I've got the music in me......................

WARNING:  THIS POST FEATURES A MAKEOVER OF THE SOUL - THE MOST IMPORTANT MAKEOVER WE CAN EVER HOPE FOR & IT MAY OR MAY NOT CAUSE YOU TO SHED A FEW TEARSHAPPY ONES - AND IF NOT TEARS - A LUMP

YES - MOST DEFINITELY A LUMP WILL FORM IN YOUR THROAT 

MAKING IT UNCOMFORTABLE TO SWALLOW FOR A FEW MINUTES

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Ain't got no trouble in my life
No foolish dream to make me cry
I'm never frightened or worried
You know I always get by.
I heat up
I cool down
Something gets in my way I go around it
Don't let life get me down
Gonna take it the way that I found it

I've got the music in me
I've got the music in me
I've got the music in me

I've got the music in me
I've got the music in me
I've got the music in me

You say that life is a circle
But that ain't the way that I found it
Oh...Gonna move in a straight line
Keeping my feet firmly on the ground
I heat up
I cool down
I got words in my head so I sing them
Don't let life get me down
I can't hold onto the blues so I play them

I've got the music in me
I've got the music in me
I've got the music in me

I've got the music in me
I've got the music in me
I've got the music in me

I know I drive a lot of you crazy with song lyrics infused into many of my posts.
But for some reason I " think " in music - strange but that's just the way it is.

Someone can be telling me a story - and automatically a coordinating song will jump into my head
I sit down to write a post - and 10 songs float through my mind.
And it happens daily - many many times - ( It drives John insane - because more often then not - I'll just belt them out randomly )

Sad - happy - thought provoking or silly  music -
Rock - Country - Gospel - Jazz - Pop - all of 'em - I LOVE music and have always believed it has healing powers -

Recently one of my readers sent me an email...........................

Suzan,
I just watched a video about the restorative effects of music.  I thought of you.  I too seem to have song words pop into my head during most any conversation.  I thought you'd like this story.
It almost made me cry. 
Sandy

WARNING - MAY CAUSE YOU TO CHOKE UP JUST A LITTLE ( OR AS IN MY CASE
A WHOLE LOT ) 

And that about cinches it for me - I'm going to keep singing until I have no voice left to sing with -
and even then, I'll be singing on the inside - I know it...............

Now.....................suddenly I don't feel so silly -
I can't sing for crap - but that hardly matters in the big scheme of things, now does it?

Karen Carpenter once told me this

Sing, sing a song
Make it simple to last your whole life long
Don't worry that it's not good enough
For anyone else to hear
Just sing
Sing a song

And I took her to heart -



Thank you Karen and thank YOU Sandy for sharing that first video - what a treasure 

A DIY makeover for the soul - all of a sudden it makes dresser makeovers seem a little redundant, agreed??

Have a great day all - 
AND at some point - Sing - Sing a Song................

Much love,

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Fairyville Friday # 4

Happy Friday everyone !

You know, as huge as Bloglandia is - it's really a small world after all.................
You come up with an idea - and you're all excited about it because it's soooo original - and you happily start working on it -
And then - before it's finished - lo and behold - someone else has done it - and done it far better then you could ever hope to - and suddenly you're completely deflated.
Plus you look like a Blogger Plagiarist...................
But I swear to you - I pinky swear in fact - that I had already started this before I saw " the great one "
( and I'm only going to show you " the great one " at the end of this post - because maybe it won't make mine look so pitiful.

A stone cottage fairy house !
Now if that's not the cutest thing ( well actually it's not - it's not the cutest one by far - as you'll later see )
but I'll just trudge along and show you how I did mine anyway - and really if you had nothing to compare it with I just know you'd fall in love with it.............

I started off with a little box ( I don't know what you call these - but they hang on the wall actually )

and a fence post newel that I also had on hand ( which when you're in fairy mode looks very much like a roof )

See what I mean?

I applied " No More Nails " as the grout - but any thick glue would work

And then I added small stones ( purchased at the dollar store ) randomly

While that was setting - I painted the roof black

For the front of the house I simply drew the shape of a door

and placed the rocks all around it - painted the door black - and added a little rhinestone type of thing
( that came from a pair of flip flops LOL )  for a door knob

I painted a french window on the other side -

and here's the little fairy house I was so proud of for about a day - I mean, really, how much cute can you pack into a post, right?

apparently a lot more than I can -
here's a photo of " the great one "

Is that over the top amazing or what?  This should be a feature on I WANNA live there Wednesday for crying out loud !
Take a hop over to the Feral Turtle to see how Karen made this - it's incredible !

This miniature house real estate business is a tough one - and that's all I'm going to say about that.
Shingle roof?  Glass windows?  Dormers?
Phfffft................there's not a lantern to be found - sadly lacking I'd say.

You can see the rest of the village's houses HERE  &  HERE
You all have a wonderful weekend ♥
Hugs,


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