"J" - Joy

I thought I would mention things that have brought me Joy lately.

*When we were in house first night ( Friday) and couldn’t find the soap or trash bags, our nearby friend Debbie brought us some . It’s the little things that mean SO much!

*The following night (Saturday) my cousin Jadona called and asked if it was OK to bring us over dinner from Scalini’s ( Our favorite Italian restaurant in Dallas).  I nearly cried tears of Joy right then.  Todd had packed our kitchen 2 weeks ago and that meant a lot of fast food. I don’t ever want to see fast food for a little while at least.

*My hubs left Sunday morning to get some milk and waters and brought me back a Starbucks. Oh that made me so happy!!

*My blogging friends like YOU brought me so much Joy! Reading comments every night after moving made me smile. Thank you.

I got to keep it short , I am back at work and have over 1000 emails to wade through from missing 3 days.  Have a Joyous Day! 

Here's a little Stevie Ray Vaughn - amazing artist that was from Dallas

Pride and Joy

Missing ol' Johnny Cash and Stevie Ray Vaughn

Happy Thursday y'all!!!   So its no secret i'm obsessed with Johnny Cash. I loved him and i am so bummed i never got to see him in concert.  I have a dozen tshirts with his name on it, my screensaver on laptop is Walk the Line, and i have his CD in constant rotation.
I am also equally obsessed with Willie Nelson.  I have seen him in concert a dozen times and i love every single time.  I recently saw Willie and Merle Haggard in concert a few months ago.   They released an album together called Django and Jimmie earlier this year.  One of the songs on the album is titled Missing Ol' Johnny Cash.  Its such a cute song! The two of them sing about Johnny and share some memories of him.
This is good ol classic country!!  Willie and Merle are country royalty.

25 years ago today , Stevie Ray Vaughn died in a helicopter crash in Wisconsin.   My mom was a HUGE fan of SRV.  He was a Texan and got his stardom playing in bars and clubs in Austin. He was born and raised in Dallas and started playing guitar when he was 7.  I was in college and was a waitress in downtown Dallas when i heard the news he had died.  It was a big deal in Dallas and all the radio stations played his music.  I got to see him in concert at Billy Bobs in Ft Worth the year before he had died.

Have a wonderful day everyone

S for Songs

Happy Wednesday yall!!  To my faithful followers that I've been with me for ages- can you believe that I've made it this far in the A to Z challenge? Me either!!  I will admit that i'm glad I did because I've met some really nice people along the way.

 

I have a serious post for Thursday ( letter T) so I am taking it easy with today's post and i'm posting songs again.  If you're not familiar with this challenge, some people (most) choose a topic for the all the posts. Many have chosen songs or artists for their theme so I'm not really cheating at all.  In fact , I wish I would have thought of that idea when I started the challenge.  Maybe next time.  SO.... with the letter S, I have way way way too many bands to choose from and I want to include a little bit of different styles today.
I am going to start with Santana.  They've been around for quite some time and I enjoy their music. This song is a collaboration with one of my favorites Rob Thomas.  Matter of fact, I heard rumors that Rob met his wife Marisol while doing this video with Santana.  Another fact about Carlos Santana, did you know he also designed a shoe line? Very cool and fun sexy shoes. I have 2 pairs!

Now this next band is called Selah and they are a Christian contemporary group.  I really like their music and this song really got me through the passing of my step-dad a few months ago in January.

Next is Stevie Nicks. She is one of my all time faves! She is also part of the popular band Fleetwood Mac. 

If you like country- Sara Evans is a popular singer and this song helped me when I broke it off from a toxic 8 year relationship. I was in love or so I thought and I knew I was doing the right thing but it sure hurt at the time.  Cool fact - I worked with her brother Matt Evans. We were great friends and he left to be her bassist in the band. I got to see her backstage and hung out with Matt but we lost touch over the years.

 

This guy was from Dallas, Texas and my mom was HUGE fan of him.   Stevie Ray Vaughn.

 

 

And lastly- a newer pop singer that is taking the awards by storm is Sam Smith.

He has such a great voice and I like almost every song I've heard so far.

 

 

Hope y'all have a super day!!!