If you know me then you know that I LOVE Gwen Stefani. And I had to get this Christmas album as soon as I heard about it – which was very early since I follow Gwen on everything possible – facebook, instagram. Yeah, a little obsessed. 🙂 Gwen Stefani You Make It Feel Like Christmas CD is here.
It’s fantastic. It’s got your covers – Santa Baby (her voice was made for this song), Jingle Bells, White Christmas and all these are great. But what really made me love this even more are her own songs – My Gift Is You and Under The Christmas Lights. It’s Gwen’s retro style with a modern Christmas pop twist.
Okay, I try to not repeat the Christmas songs I post from Christmas’ past … even though some of my favs slip through (cough, The Waitresses, Christmas Wrapping). My Spanish students for some reason LOVE this song. So, here you go. WHAM! ~ “Last Christmas”. Don’t forget, oh you know. TURN IT UP. XO
Alright, alright, alright! Let’s spice things up a bit and get some music going. Nothing starts the season better than The Waitresses song “Christmas Wrapping”.
Okay, if you thought that last post was adorable then check this out. I guess the Christmas season is taking over with me being all sweet and sentimental.
Well, until tomorrow.
Little doggy sooooo freaking excited to see his owner. I can’t stand the cuteness!
Is it starting to feel like Christmas? I am still working, rushing about here and there, so it doesn’t yet really feel like Christmas. BUT this weekend I have been listening to Christmas songs because I want to make a Christmas CD for my friends. What are your favorites?
Have you joined Spotify? Because if you haven’t, you are missing out! Spotify rocks. Pun intended? C’mon, you can listen to (almost) anything you want! I love LOVE love it. Okay, so Taylor Swift said Spotify couldn’t use her songs. Not very Christmassy, right? Just wants all the $$$$. I will move on ….
My favorites range from silly (Christmas Wrapping – The Waitresses) to fun (Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas) to the very beautiful. I love them all so much. For the rest of December I will be posting my favorite Christmas songs. Who knows, maybe I will go crazy (meaning “I have time”) and post something else … but at the moment it is all about the music. Because really, that is ALL it is ever about. At least for me. Music is EVERYTHING!!! Now listen up my friends. This is my so very most favorite. And it is in the very beautiful category. Or maybe the jazz category (which is beautiful).
For you, the Charlie Brown Christmas dance. And YES, you must get up and dance – in whatever style you want. But dance, my friends. Dance.
Scenes of New York City, British accents, music! I am sold. I saw the movie Begin Again this weekend and I really liked it! It stars Keira Knightley, Mark Ruffalo, Adam Levine – I mean seriously, can we just stop now. I love all of them. And they did not disappoint. Knightley plays a singer-songwriter who is discovered by a struggling record label executive (Ruffalo) and collaborates with him to produce an album recorded in public locations all over New York City.
If you know me at all, you know I love musicals. Plus if I love a movie or a song I will watch/listen to it over and over and over (repeat) again. And this has become my latest obsession. It was written and directed by Jim Carney, from the successful movie of Once. Which was also a fantastic movie. But I actually like this one better.
Keira, (yes, we are on a first name basis) had never sung professionally before and she took lessons with a voice coach and learned how to play the guitar. Impressive! The movie was sweet, poignant, fun and a new favorite for me. Just go watch it already.
I have a confession. I am addicted to …. Pinterest. Yes, it’s true. There are so many different categories for your interest (get it, interest with pins = Pinterest). All you do is join, follow people that you like and pin things that you like. I did see a pin from ecards that said Pinterest is just electronic hoarding. Which is somewhat true. I don’t necessarily immediately create everything I pin but there is a good possibility that I will get around to it. And it is great for finding creative ideas for teaching English. At least electronic hoarding is better than actual hoarding. Riiiight? Wanna follow me on Pinterest? Click here to go to my page and then click on FOLLOW.
I have many different boards: fashion, food, tees and totes, teaching, paintings, etc. And I am going to randomly post on my blog things that inspire me. For instance, this picture. It reminds of my recent trip to New Orleans. Isn’t it beautiful?
GOING NINETY MILES 