The Songs in My Head--Stand Back

Woke up this morning thinking about a weird dream I was having. At the same time, Stevie Nicks' "Stand Back" was going through my head. "Stand back, stand back...in the middle of my room, I did not hear from you..."

Here are all the lyrics 
"Stand Back"

No one looked
I walked by
Just an invitation would have been just fine
Said no to him again and again
First he took my heart then he ran

No one knows how I feel
What I say unless you read between my lines
One man walked away from me
First he took my hand
Take me home

(Stand back, stand back)
In the middle of my room
I did not hear from you
It's alright, it's alright
To be standing in a line
(Standing in a line)
To be standing in a line
I would cry

La, la, la-la, la, la, laaa, la-la
La, laaaa
La, la, la-la, laaaaa

Do not turn away my friend
Like a willow I can bend
No man calls my name
No man came

So I walked on down away from you
Maybe your attention was more
Than you could do
But one man did not call
He asked me for my love
And that was all

(Stand back, stand back)
In the middle of my room
I did not hear from you
It's alright, it's alright
To be standing in a line
(Standing in a line)
To be standing in a line
I would cry

La, la, la-la, la, la, laaa, la-la
La, laaaa
La, la, la-la, la, la, laaaaa
Too few, too few
Laaaaa
La, la, la-la, la, la, laaa, la-la
La, la, laaaa
La, la, la-la, laaaaaa

So I walked, walked down the line
Away from you
Maybe your attention was more
Than I could do
One man did not fall
Well, he asked me for my love
That was all

(Stand back, stand back)
In the middle of my room
I did not hear from you
It's alright, it's alright
To be standing in a line
(Standing in a line)
To be standing in a line
I could cry
I need a little sympathy
Well, I need a little sympathy
Well, I need to be standing in
(Stand back)
Well, I need to be standing in
(Stand back)
Well, I need to be standing in
(Stand back)
Take me home
Take me home
(Stand back)
Don't you take me home
Well, I need a little sympathy
(Stand back)...

if you want to hear the song, you can go here

it was just a snippet of the end of a dream. In the dream I, or other people, thought I was dead, that my heart had stopped. I wasn't upset. I was looking through a list of names on an obituary list and my name wasn't there. Something had happened and my heart had started again, and I was alive. Not scary, just weird. The whole time this Stevie Nicks song was going through my head. 

after I got up and started to look up the lyrics and video, I wondered if it all had to do with my laptop. Yesterday, my laptop gave me a dreadful white screen. My awesome husband re-seated the battery and all went back to normal. Later the white screen came back. My talented brother in law completely took apart and put back together my laptop. His diagnosis is that there is a cable leading to my laptop monitor screen that needs to be replaced. He put it back together for me. Jason went online, ebay, or wherever, and found the cable and ordered it. I guess they did open heart surgery on my laptop, came up with a diagnosis and now we just have to wait for the lifesaving cable. Until then, I have to be extra careful. My laptop monitor cannot be wiggled around or it will give me the white screen again. 

When I had seen the white screen, I get that feeling people get when they think they might lose all the data on their computers....all the pictures, all the information, passwords, documents, etc. Guess it's another wake up call and time to back things up again. In the meantime, I'll listen to this song again and be thankful for 2 brothers who know so much more than I do about computers.

Happy Valentine's Day!

the obligatory boxes of love, aka love in a box=candy

fyi--yoda's head is staying on because of 3 popsicle sticks

also, it does take a very long time for a 9 year old to cut colorful squares of duct tape

also, I'm so happy that they're happy

technically, I don't think Talon was supposed to bring a Valentine's box. The whole class made bags earlier this week. He might be the only one with a box---a very large box with a yoda head, ha

I am pretty happy with how the drawing of yoda's face came out. When I draw, it's usually stick figures or cartoon characters. At least Yoda looks happy. The gray kitten is Lady Gray Hurricane, and is Talon's constant companion. Also, I *always* waver about whether to spell gray "gray" or "grey". They both look very nice to me. Which one do you use most often?

The Songs in My Head--Truth About Me

Throughout my life, I've always loved the days when I woke up with a song running through my head. It happens to me quite often. I thought it might be fun to make a note of when it happens and what songs they are....today it is this one.

The words going through my head were..."You say lovely, I say broken. I say guilty, you say forgiven." I love songs. They are about the only kind of poetry that I really understand, some of the time. This song is called Truth About Me, and it's by Mandisa. I got to see her perform this live a couple of years ago in St. Louis at a Joyce Meyer Women's Conference. I really had no idea who she was, even though she was kind of well known because of American Idol (which I really don't ever watch, even though it's the kind of show that I like to watch). I like this song for lots of reasons. I like the piano part, and I like it's simplicity. It's also a good song to sing along to. I also like this song because it reminds us of our infinite worth.


Here are the whole lyrics (from here):
"Truth About Me"

If only I could see me as you see me
And understand the way that I am loved
Would it give a whole new meaning to my purpose
Change the way I see the world

Would I sparkle like a star in the night sky
Would I give a little more instead of take
If I understood I'm precious like the diamond
I'm a worth noone could estimate
I'm a worth noone could estimate

You say lovely
I say broken
I say guilty
You say forgiven
I feel lonely
Say you're with me
We both know it would change everything
If only I believed the truth about me

I wish I could hold on to the moments
When my life is spinnin but I'm peaceful still
Like a wind you whispered in the silence
And tell me things this world never will
You tell me things this world never will

You say lovely
I say broken
I say guilty
You say forgiven
I feel lonely
Say you're with me
We both know it would change everything
If only I believed the truth about me

I would sleep better at night
Wake up with hope for another day
I would love even if it cost me
Take a chance and know I'm goin be ok
I would dare to give my life away..

Oh,I feel lonely
Say you're with me
We both know it would change everything
If only I believed the truth about me
If only I believed the truth about me

Here is a link to the song on YouTube if you want to listen to it.

Cold Winter Creations

Here are a few things I've been working on this year so far.....

trying something new...I joined a crochet square swap. The idea is that you exchange squares with complete strangers and by the end of the year, you'll have enough to make a pretty blanket. Here are the squares I made for the first month. It has been fun to see the pretty and colorful squares that have been sent to me so far. It's been fun to get them in the mail.

this was a custom order for a teenager --puppy hat and matching pink infinity scarf

lots of potholders I've been working on

Not sure where these will end up---maybe at the local art guild or maybe in my etsy shop

I haven't decided yet