tough! Skype is about the best thing ever - this enables me to actually see and talk to them! I can see how much they've grown and changed, it's fun - nothing like actually being there, however it's the closest I can get.

It's also been nice having fellow Coopersvillians down here. Bernadette and Katy both help keep the homesickness to a minimum. :)

I'll blog more later. I'm going to try and get in to a habit of it. I'm tired now though!