Favorite Baby, Cinnamon Rolls, & music....

So today I have 3 seperate things to post about and well, I'm going to be lazy and post all of it in one blog entry. So first things first.....

Favorite Baby. I blogged about her during my 30 day picture challenge. If you have tacky comments keep them to yourself. I love this doll. I got her back this weekend. My Mom has had her and well, since she was there and I found her, I cleaned her up and brought her home. I think she's beautiful. I know that anyone else that looks at her won't see the beauty I see. She's been with me for about 28 years. She's just that little childhood keepsake that I can't let go of. So here's a picture of a very tired me & my Favorite Baby.

Me & Favorite Baby. Yes that is her name.

Okay now moving on to the cinnamon roll portion of my day. I decided that since my father in law will be celebrating his birthday tomorrow, it might be nice if I baked him something. I have a hard time buying for him and never seem to find the perfect gift. He's a man who wants for nothing, has all that he needs, and seldom asks for anything. So I have started baking desserts and things for him and he seems to like that. I normally make him a chocolate cream pie. I have a great recipe from my Mammaw but I made that for him for Christmas. I wanted to make something different. I have The Pioneer Woman's cookbook and there are a TON of recipes in there that I want to try. So I settled on making him The Pioneer Woman's cinnamon rolls. I didn't think this would be an easy thing to do. I was right. I called my BFF about 4 times during the process of making these and listened to her giggle as I got aggravated at the rolls. She says I need my own cooking show and they will all end with me getting frustrated and saying screw it and walking off set. She's probably right. It could be very entertaining. I started making these stupid rolls at like 9 this morning and didn't finish it until around 2. This may be the first and last time I make these. But they were really good. I had enough to keep some for myself, take a pan to my parents, and still have tons to take to my father in law. Here are pictures of the rolls and some of the mess.

If you don't own this cookbook, you really should!

There was more flour but I was able to clean up some of it. 

Cinnamon Rolls....yummy!

Very good, if I had more patience I'd say it was worth it to be as frustrated as I was!

 Now for the music portion of today's blog. I have thought about this all day. I've looked for a great song to post. I thought it would be an easy day to listen to music but with all of the cinnamon roll madness I just couldn't concentrate. I did find the video for one of my very favorite songs. It's a song called "Amazing" by Josh Kelley. For those non-country fans, he's the brother to Charles Kelley of Lady Antebellum. I love his voice. The sound of it is so unique. Charles Kelley also has a voice I could listen to for hours. So I hope you enjoy this song. I think it's a fun song. I just love it.

Keep On Lovin' You

So I'm posting a song today that reminds me of my husband. He's the person in my life that is the most constant. I know that no matter what else ever goes on in my world, he will always be there to be the strong person or the funny person that I need at that moment. You know, there are always times when we take our spouses for granted. There are times when we fight and argue and just about want to kill each other. That's part of life. I could never imagine not having my husband though. I love him. He loves me. You know when I was younger it was so easy to "fall in love" and also easy to fall out. When I met Seth, my whole life changed. Yesterday I was thinking about past relationships and it struck me kinda funny. I don't remember a lot about most of them. I don't remember anything really but the "goodbye" parts now. I know that there were fun times in a lot of those relationships. I think when I found Seth, all of those memories just faded. He was what I was searching for. He was everything I never knew I always wanted. You know when I'm sad, he makes me laugh, when I'm angry, he can calm me down. When I need someone to just listen, he can do that too. He's quick to tell me when people treat me poorly. He's quick to come to my defense. He's just amazing. He's my best friend and I can't imagine my world without him in it. So today I'm posting a song by Steel Magnolia. It's called "Keep On Lovin' You" and yes, it is his ring tone when he calls me. I love this song. It always makes me think of Seth. It always takes me to a place that feels safe. I hope you enjoy this group. I first fell in love with them when I was flipping through channels and saw them on Nashville Star. I think they are pretty amazing.

Free

So today I'm posting a Christian artist. The artist is Ginny Owens. I found her through my brother. He has a wide variety of music intrests and this song was on the one and only WOW cd that I ever fell in love with. The song I'm posting is Free. I have not ever heard a Ginny Owens song that I didn't like. She's a very talented artist and she speaks in a musical language that I get. I love this song. It makes me happy, makes me feel like I'm free..... I hope you enjoy it as much as I do. Just click on the link below and it should take you to the song.

Free by Ginny Owens

That Thing You Do

Okay, so I realize that the fact that I love this song probablly makes me a huge dork. This song comes from one of my very favorite movies and honestly I probably wouldn't have thought to post it but the movie was on tonight. I'm cheating again because tomorrow is going to be kinda busy for me and I don't know when I'll be able to get online to post.

That Thing You Do by The Wonders is one of my very favorite songs. I loved this movie and just can't ever turn the channel when it comes on tv, even though I own the movie. It's just a clean movie and well, it's about music so you know that sucks me in. I love Tom Hanks & Tom Everett Scott. I very rarely find a movie with one of them in it that I don't like. So I thought in honor of Friday, I'd post a fun loving song. One that makes me happy. One that is just very off the wall. So enjoy! Oh and if you haven't seen this movie, please crawl out from under the rock you are living under and rent it! It's just so great!

Guinevere

So we're 13 days into this challenge. It seems to really be flying by and that makes me sad because I could post a music video for every day of the year! I love music that much! Today I'm posting the song "Guinevere" by Eli Young Band. The Eli Young Band is considered Red Dirt music. I don't really think of it that way but I think that's what they are classified as for the most part. I have loved this band for a long time.

This particular song just fits me. It talks about how she uses music to deal with life. It also talks about how she isn't big on giving second chances. How she never really drops her guard. This song is basicallly about me. I know that sounds awful. It's not though, it's just how I am. I have had many people in my life abuse the right to a second chance. So at this point, there are some situations that I choose to walk away from instead of staying and toughing out the pain of trying to fix it. Sometimes it's better for you to just walk away and be done. Not everyone is worthy of a second or even a third chance. I know that people say "people can change" but often we are creatures of habit and we don't change. We can pretend to for a while and eventually screw up and show our true colors.

 I really connect with this song. Somedays I feel like they are singing about me. So I hope you enjoy the song.