New Tunes - John Legend "All of You"

You've heard of Pandora, right? I mean, come on, who hasn't? Basically, you pick a song or artist and it creates an entire radio station around it. It introduces you to new songs, new bands, and possible new music genres. On an old radio station I have, John Legend came up a lot. What can I say, I'm into romantic music. Naturally, when a new song of his came out recently I was ALL. OVER. IT. Dude's got some pipes. And songwriting skills. His wife is one lucky woman. Especially considering he wrote this song for her. 

Do you listen to Pandora? What's your favorite station at the moment?

New Tunes - Mako "Our Story"

I was watching a video compilation of some awesome human feats. Think people doing crazy stunts but actually nailing them. Besides the amazing things that people are capable of pulling off, the first song in the video was pretty cool. It's pretty much dance music that'd be good to get you going some mornings. 

She's Crafty - Toothpick Jar

As much as I love to bake, I do not have a nice toothpick holder. It's been a box for the past two years. And whenever I want a toothpick the box decides to give me twenty. It could be that the box isn't really conducive to upright storage, but hey, I have next to zero kitchen storage. Here's the offender...

I had stumbled upon an awesome pin for matchstick storage and thought it would work perfectly for my toothpick problem. I gathered up the following stuff to start off my project...

1 Crystal Jelly Mason Jar with Band

1 Scrap of Paper

3 1/2" Hole Punch

1/8" Hole Punch (not pictured)

Toothpicks

Scissors

Pencil

Now, I recently had a 50% off coupon for Michael's and I used it on that huge hole punch here. It was originally $24.99 but with that coupon I stole it for $12.50. I freaking love coupons. Seriously, I don't shop at Hobby Lobby without pulling their always-available 40%-off-one-item coupon. If you have a Hobby Lobby around you, I strongly urge you to pull up that bad boy.

Onto the good stuff...

Step 1. I took my awesome new hole punch and made one. It's freaking huge! Unfortunately, the punch was too big for the jar so I took my pencil and the jar lid to trace the size on the other side and then used my scissors to trim it down to size.

Step 2. I packed the most toothpicks I could into that tiny jar. I'm guessing I got a couple hundred jammed in there. (Ha ha. Get it? "Jammed" in there? Because it's a jam jar? Man, I crack myself up.)

Step 3. I used my 1/8" hole punch to make a hole right in the middle of a flower.

Step 4. Screw the band on the jar and find yourself with a toothpick jar. 

Overall, I think this project was a definite HIT. It looks awesome and now my baking tool drawer isn't full of wayward toothpicks. Think you might tackle this one? What other small stuff could you store in those jars?

New Tunes - Walk the Moon "Shiver Shiver"

Lately I have been eating up music. Song after song, I've been jamming; singing along much to the chagrin of Ryan. I guess this is one of those times in your life where music just gets you and plays the perfect song and you're all in. Well, I heard a song a while back by Walk the Moon called "Anna Sun." It was pretty good so I decided to download the self-titled 2012 album it's from. The short (43:01), eleven song album is packed with good songs, like today's, "Shiver Shiver." 

The band decided to try a "7in7" series. Where they make "officially unofficial music videos, hand-made, band-made by WALK THE MOON without a film crew or a budget." They did it with only one camera while they were on tour. Pretty impressive I think. I checked out most of the other videos and they seem pretty neat. It's nice to see that a band can not only make some good music but seem like they have a fun time doing it.

"Shiver Shiver" was one of the videos they did on tour. I just want to say one thing, white boy can dance. 

Next time these guys stroll through my area, I am definitely going to their concert. I hope they're just as awesome live. If you have more time, check out their video for "Quesdilla" because it's hilarious.

Have you seen these guys live? Are they pretty good? Tell me about your best concert experience - of all time, not just with these guys. Isn't it amazing to be part of something bigger?

Happy March

So I'm going to be honest. I'm not quite sure what this blog is. It's supposed to be my everyday life, as per my blog title. But I feel constricted. I have certain days where I'm supposed to post things and sometimes I want to talk about other things. Thus, a change is a comin'. Again. 

I'm sure you're indifferent, mainly because there's one follower (hi you!) and a handful of viewers (hello world). Stick with me and I'm sure you'll read a lot more. Hopefully. Maybe. Please?

One thing I'm sticking with is the printable. Because I love 'em. And you may just like them too. This month honors the huge "Irish" holiday this month.

March Printable Mash Up

This printable was formatted to fit a normal 8.5" x 11" sheet of paper. I used the following fonts: AYearWithoutRain. FoglihtenNo01. ClipperScriptFat. IndyPimp. CKHandprint. CandyRandy. CinnamonCake. HoneyScript. Lullaby. Shamrock.

Are you Irish? I'm a quarter. Along with a quarter of Dutch, German, and French to round it out. What are some big heritage holidays out there that I don't know about? Are there any?

Tunetastic Thursday - J. Roddy Walston and the Business "Take It As It Comes"

Today is a glorious day, for several reasons conflicting reasons. Conflicting, you may ask? Glorious yet conflicting? Does that even make sense?

Of course it does. Especially if you're me.

Why so glorious? For one, it's snowing. And I LOVE snow. The white stuff just makes my heart pitter patter. And two, the hubbs is taking me to see Wild Cub! Snow and travel does not bode well for me. But I'm good because I have the hubbs as my chauffeur. 

I mentioned them in a previous Tunetastic post. WEQX, my favorite radio station ever, played them and I became hooked pretty quick. Seriously, this radio station brings attention to great new bands. Like today's band, J. Roddy Walston and the Business. And eff me, if that isn't just the coolest name ever. To top it off, you have to respect someone who says, "I don't play keyboards - I play piano." on why he brings a 300lb piano on tour. There's no real video for it, and I try to link to the band's page rather than other performances or tv hosts, so I hope you like it. 

What's been on your playlist this week? Anything I should check out?

Tunetastic Thursday - The Head and the Heart "Shake"

I can already tell that this year is going to be terrific for music. And I hope to see so many bands live this year. Including today's band, The Head and the Heart. I have been a fan since their early days with songs like "Lost in My Mind", "Rivers and Roads", and "Cats and Dogs".

Now that their new album, Let's Be Still, is out, I hope they get a lot more attention. It's definitely well deserved. So for your listening pleasure...

What do you think? Does someone make you shake?