I am bad...

A week? I can't believe I've let a week go by with no updates, no pictures, nothing... :( That makes me rather sad and disappointed in myself. So here I am at nearly 4am, typing from my Dancer's iTouch... this won't be a long post because, trust me, it's a PITA to type this way.

I sense I'm struggling with something and it's playing out in my inability to get to sleep. Too often lately I am not able to feel 'right' enough to fall asleep until between 4 and 5 am every 'night'. Sigh. I wish I knew what was going on with me.

I'm starting to feel hopeless again about too many things in my life. I also let outside things affect me too much.

I have still been snapping a picture or two everyday. I just need to get them edited and uploaded.

And here we are... it's now 4:01 am. :(

I supposed I should try and sleep now.

Beauty In the World {video break}

I can't believe I've never heard this song before today.
Now I can't stop listening to it!

Dreams {video break}

Heard this in the truck the other day on my way to dinner Saturday evening.I haven't heard it in forever and it made me remember how much I loved The Cranberries.

365 Project: Day 23

365 Project: Day 22

Sarah's cat has been gnawing at a sore, so the vet put this on her.  We couldn't help but laugh.

365 Project: Day 21

365 Project: Day 20

Catching Up...

This is why I should blog daily... then there would be no need to catch up... but time got away from me as I was working on other projects and spending time with friends this weekend.  I did take my pictures for the 365 Project, I now need to get those uploaded and edited.

Catching up...

Thursday, Jan. 20th.  Thinking back, there was nothing much about the day to share.  Dancer's hip hop class is now on Thursday evenings right before her jazz class.  I'm quite thrilled that 1. the instructor was able to get enough students to hold the class and 2. that it was moved to Thursday because that makes less trips to the dance studio each week.  Not only do I save on gas money, I also save a bit more of my sanity.

Friday, Jan. 21st.  Um... ok... Dancer had her usual tennis lessons in the afternoon.  She spent the evening at my mom's.  The story is that my grandparents came by and they all ended up out for dinner at Steak-n-Shake.  I found out that Shanna, one of my dearest friends, is pregnant.  :D  I know that she and her husband have been wanting another baby for many years now and have been actively trying for at least two years.  I am thrilled beyond words for them.  It was hard seeing the pain on her face every time she would talk about it or see someone else having another baby.  She tried really hard to cover that pain up but I saw it... I just never let her know that I did because I didn't want her to feel worse about it.  The way I found out about the pregnancy sucked pretty bad {on FB through someone else}... but I got over that pretty quickly... because it's not about me, you know.

Saturday, Jan. 22nd.  Ah, a girl's night out... finally!  I got to hang out with my other dearest friend here {I have dear ones online... these two I've mentioned are here with me IRL}, Sarah and her two friends, Stephanie and Penny.  I've known Stephanie since we were kids.  We went to church together.  I wouldn't actually call her my friend... but she's like the friend of a friend kind-of friend.  She's really rough around the edges, a blast to be around but only in small doses.  I don't know Penny very well.  She really is just a friend of a friend.  Anywho... we went out for Mexican, had a few margaritas, and went to see The Dilemma.  Sarah paid for me as my birthday present from her.  Then we all went back to her place for cake and ice cream and then watched some other movie.  I can't recall the name but it had Russell Crowe in it... it was about a hockey team in Alaska who end up playing the New York Rangers.  I was only vaguely following it because I could care less about hockey.

Sunday, Jan. 23rd.  I went over to my dear friend, Shanna's for the afternoon/evening.  She was having a Scentsy open house and January is Bring Back My Bar month, so I wanted to smell the scents and order a few.  Man it was hard picking just 6.  6 being the best sale.  6 being $25... which is what I was willing to swing.  Figured I could at least get myself a little something with the birthday money that I received instead of having to save it all back for bills.  Our kids are great friends as well, so we ended up staying all afternoon and most of the evening... hanging out, chatting, the kids playing and crafting.  It got to the point where her kids were overly tired and really needed to go chill out, so we headed home around 9:30 so that they all could decompress before her husband got home from work.

I ate when I got home, since I only had a few brownies and cheese & crackers all day.  Then I rewound Desperate Housewives to watch it only to find out that it was a rerun.  I missed both of the football games today.  I still have no idea who won.  I guess I should go look that up.  I bet I'm the only football lover right now who doesn't know who is playing in this year's Super Bowl.

Dodger made up some more pizza dough to try another pizza tomorrow.  He's made 2 more homemade pizza's since he last tried.  I think we're getting a little burnt out but he seems determined to make the perfect pizza.  So, we'll be having yet another homemade pizza.

I have finally gotten my feet warmed up.  Shanna's house was so cold today and my feet froze the entire time we were there.  I've got the heating pad on them under my blankets and they are finally nice and toasty.  :)

Time to catch up on my 365 Project photos.  Sarah thought it would be a cool idea to pick something to take a picture of throughout the year to see how it changes.  I think something like a plant or tree would be neat to do that with.  I decided that once a month would work for that sort-of project.

An Old Irish Blessing

May love and laughter light your days,

and warm your heart and home.

May good and faithful friends be yours,

wherever you may roam.

May peace and plenty bless your world

with joy that long endures.

May all life’s passing seasons

bring the best to you and yours!

This {video break}

The Universe is talking to me again.  Last night {well, super early this morning... been having trouble getting to sleep} all I could focus on where the "if onlys" of my life... and I was feeling pretty sorry for myself.  Tonight on David Letterman {which I randomly watch... just happened to have it on tonight}, Darius Rucker sang this song and reminded me to ~be.here.now~ be grateful for it all...because it's why I am what I am today.It's all good.  :)
~~~~~~~~~~

Got a baby girl sleepin’ in my bedroom
And her momma laughing in my arms
There’s the sound of rain on the rooftop
And the game’s about to start
I don’t really know how I got here
But I’m so glad that I did
And it’s crazy to think that one little thing
Could have changed all of this
Maybe it didn’t turn out like I planned
Maybe that’s why I’m such, such a lucky man

Every stoplight I didn’t make
Every chance I did or I didn’t take
All the nights I went too far
All the girls that broke my heart
All the doors that I had to close
All the things I knew but I didn’t know
Thank God for all I missed
Cause it led me here to this

Like the girl that I loved in high school
Who said she could do better
Or the college I wanted to go to
Till I got that letter
All the fights and the tears and the heartache
I thought I’d never get through
And the moment I almost gave up
All led me here to you
I didn’t understand it way back when
But sittin’ here right now
It all makes perfect sense

Every stoplight I didn’t make
Every chance I did or I didn’t take
All the nights I went too far
All the girls that broke my heart
All the doors that I had to close
All the things I knew but I didn’t know
Thank god for all I missed
Cause it led me here to this

Oh I cried when my momma passed away
And now I got an angel
Looking out for me today
So nothing’s a mistake

Every stoplight I didn’t make
Every chance I did or I didn’t take
All the nights I went too far
All the girls that broke my heart
All the doors that I had to close
Everything I knew but I didn’t know
Thank God for all I missed
Cause it led me here to this

365 Project: Day 19

A little gift for me today.  A heart shaped leaf captured in the snow covered ice in my driveway.

Climb On! (Langston Hughes)

Well, son, I'll tell you:

Life for me ain't been no crystal stair.

It's had tacks in it,

And splinters,

And boards torn up,

And places with no carpet on the floor—

Bare.

But all the time

I'se been a-climbin' on,

And reachin' landin's,

And turnin' corners,

And sometimes goin' in the dark

Where there ain't been no light.

So, boy, don't you turn back.

Don't you set down on the steps.

'Cause you finds it's kinder hard.

Don't you fall now—

For I'se still goin', honey,

I'se still climbin',

And life for me ain't been no crystal stair.

~ Langston Hughes, Mother to Son

Try Sleeping With a Broken Heart {video break}

There is just something about this song that pulls me in.  I could listen to this all day long.
The body art on her back is just awesome.  It makes me want another tattoo.

365 Project: Day 18

I decided to drive through the cemetery down the road today.

I think the dreariness of the day added to the look of the picture.

I ran out of battery power or I would have taken more shots.

My World Tuesday

Mediate {video break}

I've always thought this was a cool video.

Saw these guys in concert when I was a freshman in high school soon after the X album came out.

I'm certain I still have the ticket stub somewhere in my ancient stuff.

Today...

It was another lazy day today.... got up around 11... laid around reading stuff on the iTouch till noon.  Dodger was back at work today after taking the weekend off.  I'm grateful that although this is his slow season, he's still finding work.  This week he's doing some work for Mr. D, a contractor that he used to to a bunch of work for when he was still in a business partnership with his long-time friend.  I'm grateful to Mr. D that he's busy enough with new construction that he's able to give hubby some work right now.

Dodger says that these houses in this new sub-division are bordering on mansion size... like our 800 sq ft home could be the size of one room.  That's just crazy to me.  Who but a very large family needs that kind-of space?  Oh, those sorts of things really test me... they test my trust in what's right and they test my heart, as I tend to judge people with excess.  I still have lessons to learn here.

Dodger decided to try his hand at the homemade pizza again.  He made it for the first time last night and thought he could do better on the crust... I loved the crust last night... so tasty.  Tonight I was able to snap a few shots before he shooed me out of the room.

I don't think it turned out as well as last night's pizza did.  The crust was way tastier last night.  It's a learning process that I'm certain he enjoys.

Dancer wasn't anymore accommodating for me when I popped into her room with my camera...

She quickly shooed me away, too.  Sigh.  How will I ever get any practice?

I spent my evening partaking in my one guilty pleasure, The Bachelor.  I guess I got sucked into this season because Brad is back and I saw what happened with him when he was on the show 3 years ago.  I know there are better things to do or watch but, really, I won't apologize for liking this guy.  I blog... and read other people's blogs... there's a bit of a voyeur in me.

365 Project: Day 17

I'm working on my Photography badge.  :)

This was my first picture taken with the Black & White setting on my camera.

Law of Gratitude

“You simply will not be the same person two months from now after consciously giving thanks each day for the abundance that exists in your life. And you will have set in motion an ancient spiritual law: the more you have and are grateful for, the more will be given you.” — Sarah Ban Breathnach

Today...

Today has been a long and lazy day.  I slept in till nearly noon... {I'm having a tough time getting to sleep at a decent hour}... I took advantage of the bright sun today and got a few shadow shots with the camera.  I had a chance to read a bit in my camera's users manual last night and I'm very pleased with just how much it can really do.  I guess they don't make point & shoots like they used to... they're better!  I'll have to use the cd that came with the camera to figure out what all of the settings mean... that will take some time... but I'm excited none the less.

Football has been on all afternoon.  The season will be over shortly... that always makes me a wee bit sad... but it also makes me excited for the baseball season, and thus spring, to start.  I do love football more than baseball... but who doesn't love a good game of baseball?  It's America's pastime...

Earlier Dodger left the house, not saying where he was going... then called a bit later asking what castor sugar was... then again about polenta.  I had to look them both up {thanks internet}.  I had no idea why he needed these things but I soon found out... his plan was to make homemade pizza.  So he spent most of his afternoon preparing the dough and eventually got to the point where it was time to bake the whole thing.  It was so worth the wait.  The pizza was delicious... the best part was the crust... I could taste the difference... he had added all sorts of extra spices and such to it.  He, being his own worst critic, said he could do better... but for me, one who doesn't like to cook at all, loved it!

I caught up on some paperwork and I'll pay some bills online later this evening... after Desperate Housewives is over... maybe I'll journal or read through one of the photography 101 books later and play with the new found settings on my camera.

Shadows

A few other shots from today, edited with Picnik.

365 Project: Day 16

Shadow Shot Sunday

The Ocean {video break}

am i alone in this?

never a night where i can sleep myself till day.

we must try to figure it out, figure it out.

it won't be that easy.

we lost it somehow.

you come over unannounced.

silence broken by your voice in the dark.

i need you here tonight

just like the ocean needs the waves.

oh, the night becomes the space that's somewhere in between

what i feel and what i'm told.

sitting on the shoreline trying to figure it out, figure it out.

to find out the meaning and reach it somehow.

you come over unannounced.

silence broken by your voice in the dark.

i need you here tonight

just like the ocean needs the wave.

fall around me now,

like stars that shine and brighten the way.

i need you here tonight just like this night it needs the rain.

the season has changed.

the wind, it moves colder now, colder now.

the clouds are raised,

the rain it falls harder now, all around.

you come over unannounced.

silence broken by your voice in the dark.

i need you here tonight,

just like the ocean needs the waves.

so fall around me now.

just like stars that shine and brighten the way.

i need you here tonight just like this night it needs the rain.

over unannounced, silence broken by your voice in the dark.

i need you here tonight,

just like the ocean needs the waves.

just like the stars that fall around me now.

Hammer & A Nail {video break}

My most favorite song by The Girls. :)

My Camera

GE 12.1 megapixel W1200 point & shoot

I have a simple point & shoot digital camera.

It's nothing special but I'm going to do my best to learn how to use it to it's fullest capabilities.

Winter Night Shots

365 Project: Day 15

Birthday Fun, Celebration #2

Earlier this evening my dad took Dancer and I out to dinner to celebrate my birthday.  We went downtown to Doherty's.  I picked the spot.  I happen to love the Sheppard's Pie they have there.... so that's what I got.  Dancer got the salmon and my dad got the steak.

The place got a little crazy shortly after we got there.  I guess there had been a bar hop around town for most of the day and it seemed that quite a bunch of them ended up there for dinner.  We enjoyed dinner and were also able to watch most of the NFL playoff game between Baltimore and Pittsburgh.  I happen to love pro-football, so when they seated us I requested that we sit near the bar so we could see the scores.

I meant to take my camera so that I could get a picture of the restaurant for my 365 Project but I forgot.  Oh, well...

This Afternoon...

a clean pile of books and magazines :)

I spent my afternoon cleaning up my bedroom in the hopes of tracking down what I had done with the users manual to my digital camera.  I went through the pile of stuff at the foot of my bed...  the pile on my dresser... the pile on top of my stereo... and the massive pile of papers and books that cover the edge of my bed that butts up against the wall.... and... NOTHING.  Sigh.

And yet... my piles are now purged of excess stuff.  So... it wasn't a loss.

I did eventually find the users manual... right where I had put it... right where it was supposed to be... in the drawer where I normally keep my camera.  Please don't ask why it didn't dawn on me to look there first.  Maybe my memory blip was supposed to happen so that I would have a darn good reason to spend my afternoon cleaning the piles in my bedroom.  :)

Sky Watch Friday, January 14, 2011

it was a bit of a gray day... i don't think the sun ever did make an apperance

Birthday Fun, Celebration #1

Tonight I got to celebrate my birthday with my mom. Actually, it was with my mom, my step-dad, Dodger, and Dancer. Our plans were to go out to eat at O'Charlie's but I wasn't sure if Dodger was going to be able to join us because of work but he called shortly before our reservation time and asked if he could come out in his work clothes because he had just gotten done at work and didn't have time to shower. I told him that he at least had to run home to change his clothes. I wasn't going to have him come to dinner in his paint splattered clothes. So we all ordered an appetizer while we waited for him to arrive. We thought we might go see a movie, too, but there wasn't one playing that we all really wanted to see. Actually, I would have loved to have seen Gulliver's Travels but it was only showing as a matinée.

After a lovely and tasty dinner, Dodger went home and the rest of us went back to my mom's. We watched a little TV, ate some ice cream and cake, and played some Wii games. My step dad went to bed around 11pm and the three of us played around on the Wii Weather Channel, checking out the weather and temperatures around the world, and the Wii News Channel. Did you know that Zsa Zsa Gabor had her leg amputated and that someone has made a recreation of The Last Supper out of laundry lint?

I got some cool stuff for my birthday, too. I took a picture...

not shown... a full-sized ironing board

Plus I got some $. I'd love to say that I could indulge myself with my much desired Kindle eReader but alas, I cannot. It's the slow time of the year for Dodger, work-wise, and I will need this extra money to help get us through till spring and work picks up.

I also snapped these two pictures of Dancer while we were at my mom's. I have no idea when she got camera shy, but I don't like it. Now I know how everyone felt {and still feels} when they try getting pictures of me.

refusing to look at the camera

caught her coughing in this one

365 Project: Day 14

Magic {video break}

Not much time to blog today.  Maybe I'll get home early enough from going out for my birthday this evening to post something extra but if not... I'll leave you with a little song from my husband's celebrity girlfriend.

Mandy {video break}

This was the #1 song on the day I was born.

Signs Of Life

While I was outside getting the shot of the path through my yard, evident by the tracks through the snow, that my mailman takes on a daily basis, I spied these other signs of life...

365 Project: Day 13

I Went To the Ocean Today

It's my birthday and I decided to go to the one place that I feel the most at peace... I went to the ocean.  I've been enough times to know my favorite spot.  It's a little patch of trees where I can shield myself from the harsh sun and still see the water break onto the warm sand.

I spent some time digging my toes in the warm sand.  I walked along the edge, letting the water brush over my feet.  I laid down in the shade and listened to the sounds of the water rushing in and the sounds of the gulls overhead.  I could feel the warm breeze coming in off of the sea and could almost smell the salt water aroma it brought in with it.

The ocean is the place where I feel God.  Not the God out there ... but the God inside of me.  The place where I am whole and I am One.  The ocean is the place where I feel whole and I feel One.  Everything melts away at the ocean and I feel nothing but pureness... pure joy... pure bliss.  Time stands still... time doesn't even exist there.

On my birthday, I gave myself this gift... although I couldn't put myself there physically... I went there just the same.  :)

Happy Birthday {36}

Happy Birthday to ME!

Love Will Keep Us Together {video break}

This song has been a favorite of mine since I was very little.  :)I heard it on the radio today, so it's today's video break.

A Day In the Life Of...

We all crawled out of bed around noon today {love homeschooling}. I had a day of running and waiting ahead of me. Dodger didn't work today but had to run an errand or two. So we all did what we needed to do to get our day started and shortly before my husband headed out he called for me to come into the living room. He had spotted a photo-op for me. He wanted to give me the opportunity to take a shot or two before he walked all over it...

Isn't it the sweetest thing? So cute. I actually squealed and said "aw, that's so cute."

Dancer had tap class this afternoon {love homeschooling} and while I was waiting in the truck (because the studio is being repainted and there's no place to sit inside) I noticed these bird's nests in the tree near me...

Here's a close-up of one of the nests...

Nearly all of the little trees around the place had a bird's nest in it but this little tree was the only one with three in it.

After tap class, we headed to the library to have Dancer's monthly book discussion group with some other homeschoolers. It's a small group but they are all really great friends. They discussed "The Giver" by Lois Lowery. It was a great discussion on not only the book but on the history of people/societies who's purpose has been to separate out people into desirables and undesirables. We discussed Hitler and how he chose who was a Nazi. We talked about the eugenics programs of the early 1900's. The discussion brought up the movie "Pleasantville" and how the people in color were shunned. We talked about slavery in the US. We talked about how it's the younger generations who are constantly responsible for changing the world and making it a place where these things will no longer happen. I mentioned how different it was between my generation and my parents generation when it comes to racism and how different it is between Dancer's generation and mine when it comes to homophobia.

We always get into some great discussions with this book group.

While we were there, I checked out a few books on beginning photography and one on crochet basics. I know how to crochet but I'd like to get better at it and the way to do that is to be sure that I have the basics down.

I picked up a few books off of the sale shelf. I even found one from Kodak on how to make good pictures. The others I found are "File... Don't Pile. A Proven Filing System for Personal and Professional Use", "She Got Up Off the Couch and Other Heroic Acts from Morreland, Indiana", and "How to Shit In the Woods, an environmentally sound approach to a lost art." Yes, I kid you not! That is what the book is called. How could I pass up a book with that name? As I browsed over the books on the shelf, my mind literally said, "Does that say shit?" LOL.

Here are the titles of the chapters...

• Anatomy of a Crap
• Digging the Hole
• When You Can't Dig a Hole
• Plight of the Solo Poop Packer
• Trekker's Trots
• For Women Only: How Not to Pee in Your Boots
• What? No T.P.? or Doing Without

Seriously hilarious! It's seriously a how-to book on taking a dooce in the woods!

After the library, we headed back out to the dance studio. My daughter was supposed to have hip hop class but as it turns out, they are forcing the instructor to cancel the class. It seems that my daughter is the only one enrolled this quarter. So we went home and now I'm watching one of my most favorite movies, Groundhog Day, on Netflix. There's nothing good on TV tonight.

365 Project: Day 12

Once By The Ocean (Robert Frost)

image by Wicki, pd

The shattered water made a misty din.

Great waves looked over others coming in,

And thought of doing something to the shore

That water never did to land before.

The clouds were low and hairy in the skies,

Like locks blown forward in the gleam of eyes.

You could not tell, and yet it looked as if

The shore was lucky in being backed by cliff,

The cliff in being backed by continent;

It looked as if a night of dark intent

Was coming, and not only a night, an age.

Someone had better be prepared for rage.

There would be more than ocean-water broken

Before God's last Put out the light was spoken.

- by Robert Frost

Walk On the Ocean {video break}

I love, love, love this song.
We spotted the ocean at the head of the trail
Where are we going, so far away
and somebody told me that this is the place
Where everything's better, everything's safe

Walk on the ocean
Step on the stones
Flesh becomes water
Wood becomes bone

And half and hour later we packed up our things
We said we'd send letters and all those little things
and they knew we were lying but they smiled just the same
It seemed they'd already forgotten we'd came

Now we're back at the homestead
Where the air makes you choke
and people don't know you
and trust is a joke
We don't even have pictures
Just memories to hold
That grow sweeter each season
As we slowly grow old

My World Tuesday, January 11, 2011

It was a day of no obligations... nowhere to go... nothing we had to do.

I love days like this, even when it's cold outside.

365 Project: Day 11

freshly fallen snow

365 Project: Day 10

What I bought myself for Christmas with gift money.

A blank journal handmade with the binding of Summer of '42 by Herman Raucher {found on Etsy} and fingerless mittens from Hip Mountain Mama.

Before & After: Scentsy Burner

365 Project: Day 9

The Man Challenge aka The Dad Challenge

image by Kefi, pd

Over the past few days, I've posted about the current winter in my relationship with my husband.  Yesterday, I decided that I wasn't going to settle for winter.  That I could indeed bring about the spring that is so desperately needed here.

Last night I read a Marriage Mote, an email subscription that is sent out for free by Caring for Marriage.  The message was meant for men in regards to their wives but it is easily adjusted for any marriage/partner relationship.  The email lists 5 facts for husbands about their wives from the book For Men Only by Jeff and Shaunti Feldhaun.

Here are those facts...

Fact# 1-Inside my dear wife, that little dancing girl is still very much alive. Only now she twirls for me.

Fact# 2-In our marriage, whether I find her beautiful may or may not be foremost in my mind, but it is an everyday issue for her.

Fact# 3-In our house there is really only one mirror, and it is me.

Fact# 4-Every day, I can reflect back to her the words she so needs to hear. But if I don't I leave her vulnerable to both her inner questions and external pressure from an intimidating world.

Fact# 5-In my hand I hold a hammer.

And yet, I can change these things around to fit my partner.  I am his mirror everyday.  What is he seeing?

So, today I offered up a challenge to myself and to my daughter.  How can we change dad's attitude?  He's been negative and grumpy and we've been reacting to it.  Many times we are obvious about the fact that we would prefer him to not be at home.  That breaks my heart when I think about it.  How would we feel if our family didn't want us at home?  We wouldn't feel very welcome or loved, would we?  So, I offered up the challenge today to treat dad like we want him here... like we're grateful for what he does for us... that we actually do like him, as well as, love him... to adjust our attitude towards him.

She's up to the challenge and so am I.

I think I hear the ice melting already.

Not Settling For Winter

images by Alan Zumerfeld and Malene Thyssen, cc

Yesterday, I posted about the winter that the relationship with my love is going through.  After I wrote that and as I was drifting off to sleep, it dawned on me that if all I did was hope and pray that our spring would come again then it wouldn't happen.  I remembered my word for 2011... ACTION...

Action is what will move us past this winter in our lives.  Action, doing my part in being a supportive and positive partner.  One of my favorite unschoolers, Dayna Martin, is always expressing her gratitude... no matter what the circumstances.  ...Have you read about her rice experiment?...  I know that without a doubt that this is the reason for her continued blessed life.  So, I will do what I know works, without a doubt.  I will express my gratitude towards my husband {{and to the other people in my life}} no matter what comes my way.

I think this is a good start towards our spring.  ♥

“There is a law of gratitude, and it is . . . the natural principle that action and reaction are always equal and in opposite directions. The grateful outreaching of your mind in thankful praise to supreme intelligence is a liberation or expenditure of force. It cannot fail to reach that to which it is addressed, and the reaction is an instantaneous movement toward you.” — Wally Wattles

Playing with Picnik

A Song For Our Rough Winter

A few days ago I stumbled upon Buffalo Lucy.  She posted this video of the song Winter Song by Sara Bareilles and Ingrid Michaelson.



My dear love and I are having a rough winter in our relationship right now. We just can't seem to get along. He's gripey about stupid little things and I feel like I'm always walking on egg-shells around him. {{fighting back tears here}} I hope and pray that we soon find our spring and each other again.

This is my winter song to you.

The storm is coming soon,

it rolls in from the sea

My voice; a beacon in the night.

My words will be your light,

to carry you to me.

Is love alive?

Is love alive?

Is love

They say that things just cannot grow

beneath the winter snow,

or so I have been told.

They say were buried far,

just like a distant star

I simply cannot hold.

Is love alive?

Is love alive?

Is love alive?

This is my winter song.

December never felt so wrong,

cause youre not where you belong;

inside my arms.

I still believe in summer days.

The seasons always change

and life will find a way.

I'll be your harvester of light

and send it out tonight

so we can start again.

Is love alive?

Is love alive?

Is love alive?

This is my winter song.

December never felt so wrong,

cause you're not where you belong;

inside my arms.

This is my winter song to you.

The storm is coming soon

it rolls in from the sea.

My love a beacon in the night.

My words will be your light

to carry you to me.

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