Something for Sunday

We have Disney celebrities in the family!!

Here's the story:

A little over a week ago, Mindy called to let us know that she and Justin had been "chosen" to "Be our guest DJs" on the Sirius XM Disney Hits Music station--#133. She had applied for it a while back and then got the call! 

As it turns out, it was a bit of work for them to prepare. I had hoped to add the audio clip so you could hear them in action. Unfortunately, I don't know how to do that, so here is the transcript instead. They were on twice a day for three days. So cool!! It's a shame not to be able to hear them--both of them sounded so professional! Justin especially has a perfect DJ voice!

(They both introduced themselves with this):

Hello! This is Mindy and Justin from Nashville, TN, and this is our “Be Our Guest 4 the day” Playlist on Sirius XM’s Disney Hits! The theme of our playlist today is songs about confidence and resilience- a common theme in many of our favorite Disney movies!

(Justin introduced this song)

Song 1: For our first song we’ve chosen “I’ll Make a Man Out of You” By Donny Osmond from the movie “Mulan.” This is a great song from one of my favorite scenes in the movie where we see just how brave and determined Mulan is. Here it is now on Sirius XM’s Disney hits! 

(Mindy introduced this one)

Song 2: That was “I’ll make a man out of you” by Donny Osmond from the 1998 Disney film “Mulan” on Sirius XM’s Disney Hits! This is Mindy from Nashville, TN. Up next we’ve selected “Bet on it” by Zac Efron from Highschool Musical 2. This is a song about trusting oneself and taking risks sung by the character Troy. Playing it now on Disney hits- the happiest music on earth!

(Back to Justin)

Song 3: You just heard “Bet on it” by Zac Efron from the Disney Channel original movie “highschool musical 2.” This is Justin from Nashville, TN. For our 3^rd song, we’ve selected “When We’re Human” by Michael-leon Wooly, Bruno Campos, and Anika Noni Rose from “The Princess and the Frog.” In this song the characters are hopeful and excited about what they’ll do when they’re human again! We also love the Jazz style of this song because it reminds us of the vibrant music of New Orleans! 

(Mindy again)

Song 4: That was “When We’re Human” from “The Princess and the Frog.” This is Mindy and Justin from Nashville, TN- thank you for listening to our “Be Our Guest 4 the day” playlist on Disney hits. For our final song, we wanted to leave you with a high-energy song so we selected “Zero to Hero” by the incredible voices of Muses in the movie “Hercules:” Lillias White, Cheryl Freeman, LaChanze, Roz Ryan, and Vaneese Thomas. It’s about Hercules’s rise to fame! We’re playing it now on Sirius XMs Disney Hits: Happiest Music on Earth!

Mindy's comment.

My favorite time of year to go to the Disney parks is during festivals (like epcot’s “flower and garden festival.” Or going to Mickey’s not so scary Halloween party in Magic Kingdom. Of course the parks are fun all year long, but I love all the special food and decorations, and things to do around the parks during festivals and holidays!

One thing I love about Disney Hits is when a song comes on from a classic Disney movie that I grew up watching like “The Lion King” or “Little Mermaid”. It always brings me back to my childhood and instantly brightens my day!

Justin finishes it up with his favorite memory.

They both did a fabulous job. It was exciting to hear them on the radio! This family loves everything Disney. In fact, we're going to Disney Paris when we're there in June. Can't wait!

Monday Mystery

Scrapbook Saturday

"love notes" 

This layout contains little notes that Butch has given me through the years. 

"1971 was Awesome"--and it was. My friend, Nancy asked me to make a mailbox for her AYM layout. I liked how it turned out so decided to use it to hold the "stuff" I still had from 1971--the year we got married.

This is Jeanne's AYM layout for February. 

Can you tell that I was scrapbooking pictures from my Butch and Barb album?

"Collect" is all about old things in my collection.

Friday Funnies

March by the Numbers

March by the Numbers:

Workouts: 

Only two (one neighborhood walk and one beach walk) but I did get 23 miles in NYC, plus 669 steps in the hotel and 216 steps at the Statue of Liberty. That's great for a week, but the overall month was lacking.

Movies Seen

*****Anora (Academy Award winner—5 times)

*****Last Breath (really good, true story)

***Paddington in Peru

Books Read—14

Sadly, only 3 were 5 star:

Baby Teeth

The Push

Give Me Your Hand

Lunch Out—9

Dinner Out:—2

Documentaries/Movies/Series Streamed 

Netflix : 14

*Instagram’s Worst Con documentary

*****Cowspiracy documentary

*****Just One Look (series—6 episodes)

****The Leopard—6 episodes

****Chaos: the Manson Murders (unbelievable—still)

*****Gabby Petito (3 episodes)

*****Adolescence (4 episodes)—this was heartbreaking. From now on, I’ll be praying for the families of the offenders!

*****Toxic Town (4 episodes)

*****Con Mum

*****The Twister

***The Devil All the Time

*The State of Alabama vs. Brittany Smith

*****The Long Shot

***The Miracle Club

Amazon Prime

*****Food Inc documentary (super interesting and eye-openong)

*Banking on Bitcoin (this was boring and I still don’t know what it is)

Hulu:

*****Ruby Franks documentary

*Scamanda documentary (4 episodes)

*The Real Amish Witches

****The Girl Locked Upstairs

****Maybe I Do

Scrapbook Pages Completed: 

9 double-page spreads

Groceries:

$446.80

Trips:

New York City—23 miles—689 steps in our hotel and 216 steps up to the pedestal in the Statue of Liberty

Mexico Beach—Connie’s place with my "girls"!

Another month in the books!!

What I Didn't Buy Wednesday

So, I'm in Florida with my friends. We always do our grocery shopping on the first day. I saw this and thought, "Eww! I have never seen these before. 

Pickled eggs. What? We were at the Piggley Wiggley. How is it that they don't have normal stuff that we are used to, but then have so many random things? Every item on this end cap is weird! I never heard of these before. 

I didn't buy any of it and never plan to!

Travel Tuesday

I'm off again! This time, I'm at the beach with my friends.

We're at Connie's beach house (she's on the left). Nancy is on the right. We were at the airport. It was a full flight with 5,000 kids! Apparently it's still Spring Break!

I'm so bad about remembering to take pictures that I handed my camera to Connie to take the one of Pam and I. 

We arrived around 9-ish in Panama City. Our first stop was the Waffle House. It's not my favorite place, but I admit the food is good--and that's what it's all about. We got to Mexico, dropped our luggage, and then headed to Port St. Joe to the Piggley Wiggley for groceries. 

By the time we got back and put groceries away, Pam and Nancy decided to hit the beach. Connie wanted to watch a basketball game--UT girls. I sat on the balcony and read, talked to Butch and napped--a perfect afternoon. Happy hour started at 4 followed by dinner at a pizza place around 5:30. When we got home, we watched 

a show and hit the sack early. 

We have a full week of nuthin' to look forward to! You can bet I'll be doin' somethin', but it will add up to a whole lot a nuthin'!