Only You and Me

Yeah, I love Spotify. I love that I can create playlists from Spotify selections and play my actual MP3s as well. But this week I'm going to focus on "Shuffle" and the realization that eclectic doesn't come close to describing my music collection. This week's mixtape will be 3 consecutive songs from my Sunday Shuffle. These are all MP3s that I own and obviously I would have never played them together, thanks Spotify for the poolside giggle fest!

But whatever, turn on your mirror ball children!



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Just Dive

Watching my sweet girl grow up so fast is the most fun, most depressing thing ever. When I walked into her room today, she greeted me with "Good morning Sunshine!" and wild laughter. Slow down SoSo, just a little bit.



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Set the Fire Inside My Soul

Yesterday, the cutest boy in the whole wide world had another birthday. I'm so happy he keeps having these things, hope we spend at least 50 more together!



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Ain't Nothing Holding Me Back, Nothing!

I haven't worked out this summer...not once. No running, no gym, no videos, nothing. Sure, I've walked the kiddo all over the neighborhood in her handy tricycle with a push handle but we've walked slow and talked to every tree and most flowers. We've used our pool but I haven't counted one lap. I'll never get this summer back and I won't regret spending every extra minute with my under two year old.

But mommy's gotta get back in gear!



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Doesn't Have to be a Friday

I worked at a record store, at an awesome record store to be exact. I even worked with the actual Record Lady from the Lyle Lovett song. I loved it, I miss The Sound Shop to this day.

I also love Paul Westerberg. I love The Replacements, I love his solo stuff. I go on kicks where I listen to Westerberg for days. So when "Eventually" was released, I was super pumped. When we received all the promotional swag, I got busy creating a SHRINE. A couple of quick Westerberg facts: he is notoriously cranky, "snotty contrarian" is the best term ever and it was used to describe him. And according to several interviews, he isn't comfortable being recognized.

Store display-wise, everything was really coming together, only half of it was coming together on the floor and half was coming together on the wall. As I was in a full The Thinker pose contemplating my next poster placement, someone stepped past with an "Oh excuse me." If you guessed it was Paul Westerberg, you would be correct. I tried to scoop everything up quickly and fake a little dignity and composure. I'm still not sure what he bought but as I put his purchase in the bag, I thanked him and wished him a Good Day. As we walked away from the counter, I had to follow up with "It's any day that you're alive..." and he laughed out loud but kept on walking.

True story, my Wall of Westerberg won a display contest from the record label, $50 cash and that ain't bad. A good day indeed people!



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