Me and the husband just went out to get our daily Medicine Ball at Starbucks and that’s when he asked me what song I did for SLS. When I told him, “Honey” he said, “Oh know, go home and change that. Too hokey.” So that’s what I’m doing…
The prompt is death/dying/murder. I do think I’ve come up with a better song..
I think this is a better choice…I’ll get it right
Died in Your Arms Tonight
Oh I, I just died in your arms tonight It must have been something you said I just died in your arms tonight I keep lookin’ for somethin’ I can’t get Broken hearts lie all around me And I don’t see an easy way to get out of this Her diary, it sits by the bedside table The curtains are closed, the cats in the cradle Who would’ve thought that a boy like me could come to this Oh I, I just died in your arms tonight It must’ve been something you said I just died in your arms tonight Oh I, I just died in your arms tonight It must’ve been some kind of kiss I should’ve walked away I should’ve walked away Is there any just cause for feelin’ like this? On the surface, I’m a name on a list I try to be discreet, but then blow it again I’ve lost and found, it’s my final mistake She’s loving by proxy, no give and all take ‘Cause I’ve been thrilled to fantasy one too many times Oh I, I just died in your arms tonight It must’ve been something you said I just died in your arms tonight Oh I, I just died in your arms tonight It must’ve been some kind of kiss I should’ve walked away I should’ve walked away It was a long hot night She made it easy, she made it feel right But now it’s over, the moment has gone I followed my hands not my head, I know I was wrong Oh I, I just died in your arms tonight It must’ve been something you said I just died in your arms tonight I, I just died in your arms tonight It must’ve been some kind of kiss I should’ve walked away I should’ve walked away
I think this works much better…Now I need to go make the spaghetti for dinner..
Today’s prompt has to do with death/murder/kill … Wow that’s got put you in a great place…Thanks Mr. Jim Adams. A lot creepy songs about that topic so I’m just going to keep it a little less creepy.. Back in the day I use to listen to a song by Bobby Goldsboro, “Honey”. I thought that would work and be kind of okay
Honey
… See the tree, how big it’s grown But friend, it hasn’t been too long It wasn’t big I laughed at her, and she got mad The first day that she planted it Was just a twig … Then the first snow came And she ran out to brush the snow away So it wouldn’t die Came runnin’ in all excited Slipped and almost hurt herself And I laughed ’til I cried … She was always young at heart Kinda dumb, and kinda smart And I loved her so And I surprised her with a puppy Kept me up all Christmas Eve Two years ago … And it would sure embarrass her When I came in from workin’ late ‘Cause I would know That she’d been sittin’ there and cryin’ Over some sad and silly late, late show … And honey, I miss you And I’m being good And I’d love to be with you If only I could … She wrecked the car, and she was sad And so afraid that I’d be mad But, what the heck Though I pretended hard to be Guess you could say she saw through me And hugged my neck … I came home unexpectedly And caught her cryin’ needlessly In the middle of the day And it was in the early spring When flowers bloom, and robins sing She went away … And honey, I miss you And I’m being good And I’d love to be with you If only I could … One day while I was not at home While she was there, and all alone The angels came Now all I have is memories of honey And I wake up nights And call her name … Now my life’s an empty stage Where honey lived, and honey played And love grew up And a small cloud passes over head And cries down on the flower bed that Honey loved … And see the tree, how big it’s grown But friend, it hasn’t been too long It wasn’t big And I laughed at her, and she got mad The first day that she planted it Was just a twig
I remember this song and singing it when I was very young. Enjoy…
So thankful, grateful and blessed…We are both recovered from our sickness, the husband w/his walking pneumonia and God only knows what the horrible virus was that laid me up for a week w/a visit to the ER…I totally blame him for all of this b/c it’s his fault. He should keep himself healthy or at least have the good sense check into a hotel and keep his germs to himself 😉 …..But I still love him and I’ll always take care of him b/c he’s my person … We take care of each other, always have, going on 50 years next year Woot Woot!!!!
Let’s bring Dean along for this one 😉 …
Yesterday got all the Christmas decorations put up so I guess I’m not canceling Christmas…
We have our movie list to watch and my Christmas TN planner is getting set up…Already making a schedule for my Chistmas baking, so I’m getting excited for that.
Above is my most amazing Christmas Planner ever. I add to it every year. I feel like it’s almost alive with so many memories…This one is my fav, but if you know me I don’t just have one…
My Christmas Joy Journal is the one I keep out on the kitchen counter for anyone to journal in and say they were here. It’s interesting to read things back from 2011…That one on the right is the old one and the Merry Christmas journal on the left is our new one…Also, I got that Lane Christmas box in 1978 when we went and bought my Hope Chest from Lane in Chicago…Great memories…It’s a bit chewed up but that just adds to all the life it has weathered :).
Told the husband to sell, liquidate, or whatever he has to do to get Scarlett’sChristmas fund up and running. New Boll & Branch Christmas Sheets. New Christmas Pajamas, a couple of trips over to the new casino right by my house. Movies and food and fun !!!Looking forward to it all. Happy Christmas and Merry Everything, be well and have a great Sunday. Stay warm and safe and dry..Avoid the ditches 😉 !!!
I’m going to start baking some of my very awesome recipes that I got when I attended Kendall College Christmas Baking programs. Stay tuned for those, b/c they are amazing…Really you’ll want that recipe in your Christmas stash !!! Blessings on this cold, snowy Sunday…
Husband has been down w/Walking Pneumonia, spent Sunday morning in ER…He’s on the mend and I spent yesterday in the ER trying to
breathe. So yay I can say the holiday season has officially begun in my house !!!!. Will try to getback to all the holiday things. This Thanksgiving I’m thankful for having his and her puffer’s 😉 and breathing again.Oh bythe by, this was all his fault.
We decorated the entire house in preparations for the entire family to come out for Thanksgiving. Ah yay, that didn’t happen. No one’s fault, just life. Probably worked out for the best, b/c tomorrow is a blizzard so no one would’ve made it back. Another day useless, another day… (Trivia Question, ” What movie is that quote from??? ” ) Answer in the comments…. Maybe a surprise for the first right answer 🙂 …
Love and blessings for having a nurse who’s a daughter and being totally capable of dealing with all the health issues…Mom was also a nurse RIP and taught me most of what I know, and giving me so much common sense…Miss you mom.
Hopefully I will have some yummy recipes to share and holiday things that are fun. I will tell you though, I’m not sure what ER visit it was, I cancelled Christmas…I was not in my happy place when I did that…
Blessings to all out there, hopefully things will improve…
It’s a beautiful Sunday for October in the Midwest. Not to many more days like these !!!I decided to cook a yummy, easy brunch this morning!!!! It is my Quick Apple Pancake w/smoky links… The husband loves it so I got some points too.The Recipe is as follows.
Quick Apple Pancake
Apple Mixture
1/4 C Butter
1 1/2 Cups ot thinly sliced, peeled apples (I use Granny Smith when ever I’m Baking w/Sugar)
1/2 Cups of Sugar
1/2 t Cinnamon
1/4 t Nutmeg…(I used a generic cake spice as I couldn’tfind my nutmeg). Improvise 🙂
Conventional Oven Directions… Heat oven to 350 degrees. In a 9″ pie pan or round cake pan, melt butter in oven. Stir in all remaining apple mixture ingredients. Bake at 350 degrees F for 10 minutes.
In the oven/Apple Mixture @350 degrees10 minutes later…
Pancake Mixture
1 Cup of Complete Pancake & Waffle Mix (I usedKrusteaz b/c it’s easier and quicker)
1/2 t. cinnamon
1/4 t. nutmeg (again I used my cake spice, I really need to get some nutmeg 😉 )
3/4 Cup of water
1 t. vanilla
Pancake Mixes
If you use the Krusteaz, just add the water. Once I was making the apple pancake only to realize I was out of the complete pancake mix so I once again had to improvise 😉 . I used Bisquick ( who doesn’t have bisquick in their house ) but I used the directions for the pancakes on the box of Bisquick which required more work and ingredients, not just a cup of water. Do that it you use Bisquick and omit the 3/4 C of water….
Pancake Mixture Moved mixture into a container that poursPoured mixture on top of cook Apple Mixture
2. In a medium bowl, combine all pancake ingredients; blend well. Pour batter evenly over cooked apples. That’s why a transferred the batter to a glass jar. It makes the pouring easier and it goes on even… In a small bowl, combine topping ingredients; sprinkle over batter.
Quick Apple Pancake Topping
1 T of Sugar
1/4 t. of Cinnamon ( I used Some Maple Sugar that I had on hand just to make it mine 🙂 !!
3. Bake at 350 degrees F. for an additional 15 to 20 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Let stand 2 minutes. Invert onto serving plate. Cut into wedges to serve. I make sure I add some American Cheese slices to it while it’s still hot…So good and accompanied with smoky links. A realcomfort food meal. Enjoy and don’t forget to let me know how it goes if you try it. Blessings, Scarlett
Quick Apple Pancake W/SmokiesDon’t forget the Cheese !!!It was a wonderful brunch !!
Maybe it’s the fall, or maybe I just decided to start writing. Anything, just start telling your stories. Just share your day, your life. It’s really interesting and funny and sad. Many emotions tangled all together.
I’ll start by introducing myself. I’m Scarlett, a homemaker, mother (love all my babies ), wife, blogger and I love life & family. I love to blog, organize, plan, arcrchive (i.e. save publication, Newspaper’s, People Magazine. Interesting stuff that you look back on and remember.
I have been with my most favorite person in the whole world since 1976, when I was only 16 years old. The very first time I laid eyes on him I said, “That’s the guy I’m going to marry !!!” and I did. We have 5 children, and 9 grand babies…
This is our song…
We’ve met in 1976, our first date was a Milwaukee Brewer’s game against the White Sox…My oldest sister introduced us. It was love at first site. He was gorgeous and still is.
I hope you’ll follow along as I tell my stories. Like I said up above, it’s the story of an amazing journey of love and loss. Strength and the Grace of God.
Today I’m going to start my cook book, b/c I love to write and I love to cook. It’s a dessert that’s easy to make and delicious on a warm September day…I hope you’ll follow along, and I hope I can get it all down on my blog…Blessings, to all my blogger friends.
Happy Labor Day, Summer’s over Mr. Nightlinger 😉 That is what me and the husband always say at the end of the summer, don’t know why … Jumping back on with a song. I’m a day late with the the SLS prompt come from Mr. Jim, and he says to find a song that has to do with philosophy…As always, I refer back to Mr. Harry Chapin. He is one of our favs and he can always tell a good story …
The song I am choosing for today’s SLS is, “A Better Place to Be.”
Enjoy these last day’s of summer and remember anywhere’s a better place to be 😉 …
Sorry I forgot the lyrics…
A Better Place to Be
It was an early morning barroom and the place just opened up And the little man come in so fast and started at his cups And the broad who served the whisky She was a big old friendly girl And she tried to fight her empty nights by smilin’ at the world And she said, “Hey Bub, it’s been awhile since you been around Where the hell you been hidin’, and why you look so down?” But the little man just sat there like he’d never heard a sound
[Pre-Chorus] The waitress, she gave out with a cough And acting not the least put off She spoke once again
[Chorus] She said, “I don’t wanna bother you Consider it’s understood I know I’m not no beauty queen But I sure can listen good”
[Post-Chorus] And the little man took his drink in his hand And he raised it to his lips He took a couple of sips And he told the waitress this story
[Part II]
[Verse 2] I am the midnight watchman down at Miller’s Tool and Die And I watch the metal rusting and I watch the time go by A week ago at the diner I stopped to get a bite And this here lovely lady, she sat two seats from my right And Lord, Lord, Lord she was alright
[Verse 3] Oh, she was so damn beautiful that she’d warm a winter frost But she was long past lonely, and well nigh on to lost Now I’m not much of a mover or a pick-’em-up easy guy But I decided to glide on over and give her one good try And Lord, Lord, Lord she was worth a try
[Verse 4] Tongued-tied like a schoolboy, I stammered out some words But it did not really matter much, ’cause I don’t think she heard She just looked clear on through me to a space back in my head And it shamed me into silence as quietly she said
[Chorus] “If you want me to come with you Then that’s all right with me ‘Cause I know I’m goin’ nowhere And anywhere’s a better place to be”
[Post-Chorus] “Anywhere’s a better place to be”
[Verse 5] I drove her to my boarding house, and I took her up to my room And I went to turn on the only light to brighten up the gloom But she said, “Please leave the light off Oh, I don’t mind the dark” And as her clothes all tumbled ’round her I could hear my heart
[Verse 6] The moonlight shone upon her as she lay back in my bed It was the kind of scene I only had imagined in my head I just could not believe it, to think that she was real And as I tried to tell her, she said “Shhh.. I know just how you feel”
[Chorus] “And if you want to come here with me Then that’s all right with me ‘Cause I’ve been oh, so lonely Lovin’ someone is a better way to be”
[Post-Chorus] “Anywhere’s a better place to be”
[Verse 7] The mornin’ come so swiftly, but I held her in my arms But she slept like a baby, snug and safe from harm I did not want to share her with the world or break the mood So before she woke I went out and brought us both some food
[Segue] I come back with my paper bag To find that she was gone She’d left a six-word letter Saying, “It’s time that I moved on”
[Part III]
[Verse 8] The waitress took her bar rag and she wiped it across her eyes And as she spoke her voice came out as something like a sigh She said, “I wish that I was beautiful Or that you were halfway blind And I wish I weren’t so doggone fat I wish that you were mine And I wish that you’d come with me when I leave for home For we both know all about loneliness and livin’ all alone”
[Pre-Chorus] And the little man Looked at the empty glass in his hand And he smiled a crooked grin He said, “I guess I’m outta gin And I know we both have been so lonely”
[Chorus] “And if you want me to come with you Then that’s all right with me ‘Cause I know I’m goin’ nowhere And anywhere’s a better place to be”
It has been a beautius Labor Day weekend…So loving the start of Fall, my fav season of all…
We get the greatest sunsets out here is the country !!!!
One last bit of history…We went to church on Saturday. It was the 35th anniversary of the Plainfield Tornado F5…I remember it well. I lived in Naperville at the time and me and our Matthew watched it from a distance. It was a big ugly storm and the siren’s went off. The husband was working in Chicago and called to see if we were okay. Not sure why, but then he told me about the tornado and didn’t realize it was so close.
The Church we attended last night was the same church that took a direct hit and 3 people were killed along with 26 others from the surrounding areas…It was bad, we never forget those kind of things…Here’s a few pics of the memorial site…
That was the original cross that was blown down from the church, St. Mary’s in PlainfieldMemorial Plaque
So I’m finally gettingthis posted today…Enjoy the rest of this 3 day weekend…Blessing on your week, Blessings on this new season of Fall…
If a tree falls in the forest and there is no one there to hear it fall, does it make any sound ????
After all these years I have asked myself this question over and over again and the answer is still a resounding, “NO.”
I always have some music to go along with my blog b/c music is everything, thank you mom for the gift of music. You might also want to give your mom a minute, b/c that’s how fast life comes at you…in a minute.
Mom’s are very special to the world…Blessings, world.Mom’s deserve a minute, no matter…
Today the prompt is a song based on reality…I use the song that comes to mind first. It’s a little game I play. Sort of like letting the universe guide me along my day. The Song Lyric Prompt comes from Mr. Jim, “A Song Based on Reality.” Hope that this falls into that category 🙂 …
The song I’m posting for today is, “Sniper” by the late great Mr. Harry Chapin. Gone too soon and an amazing song writer and story teller. We (Me & the husband) saw him in concert at Northwestern University back in the day when my the husband was a student there. I use to say it was the Harvard of the Midwest but who knew that wouldn’t be such a cool thing to say anymore. Still the campus is an amazing place in Evanston along Lake Michigan…
Northwestern University
Sorry I digress now back to the SLS promo for today. This was a mass shooting that took place on a college campus, University of Texas @Austin…
It’s sort of a dark story, but Harry’s the master at bringing stories to life w/his music. I’ll post the link below about the facts of this real life story that took place back in 1966. The shooter was a vet, Charles Whitman believed to have had a brain tumor that may have contributed to this awful tragedy.
She said not now, she said not now She said not now, she said not now
It is an early Monday morning The sun is becoming bright on the land No one is watching as he comes a walking Two bulky suitcases hang from his hands
He heads towards the tower that stands in the campus He goes through the door, he starts up the stairs The sound of his footsteps, the sound of his breathing The sound of the silence when no one was there
I didn’t really know him He was kind of strange Always sort of sat there He never seemed to change
He reached the catwalk, he put down his burden The four sided clock began to chime 7 a.m., the day is beginning So much to do and so little time
He looks at the city where no one had known him He looks at the sky where no one looks down He looks at his life and what it has shown him He looks for his shadow, it cannot be found
He was such a moody child Very hard to touch Even as a baby he never smiled too much No, no, no, no
You bug me, she said Your ugly, she said Please hug me, I said But she just sat there
With the same flat stare That she saves for me alone When I’m home, when I’m home Take me home
He laid out the rifles, he loaded the shotgun He stacked up the cartridges along the wall He knew he would need them for his conversation If it went as it he planned, then he might use them all
He said, “Listen you people I’ve got a question You won’t pay attention but I’ll ask anyhow I found a way that will get me an answer Been waiting to ask you ’till now, right now”
Am I? I am a lover whose never been kissed Am I? I am a fighter whose not made a fist Am I? If I’m alive then there’s so much I’ve missed How do I know I exist?
Are you listening to me? Are you listening to me? Am I?
The first words he spoke took the town by surprise One got Mrs. Gibbons above her right eye It blew her through the window, wedged her against the door Reality poured from her face, staining the floor
He was kind of creepy, sort of a dunce I met him at the corner bar I only dated the poor boy once That’s all, just once, that was all
Bill Whedon was questioned as he stepped from his car Tom Scott ran across the street but he never got that far The police were there in minutes, they set up barricades He spoke right on over them in a half-mile circle In a dumb struck city his pointed questions were sprayed
He knocked over Danny Tyson as he ran towards the noise Just about then the answers started coming, sweet, sweet joy Thudding in the clock face, whining off the walls Reaching up to where he sat there, answering calls
Thirty-seven people got his message so far Yes, he was reaching them right where they are
She said not now, she said not now She said not now, she said not now
They set up an assault team, they asked for volunteers They had to go and get him, that much was clear And the word spread about him on the radios and TV’s In appropriately sober tones they asked, “Who can it be?”
He was a very dull boy, very taciturn Not much of a joiner He did not want to learn No, no, no, no
They’re coming to get me, they don’t want to let me Stay in the bright light too long It’s getting on noon now, it’s goin’ to be soon now But oh, what a wonderful sound
The wires are all humming for me And I can hear them coming for me Soon they’ll be here but there’s nothing to fear Not any more though they’ve blasted the door
She said not now, she said not now
As the copter dropped the gas he shouted, ” Who cares ?” They could hear him laughing as they started up the stairs They stormed out on the catwalk, blinking at the sun With their final fusillade his answer had come
Am I? There is no way that you can hide me Am I? Though you have put your fire inside me Am I? You’ve given me my answer, can’t you see? I was, I am and now I will be, I will be
To end on a lighter note, back in the day before Harry’s untimely death, me and the husband (we were just dating) went to a concert at Northwestern University and my husband got up on the stage w/Harry and sang, “Taxi” one of his earlier hits. He sang the harmony which as I remember it was quite impressive. Also after the concert, Harry Chapin signed my program and kissed me on the cheek. I was over the moon. Great memories from my Bank of Happiness…
Have a great rest of the weekend and hope all had the best ever July 4th holiday…Along with, I hope y’all still have all your fingers 😉 … Back to the summer, Blessings to all.
