The Song Remembers When Challenge- I Love A Rainy Night

For anyone actually reading these song posts, I'm sorry that this one is late! We had quite the storm last night and we lost internet connection! I had planned on writing about another song but this one came to mind so I thought I'd go with it instead! I found this song playing in my head, trying to find comfort in a much loved song, while the storm raged outside our trailer.... I have always loved rainy days, they tend to make me feel creative and want to break out some crayons and a good coloring book. I can even remember coloring on the floor of my grandparents' living room on a rainy day back in 1986 when the Challenger exploded....

Last night, however, was not the most enjoyable rain storm I've ever experienced. As far as storms go, it wasn't that bad. Sitting in a metal trailer with thunder and lightening all around and the intense noise from the rain was not the comfortable experience I am used to and the girls were up well passed midnight trying to ignore the flashing of the storm thru the windows....

I must say tho, remembering this song did help get me to sleep...I was only two when it came out so I can pretty much say it's been one of my favorite sons for almost my entire life! Its an oldie but a goodie!

Main Title Theme For Everwood

The song Remembers When Challenge- Love Song (Everwood)

Now, I know this song isn't really a main stream version of this song but it is one of my all time favorite songs in life and I get to hear it every night when I am tucking my girls into bed.

The moment that the guitar starts to play I am transported to a place farther north than most have ever traveled, into the land of the Yukon Territory....for me it's just a taste, or a tease really, of what's to come if you continue following the Alcan north and cross into Alaska (or Eden as I think of it).

When we left our home of Alaska, I can only really remember feeling numb...it was because it hurt so bad to leave that I really think God just made us numb to it so we could somehow get thru it and move on. I had hoped to post pictures of the trip back down to the lower 48 from that trip and I realized there were very little! I can remember just staring out the window at the amazing views, the blue water rivers standing out the most and in my memory these songs were playing...that's because that was the summer that we discovered the show Everwood and I watched it in the truck during the day and it was the only thing that gave me any bit of joy during the four days we pushed to get back down thru Canada and to just have that part of the journey over and out of the way...

It has become a nightly ritual that my girls listen to the soundtrack from Everwood as they are going to sleep and I still find such comfort in hearing these songs. If you have never seen the show, I erge you to bought it or rent it on Netflix, it was one of the best shows to ever grave our tv and we miss it terribly!!! There are still days that I just need my Everwood "fix" and I have to hear these songs...

Waldorf Expo Giveaway!!

I have entered myfair share of blog give-a-ways, but this one is one that I am really hoping the universe sees fit to send my way! :)
I have been trying to keep up with the recordings of the Waldorf Connection and have just been amazed at the information I am learning from them...I feel like I am back in school again for all the notes I've been taking! I will forever be thankful for the Waldorf community and the insights I am learning from other moms and teachers. If you would like to learn more about the Waldorf approach to learning and how to simplify your life, please go check out this give-a-way and take some time to breath and take in some nature!!

Bummer

Did I do something wrong? Did I make it too hard? Is life just too busy with summer or is it just not interesting enough? I am so bummed that I haven't gotten anyone else to do this challenge too! I thought it would be fun to see other people's feelings about songs and how music is such a big part of everyone lives.... Maybe I am spending too much time in this trailer and I've lost it! lol Come on and humor me! Join the fun- it's not too late!

Dixie Chicks - Cowboy Take Me Away

Do you have a song that reminds you of anyone in particular? Now, due to past events, this group is far from being my favorite (and I thought it was great when a radio dj started to play this song at an air show and then cut it off the air...with a flightline of people cheering) however, I still love the music this group has put out and it's still a big part of my growing up memories.

This particular song reminds me of a guy I was dating at the time it came out....it was one of those relationships that made me a better person and I felt like I could do anything...It takes me back to driving home from work on country roads just so I could get home and ready to see him...It was the first time I thought a guy could really be "the one" not just puppy love...

It's funny how things change with you tho, because now when I hear this song I still have a fleeting thought of that guy (who I'm still good friends with) but now I also think of my husband and how he swept me off my feet and how he set me free and took me away to an amazing life of adventure!

The Song Remembers When Challenge- Who Says You Can't Go Home

Ok, I figured if I was going to share our "Texas Song" and I've already told you the song I consider to be our "Washington song" then of course I have to tell you about our "Alaska song"!

This song came out when we were getting ready to move out of Alaska on our way to Texas...there was just something about it that always put a smile on my face and gave me some strange sort of comfort knowing that I could always go home. The song says "I've spent twenty years tryin' to get out of this place, I was lookin' for something I couldn't replace, I was runnin away from the only thing that I've ever know" and while I wasn't really trying to leave the only "place" I'd ever know, I had left behind a life in Missouri, a few years before,that I just didn't feel like I fit into, and I was trying to find a place that I couldn't replace, because in all my travels I'd never found somewhere I really wanted to stay...no place ever felt like I was truly home.

" I hijacked a rainbow and crashed into a pot of gold" discribes Alaska to a tee! I know that life is a journey and that every second of every day has shaped me in one way or another so the line"There isn't one of these lines I would erase" hits home that I have no regrets on these "millions of miles of memories on that road"

"Been all around the world and as a matter of fact, there's only one place left I want to go...Who says you can't go home" Home to me is Alaska, and someday I will get to go home but until then, I'll just keep playin this song...