Here we are. You are here because you have permission to be here. I know who's reading this now, which is kind of nice, in a way.
No big update today, that will come tomorrow. I just wanted to catch up on the songs.
Day 18 - A Song That You Wish You Heard On The Radio
Nickles and Dimes by Incura
There's no video for this one. I went to school in grade 11 with the lead singer of Incura, Kyle Gruninger. He was always really nice to me and we swapped CDs a couple of times. I think he has an incredible voice and I'm very happy for him that he is doing what he wanted to do, making music.
Day 19 - A Song From Your Favorite Album
Christmas Eve/Sarajevo by Trans Siberian Orchestra
Seriously, who was actually expecting that? However, TSO's Christmas Eve and Other Stories Album is my favorite. I LOVE LOVE LOVE Christmas and I listen to this album year round. It's amazing!
Happy Sabbath, today is 7 years to the day since I was baptized.
The goings on of our geeky little family and the musings and soapbox moments of the lone female in the group.
Sunday, June 19, 2011
Friday, June 17, 2011
Day 17 and Being Real
Day 17 - A Song That You Hear Often On The Radio
Iris - Goo Goo Dolls
This song is really making a comeback which makes me happy because it is a beautiful song and I have loved it ever since I first heard it way back in the day. It is one of my favorite songs of all time.
***
I wasn't going to write this because I'm trying to be a 'bit' more positive on here. However, I decided that I'd rather be real than appear to be positive 24/7. I write on here for myself more than anyone else.
I made a BIG mistake. When we moved I got out of the habit of taking my vitamins. If you've been following my blog for a while you know that my sanity depends on my taking those vitamins. I don't say that for dramatic effect, it's the honest to goodness truth. Well, it has been almost a month since we moved so my bipolar flared up along with a nice big dose of postpartum. I have had postpartum after every pregnancy and it has been worse each time. This is the only time I've had it knowing that it's worse because I have type II bipolar. Anyway, so things kind of hit the roof on Wednesday. My dad called me from work and said that he was on his way over (my mum ratted me out, thank goodness). He got here and had me pack an overnight bag for the older boys. So I spent most of Wednesday and Thursday with just Brettley. It helped a lot and made me a lot more grateful for my dad. I was still having panic attacks last night (even woke up with one during the night) so Dad came and got them again this morning for the day. It's slowly getting better, but things have to get into my system in order for them to work properly and having postpartum on top of that doesn't make things easy. So if I've sounded pretty off lately, that's the reason why. So if anyone doesn't mind, please pray that my vitamins will start working again fast and that they will do their job. Thanks. Hope you have a wonderful weekend.
Iris - Goo Goo Dolls
This song is really making a comeback which makes me happy because it is a beautiful song and I have loved it ever since I first heard it way back in the day. It is one of my favorite songs of all time.
***
I wasn't going to write this because I'm trying to be a 'bit' more positive on here. However, I decided that I'd rather be real than appear to be positive 24/7. I write on here for myself more than anyone else.
I made a BIG mistake. When we moved I got out of the habit of taking my vitamins. If you've been following my blog for a while you know that my sanity depends on my taking those vitamins. I don't say that for dramatic effect, it's the honest to goodness truth. Well, it has been almost a month since we moved so my bipolar flared up along with a nice big dose of postpartum. I have had postpartum after every pregnancy and it has been worse each time. This is the only time I've had it knowing that it's worse because I have type II bipolar. Anyway, so things kind of hit the roof on Wednesday. My dad called me from work and said that he was on his way over (my mum ratted me out, thank goodness). He got here and had me pack an overnight bag for the older boys. So I spent most of Wednesday and Thursday with just Brettley. It helped a lot and made me a lot more grateful for my dad. I was still having panic attacks last night (even woke up with one during the night) so Dad came and got them again this morning for the day. It's slowly getting better, but things have to get into my system in order for them to work properly and having postpartum on top of that doesn't make things easy. So if I've sounded pretty off lately, that's the reason why. So if anyone doesn't mind, please pray that my vitamins will start working again fast and that they will do their job. Thanks. Hope you have a wonderful weekend.
Thursday, June 16, 2011
Day 16 & AoG
Day 16 - A Song You Used To Love But Now Hate
Pushing Me Away - Linkin Park
It's for personal reasons, not because of the song itself. However, it doesn't change the fact that I used to love this song and now can't handle listening to it.
***
Woah! Is it Thursday already? Here we go...
1) I am grateful for my dad. He really came through for me big time yesterday. It made me appreciate him a whole lot more. He is a far far better man than I give him credit for most of the time. Better think of something good for Sunday.
2) I am grateful for my sweet little Brettley. He is currently trying to learn how to giggle. He tries so hard and gets the biggest, cutest grin on his face. It's so adorable. I love him and am so blessed to be his mother.
3) I am grateful for people who are in tune with the Spirit enough that they can say the exact thing that I need to hear. When things started getting rough on Tuesday for me, a wonderful person asked me if I'd like to go to the temple with her next week. It was what I needed more than anything else at the time. Thank you so much, you know who you are.
Pushing Me Away - Linkin Park
It's for personal reasons, not because of the song itself. However, it doesn't change the fact that I used to love this song and now can't handle listening to it.
***
Woah! Is it Thursday already? Here we go...
1) I am grateful for my dad. He really came through for me big time yesterday. It made me appreciate him a whole lot more. He is a far far better man than I give him credit for most of the time. Better think of something good for Sunday.
2) I am grateful for my sweet little Brettley. He is currently trying to learn how to giggle. He tries so hard and gets the biggest, cutest grin on his face. It's so adorable. I love him and am so blessed to be his mother.
3) I am grateful for people who are in tune with the Spirit enough that they can say the exact thing that I need to hear. When things started getting rough on Tuesday for me, a wonderful person asked me if I'd like to go to the temple with her next week. It was what I needed more than anything else at the time. Thank you so much, you know who you are.
Wednesday, June 15, 2011
This Is Me
Day 15 - A Song That Describes You
Loser Like Me - Glee Cast
Please don't write this one off just because it's from Glee. It was from the episode when they were doing original songs for regionals. The reason why it describes me won't make sense if you don't watch it. I recently decided that I will not be attending my high school 10 year reunion next year. High school was a horrid experience for me. People made me feel horrible about myself on a regular basis, which is still causing me issues. My weekends in grade 12 were spent watching movies with my brother, that's how much of a loser I was. However, unlike a lot of the people I graduated with, I got everything that I wanted out of life. I married a wonderful man who loves me, respects me and appreciates me. I am able to stay at home with my children. That was what I wanted. So I may have been a big loser, but if being a loser means that you get what you actually want out of life, then they'd all want to be a loser like me.
Loser Like Me - Glee Cast
Please don't write this one off just because it's from Glee. It was from the episode when they were doing original songs for regionals. The reason why it describes me won't make sense if you don't watch it. I recently decided that I will not be attending my high school 10 year reunion next year. High school was a horrid experience for me. People made me feel horrible about myself on a regular basis, which is still causing me issues. My weekends in grade 12 were spent watching movies with my brother, that's how much of a loser I was. However, unlike a lot of the people I graduated with, I got everything that I wanted out of life. I married a wonderful man who loves me, respects me and appreciates me. I am able to stay at home with my children. That was what I wanted. So I may have been a big loser, but if being a loser means that you get what you actually want out of life, then they'd all want to be a loser like me.
Tuesday, June 14, 2011
Day 14 & Night 2
Day 14 - A Song That No One Would Expect You To Love
I'm A Survivor - Reba McEntire
There isn't actually a video, it's just the song and a picture from the show, Reba. It's not a song that I'd normally like, but we used to watch Reba every night and I quickly fell in love with the song.
***
Night 2 of a bedtime routine went fairly well. The boys got in to bed later than I'd hoped because they went to the library, but we still did a bath, water, scriptures & prayers and 2 songs. They were both asleep by 8:30 again.
Don't forget to send me your e-mail address if you want to be able to follow my blog after it goes private on Saturday.
I'm A Survivor - Reba McEntire
There isn't actually a video, it's just the song and a picture from the show, Reba. It's not a song that I'd normally like, but we used to watch Reba every night and I quickly fell in love with the song.
***
Night 2 of a bedtime routine went fairly well. The boys got in to bed later than I'd hoped because they went to the library, but we still did a bath, water, scriptures & prayers and 2 songs. They were both asleep by 8:30 again.
Don't forget to send me your e-mail address if you want to be able to follow my blog after it goes private on Saturday.
Monday, June 13, 2011
Yesterday and Today
Day 12 - A Song From a Band That You Hate
Baby - Justin Bieber
Hate's a strong word, but I REALLY don't like Justin Beiber. So much, in fact, that I didn't even want to subject anyone to the video link.
Day 13 - A Song That Is A Guilty Pleasure
It's My Life/Confessions Pt. II Mash Up - Glee Cast
Pretty much anything from Glee works as a guilty pleasure. Thank goodness for you tube and iTunes so that I can enjoy the music without having to watch the show. Also, John loves this mash up as well. Just a warning though, it does have the other version of 'dang' in there once.
***
Onto other news, I was released from my calling yesterday as the Activity Days leader. I will really miss the girls and helping them work toward their Faith in God awards. I'm very happy to have seen all that they've accomplished while I've been in this calling. However, I'm am excited to serve outside of Primary for a while. I was called to serve on the Relief Society board (basically the former Enrichment committee). Should be good fun. It's a calling that I've thought a few times before that I'd really enjoy and it's more flexible than the Activity Days calling, so that's good.
I got some painting done on the old house on Saturday and ended up making myself sick in the process because I got so hot. I was going to do one more room but I had to call it done because my stomach was ready to rebel. I'll be going to do more painting this evening, but might make John bring a fan over there first.
Ty has been a rotter to get to sleep lately. He'll spend hours trying to leave his room and we just have to keep on taking him back. Child locks are useless with our children, they mastered them long ago. So yesterday we started a bedtime routine with them and will be continuing for several weeks. Hopefully it will help. They were both asleep by 8:30 yesterday, which is a lot better than the midnighter Ty pulled last week. The eventual goal is in bed at 7:30 and asleep by 8:00, so not too far off.
Last, just a reminder that my blog will be going private as of this coming Saturday, so please let me know if you want to be able to keep following it after it does (give me your e-mail address as well). You can either put it up on here and I'll delete it as soon as I've copied down your address or message it to me on facebook. I'm the only Nikki Bly on there with her whole family in her profile pic.
Hope you had a great weekend:)
Baby - Justin Bieber
Hate's a strong word, but I REALLY don't like Justin Beiber. So much, in fact, that I didn't even want to subject anyone to the video link.
Day 13 - A Song That Is A Guilty Pleasure
It's My Life/Confessions Pt. II Mash Up - Glee Cast
Pretty much anything from Glee works as a guilty pleasure. Thank goodness for you tube and iTunes so that I can enjoy the music without having to watch the show. Also, John loves this mash up as well. Just a warning though, it does have the other version of 'dang' in there once.
***
Onto other news, I was released from my calling yesterday as the Activity Days leader. I will really miss the girls and helping them work toward their Faith in God awards. I'm very happy to have seen all that they've accomplished while I've been in this calling. However, I'm am excited to serve outside of Primary for a while. I was called to serve on the Relief Society board (basically the former Enrichment committee). Should be good fun. It's a calling that I've thought a few times before that I'd really enjoy and it's more flexible than the Activity Days calling, so that's good.
I got some painting done on the old house on Saturday and ended up making myself sick in the process because I got so hot. I was going to do one more room but I had to call it done because my stomach was ready to rebel. I'll be going to do more painting this evening, but might make John bring a fan over there first.
Ty has been a rotter to get to sleep lately. He'll spend hours trying to leave his room and we just have to keep on taking him back. Child locks are useless with our children, they mastered them long ago. So yesterday we started a bedtime routine with them and will be continuing for several weeks. Hopefully it will help. They were both asleep by 8:30 yesterday, which is a lot better than the midnighter Ty pulled last week. The eventual goal is in bed at 7:30 and asleep by 8:00, so not too far off.
Last, just a reminder that my blog will be going private as of this coming Saturday, so please let me know if you want to be able to keep following it after it does (give me your e-mail address as well). You can either put it up on here and I'll delete it as soon as I've copied down your address or message it to me on facebook. I'm the only Nikki Bly on there with her whole family in her profile pic.
Hope you had a great weekend:)
Saturday, June 11, 2011
Catch Up On Songs
I decided to catch up to the day of the month with my 30 day song challenge so that I'll be done by the end of the month. Since I just post the links and not the actual video it won't take up a bunch of room. So here we go:
Day 2 - My Least Favourite Song
Safety Dance - Men Without Hats
I'm sure there's a song I dislike more, but this was the first one that came to mind. Funny enough, John loves this song.
Day 3 - A Song That Makes Me Happy
Boys of Summer - The Ataris
I remember that John and I were listening to music in the car right after my morning sickness with Caleb went away and this song came on and I just started rocking out to it. It's just a song that helps me feel happy no matter how rough things are or have been lately.
Day 4 - A Song That Makes Me Sad
Daddy's Girl - Red Sovine
It used to make me sad because I never had the kind of relationship with my dad that I would have liked. Now it makes me sad because I'll never get to play this while watching John hold a daughter. No video for this one, sorry.
Day 5 - A Song That Reminds Me Of Someone
The Reason - Hoobastank
I could have used many songs because I associate lots of songs with people, but I decided to use this one because every single time I hear it, it reminds me of L. She was the reason that I decided to change who I was. It's another strange video, though.
Day 6 - A Song That Reminds Me Of Somewhere
Southside - Moby
This song was huge the year that I lived in Lethbridge and so we heard it a LOT. No video because we felt it was inappropriate.
Day 7 - A Song That Reminds Me Of A Certain Event
Breakaway - Kelly Clarkson
This was my brother's grad song. I wore a beautiful dress to his grad that I actually got to pick out (I didn't get to pick my grad dress because it had to work for my mum's wedding which was 2 months later). I had a really nice date for my brother's grad and I got to see my little Rooie rock his fedora.
Day 8 - A Song I Know All The Words To
There's no song or video for this because I know all of the words to almost every single song on our iTunes that is mine.
Day 9 - A Song You Can Dance To
Thriller/Heads Will Roll Mash Up - Glee Cast
Again, I could have picked a lot of songs, but I just decided to go with this one. I just want to clarify that I don't really like the SHOW Glee, but I do love a lot of the music on it, which is where YouTube is nice to have.
Day 10 - A Song That Makes You Fall Asleep
Only Time - Enya
I love it, but I associate it with sleep because when I worked in daycare it was a long we played quietly a lot in the infant room while they were napping.
Day 11 - A Song From Your Favourite Band
Neutron Star Collision - Muse
This was tough for me because I really don't have a favourite band, I just have songs that I like. However, we do like Muse in this house, so I went with one by them.
There, I'm up to date now. Also, a very happy 4 months old birthday to my beautiful little boy, Brettley.
Day 2 - My Least Favourite Song
Safety Dance - Men Without Hats
I'm sure there's a song I dislike more, but this was the first one that came to mind. Funny enough, John loves this song.
Day 3 - A Song That Makes Me Happy
Boys of Summer - The Ataris
I remember that John and I were listening to music in the car right after my morning sickness with Caleb went away and this song came on and I just started rocking out to it. It's just a song that helps me feel happy no matter how rough things are or have been lately.
Day 4 - A Song That Makes Me Sad
Daddy's Girl - Red Sovine
It used to make me sad because I never had the kind of relationship with my dad that I would have liked. Now it makes me sad because I'll never get to play this while watching John hold a daughter. No video for this one, sorry.
Day 5 - A Song That Reminds Me Of Someone
The Reason - Hoobastank
I could have used many songs because I associate lots of songs with people, but I decided to use this one because every single time I hear it, it reminds me of L. She was the reason that I decided to change who I was. It's another strange video, though.
Day 6 - A Song That Reminds Me Of Somewhere
Southside - Moby
This song was huge the year that I lived in Lethbridge and so we heard it a LOT. No video because we felt it was inappropriate.
Day 7 - A Song That Reminds Me Of A Certain Event
Breakaway - Kelly Clarkson
This was my brother's grad song. I wore a beautiful dress to his grad that I actually got to pick out (I didn't get to pick my grad dress because it had to work for my mum's wedding which was 2 months later). I had a really nice date for my brother's grad and I got to see my little Rooie rock his fedora.
Day 8 - A Song I Know All The Words To
There's no song or video for this because I know all of the words to almost every single song on our iTunes that is mine.
Day 9 - A Song You Can Dance To
Thriller/Heads Will Roll Mash Up - Glee Cast
Again, I could have picked a lot of songs, but I just decided to go with this one. I just want to clarify that I don't really like the SHOW Glee, but I do love a lot of the music on it, which is where YouTube is nice to have.
Day 10 - A Song That Makes You Fall Asleep
Only Time - Enya
I love it, but I associate it with sleep because when I worked in daycare it was a long we played quietly a lot in the infant room while they were napping.
Day 11 - A Song From Your Favourite Band
Neutron Star Collision - Muse
This was tough for me because I really don't have a favourite band, I just have songs that I like. However, we do like Muse in this house, so I went with one by them.
There, I'm up to date now. Also, a very happy 4 months old birthday to my beautiful little boy, Brettley.
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