Weds UPdates

February, the month of LOVE.  I was going to write something awesome about love, how its a part of each part of our lives.  But the words were hard in coming.  But look for something later this month.

My dad is taking a break from his chemo treatments, to let his body rest and build up.  I'm sure he's very relieved for the next couple of weeks!     Wish I was there to make sure he's eating well! Mom pulls out all the stops making favorites when there's someone else to cook for :)

It's my mom's birthday this week -- what do you get for the woman who has everything she needs, and says she doesn't want anything... *sigh*For me, that presents a challenge, and in my usual way, I created a cd of mixed songs for her to play on Sunday morning.  She likes the old hymns, so I dug into my old CDs and found a few oldies but goodies and mixed them onto a CD.

Work ... oh boy, its been kind of crazy.  Our store manager left, and we're trying to regroup into getting things back to basics, back to normal, back to how it should be.  While that adds a little bit of stress, in its own way, its a relief as well.   Who will be the new leader?  Who knows.  But it should be interesting.  :)

Workouts are going well, and I'm on track for my goal of making a mile in 13 minutes.   I started off at 14:50, and today's number was 13:45 .... yay! :)    Just a little bit more to go!  I've also gotten back to some extra strength training, and have added a glass of creatine after my workouts to help with recovery, and rebuilding muscles. 

And it seems I'm rambling, every few words and Sadie is interrupting me ..... Pet Me!  Feed Me!  Walk Me!  Play with Me!    gotta love our dogs though, even when its not easy!  So I better go pay attention to her, or I won't get any sleep tonight!  hahhaha

Power of Music

Music is a very powerful thing....  and never ceases to amaze me.  It can change our mood from bad to good, it can energize us, soothe us, and remind of us long ago days. 

In my weekend quest of cleaning house, I decided to purge through some of my old CDs (and got rid of all the cassettes!)

Some of the music I needed to purge through I've had since the 1990s... that was before some of you were even born! lol  But before I purged, I decided there were some I had to listen to first -- just to be sure.  Now, there were some CDs I didn't have to listen to -- I could tell by the handwriting on them they were like the "custom mixed tapes" we used to make back in high school for our sweethearts.  They were given to me by an ex -- and there's no need to keep that around any longer!  But the ones that fascinated me the most were the church hymn CDs. 

Back in the 90s, I was part of a local church choir - we sang at three services every Sunday, sometimes on Weds night, and performed five different "shows" for the major holidays.  What surprised me about the music was that I remembered all the words and could sing along!  Mind you, I haven't sang those choruses since 1998 when I left California- that was 16 years ago.  The power of music is simply amazing!  And so are our brains -- even when something's been filed away and never opened for years upon years, the data is still there! 


Never underestimate the power of music and what it can do for you!

“Where words fail, music speaks.”
―Hans Christian Andersen

 “Where words leave off, music begins.”
―Heinrich Heine

 “Music touches us emotionally, where words alone can't.”
―Johnny Depp

 PS:  Amazingly enough, with tunes going, I got a lot of housecleaning done, it looks amazing!  :)