Friday Favs 5 & Saturday 9

Thankful for another week of life! Here are my Friday Faves Five hosted by Susanne

1. Thankful to find a calendar on clearance at Hobby Lobby. Also came with a digital download!

2. Thankful for great Sunday at church and Superbowl party at my son's house.

We took shredded chicken, beans and the toppings for tostadas.

Beans on the right, chicken on the left.

lettuce, tomato, cheese and salsa. Yum!

3. Marriage group meeting and lunch afterwards. 

4. Thankful for a nice lunch today with hubby at Outback steakhouse and we used a gift card!

5. Thankful for......

Day 4 of our cruise is posted now, linked above.

Saturday 9: Cupid (1961)

 

Unfamiliar with this week's tune? Hear it here.

1) In this song, Sam Cooke enlists the help of Cupid, the Roman god of love, to help him get a girl. In Greek mythology, the god of love and lust has a different name. Do you know what it? Eros.

 

2) Sam Cooke was inducted as a charter member into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. The museum and hall are located in Cleveland, OH. Cleveland is proud of the six major museums featured on its website. When did you most recently visit a museum? The Museum of Tolerance in Los Angeles. We got to meet a Holocaust Survivor. Kobe Bryant died that same day. January 26, 2020

3) Sam went to Wendall Phillips Academy, the same Chicago high school Nat King Cole attended. Can your high school claim any noteworthy alums? Bill Medley-one of the Righteous Brothers,  Diane Keaton-actress, Chuck Smith-founder of Calvary Chapel, Gerald Carr-Astronaut, Greg Louganis-Olympic medal swimmer. I did this page for my crafty group school project a few years ago.

4) "Cupid" was released in 1961. One of the major news stories of that year was the death of Ernest Hemingway. Have you read any of his works? Yes The Old Man and the Sea.

  

Since February 14 was Valentine's Day...

 

5) Sweethearts, those small heart-shaped candies printed with messages like "Be Mine" and "Kiss Me," are top sellers this time of year. Did you enjoy them as a child? Do you enjoy them now?

I did enjoy them as a child! I don't eat them anymore. I prefer chocolates.

 6) While Valentine's Day is popular in Mexico, it's celebrated a bit differently than it is here. For our neighbors to the south, it's a day for love and friendship, with no distinction between romantic, familial or platonic love. Do you tell your friends you love them? Or do you reserve "I love you" for your partner and family? I do say it to some of my friends.

7) In Poland, Valentine's Day, or Walentynki, is often celebrated with a gift of "tea and sweets" -- a tin of black tea paired with candy. Do you more often drink tea or coffee?

I drink a cup of coffee in the morning. I drink a cup of tea in the afternoon.

 

8) One of London's top accounting firms did a study and reports that in England, Valentine's Day is a 52%/48% affair. 52% of the participants planned on buying at least one card or gift, while 48% did not expect to spend anything on Valentine's Day. This year, were you one of the 52% or the 48%?

52%

9) A similar study in Rome showed that today's young lovers would prefer to share a romantic experience on Valentine's Day – a stroll through the gardens of Villa Borghese was a popular choice – than exchange gifts. Would you rather do something memorable for Valentine's Day or receive something you can retain as a keepsake? 

We always go out for a nice meal. As long as I get a card, I am happy!

Thanks to Susanne and Sam for the memes, links are on the left.

Happy Valentine's Day!

I just love when I see all the grands at church!

Sunday was a fun day! We went to my son's house to watch the Superbowl game. He made spaghetti with meat sauce, air fryer cooked chicken and sourdough buttered toast. We also had a salad and hubby got pizza for the kids. Everyone was routing for the Rams since we are in So Ca. What a close game! I was busy crafting while watching the game. Hubby and I are going to the cemetery today in Orange, then hitting a few antique stores before having lunch. When we get home, we will have all 4 grands over. We will be baking cupcakes and cookies and hopefully Bible journaling. Enjoy your day and God bless you!

Tuesday 4 Music

1. What kind of music do you like the best? I like a lot of different kinds of music. I mostly listen to Christian music. I enjoy both contemporary songs and hymns. I enjoy oldies music that I listened to back in the 60's and 70's. I like soul/Motown like the Temptations, Supremes, Peaches and Herb. Also easy listening/soft rocklike Carole King, James Taylor, Seals and Croft, Carly Simon, The Eagles and Bread. Also groups like The Lettermen, the Association, and Franki Valli and the Four Seasons. I liked the early Beatles too! My list could go on forever! Oh I do enjoy classical music too and played it on the piano for many years as a youth. Now my granddaughter plays and will be joining the youth praise band soon.

2. Does the radio play in your car and if so what station or kind of music plays? Yes the music in on all the time. Hubby got Sirius Radio and we get to choose a year or type of music. When it is just me driving, my favorite Christian station is playing. Hubby usually chooses what he wants and we pretty much like the same thing. Does music play in your home often? I like to listen when I Bible journaling or working on graphics or blogging. Hubby mostly watches his tv programs.

3. What do you think of the music played in restaurants or stores? Do you find it relaxing or annoying? I enjoy music for the most part. Sometimes I will just walk around Hobby Lobby enjoying the music they play. I will even sing along. I don't enjoy eating when the music is really loud unless it is a dinner show. Not that I am older, my right year is more sensitive to loud sounds.

4. What part has music played in your life? What kind of music played at your wedding or at parties you have been to? Music has played a big part of my life. Some of my earliest memories are learning songs from Sunday School. There was always music at school. I was in choir at church and school. When I was around 10 or 11, my parents gave me a radio to listen to at night because they knew I had a hard time going to sleep. I remember saving my allowance in Jr. High to buy 45's. My parents took us most of the musicals that came out and bought us the soundtracks on an LP. I had a class in high school were we had to explain the meaning of a song. Bye Bye Miss American Pie was playing in my senior year and Crocodile Rock. I watched American Bandstand and Sour Train to hear the music and dance. 

When my husband and I were dating, we would write letters to each other and write song titles on it.

1973Just My Imagination-Temptations

Ain't No Woman Like The One I Got-Four Tops 

Natural High-Redbone

Could It Be I'm Fallin In Love.-The Spinners

Ain't No Woman Like The One I 've Got

1974, 

You Make Me Fill Brand New-The Stylistics

Best Thing That Ever Happened To Me - Gladys Night and the Pips

Top of the World-Carpenters

Then Came You Dionne Warwick and The Spinners

I've Been Search'n So Long-Chicago

Could It Be I'm Falling in Love-Spinners

There were just so many songs that I liked that were not love songs, just good songs to listen to or dance too. The Carpenter, The Doobie Brothers, Carly Simon, Marvin Gaye, War, The Tower of Power,  Stevie Wonder Diana Ross, Elton John and The Jackson Fiv . So many artist with so many songs. I did not care for heavy metal and we didn't hear much country music in So. California. 

Around 1973, our church youth group had a summer party. Helmut the exchange student from Germany asked us to do a "Soul Train" dance line. We put music on and we started dancing and laughing and just having fun. There were several adults there and no alcohol beverages. Just clean fun. I am dancing with Helmut in this picture. Remember the wide leg pants? I made my outfit.

My husband and I were first born kids and our parents both went in to give us a big wedding.  I was a student at UCI and he was working two jobs. A small wedding would have been fine with us. But we had a big wedding!  They played a few Carpenter songs at the Wedding

like We've Only Just Begun, and One Love. Household of Faith was sung by one of my bridesmaid and Eddie Espinosa who later became a worship leader. He wrote the song Change My Heart O God.

There was a Mariachi Band playing while we ate. Then a popular band came and played for about 3 more hours. Our Wedding Party Dance was set to Color My World by Chicago. Then we danced to Sabor A Mi. and we danced with our parents. Though we had a lot of albums when we got married, 8 Track players were coming in. So my parents gave us a combo Turntable and 8 track player because we loved our music.

We also enjoyed the music of the disco era like the Bee Gees and Donna Summer and we went to a few disco places in Newport Beach CA. We went with my sister and her husband and another couple. It was fun, but not something we did too many times. None of us had kids yet, We also liked the music from Star Wars!

This is one of my favorite pictures from around 2005. My kids dancing with us at a wedding.

Every year has songs that I like. In 1990 I started listening to mostly Christian music.

As I mentioned earlier, we enjoy musicals and hubby and I went to see Phantom of the Opera in Las Vegas and I got to see it with my parents on Broadway. I love musicals! I just saw West Side Story with my older grands and all of us went to see Encanto and Sing 2.

Music is just another gift that God has given us to enjoy. It is one of the strongest things that touches our soul. Hearing is one of the last things to go and music really calms the soul. It brings back memories to many. I saw how it really helped my mom when she had Alzheimer's. I played hymns for my dad as he was getting ready to see the Lord. It gives me peace and I love all the memories tied to music and songs.

1. Something little you are loving right now? 

I love my mini Doxie Minnie.

2. Red roses or pink peonies? Red wine or pink lemonade? Red lipstick or pink polish? A cotton candy colored sky or a fiery red sunset? How about this sunset in Hawaii with my grands.

A book-movie-song you love with the word red or pink in it's title?  Red roses, pink lemonade, pink nail polish,  The Woman in Red by Stevie Wonder and this book.

3. What's something you currently have your heart set on doing-going-seeing-or experiencing? I want to go to Downtown Disney and get some beignets. My crafty group is going to New Orleans and since it is almost Mardi Gras, I want to try some. I don't celebrate it, but love the beignets!

4. Who would you most like to have a heart to heart with right now? Is that possible? I would love to be able to have a chance to talk to my parents but that will have to wait until I get to heaven.  

5. Write an acrostic for the word L-O-V-E. 

L  Love

O  Outstanding

V  Validating

E  Empathy

6. Insert your own random thought here. Hubby and I are going to get our Covid Vaccines on Saturday. We gave a lot of thought to it and decided it is what we feel is best for us. My daughter works for St Joseph's Hospital and she got us both in since we are 65 and  66. Several of our friends have had their vaccines with no problems. I know that there are many people that don't do vaccines.  One of our friends lost her husband and her mom in the same week. Another friend was in the hospital for almost 2 weeks. Everyone has to do what is best for you. I will keep you posted on how we do. Our daughter is taking us and then we are treating her to lunch afterwards. We hope to stop at Downtown Disney afterwards.