Favorite lines from John Mayer's latest CD

Putting the last 16 months aside, there have been a number of amazing things happening to me over the last 4-6 weeks.

I truly believe Mom and Uncle Bill have sprinkled angel dust down on me to help get me back on track. Lord knows, I have been unable to do it by myself! It can only be Divine Intervention.

Music happens to be a strong and guiding force in my life. I'm not quite sure what I'd do without my God, my family/close friends, my Cleveland Indians and last but certainly not least, my music.

I've been absolutely fixated over the last 3-4 weeks on the new Taylor Swift CD and then the new John Mayer CD.

It's been ridiculous! I have to have them blaring constantly in the car and at home! Thank God for my 8 mile treadmill session last week. I buzzed through at least 5 CD's and found that I adored the John Mayer "Battle Studies" CD.

Usually when I hear a song, I have a favorite line in the song, or even a favorite note sequence. Ok, so I'm crazy about my music...but it keeps me happy!

I started thinking --which is usually a mistake! I decided to write down my favorite line from each song on the CD and see what kind of song it would make.

Just for fun, of course!

So here goes --my favorite line from each song and we'll see how it winds up!


"I bought a ticket on a plane and by the time it landed you were gone again...

I don't care if we don't sleep at all tonight, let's fix this whole thing now....

Suddenly, I'm in over my head and I can hardly breathe....

Asked the Lord for mercy....said, Help me if you please....

If fear hasn't killed me yet, then nothing will.....

You whisper come on over 'cause you're two drinks in....

I want you so bad I'll go back on the things I believe....

In all my revelry I thought I felt us there.....

Who says I can't be free from all of the things that I used to be, rewrite my history, who says I can't be free....

Lonely was the song I sang 'til the day you came showing me another way and all that my love can bring....

And when I look behind on all my younger times, I'll have to thank the wrongs that led me to a love so strong...."



Well, not bad. May need some fine tuning.....but every single one of these lines has special meaning in my life right now....and I thank you John Mayer for being one of the people bringing such joy to my life over the last few weeks!

Indians rally for David Huff

Well worth setting the alarm for 5:00 a.m. to watch the STO re-run of the amazing comeback of 'my' Cleveland Indians over the dreaded New York Yankees!

This is why I love these guys!

We had a busy Saturday helping Janice move in so we all got to bed pretty early Saturday night...when the alarm went off at 5:00 a.m., I was wide awake and settled in to watch this historic game.

Even though I knew what was going to happen to young David Huff, I still cringed, I still cried. It was harder watching A-Rod, Jeter, and Jake Westbrook holding his hat over his face.

My Indians are scrappers. Not sure what the manager and front office will do but if they have not seen that kids like Lou Marson, Austin Kearns, Trevor Crowe, Matt LaPorta, Jason Donald have been busting their asses for this team, then I despise this management team just as much as I despised Eric Wedge.

Without the hard work of these kids and the likes of Mark Grudzielanek, Mike Redmond, and even Russell Branyan (who has made some pretty good defensive plays on 1st), we'd be in even worse shape than we are!

So when David Huff got smacked in the left side of his ear, 'my' Indians ralled back to beat the hated Yankees.

And that is WHY I do and will always love 'my' Cleveland Indians!!!

Jan's moving day

Totally enjoyable!

We had a great group of people gathered to help my sister move to her new digs.

She lived on the 3rd floor and I made a vow to get the most out of this adventure by carrying things up and down the steps to get my daily workout.

Exhilarating!

At first, quite a daunting task but as time went by, could not believe how we got it all in order and successfully moved an entire apartment from point A to point B.

If there is one thing I can say about my family (and there are so many things), we have fun with everything we do. We are quite blessed. Even in the act of moving chairs and drawers and knick knacks, we have a blast!

How could you not? If you love life, you love life all the time!

It was time consuming on such a hot, humid day. But at the end of the day, complete satisfaction.

We had one shopping cart, about a dozen people, and many muscles!

The heavy items went into the shopping cart down the elevator and the rest of us carted boxes and odds and ends weirdly shaped up and down the stairs.

I had a blast.

One of my favorite moments was when my youngest niece's boyfriend got a glimpse of my sister's private articles of clothing in one of the open drawers --not uncomfortable, rather comical!

Another great outlet was tossing things into the dumpster. Ok, not tossing, but slamming unwanted articles such as a small tv, a cabinet, and a few other things into the dumpster to let off a little steam.

Then helping get her settled into her new place as best we can was exciting....though that will take longer as she figures out where she wants what....but still, it was nice seeing her joy and celebrating this great accomplishment with her.

At the end of the day, exhausted yet energized knowing it was a good day! The first day of the rest of my sister's life, hopefully surrounded by love, family, good friends, nice neighbors and the start of many new memories!

Fantasy or reality?

Billy Joel, one of my musical heroes, wrote the song 'Sometimes a fantasy' which has the line 'It's just a fantasy, it's not the real thing.'

Well, I was asking myself that same question after my string of good luck and amazing times continued....

Do you ever just sit daydreaming about how something would be? Let's say winning the lottery and what you would do? Or being whisked away on an exotic vacation? Or even hearing the line in a song that sounds so tantalizing that you start thinking you are the Protagonist of the song?

I had to pinch myself asking 'did that just happen or was I dreaming?'

Something I had dreamed about over the last few days actually became reality.....leaving me speechless and having faith that anything is possible, anything can happen, and life is too short to 'poo poo' your dreams!

Go for the gusto! Never give up and never let someone else tell you how to live your life!

Finest legs in Ohio

Ahh, not my words.

But the irony of this phrase coming up twice over the last 2 days worth sharing!

When I started at WEWS, there was a wonderful man--one of my cameramen, who would always marvel at what he called 'the finest legs in Ohio.'

He was too kind telling me I had 'the finest legs in Ohio.'

So Tuesday, all wound up and no where to go, not able to sleep I glanced down at my legs and said, "Gary Burnett would not be too happy with me right now!"

Sure enough, I hopped on that treadmill and 8 miles later ended my marathon workout session!

Quite a successful toning up, as well as letting off steam, trying to get back on track after a horrendous 16 months, and finally, helping me drift off into dreamland!

I look at this experience as one of the few things I've done over the last few weeks to help me jump back on the fitness hayride....can't beat going 8 miles!

Ironically, the next day, I get 'friended' on Facebook by that very same cameraman, Gary Burnett, who back then and just yesterday, gave me the inspiration to travel my 8 mile trek!

And in his note he asked, 'How are the finest legs in Ohio!'

I could not resist immediately writing him back to say they are well on their way to their former prowess!

Thanks Gary! A perfect example of how people we may not see or speak with in forever still give us inspiration and affect our lives!! More than they know!!!!!!!!!!

My RTA rapid adventure to & from the Indians' game

You would have thought that it was the first time I'd ever stepped foot on a rapid!

Maybe I was excited because my Indians won....maybe the absolutely heavenly day pre-occupied my thoughts?

Just maybe my mind already fast forwarded ahead to the fantastic evening planned after the game?

There are dozens of reasons currently why my mind was somewhere else--however, I really needed it to be on the blue line train with me at that moment!

Either way, you WOULD have thought that I'd never seen a rapid let alone actually taken a ride from point A to point B.

I knew you needed exact change, and I had it but for some reason I did not get a round trip pass, just a one way --knowing full well I would need to return home!

Then I could not slide it properly to get through the gate.

But that's not the worst part of it.....on my return trip, I toured around Tower City for a few minutes popping in at some of the storefronts still open --Victoria Secret, the Cleveland store, just to take a looksy....

I proceeded down into the bowels of Tower City where the Rapid Tracks all converge.

Maybe the sun got to me but I attempted to get my ticket --was successful only to realize I had purchased a handicapped ticket. Omg, how the heck did that happen? I am a college graduate and HAVE been on the rapid before!

The lady was nice enough to let me in and told me how to properly buy a ticket next time.

So I kept looking at the signs, and was not connecting. Finally I realized I was on the Windermere line.

Never in my life have I ever done that!

So I proceeded back to catch the line I was really supposed to be on, bought a whole new ticket because I felt so bad about my incorrect purchase earlier and made it successfully home...holding my little Victoria Secret bag on my lap in a crowd of crazy baseball fans. A-W-K-W-A-R-D!

I even told the lady, it's like I've never ridden a rapid before, but really ma'am, I have! I'm not as stupid as I look right now!

Computer melt down

Bear with me folks!!

Not that I am cranking out post after post....and maybe the stuff I share you find boring, mundane, or you say "why in the heck is this girl telling me that!!!??"

Now that I actually DO have some great things to share, write about, and pictures galore, I can't!

Having major computer problems....

I'm not much of a computer expert and am definitely not on it as much as so many others....but now that I do not have access to one at home, I'm dying here!

So, hopefully, the situation will be rectified soon and good as new ipso facto pronto!


Have a great week everyone and hopefully will be back on track plugged in 'boring' you with my fun-loving, frivolous, or on occasion, thought provoking entries very soon!!

Come on, it's Spring --best time to share some tres cool experiences!!!

Final step complete

Yet another busy weekend, but very constructive.

A weekend to say goodbye to my uncle one final time.

We buried my uncle's ashes this weekend and know he is watching over us.

Just as we were standing around the grave site saying a final prayer, the dreary sky cleared, the sun shone through the gray clouds and shined down upon us all. I looked up and smiled at my uncle!

An emotional day to say the very least for all involved--or at least me.

I spoke to 3 very good friends where a much needed 'catch up' was due.

I was doing pretty good until after 4pm Mass when I visited with 3 relatives who were in attendance. It was so good seeing Caroline, Mario and Sam. I am so blessed. Mario said, "I knew you had an angelic face, I never knew you had such an angelic voice." We visited for a few minutes and said our good byes.

Walking across the parking lot unleashed the emotions of the day. But honestly, I believe everyone needs one good cry a day!

And then seeing my Indians play was a perfect night cap to help me relax, unwind, and realize how lucky and blessed I truly am! Mom channeled through me--I was saying things I'd never even imagine saying at the game, yet stuff Mom would say all the time! Thanks Mom!

In a week where I felt like Cinderella and it seemed everything went perfectly, Sunday ended on a semi-perfect note. Church almost sheer perfection. Yet again, saw many people I'd not seen in a while. Another trip to Progressive Field to meet my friend Lydia on an absolutely PERFECT sunny day!

Then a fabulous dinner with friends galore.

I'm not sure why I deserve the week I just lived through but I will never ever dispute it, always remember every moment (some way more than others!!), and savor ever morsel --for tomorrow may never come.

My Christmas stuff has been put away

Finally, I got up the energy and drive to take down every stitch of Christmas decoration or adornment.

I must admit, the date of May 16, 2010 was not the driving force.

Still grappling with many things since the death of my Mother, I've been unable to perform many tasks.

I thank Facebook for this nudging.

Due to Facebook, I was able to reconnect with many friends from my past.

With the hopes that all of us may get together, and possibly gather at my home, I stayed up all night over the weekend --quite a project undertaking which consisted of about 18 hours-- in order to take everything down, assess, pack away and then clean up afterward.

What a liberating feeling to get my living room back, and though just a very small piece, a piece none-the-less of my life back.


I am hoping these re-connections will continue giving me bigger puzzle pieces of my life back. I know that's what Mom would want.

No end in sight for busy weekends

And the trend continues with or without Mom.....the string of busy weekends....

Looking into my crystal ball, I see singing Mr. Joyce's funeral Friday.....we've known this man forever.

During the bad stretch of storms a week ago, our musical sound system at church was blown out--this should be interesting.

I need to pick up my sister's birthday cake from Archie's Hough Bakery--hopefully the cake will make it to the birthday party without being devoured ahead of time!

This weekend is the Preakness --time to glance through the horses and place a few bets for the gang...

And then Sunday we have our cousin's bridal shower.

I think that about sums it up.

Calgon, take me away!

Happy Mother's Day

Mom,,

Happy Mother's Day.

I found the card I had already bought for you which none of the girls can use--it was exclusively for you...I also found the grandmother cards I already purchased just in case the kids forgot.

I can't believe you are not here but know you are having one heck of a celebration upstairs with YOUR Mother! A well deserved and needed reunion for you both.

Dear friends of yours remembered me with a small gift knowing this year will be tough.

Getting through the Masses this weekend was rough. Saturday was hopeless--tears streaming through the entire Mass and I even snapped at someone. Ok, so she deserved it but being sad that you are gone did not help!

I picked up a fabulous cake for you, Janice, Mrs. T, and Auntie for our Sunday brunch from Aunt Rainys Cakes. You would have loved it.

And Sara and Kevin welcomed everyone into their home for a fabulous brunch that you would have been so proud of--yet another wonderful day spent with family Mom. I hope that is one legacy you left us that will never die.

I was expecting a friend, who wound up not coming over, but at least it gave me the motivation to do the papers Mom --I know that was always your biggest request --'get those papers done and out of my house to the recycling bin!' Well, they are done.

Happy Mother's Day!