Thursday 13: 13 favorite songs

These are my 13 favorite songs, in no particular order.  though I guess they are mostly the ballads.

1. “Amazed”; Lonestar
2. “Anything for You”; Gloria Estefan
3. “When the Children Cry”; Whitesnake
4. “So Close”; Hall & Oates
5. “I’ll be There for You”; Bon Jovi
6. “Annie’s song”; John Denver
7. “Babe”; Styx
8. “American Pie”; Don Mclean
9. “Right Here Waiting for You”; Richard Marx
10. “Summer of ’69”; Bryan Adams
11. “Cherokee Highway”; Western Flyer
12. “Open Arms”; Journey
13. “Broken Wings”; Mr. Mister

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Thursday 13: 13 more Yoga poses

Since I’ve already done a Thursday 13 of Yoga poses, I thought I’d offer up 13 more poses.  I’ll try to not repeat from the other post…

The following poses are from the Yogaworkout.com iPhone app, Detox flow.

1. Chair pose *
2. Eagle pose
3. Prayer twist right
4. Gorilla Pose
5. Prayer Twist left
6. standing forward fold
7. low lunge
8. revolved crescent lunge right
9. seated twist right
10. downward dog *
11. low lunge left
12. revolved crescent lunge left
13. seated twist left
14. downward facing dog

*These are duplicates, but I can’t help it!!  Happy Yoga’ing.

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Thursday 13: Christmas music shuffle

I’ve got my Christmas playlist on shuffle.  Here’s the next 13 songs out of 164:

1. John Berry; “Little Drummer Boy”O Holy Night
2. Ella Fitzgerald; “Winter Wonderland”  The Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong Christmas Collection*
3. Ella Fitzgerald; “The Christmas Song” The Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong Christmas Collection
4. Rosemary Clooney; “Suzy Snowflake” Christmas with Rosemary Clooney
5. Frank Sinatra; “The First Noel” The Sinatra Christmas Album
6. Frank Sinatra; “The Christmas Song” Seasons Greetings from Frank Sinatra & Bing Crosby
7. Garth Brooks; “Sleigh Ride” Garth Brooks & the Magic of Christmas
8. Frank Sinatra; “O Little Town of Bethlehem”The Sinatra Christmas Album
9. Rosemary Clooney; “The Christmas Song” Christmas with Rosemary Clooney
10. John Denver & The Muppets; “Little Saint Nick” A Christmas Together **
11. Ella Fitzgerald; “Santa Claus is Coming to Town” The Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong Christmas Collection
12. Various Artists “We Three Kings” Celtic Christmas (This album is instrumentals)
13. John Berry; “O Come All Ye Faithful” O Holy Night

* New Album.  I just bought it Monday 12/20!  It’s becoming a new favorite.  Though I think this song is pretty fun:

** My all time favorite version of “Little Saint Nick”

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as a special bonus,  here are my albums.  Yes.  I still call the albums!

1. Tony Bennett:  The Christmas Album
2. Kenny & Dolly:  Once Upon a Christmas
3. Christmas with Rosemary Clooney
4. The Sinatra Christmas Album
5. John Denver and the Muppets:  A Christmas Together
6. John Berry:  O Holy Night
7. George Straight: Fresh Cut Christmas (From Hallmark)
8. Garth Brooks & The Magic of Christmas
9. Clay Aiken: Merry Christmas With Love
10. Vince Gill: Breath of Heaven
11. Celtic Christmas
12. The Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong Christmas Collection
13. Seasons Greetings from Frank Sinatra & Bing Crosby (From Kohl’s)
14. Billy Gilman: Classic Christmas

Thursday 13: Thanksgiving Vacation

Well, Thanksgiving has come and gone.  Here’s my thirteen things about Thanksgiving vacation

1. We left for the in-laws Wednesday morning.
2. It was rainy and cold.
3. We had ice on our antenna and side mirrors.
4. We saw salt trucks on the way.
5. They weren’t salting the roads, just monitoring.
6. The construction around Indy is horrible!
7. And confusing!
8. We stopped in Indy to eat lunch.
9. At Bob Evans.
10. We were there for more than an hour…
11. We had to stop 15 minutes after that so the boy could go pee.
12. The rest of the ride was uneventful.
13. Just rainy.
14. I didn’t even sleep the whole car ride over!!  (This is a first)

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Thursday 13: 13 sleep friends

These are Little Man’s sleep friends. They just hang out on the bed.

We have:

1. Big Panda
2. Little Panda
3. Big Pooh Bear
4. Little Pooh Bear
5. Blue Blankie
6. fluffy Puppy
7. Happy Puppy
8. Sad Puppy
9. Birthday Bear
10. an unnamed Puppy
11. Elephant
12. an unnamed hamster
13. White Blankie

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Thursday 13: 13 Scholastic books

My kids are both readers.  Luckily the teachers participate in Scholastic book orders.  I may not order all the time, but I have ordered many, many books from them.  Some of them include:

1. The complete set of The Chronicles of Narnia.  I think I ordered that one more for me.  😉
2. The complete set of Junie B. Jones 27 books!  It was a great deal.
3. Charlotte’s Web
4. the three Ralph S Mouse books:  The Mouse and the Motorcycle; Runaway Ralph; Ralph S. Mouse.
5. The four Judy Blume Fudge books:  Tales of a Fourth Nothing; Fudge; Super Fudge; Double Fudge
6. Magic Tree House #30, Haunted Castle on Hallows Eve
7. Captain Underpants and the Big Bad Battle of the Bionic Booger Boy, Part 1
8. The BFG
9. The Complete Adventures of Charlie and Mr. Willy Wonka
10. The Missing Golden Ticket and Other Splendiferous Secrets
11. The Worst Best School Year Ever
12. Why should I series:  Why Should I Listen?; Why Should I Share?; Why Should I Help?
13. The Pinkalicious books:  Pinkalicious; Purplicious; Goldilicious

I LOVE ordering through Scholastic books online.

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Thursday 13: 13 Scholastic books

My kids are both readers.  Luckily the teachers participate in Scholastic book orders.  I may not order all the time, but I have ordered many, many books from them.  Some of them include:

1. The complete set of The Chronicles of Narnia.  I think I ordered that one more for me.  😉
2. The complete set of Junie B. Jones 27 books!  It was a great deal.
3. Charlotte’s Web
4. the three Ralph S Mouse books:  The Mouse and the Motorcycle; Runaway Ralph; Ralph S. Mouse.
5. The four Judy Blume Fudge books:  Tales of a Fourth Nothing; Fudge; Super Fudge; Double Fudge
6. Magic Tree House #30, Haunted Castle on Hallows Eve
7. Captain Underpants and the Big Bad Battle of the Bionic Booger Boy, Part 1
8. The BFG
9. The Complete Adventures of Charlie and Mr. Willy Wonka
10. The Missing Golden Ticket and Other Splendiferous Secrets
11. The Worst Best School Year Ever
12. Why should I series:  Why Should I Listen?; Why Should I Share?; Why Should I Help?
13. The Pinkalicious books:  Pinkalicious; Purplicious; Goldilicious

I LOVE ordering through Scholastic books online.

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