Monday Mother's Day Music

It was Mother's Day Yesterday. 

Happy Birthday to all the beautiful and brilliant mothers out there.  It's the best JOB in the world

Today's Monday Music Moves Me theme over at Xmas Dolly is Mother's Day and I chose this is a beautiful song by Garth Brooks, who he performed it so well on the Ellen Show

Enjoy

 

Blood, Boobs and Carnage

Oh Yeah, Blood, Boobs, and Carnage coming soon!

Ninjalex and Heather entwined their twisted forces this year to create this Blogfest. Who can refused this one?! 

This time I made sure I got in early.  I'm #22 on the sign up list.  Can you say Boo-fekkin-Yah?!?

I can't wait for this one.  I have so many ideas swirling and consorting inside my wee brain.  So many angels, so much to write about, so many categories to choose from....this should be a whole month's worth of Blogfest.  

Consider it, Alex....just mull on that one. 

Go sign up and post on 18 May 2015.

Blog Award from Nagzilla

Thanx to Nagzilla for my recent Star of Excellent Blog Award.  

I haven't had one of these for a while and I loved the list of blogs she recommended to follow.


Thanx to you, girl, I'm following 3 new awesome blogs because of you.

Nagzilla loves hand sanitizer and is a massive Star Wars fan... and she frikken rocks Leila side buns.

She is funny as hell, loves chest hair and is a talented writer.  She's kind of a geek when it comes to grammar and she has a Yoda tattoo. How cool is she, right?  How can you not love someone that drinks UV Cake Vodka and pineapple juice?

Go Follow her at The Adventures of Nagzilla

If you don't already, shame on YOU.  

Now I hand the Nagzilla Star Of Excellence to blogs that make me smile as much as her does.

Square Pegs

MagnetoBoldToo! 

It's Rhyme Time 

Nerd in the Brain 

wtf Am I On About Now? 




 
 

Monday Music Moves Me

It's been quite a while since I've participated in one of Xmas Dolly's Monday Music Moves Me.  Its nice to be back, my friend. 

Today's I'm swingin in with some good old fashioned blues and soul. 

Lets start with Rory Gallagher was a brilliant Irish-born rock and blues guitarist with the Taste band in the 60s and then solo 70s and 80s.  He was known for his non-stop touring and endless energy on stage. 

This bloke's fear of flying eventually made him use strong sedatives and alcohol to cope.  His liver gave in eventually and after his liver transplant he just never pulled through ...amazing riffs!



John Lee Hooker was an American blues singer, songwriter and guitarist. He was born in Mississippi and he developed his own driving-rhythm boogie woogie style distinct from the 1930s–1940s.  Love his stuff



The Queen of Soul.  I adore everything about this woman!



Have a blues post without including Robert Johnson?  It just wouldn't be right.  This Delta Blues musician allegedly sold his soul to the devil at The Crossrods in Mississippi in exchange for guitar playing powers.




and some blues harmonica

My Shining Reflection #atozchallenge

This is the post where we reflect on the happenings of the 2015 A to Z Blog Challenge.

I woke up far too late in this challenge.  I decided literally the day before the challenge was to begin, to take part.  I was number 1098 on the list!

It was a spur-of-the-moment decision, but I knew my decision was the right one.  I knew what I was getting myself into because I've done the A to Z Blog Challenge 4 times previously.  It's hard work and if you don't plan and schedule posts, it becomes extremely stressful, especially being a working mum with a very busy life.

I had to write posts at night after the kids had gone to bed.  Being creative after 9pm at night is hard for me.  I'm not a night owl, I'm an early-to-bed gal so I took strain because I didn't get as much sleep as I used to. 

I never really thought why I took up the challenge at first, because I hadn't been blogging for months on end and I had no intentions of starting it up again.  I stumbled on Alex's blog and the list to sign up for the A to Z Blog challenge.  This was the day before the challenge started, what was I thinking?!?!

It was only on the 3rd of May that it became clear to me why things had happened this way.

Today, on the 3rd of May, I went to the A to Z Blog Challenge website to find the linky for the Reflections post.  I read the post about Tina, the sunflowers and her passing.  I was shocked at first.  This was the first time I'd heard about Tina's passing. 

This was also the first time, I'd realised that this year's challenge was dedicated to Tina's passing and the sunflower post touched my heart.  I slowly read about the planting of the sunflowers, it blooming on Day #1 of the challenge and how things unfolded.  This story both warmed my heart and made me sad, because this is how I found out about Tina, but then it hit me.  I suddenly realised why I'd signed up in the first place.

RIP Tina.  My A to Z Blog Challenge was for you and I didn't even realise it until today.  My nostalgia theme was so appropriate and I'm glad to have been a part of this Challenge!  There always is a deeper meaning for getting involved in something like this - even if you don't realise it initially

Here's the stats:  I only gained 5 new followers, but I'm putting that down to the fact that I didn't have enough time to visit and comments as many blogs as I wanted.  I am now following 10 new blogs thanks to the challenge.

an incredibly significant challenge.