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December Daily | Day 10 | Music Playlist

Yep, I'm behind in posting my pages from December Daily but that's okay because better late than never, right? Plus I've seen plenty of other people posting late so I'm betting there are other people like me that are still working on it. Hopefully these pages will give those of you, like me, who are behind, some motivation or ideas or just some inspiration to do a page or finish one you are working on.

enjoy.

 Day 10 was all about documenting my Christmas playlist. I start listening to Christmas music waaaaay before Christmas...before Thanksgiving even because I love it so much. So I knew I had to dedicate one day to my fav tunes at Christmas.

Doing a layout with no actual pictures is always difficult because there generally tends to be a lot more writing which can make for less visual content.

Personally, I've noticed people gloss over word-heavy pages because there isn't as much visual interest but I tried to counter that by using big words, glitter, bright color and loud and crazy patterns.

My playlist is made up of the songs I listen to most. I just pulled up my ipod's Christmas playlist and sorted by the most plays.

As I was doing this I wondered what other people's lists would look like? Would they be all new-age pop Christmas, old-school Bing Crosby or a combination like mine? If you would like to post some of your playlist or post a link to your blog I would LOVE to read everyone's fav songs.

This is the other side of my music playlist layout. I used Ali Edward's kit for the #10 and painted it red with Martha Stewart paint.

I used some old Authentique paper for the title 3x4 card on the top left. (love the Cardinal, makes me always think of my Grandma) 

I absolutely love the glittered music foam stickers from American Crafts. They are so much fun and shiny and bright and RED and just plain cool. Can you tell...those foam stickers are my new thing that I go to often.

The bottom two 3x4 cards I used the backside of some Authentique paper and just printed  specific music categories that I thought of on them using Remington Noiseless font (I usually get my free fonts from dafont.com.

Then I wrote in my "answers" to those categories.

I picked those categories based on ideas I had when going through all of my songs and thinking about the reasons why they are my favorite. I noticed all of the different types of songs I do have; for instance, songs sung in foreign languages, old-school songs, versions by newer artists, albums I listen to more than others or even the fact that I like certain songs. O Holy Night for instance. I have 10 different artist versions of that song. I LOVE that song. It's beautiful especially sung in acapella.

Thanks for reading my post. I hope to see some comments on what your favorite Christmas songs are.

Motley Crue/Poison Concert at Target Center

Jayde and I went to the Motley Crue/Poison Concert at the Target Center in Minneapolis. The sound was horrible as it usually is in the Target Center but the show was pretty good. There's nothing like an old 80's hair band rockin' it out. They know how to put on a show. The best part was Tommy Lee being strapped to a chair on a platform with his drums being moved around a circular track. So at one point he was upside down playing the drums. F'in awesome!

Bret Michaels Starting off the Night for Poison

"Every Rose Has its Thorn"

"Poison has left the building"

Enter Motley Crue!

Nikki Sixx

Vince and his beauties

A very fuzzy picture of Vince

Tommy on his drums and Nikki in the foreground

All Shook Up at the Chanhassen Dinner Theatre

Here are some pictures from our outing to the Chanhassen Dinner Theatre. It was a chick's day out for some theater and good food.

Auntie Sheila, Tara, me and Michelle sat in one booth.

Mom, Kimmie, Auntie Shelly and Jamie sat at another.

Me and Auntie Shelly took advantage of this little cut-out picture spot. I'm riding bitch and Auntie Shelly is driving. hee hee

Here is the huge piece of cake I had for dessert. I couldn't even finish it all. It was so rich I maybe ate a third of it.

Here's the group shot afterward.

Tara, Auntie Sheila, Kimmie, Jamie, Shelly, Michelle, me and Mom

It was a pretty good show. There was a lot of singing and dancing, naturally, and the songs were all from Elvis, which is why we went. It was like a big birthday present for Auntie Sheila because she loves Elvis so much and then it ended up that everyone wanted to go. It was like a Meixner family girls outing. They are so much fun. :)

SCFF Day 2 Part 2

Here we again...(on our own! - Song from Hairball)

Came back around 5:30 to check out my projects and see how I did and get food and then go to Hairball at the Beer Gardens.

1. I won a blue on my Winter Flocking Snapshots. I didn't think I would win on this one. 2. Got an honorable mention on my Kubel Homer shot. 3. Won an honorable mention on my fireworks. 4. Kimmie won a blue on her wedding quilt. Pretty sweet eh? 5. I got another honorable mention on my fall leaf picture. 6. Me and Jayde roaming the fair. Getting stopped every 10 feet because we know somebody. 7. I won on my second game of bingo! Yeah! I won on B2...2 is my softball number. 8. Some pretty Gladiolas at the flower building. I always like to stop there. 9. This decorated cake was so awesome. It won a purple. It's really cool. 10. Kimmie and Auntie Sheila ran into us playing bingo. 11. Jayde's Mom, Sue. We played bingo and ate some dinner with her. 12. I won a special award on this picture. Not sure what that means but I'll take it. 13. Jayde and I went to Hairball last night. We stood up close to the stage. It was pretty f'in loud. Let me tell you and I was sweating like a pig. The lead singer changed outfits about every other song. This one is Alice Cooper and yes that is a live snake. Grossed me out but it sure was entertaining. 14. This is the lead guiltarist. He is pretty crazy up on stage. He plays the guitar backwards, over his head, with his mouth, he likes his guitar, he kicks his leg high in the air like a cheerleader....he has ripped up clothes, there are holes in his butt. He flirts with the ladies too. LOL 15. This I believe was his outfit for Bon Jovi. Notice the glasses, they are eight balls. 16. This is a random shot of them playing. I believe this was Cinderella. They are pretty fun to watch and listen to. I get a kick out of all the costumes. He even did Prince and had the purple suit from Purple Rain.

Country Jam 2009 - Eau Claire, WI

Here are some pictures that Jamie took with her camera at Country Jam in July 2009. Her and I went to see Tim Sigler and Tim McGraw. We saw other people as well but those two were our main reason for going. (p.s. If these pictures are small just click on them and a new window should open up for you to see them larger.)

Me and Jamie. I love these close up images. They are just so cool. Most people don't like them but I do. They are abnormal...just like me. :)

 

We started drinking when we got there and were pretty much drunk by 3 p.m. LOL

Tim Sigler...he went to Owatonna. Yeah, he's hot and I love his songs.

Sigler singing on the big stage.

me and Jamie

I wonder what we look like under that bucket.

Like every drunkard out there we got ourselves some tattoos. Easy...it's just a paint on. LOL

Sigler on the side stage

Guarding our backpack and drinking like a fish. LOL

Blake Shelton...he was really charismatic. I loved his show the most.

Me and Jamie...pretty much hammered. It was a really good time. We kept drinking because we were so damn hot. At one point we both switched to water though.

Jamie and I saw this guy with this huge frickin' hat on and we're like, "Hey can we take your picture and he let us put the hat on." It was sweet!

Tim McGraw...all I can say is, he is one very sexy man.

Me and Jamie at the end of the night. See we look fairly respectable. :) This was before Jamie got kicked by a very drunk cowboy.

  


   
  
  
   
  
  
  
  
  

25 Ipod Songs

So...I was thinking about a post today so I can keep out of the "bad blogger" category and it dawned on me...I'm sitting here listening to my ipod because I didn't feel like listening to the radio (KFAN) and I should give you an idea of what my ipod on shuffle will do. So I put my ipod on shuffle in the Songs category and this is what I got.

1. Cowboy Casanova – Carrie Underwood (start-her songs kick ass)
2. Love Game – Lady GaGa (kind of dirty…I like it)
3. Single Ladies – Beyonce (absolutely LOVE this song and video)
4. Addicted – Saving Abel (talking about sex…how could you not like it?)
5. Jack and Diane – John Cougar Mellencamp (old school baby)
6. Here I Go Again – Whitesnake (Tawny Kittain on the hood of a car. I always think about that famous video when I hear this song and I’m a chick.)
7. Sometimes (Britney Spears (guilty pleasure…Thomas kills Kimmie at Singstar on this song. LOL)
8. King of Wishful Thinking – Go West (from Pretty Woman)
9. Walk This Way – Aerosmith and Run DMC (classic...melding of two)
10. When Will I Be Loved – Vince Gill (love this song from 8 Seconds…it’s bouncy and twangy)
11. We Got It Going On – Bon Jovi (my nephew Jack’s favorite song…or it was for awhile)
12. Girls – Beastie Boys (Girls!!! All I really want is girls! –Yeah we know boys)
13. Give It Up – 98 degrees (accapella…I love that. So smooth)
14. More Human Than Human -White Zombie (oh yeah, finally a little metal)
15. Can’t Hold Us Down – Christina Aguilera (woman empowerment)
16. Thriller – Michael Jackson (heard this 5 times on Halloween night. Every damn bar played it)
17. Your Body is a Wonderland – John Mayer (love how this song makes me feel, kind of fluid and luscious)
18. Hella Good – No Doubt (so bouncy and fun like Gwen Stefani)
19. Passenger Seat – SheDaisy (I love bouncy along and singing this song)
20. Cream – Prince (dirty…gets me everytime)
21. Hit Me With Your Best Shot – Pat Benatar (such a strong woman)
22. Glory Days – Bruce Springstein (when I was little this song was just cool and now I’m starting to live the lyrics. LOL)
23. Dani California – Red Hot Chili Peppers (I can sing this whole f’in song and get 100% on Rockband or is it Guitar Hero World Tour?…I can’t remember!!!!)
24. Krazy – Pitbull ft. Lil Jon (this is one of my favorite ass shaking songs. When I get ready to go out at night I put this song on and dance around in my bedroom shaking my ass like a stripper. LOL)
25. Nasty – Janet Jackson (Um…Nasty…that can definitely be me. Nasty boys…lately a lot them that are attracted to me. Not good.)

So if you are so inclined list a few songs you are listening to while reading this blog. I'm curious. Please.

 

Jen-Out.

Riverbend Owatonna, MN

So...I went to Riverbend this year. Yep, I'm a Riverbend Virgin...and I really enjoyed it. Wow, I partied a lot and I mean a lot! I had so much fun. Met some new people and just had a good time. Saw some stuff I wished I hadn't. Got hit on by some people I wish didn't. Got lots of hugs from men and women. It was crazy. Got my ass slapped by a hot guy. I consumed a lot of alcohol...not enough to be sick though. Maybe a bit of a hangover but nothing that a little food, some water and a couple aspirin couldn't cure. LOL

It was awesome...the music was great. Pretty much could sing almost every song. I stayed on the bus (my cousin Jamie's) so I didn't have to worry about a sober cab. The group I was with were party animals but they weren't over the top crazy. Met a really hot guy...oh yeah. He was hot and had a sexy f'in smile too. He kept flashing it my way. He flirted back too...I enjoyed that. Gotta love those sexy 6'5" guys. mmmmhmmmm....purrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr. :) Okay, probably too much info. but isn't that why you read this blog? Because occassionally I am my true dirty self.

Got hit on by a guy who sat down next to me at our campfire and said, "Hey, you're cute." and I said, "thanks." then he said, "Where are you sleeping?" and I said, "In the bus over there." He said, "How about you sleep with me right over there." and I said, "uh, no thanks."
Sweet Jesus was that weird. I've never had that happen before. Damn drunkards.

Saw a woman I referred to as the "train wreck". Yeah, she was dancing like a stripper on stage and I couldn't look away. Seriously I saw every naked part of her body. Don't get me wrong she was good lookin' but a slut. I said to my friend, "Doesn't she have some girlfriends, a boyfriend or husband who should be getting her off stage?" If that were my sister, cousin or friend they would be off stage because she was a train wreck.

Um...what else. I definitely want to do it again next year. I guess it's supposed to be even bigger next year which means a bigger party. Gotta love that.

Funny albeit perverted story...

So...I went to the mudbogs and softball tournament in Claremont for Hogfest last weekend. Super fun by the way.

Anyway, me and my little cousin, Traci, went to the food stand to get a giant pickle on a stick because we saw some chick walk past us with one and both thought, "Damn that pickle on a stick looks good." So...we went to get one. ($1, by the way, uber cheap).

I buy the pickle and there is a small group of men and women behind us, older, and the guy looks at our pickle, looks at us with a twinkle in his eye and blatantly says, "Oh I know why you bought that big pickle. Girls like big pickles." Traci and I looked at each other, eyes all wide with a smile on our face and his wife says, "Geez, you don't even know those girls!" and I start laughing and say, "Well, if you like that then you really must go crazy when you go to the fair and see all those girls with the jumbo corn dogs!" Everyone busted out laughing. It was seriously hilarious. LOL I was laughing so hard!

Good thing I have a sense of humor...a perverted sense of humor. I definitely gave that old perverted man a run for his money. LOL ha ha

New Nickelback CD - Dark Horse

So my favorite band, NICKELBACK, came out with a new CD today, Dark Horse!

Listen to it, buy it, love it, obsess about it, sing along with it...steal it, I don't care, but you should hear it. I like it. There are some awesome songs on it, some ballads, some metal, some dirty songs. All in all it's good. Better than the last one? uh...nah I wouldn't say that but it's good.

So far my fav songs are Gotta Be Somebody (the lyrics are my life right now), I'd Come for You, Next go Round, S.E.X. and Shakin' Hands

Top 10 Songs of All Time

So this morning I'm driving to work and am listening to the Powertrip Morning Show on KFAN. The guys listed their Top 10 songs of all time...so I thought I'd put mine down and not in any specific order and I'm really going toward Rock/Metal songs here not all songs.

1. Enter Sandman - Metallica
2. You Shook Me All Night Long - AC/DC
3. Fight For Your Right - Beastie Boys
4. Pour Some Sugar on Me - Def Leopard
5. You Give Love a Bad Name - Bon Jovi
6. Born in the U.S.A. - Bruce Springsteen
7. Welcome to the Jungle - Guns 'n Roses
8. Dude Looks Like a Lady - Aerosmith
9. Legs - ZZ Top
10. Hurts So Good - John Cougar Mellencamp

I probably could have chose songs that were not in the mainstream but these are the first bands I thought of. Some that I left out but were close: Motley Crue, Poison, Ozzy, Prince, Nine Inch Nails, Nickelback, Pearl Jam, Billy Joel,  & Van Halen

If I had to rate my top 10 songs of all time...I don't think I could do it. I mean It would take me forever and I'd have to come up with some sort of rating system to choose. I'd probably start with a list of 100 and have to wean it down.

So...with that in mind if you are bored, looking for something to do, post a comment and tell me what your favs are.