Sometimes/Always

Megan of Mackey Madness started an adorable little series that she has been doing on a weekly basis called Sometimes/Always. This week, I've decided to join her. It's a pretty darn simple concept. You guys will catch on quickly.

Sometimes: I wish I were fashionable enough to wear heels on a regular basis.

Always: I consider myself so lucky to be able to wear my favorite boots to work.

Sometimes: I get in my car and just drive.

Always: I come back to where I belong.

Sometimes: I feel like an old lady for going to bed before 11pm.

Always: I wake up happy I went to sleep early.

Sometimes: I wish I lived in another state.

Always: I remember I've got a pretty sweet deal worked out with the California sun.

Sometimes: I sing along to the radio quietly while I'm driving with others.

Always: I belt out my favorite songs when I am driving alone. 

Sometimes: I start a new book before I've finished the one I was already reading.

Always: I finish them both eventually.

That is all for this weeks Sometimes/Always, go check out Megan and all the others who are joining the fun (link above)! To catch all my updates click that follow me button! Or follow me on Twitter... I always post new updates there.

Don't Stop Thinkin About Tomorrow

These days most of my friends would label me the queen of country music, but those who know me a bit better know that my taste in music extends to just about everything (sorry dubstep I just can't get into you). When I was a little girl I thought that I was going to be a back-up singer/dancer for Bruce Springsteen. I could often be found singing "in the wink of a young girls eye..." (my favorite song was Glory Days) and dancing around my living room. My obsession came from my dad's taste in music. All we ever listened to in my dad's car was 95.7 The Fox- Fresno's Classic Rock.

Recently, I've been dying to listen to something a little different (I may have overloaded myself on country just a little). A quick jump over to Pandora and the creation of a station based on Lindsey Buckingham's amazing "Go Your Own Way" brought some awesome classic rock back into my life. I'll give you a very short list of some favorites below.

Go Your Own Way- Fleetwood Mac: Obviously I had to start with this since I already mentioned it once above. I love the crazy, tangled web that makes up the story of Lindsey Buckingham, Stevie Nicks, John and Christine McVie, and Mick Fleetwood. Obviously the whole Rumours album is incredible, but this song is heartwrenching and empowering all rolled into a compact three minutes and forty seconds.

Glory Days- Bruce Springsteen: Again, I mentioned this song above already but it never ceases to bring a smile to my face and remind me of those days dancing around in my living room.


Heartache Tonight- The Eagles: The Eagles was another greatest hits album that was listened to on repeat in my parents cars. My young brain thought the lyrics to this song were "there's gonna be a party tonight." Pretty valid if you listen to the descriptions of a night that gonna "last all, last all summer long." My realization that the song is talking about a 'heartache' and not a 'party' did not make me like it any less, and to this day it is one of my favorite Eagles songs.

Layla- Eric Clapton: This song was one of my dad's favorites, and became my inspiration when naming my car =) The guitar in this song is nothing short of awesome. And just listen to those lyrics, that Layla must have been quite a girl.

Peace of Mind- Boston: All those bands named after places back in the 70s (Boston, Kansas, America just to name a few). This song is perfect for all of us who need to remember to slow down and find that 'peace of mind' sometimes.

I Won't Back Down- Tom Petty: Love me some Tom Petty. Enough said.

Susie Q- Creedance Clearwater Revival: Yeah they've got some awesome songs like Fortunate Son, and Have You Ever Seen The Rain... But if you were a child of disney channel then you remember the movie Susie Q (with Amy Jo Johnson aka the Pink Power Ranger as the title character). Therefore I obviously had to choose this CCR song here.

Dreaming-Blondie: Blondie was another favorite in my house, and this song just makes me happy. Although I was very close to picking "The Tide Is High", "Heart of Glass" or "Hanging on the Telephone" here (yeah I really like Blondie) but I thought it was appropriate to end the list on dreaming.

There are honestly soooooo many more artists I would like to include but if I keep rambling on and on no one will continue to read. So to make things a bit shorter I'll just mention I love Bon Jovi, Heart, Aerosmith, Steve Miller Band,  Def Leopard, John Mellencamp, The Who, etc etc ... the list could go on but I'll stop there.

In conclusion, THANKS Dad for listening to all this awesome music. I might not have appreciated it as much when I was little, but I definitely get it now!

Dad and me on Catalina Island last spring (sorry Mom, I cut you out of the pic... LOVE YOU!)

blog title courtesy of Fleetwood Mac's Don't Stop

Tonight, We Are Young

In a time when myself and many of my friends are going through dramatic changes in our lives- you know, with the whole job search/real world stuff- I think it's important that we remember... WE ARE YOUNG. We still have so many things ahead of us. It's easy to get scared or depressed and think that our best days are behind us, but that is simply not true. We are young. There is still so much fun to be had. Let's set the world on fire... Over and over and over again. And to all my friends, I will always be there to carry you home.

I love the original version of this song by Fun, but I'm not going to lie Glee's version is pretty freaking amazing!

Life According to My iPhone

So much for consistent posting... And I had been doing so well!

Oh well... I apologize for the week+ long abscense, but I have been a horrible combination of busy and lazy since Thanksgiving. I just wanted to stop in and say stay tuned because I have a few posts cued up that I have been waiting to post. In the mean time, I just stopped in to say hello and offer up some of my life recently according to my iPhone pics.


I just had to share this first photo. Bethany and I (along with a few other friends)went out while she was home in Fresno to the most amazing, worn-down, country, hick bar in town- Jimbo's. While at Jimbo's we were all having an amazing time people watching, and we could not help but enjoy watching the hilariously adorable old man who was trying to dance with all the cute young girls in the place. That old man turned out to be "Captain Jack"- apparently a well-known guy in the Shaver lake fishing circles... My friend Keith had met him before and apparently formed some sort of bond with him because Captain Jack was very excited to meet us, and give us a couple of his Captain Jack Trucker hats.

The other big thing that happened recently is detailed below. A wind storm in Fresno wreaked its havoc on the town and caused PGE to have lots of work to do restoring power to people all over Fresno.


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1. Foggy Mornings- I LOVE the fog in the mornings. It makes it seem like we're living amongst the clouds.

2. Power lines down behind my house.

3. The cause of the downed power lines... A wind storm hit Fresno and brought trees all over town tumbling down. This tree fell from my neighbors yard into the street behind our house.

4. Fire and candles during our night in the dark ages.

If you're curious to see more from the recent power outage, here is a video I sent to my former roommates telling them about what happened and showing some of the damage. Also my dog makes a random appearance. And check out all the leaves in the wind dumped in the pool. My dad had a GREAT time cleaning that up.