new toy!

pre ordered a kindle fire last week!

its amazon's version of the nook color, and we're excited!

i have been wanting a tablet-type device but i've been super picky and not really wanting something
as big as a ipad, i mean, its the size of my laptop, what's the point?

the new amazon kindle fire is a 7" screen, full color, that runs on android so it's totally customizable!

i keep watching the quick tour, nov.15th couldn't come sooner!

Check it out here.

bloop.

stopped by the eagles to renew brandon's membership and my favorite piano player John was there!

he played "for once in my life" and "when i fall in love" i sang and it was amazing!

there's nothing like singing with a live accompaniest!!!!!!!!!!!!

he normally never plays with anyone but it was his birthday and he handed me a mic!

i wish there were more people in the world like him.



brandon and i are going to take a day trip this weekend.

i wanted to go to gay's mills for some apples but the festival was 2 weeks ago.

it will probably be a williamsburg outlet store day.

maybe there are some haunted houses in cedar rapids.


we finished watching season one of parenthood, great show!

and the new season of dexter started sunday, yay!

also, we are going to start watching true blood, heard lots of good things.




"your words in my memory are like music to me"
-william fitzsimmons

wedding

i played piano and sang at a wedding two saturdays ago for my friends ed and brianna delagardelle.

they got married at the immaculate conception catholic church in sumner.

i had prepared some hymns and the unity candle song i had them choose- candle on the water from the disney movie pete's dragon.

so i go to rehearsal the night before the wedding and i meet father jim.

very nice man.  he asks me, do you play and sing, like together?

i say yes, and he shows me this responsorial psalm called this is the day.

i can tell right away that it means a great deal to him, and if i was gonna mess it up i might as well go home.

and i was also informed there was going to be a cello and violin to play the pro and recessional.  yay, less for me!

so the rehearsal went well, and then we went next door to the bed and breakfast that was there.

and had an amazing dinner!  like 5 courses, you can tell brianna's family is very close.  brandon just sat there in awe.... his dad passed, no sisters or brothers, his mom always working.

so wedding day, we get there on time, i know the hymn and we run through it, sounds great!  big relief :)

i actually had fun playing those inspirational songs, i'm such a church music lady in training.... LOL.

then we went to the reception- it was at the legion hall, everything looked beautiful!

we danced and danced, and it was a blast!

a vacation day...

had the best day with mr. mcbride yesterday.  we didn't go out of town we just both had a weekday off.
this never happens.
we went to the beach, ate at our favorite restaurant, golden china, and watched a movie.

i don't have much to write ever in this blog because we keep it simple.  we live, work, love the same way we did when we met 4 years ago.

i dont need fancy, i need the everyday.

i never knew what love was until i met brandon... his love makes me independent, makes me feel free.

thank god for this day and every other.  we are blessed.

the white album.

i have decided that i need to listen to all of the beatles records.  like it or not they were the beginning of pop/rock music.

i decided this a while back and in no particular order i was going to pick up records if i found a deal.

well the first one i picked up was abbey road.  funny this was the first one because come to find out it was their last album together.   

it had some good songs but always i tend to find one winner and constantly play that tune.  on this record that tune was "something in the way she moves."  reminded me of eric clapton's "wonderful tonight."

so then when we were downtown chicago i picked up the white album.  i don't know much about it.  but after just hearing the first part of it, its amazing!   this record was put out before abbey road and you can really tell that they are really sinking into it.  

it was recorded form 65 to 68 but you'd think they had just written it last week.

there was just something so magical about what they put together, that it is sad that they will never get it back.

you can clearly tell in the record that paul is the musical talent, putting together a tune.  george is lead guitar, give him a song, he'll play it and well.  ringo keeps the beat, and it takes you a while to find john, but when you do you know that he is the heart and soul of the band.

my fav of the first disc, "happiness is a warm gun"  absolutely wonderful!

hello, blog.

i had an awesome vacation week last week!  it started on sunday when i got to spend time with my nephew, Jack!  

he is the cutest little man ever!

we had a blast, lots of snuggles, elmo's song, goldfish, shopping, and naps!

everytime i played elmo's song he smiled and tried to grab the computer screen :)

ill update with chicago pics soon!

:)allymcb

12 days!!!!!

12 days? til vacation, baby!

I can't wait to spend time with my nephew Jack, he is growing and changing so much everyday, I want to soak all the new stuff in!

I also can't wait for our trip to Chicago! Brandon isn't much of a traveler but as we were google mapping our routes he muffled "I'm excited" :)

We went to my mom in law's farm in Plainfield for the 4th. It was fun, Brandon grilled, lit off lots of fireworks, and I'm still recovering from all of the bug bites tho, lol.

In August is Brandon's last car payment...... YAY!

John from the band the Texas Tenors was in hob lob today... 5 years ago he was just shopping for a good DVD of Phantom of the Opera at B&N, now he's touring the world singing, living his dream. Good to see him!

I really need to mow and give my car a wash..... but I will probably end up overhauling my Ipod.

We are going to be babysitting my mom in law's english bulldog Hampton, Ham as we call him... for a couple days while they go to a tractor show.

Do you mind my random bits of info? No organization, lol.

Like this one, if you have a floatie with a hole in it, gum does not work as a plug for that hole... i learned the hard way, lol.

here's what i have so far for my chicago ipod playlist

Gucci Gucci by Kreayshawn

Not Over You by Gavin DeGraw

Trust Issues by Drake

Forever by Drake

Without You by Keith Urban

Sweetest Girl by Wyclef Jean

What The Hell by Avril Lavigne

Beautiful Girl by William Fitzsimmons

Deuces by Chris Brown

Swimming by Breathe Owl Breathe

Fly by Nicki Minaj