Monday's Music Moves Me: 1/16/2012 ~ Our Wedding Day 1997

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Welcome to 2012's Monday's Music Moves Me!!! We are going to make this meme SPECTACULAR this year!! But of course, we cannot do that without all of you... so come on share your music with us and get your friends to share with us, too. Our fearless leader is none other that the sweetest and most wonderful Marie of XmasDolly. Helping her keep this train running are ME, my dear friend Stacy of Stacy Uncorked and the lovely Callie of Jamerican Spice. We will also have some helpers along the way when we need to because life is.... well, life!



Here is what you need to do to play along.....

First step: Head on over to You Tube, or anywhere you get your music videos and post them on your blog! Upcoming themes are to you LOWER RIGHT of XmasDolly's blog.

Second Step: Grab our "Monday's Music Moves Me" Button, mine is on my right sidebar, or off of any of the hosts' sites.

Third step: SIGN THE LINKY - Follow your hosts (we will all follow you and try to comment each week), grab their buttons too when you visit them and show them some love by leaving a comment.. (mine is on my right sidebar above the 4M button)

Final step: Go visit the other Rockers on our Linky and PLEASE show them some love by leaving them a comment, you know you like comments, they do too!

 

Today's theme is Songs played at your wedding (or the year of your wedding). If not married your favorite song when you were 21 - so pick your songs, write up your post and share with us because we love music and we love you all.

Bill and I got married in 1997, and as you can see by the invitation above, (were you surprised by the Mickey and Minnie on it???) Nikolaus and Alexander gave me away...

Here are some songs from our wedding and our love story.

The first song we ever danced to and we played during our wedding.....

Wonderful Tonight ~ Eric Clapton




This is another song that means a lot to both of us and we danced to at our wedding.....


Because You Loved Me ~ Celine Dion




This song is "our song" - it says everything that Bill and I mean to each other and it is the first song that we danced to at our wedding.....


I'll Always Be Right There ~ Bryan Adams




Our first dance:

Then by the end of the night, we were partying  to rock and roll (would you expect any less from me) with all our friends.....

You Shook Me All Night Long ~ AC/DC



Now, you know there were a couple Elvis songs during the wedding, too, but since I did a complete post to him last week, I decided not to post any this week. =)

What did you play at your wedding? What are your memories? Once you write up your post, don't forget to sing the linky (on any of the host's blog - they are all connected) and you may be chosen as our SPOTLIGHT DANCERS like this week's lucky couple in our #1 and #2 linky spots.....

Gillian of A Daft Scots Lass ~~ and ~~ Tom of Indroducing Mr. Cool

CONGRATULATIONS!!

Don't forget... if you are one of the lucky ones chosen for our spotlight dance, you get to grab the Spotlight Dancer Button from Dolly's right sidebar and proudly display it on your blog... WooHoo!

Now, don't forget to sign the linky, visit the participants, and leave a comment - you know you like them, so does everyone else. For more Monday music fun, visit Lady Estrogen and my friend Denise at Run DMT

ROCK ON MY FRIENDS

I'm very sorry to say there are some people not playing along just using our linky to get traffic for their blogs! Unfortunately, these bloggers will be marked and ignored, you will not get any benefit from our linky, so don't bother. All we ask is that you leave a comment, grab our button, ad/or follow us. If you don't want to post a video, you can post a link to a video, or post some lyrics, but please - at least attempt to make it music related.

*** Just one more thing...

PLEASE, we are family friendly blogs and while we really don't want to censor anyone,

but we do ask that you keep your songs rated PG13 or less.

If you find that you need to post songs of an explicit sexual nature or language,

please find a different venue. If your song does contain a small amount of questionable Language, please put disclaimer BEFORE the video.

Thank you very much!***

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I'm In a Funk

As most of you know, I lost one of my dear little doggies last Friday. I have been in a bit of a depression since then and have not felt much like blogging. I am working on a tribute post to her and will also get to visiting you all soon.

I want to thank you all so much for your kind words on Twitter and Facebook, your love and friendship has meant more than you can ever know.

Thank you so much, love and hugs from Lorie, Bill, Nano, Lady Mia, Mumbo, Wiggles, and Mandie

Canine Freestyle Dancing - Incredible!

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I found an article on AOL regarding exercise for you and your dogs and one of the recommendations was Canine Freestyle Dancing. I could never see our dogs doing this, but the following video is incredible. Hope you enjoy it.....

 

How adorable is that? Don't they look like they are having fun?

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Monday's Music Moves Me: 1/9/2012 ~ In Honor of the King

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Welcome to 2012's Monday's Music Moves Me!!! We are going to make this meme SPECTACULAR this year!! But of course, we cannot do that without all of you... so come on share your music with us and get your friends to share with us, too. Our fearless leader is none other that the sweetest and most wonderful Marie of XmasDolly. Helping her keep this train running are ME, my dear friend Stacy of Stacy Uncorked and the lovely Callie of Jamerican Spice. We will also have some helpers along the way when we need to because life is.... well, life!



Here is what you need to do to play along.....
 
 
First step: Head on over to You Tube, or anywhere you get your music videos and post them on your blog! Upcoming themes are to you LOWER RIGHT of XmasDolly's blog.

Second Step: Grab our "Monday's Music Moves Me" Button, mine is on my right sidebar, or off of any of the hosts' sites.

Third step: SIGN THE LINKY - Follow your hosts (we will all follow you and try to comment each week), grab their buttons too when you visit them and show them some love by leaving a comment.. (mine is on my right sidebar above the 4M button)

Final step: Go visit the other Rockers on our Linky and PLEASE show them some love by leaving them a comment, you know you like comments, they do too!


Today's theme is FREEBIE, you get to choose anything you've been groovin' to - so pick your songs, write up your post and share with us because we love music and we love you all.


Today, I am choosing to honor the King of Rock and Roll because yesterday would have been his 77th birthday (of course you know I did a post on that). So to the man who is my favorite singer of all time, a tribute... Rest in peace and know we will never forget you!

I Want You, I Need You, I Love You




You Don't Have to Say You Love Me





She's Not You




..... and one of my favorites, plus he is wearing the black leather! {{{SWOON!!}}}


Can't Help Falling in Love




I hope you enjoyed my tribute to The King... Now, once you write up your post, don't forget to sing the linky (on any of the host's blog - they are all connected) and you may be chosen as our SPOTLIGHT DANCERS like this week's lucky couple in our #1 and #2 linky spots.....

Lucy of Lucy's Reality ~~ and ~~ Karen of If I Could Escape

CONGRATULATIONS!!

Don't forget... if you are one of the lucky ones chosen for our spotlight dance, you get to grab the Spotlight Dancer Button from Dolly's right sidebar and proudly display it on your blog... WooHoo!

Now, don't forget to sign the linky, visit the participants, and leave a comment - you know you like them, so does everyone else. For more Monday music fun, visit Lady Estrogen and my friend Denise at Run DMT.
 

ROCK ON MY FRIENDS

I'm very sorry to say there are some people not playing along just using our linky to get traffic for their blogs! Unfortunately, these bloggers will be marked and ignored, you will not get any benefit from our linky, so don't bother. All we ask is that you leave a comment, grab our button, ad/or follow us. If you don't want to post a video, you can post a link to a video, or post some lyrics, but please - at least attempt to make it music related.

*** Just one more thing...

PLEASE, we are family friendly blogs and while we really don't want to censor anyone,

but we do ask that you keep your songs rated PG13 or less.

If you find that you need to post songs of an explicit sexual nature or language,

please find a different venue. If your song does contain a small amount of questionable Language, please put  disclaimer BEFORE the video.

Thank you very much!***

 

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Skin Care Questions for the New Year - Rodan + Fields

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Thank you to Mary Radford, RN; Director of the RF Connection at Rodan + Fields Dermatologists for the answers to these questions this month.

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Happy 77th Birthday Elvis Presley - You're Still the King!

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Today Elvis Presley would have been 77 years old - did any of you think I'd let this day pass without mentioning it??? I bet if he was still around, he would be  rockin' and shaking his hips and making ladies (myself included) swoon. A beautiful life taken much too soon. Here is something from me to him....




He was The King of Rock and always will be....

Some great photos throughout his amazing life:

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, ELVIS

You will always be #1 to me!!

Thank you to abcNEWS and RareElvisPresley.com for the photos.

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A Thousand Words Thursday: 1/5/2012 ~ Santa Mandie

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Check out Musings of the Mom Jen to see the reason she started "A Thousand Words Thursday" - it is kind-of the way I feel about my screen saver, so I decided to join in and showcase some of my photos each week that bring me "unexpected reminiscing," as Jen calls it. Hope you enjoy the photos and feel free to join along!

So grab the button on Jen's site and post a photo that brings a thousand words to your mind so we can all see it. Have a great weekend. HUGGLES!

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Wordless Wednesday: 1/4/2012 ~ Nano and Mia Make New Friends - Russian Wolfhounds, BIG DOGS!

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Welcome to Wordless Wednesday..... I'm looking forward to seeing all of your photos, so if you leave a comment, please leave your email address so I can come on over and take a look.

For more Wordless Wednesday posts, head over to the WW Hub, leave your link, check out the other participants, and don't forget to leave a nice comment - you know you like comments, they do too!!

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New Year's Resolutions ~ Why We Fail

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Happy New Year to all my wonderful friends!

Wishing you health, happiness, success and love in the new year and beyond!

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Monday's Music Moves Me: 1/2/2012 ~ Duets for the New Year

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Here I go again, messing up on the day again.

What a way to start off the new year. I swear I'll be better next week.

I forgot yesterday was Sunday, so I'm late again....

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Welcome to 2012's Monday's Music Moves Me!!! We are going to make this meme SPECTACULAR this year!!  But of course, we cannot do that without all of you... so come on share your music with us and get your friends to share with us, too. Our fearless leader is none other that the sweetest and most wonderful Marie of XmasDolly. Helping her keep this train running ar ME, my dear friend Stacy of Stacy Uncorked and the lovely Callie of Jamerican Spice.  We will also have some helpers along the way when we need to because life is.... well, life!


Here is what you need to do to play along.....

First step: Head on over to You Tube, or anywhere you get your music videos and post them on your blog! Upcoming themes are to you LOWER RIGHT of XmasDolly's blog.


Second Step: Grab our "Monday's Music Moves Me" Button, mine is on my right sidebar, or off of any of the hosts' sites.


Third step: SIGN THE LINKY - Follow your hosts, grab their buttons too when you visit them and show them some love by leaving a comment.. (mine is on my right sidebar above the 4M button)


Final step: Go visit the other Rockers on our Linky and PLEASE show them some love by leaving them a comment, you know you like comments, they do too!

Today's theme, chosen by our very own Stacy, is "Duets" - so pick your songs, write up your post and share with us because we love music and we love you all.


Here is what I have been grooving to today:


This is such a beautiful song and it reminds me of the Community Chorus I belonged to in Connecticut when I lived up there. I dedicate it to my dear friend, Betsy who was in the Chorus with me and unexpectedly lost her life on Monday, Dec. 26th - Rest in Peace, Betsy, I love you and you will be missed.....


The Prayer ~ Celine Dion and Andrea Bocelli




Another beautiful one .....


I'm your Angel ~ Celine Dion and R Kelly




..... and of course I had to get back to my roots with my all time favorite:


In the Ghetto ~ Elvis and Lisa Marie Presley




Now, once you write up your post, don't forget to sing the linky (on any of the host's blog - they are all connected) and you may be chosen as our SPOTLIGHT DANCERS like this week's lucky couple in our #1 and #2 linky spots.....

Naila Moon of Just the Stuff Ya Know

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 Tamirisc of Chronicle from the Man Cave

(who by the way are a married couple - how cool is that!!)

CONGRATULATIONS!!

Don't forget... if you are one of the lucky ones chosen for our spotlight dance, you get to grab the Spotlight Dancer Button from Dolly's right sidebar and proudly display it on your blog... WooHoo!

Now, don't forget to sign the linky, visit the participants, and leave a comment - you know you like them, so does everyone else. For more Monday music fun, visit Lady Estrogen and my friend Denise at Run DMT.

ROCK ON MY FRIENDS

AND HAPPY NEW YEAR!!

I'm very sorry to say there are some people not playing along just using our linky to get traffic for their blogs! Unfortunately, these bloggers will be marked and ignored, you will not get any benefit from our linky, so don't bother. All we ask is that you leave a comment, grab our button, ad/or follow us. If you don't want to post a video, you can post a link to a video, or post some lyrics, but please - at least attempt to make it music related.

*** Just one more thing...

PLEASE, we are family friendly blogs and while we really don't want to censor anyone,

but we do ask that you keep your songs rated PG13 or less.

If you find that you need to post songs of an explicit sexual nature or language,

please find a different venue. If your song does contain a small amount of questionable Language, please put a disclaimer BEFORE the video.

Thank you very much!***

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