The Days of the Week - (Thursday) Here's Why I Did Not Go To Work Today

Happy Monday folks.

Did you survive the weekend and all of the silly shopping shenanigans that were going on in the wake of the US holiday last week? 

I'm not exactly sure how it all started to become a thing up here.  All of the promotion was a bit much if you ask me.  Not that you did.  Okay, I'm just going to say it, the emails and flyers and stuff just gets to me.  I think that the holidays should be about spending time with folks who you care about, maybe baking some cookies, having a nice meal, good conversation, music, laughter... make some nice memories and stay out of the mall.  Sound good?

Today is Monday so once again, I'm sharing a song with a day of the week in the title.  If I'm going in order, and I seem to be, we're up to Thursday.  My choice for a Thursday song is by Harry Nilsson, (Thursday) Here's Why I Did Not Go To Work Today.  It's a slow, lazy, smokey, Nilssony song as ever there was.  I really love the piano in this one and of course, those Nilsson lyrics are always excellent.  I hope you enjoy this as much as I do.  Happy Monday kiddies xo

Monday is a blues day that goes for Tuesday
Wednesday's just the middle of the week, yeah, mmm
Friday is just another payday, the weekend's just another heyday
But Thursday's surreptitiously unique.

The Days of the Week - Wednesday Week

On this day in 1970 I officially became a big sister. 

That was a lot of responsibility to put upon the shoulders of someone who was 3.5 at the time.  Eventually, I grew into the role and ended up with the very best brother anyone could hope to ask for. He's a kind, cool, smart, funny, talented guy.  If he wasn't my brother, I would absolutely want to be his friend.  I'm so lucky that he's both.

Happy Birthday to you Patrick.  Love you more than words could ever express!! xo

For my "Days of the Week" theme, this week I'm sharing a Wednesday song.  I think this is actually a song that the birthday boy himself would approve of.  Thinking about it, he would have been 10 when this came out.  Yikes.  It's a couple of years old.  It's an awesome song by a great Irish band, the Undertones. I don't think that there were many bands out there who wrote about teenage angst and broken hearts as well as they did.

This Monday, I leave you with "Wednesday Week" by the Undertones.  Enjoy kiddies xo

The Days of the Week - Groovy Tuesday

For last week's first installment of "the days of the week," I kicked it off with a Monday song, "Monday" by Wilco.

I sort of like where this is going so for week two, we're moving along to the second day of the week, Tuesday.   There are a lot of songs about Tuesday and I've picked one of my favourites to share this week:  "Groovy Tuesday" by the Smithereens.  Originally released in 1986, it still sounds fresh to me.  The Smithereens have such a fantastic sound, it's ageless.

For those of you who were too young to remember the Smithereens, their music is on all of the places you are probably listening to music.  They are worth checking out.  Their songwriter and lead singer, Pat DiNizio passed away last December but I hear that they are still playing.  The songs are too good not to be played live, I'm glad that they are keeping on. If you like power pop, you'll love the Smithereens.

So, to start off this Monday, I give you a Tuesday song, "Groovy Tuesday" (sorry there is no video but the audio is good!!).  enjoy xo


Woke up on a groovy Tuesday.
Even my hangover's fine.
Woke up on a groovy Tuesday.
Hung my mind out on the line.

The Days of the Week - Monday

How was your weekend?

Mine was okay, I attempted to rake up some of the many many leaves which have found their way into my back yard.  For the first time in over a week, it stopped raining so I was able to get out there. If you can believe it, it took a while just to clean off the decks, steps and pathways in my tiny back yard.  The funny thing about it is that I have 3 hydrangea bushes in my yard but no actual trees.  My very generous neighbours have all given me the gift of leaves.  It's the price we pay for shade all summer I suppose.

Because it's been so wet and rainy, a fair amount of leaf slime had accumulated on the deck.  I slipped in it a few times.  Never falling but twisting in a weird way to prevent the fall.  A fall probably would have been less painful than whatever it was that I did to my back.  I ended up packing it in early and doing 4 loads of laundry instead of raking.  Hopefully I'll catch a break in the weather later this week and get the back cleared up.  My goal is the week of November 19 because the city is doing leaf pick up that week and it would be nice to not have to haul them up to the municipal composting site if I don't have to.

I'm sure your weekend was way more fun than that.

Today, in honour of Nablopomo 2018, I'm introducing a new theme, "the days of the week." This will feature songs containing a day of the week in the title or in the band's name.  At some point, I guess it'll be safe to presume that you'll be seeing a lot of Happy Mondays and Til Tuesday here.  In the meantime, I'll leave you with this gem from Wilco, a live performance of "Monday" from their second studio album, 1996's "Being There."  Enjoy and have a happy Monday xo