MONDAY'S MUSIC HAUNTS ME!

   

VELCOME TO OUR 110th WEEK OF...    

"MONDAY'S MUSIC HAUNTS ME" !

 XmasDolly/GHOST Conductor & my ghouls are, CALLIE/JAmericanSpice, Stacy/Stacy Uncorked & Cathy/Cathy Kennedy  Co-Conductors! VEE VOULD LIKE TO VELCOME YOU ABOARD! Do YOU dare? Our Honorary Co-Ghoulie Conductor for October is Rachel  from Because I have too! APPLAUSE!  & a big thanks to Becca our last months honorary co-conductor THANKS GIRLFRIEND!  TIME TO PARTY/WE'RE EAGER TO FOLLOW U as your spooky train arrives.  

 Rules:

1.  You Tube,  lock & load! 

2.  Grab "Monday's Music Moves Me" Button.

3.  SIGN LINKY, Follow us, & leave a Rockin' comment!

Finally, Boogie down to your Fellow Rockin' Bloggers.  Also, bring some back with you to join us!  As you may have noticed any link that I see without music you don't  have to visit if you don't want too. It says NO MUSIC for your convenience. Do I watch out for my Buds or what?

Our "SPOTLIGHT DANCER" now gets the PRIVILEGE of picking the THEME for the following week that we have a theme.  OUR EVERY OTHER WEEK FREEBIES REMAIN THE SAME.  There are a few themes left so it can be either or and then IT'S WHATEVER THE "SPOTLIGHT DANCER" CHOOSES!  WOO HOO!

 "YOUR SPOTLIGHT DANCER IS... "

   

#19 Time out for Mom

APPLAUSE!

CONGRATS!  APPLAUSE!

Grab your button for "Spotlight Dancer" 

 DON'T FORGET TO FOLLOW!

This week's theme is  From Lucy's Reality songs that make you 'turn the radio up' You know, songs you can only listen to on 'High Volume'.
SO LET'S ROCK THIS JOINT!
HEAD-PHONES PLEASE - DON'T WANT TO JAR THE BABY'S BRAIN...

NOW TURN IT UP FOR...

KELLY CLARKSON - JUST WALK AWAY!

BEFORE HE CHEATS - CARRIE UNDERWOOD

AC/DC - TNT (oh yeah, turn it up)!!!!

ERIC CLAPTON - COCAINE

Last but not least
Beyonce - Who Won the World (Girls)

   THANKS A BUNCH!

 HUGS AND DON'T FORGET TO ADD YOUR GIVE-AWAYS TO MY SHOW OFF TUESDAY TOMORROW & Tip your waitresses and bartenders.....  ooops sorry!  Forgot where I was at!~   HAVE A GREAT DAY & ALWAYS ROCK ON! 

 Also, don't forget to visit Music Monday for more ROCK & ROLL FUN!

Flashback Friendship Aloha Friday!

Halloween 1985 "The Old Barn" (Fine dining) Mom was a Saloon Girl!

1953 Halloween & Gramma's I have no clue what I am lol

OMG CAN YOU GUESS WHO THIS IS? LOOK AT THAT HAIR DO! LMAO 1975

 Oh my, check out those Drapes!

Question Of The Week This week is Banned Books Week! How do you feel about books being challenged and Banned from libraries and schools? Have you read any banned books?

Well as many knows I am not a reader unless it's mythology or fairy tales.  I get enough of the real world just living it.  So I  have never had any experience nor been around any goings on regarding banned books.  Hmmm I maybe be hopping with the wrong kitties.  Hmmm Maybe I should find some puppies???

Stacy has a link too!  She's my bud, so check her place out too!

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"In Hawaii, Aloha Friday a day of rest. So we're doin' the same. On Fridays we're taking it easy on posting. Therefore, our hostess is asking a simple question for you to answer; nothing that requires a lengthy response. If you’d  like to participate, just post your own question on your blog and leave your link at the very friendly place of Islandlife808.com. Don’t forget to visit the other participants! It’s a great way to make new bloggy friends and find new followers! 

Question this week:  So do you have an old friend that you haven't seen in years, and would like to who would that be?

I recently have been finding many of my old friends as I've been blogging about them, but I'd really like to run into my old friend from my waitressing days to see how they're doing.  We were very tight nit if you know what I mean.  Most of us were single mothers, and we'd bring in bags of hand-me-down clothes etc., and it would make the rounds with out kids.  We had dinner together, cried together and partied together, and we always had each other's back.  Yes, those were good times.

Don't forget to check out my give-aways, and check to see if you're following me if not and you do let me know I return every follow.  Any questions let me know.  Have a great weekend.

 

A trip down memory lane!

Would you like to know a little bit more about me???

Yesterday I took a trip up north to see a very dear old friend of mine who I haven't seen in six years. 

hehe I left right after rush hour around 10:00 a.m.

On the road again I took about 14 yrs. ago every day at the same time, and then again at 3:00 p.m. to truck on home.

I use to work at a law firm in downtown Chicago as a legal assistant for 18 yrs.  I was waitressing to be close to the kids (I was a single mother), and my back was giving out back then.  I went for this job that my cousin helped me get, and the man hired me as his legal secretary (personal injury, workers comp & medical malpractice).  After he closed his doors the wonderful gentleman Fred Raskin & Associates gave me a job.  I learned so much for this wonderful man.  I still keep in touch with him after he retired & moved to Arkansas.

I really miss him.  He is such a smart man, and a great lawyer & an even better boss.  He's the one who pushed me back to school, and I got $50 more a week when I became a  legal assistant.  I couldn't get my diploma until my tuition was paid, and my boyfriend paid for it at the time.  My Dave and a graduation present.  I worked for him for years and learned so much & then he retired and I was hired by Dilling & Dilling.  Mr. D was the attorney for Mr. Tucker (move a man & his dream who made only 50 of the Tuckers cars).  He was a Food, Drug & Cosmetic Law Attorney.  He gave up his office downtown when he had a stroke, but moved his firm to his home & asked if I would go with.  Extremely far for the same pay & put all that wear and tear on my car.  He then gave me a raise, an allowance for gas every including a I-Pass, and a 1989 Towncar which he paid for the maintenance.  Time went out and Mr. D had another stroke & I knew I couldn't take the chance any longer and had to find a new job because I didn't want to have a job today and then none tomorrow if you catch my drift.  Which I found a job two months later & did and the poor man died about 8 months later.  His wife and I  remained friends through e-mail and lunch every now and then.  Yesterday was one of those days.  I sure did miss her, so it's just something I had to do.  So off I went.

Here we are.  Mrs. D is 89 yrs. old I believe & walks on the thread mill every day at 7:00 a.m. and going to see her daughter who is the President of the Adelle Davis Foundation in California.  She just came back from seeing her other daughter in another state.  God bless you my friend Betty.

Isn't she just too cute, and here is her home that I call "Tara" like "Gone with the Wind"!

They even have a built in pool in the backyard & a winding staircase.  WOW!

Well, our visit still had to end so here's a few shots on the way home.  How sad to see it end, but we had a great time talking about old fund times and our laughter together.  Thanks & hope enjoyed walking dfown memory lane with me.  By the way, I burned my finger this morning.  Anyone know how to get the sting out.  It's horrible.  It was from grease.  OUCH!

Another home down the street. It was beautiful

Here I go on the way home.

Her church in the neighborhood.  Another gorgeous building.

On the road again..

O'Hara Airport.


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Almost home!

HOME SWEET HOME!  THANKS FOR JOINING ME ON MY LITTLE TRIP!  HAVE A GREAT DAY MY FRIENDS!

Giveaway - Dark Shadows Blu-Ray DVD Combo Pack Ends 10/15

Warner Bros. has finally announced the release of Dark Shadows on DVD and Blu-Ray October 2nd 2012; along with the Dark Shadows Blog App! Do you know how long I've been waiting for this. I use to watch the original eons ago and love Mr. Barnabas Collins back then, and now with Johnny Depp playing the role... okay drooling here, so let's go on. From the absolutely incredible mind of Tim Burton comes the hit film Dark Shadows, based on the classic television series! Barnabas Collins (Johnny Depp) has been trapped for two centuries by an evil witch (Eva Green) who just happens to be an ex lover of his. Barnabas now has to struggle with the ever changing 1970's, and save his families business! Now, that's a bit of a twist from the original, but I know this film is going to be good. With an all star cast that includes Michelle Pfeiffer, Helena Bonham Carter, Chloe Grace Moretz, Jonny Lee Miller and more! 

Here's the good part!

So who wants a free DVD of "DARK SHADOWS" starring the infamous JOHNNY DEPP (drooling... once more... let's go on...). Enter the rafflecopter below. This give-away from Warner Bros. shall end October 15, 2012 12:00 a.m., US/CAN

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WORDLESS WEDNESDAY THE MAN OF THE HOUSE!

  

Happy Wordless Wednesday is a great day to post a picture that “speaks” for itself, no words needed!  I blog-hop all day long looking at great pics & blogs, finding new friends! How about you?  I sign up at my buddies below & then from then on WHO KNOWS!  
LADIES MEET THE LOVE OF MY LIFE
AND HE DOES WINDOWS & CLEANS CARPETS TOO!

In the beginning/Graduation

1991 When we first met

2000 When we married!

Uh oh!  Yes me this is for the rest of my life!

My Hubby Dave!  Gotta love him!  He's such a gooberhead, but he's my gooberhead!

Mom Spotted with linky

Grammy Mouse Tails

Stacy Uncorked with linky

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 Sign our Linky below & STRUT YOUR STUFF BABY, so we all can see, and then everyone will know besides you and me.  The title and ending date is all you really need and of course a link directly to your Give-Away or Review for super speed!  Kindly say Give-Away or Review so we will know exactly what to do & a little comment for me for my trouble, and I'll try to get to some of you on the double! 

Have a great day and thanks for coming!

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