Keep Breathing

So to help with the difficult times Im compiling a playlist of feel good songs. Okay not all feel good. But songs that help me get through times like this. A dear friend of mine, Katie, has recommended this man, many times. She has gone through similar things like I have, and every song she refers me to...helps. Tremendously. Which means I need to download Kelly Clarkston like Katie recommended! One artist that helps me a lot is Ingrid Michaelson. Today I think Ive belted out singing this numerous times.

• Keep Breathing by Ingrid Michaelson

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The storm is coming but I don't mind
People are dying, I close my blinds

All that I know is I'm breathing now

I want to change the world
Instead I sleep
I want to believe in more than you and me

But all that I know is I'm breathing
All I can do is keep breathing
All we can do is keep breathing now

All that I know is I'm breathing
All I can do is keep breathing.
All we can do is keep breathing

All we can do is keep breathing
All we can do is keep breathing
All we can do is keep breathing
All we can do is keep breathing
All we can do is keep breathing now

Thank you once again Miss Ingrid. XO

Picture Tag

So Megan tagged me a few days ago, and Im just now getting around to it :) The game goes like this....go to your 4th folder (where your pictures are stored) and find the 4th picture….and post it. then explain it.


Well there you see my great photography skills :p This was one of the best nights of my life, because it was the night I got engaged!!!! Grant and I just came home from a wonderful week long vacation in Arizona, and had a concert the night we got back in town. It was the Newton Faulkner concert, and just happened to be on my birthday to. I tried to capture a few shots of Newton, but with the lighting I wasnt so successful. As you can see! LOL

Just shortly after this picture was taking, Grant pulled me to the side during the song Dream Catch Me, said a very sweet speech, and popped the question :) I was so lucky to meet Newton Faulkner a few months later and tell him the news. Which he thought was pretty cool :)

P.S. Thanks Megan, I was just thinking about what I should blog about tonight....and no tagging since I dont think I have that many readers. LOL

Newton Faulkner

Yep, I got to meet Newton Faulkner. And how did I react you ask? Like I normally do when I meet someone famous. A little star struck. Didnt say the things I wished I had. And if it wasnt for Danita, I probably wouldnt of even asked for this picture. lol

So Danita and I left work around 3:15, and with a little bit of a challenge finally found Dinos where the event was being held at. When we got there there was a handful of people...I really thought there would be more. The first 50 people got a sampler cd, poster, and entered to win Pistons tickets. Sweet. We werent so lucky to win the tickets though. There was a table left that was right next to the set up, so we took seats there and waited patiently. They served free appetizers. Free show, Free Food...what more can you ask for?

Newton showed around 4:30, and did 4 songs. Gone In The Morning, Dream Catch Me, To The Light, and I need Something. He shared some stories in between songs, worked through an string breaking on his guitar, and got the crowd participation going in Gone In The Morning. It was pretty awesome. He has such an amazing voice, and is so talented. I could listen to him all day long. You dont find to many people these days that are that great acoustically. I have to admit it was a tease. It made me want to see an entire show! When he sang, Dream Catch Me, as one of the songs. It made me a little emotional. I really wish Grant was there. It took me back to the night he proposed. Im so excited to get married to the man of my dreams. Im thinking we should find an instrumental version of Dream Catch Me to walk down the isle to :)

As he was packing up his guitar, one girl asked for his autograph. So I tried to bump in there, and ask for one to. Than his manager announced to everyone that he could not sign autographs and they had to go. Sound check was waiting for them since he had a show that night. As he was signing the girls autograph I told him how Grant proposed to me at his show in April during Dream Catch Me. And than Danita chimes in, yeah Im his stand in today. lol He stopped signing, looked up at me, and than said wow thank you. And did this bowing head folded hand thing towards me. So I stood there for a minute thinking of what to say, I had so many things in my head, and than was interrupted by some girl. A more aggressive girl than me. I thought dang it, I had a chance to talk to him. So Danita took my camera and I said, can I get a picture with you? He said definitely. I thanked him, than turned shy again. What is my problem? Hes just like me and you. LOL Im so silly sometimes.

But its a pretty great picture, dont you think? I was beyond geeked. Especially that the picture turned out good..Im known to not be very photogenic! Than we thought he was heading near the bathrooms so we went over there, but he didnt come that way. So as we made our way back to our table, he was trying to make his rounds. You could tell me was trying to appreciate his fans, but his manager was pulling him away. He was so down to earth, talking to everyone, giving out hugs, taking pictures. Which makes me love him as an artist even more!

Its just so cool to be up close and personal to artists you admire like that. Even if it was just a half hour, Im so glad I got that!

Coldplay and Newton in the same month. Awesome. With some of the not so happy things going on in my life, there also is a silver lining of happiness to :)

Intimate Setting with Newton - Count Me In!

Grant found something happening this week in Metro Detroit that makes me want to go, EEEEEEKKKKKKK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Newton Faulkner is coming in concert with Ingrid Michaelson on Thursday. We had plans of trying to make this concert, but Im such a procrastinator that when I went to buy tickets it was sold out. Ive been religiously checking the Internet to see if I could find tickets for sale and have had no luck. :( I even posted a begging plea on craigslist but that didnt work either. So so sad. Grant has clients in from Japan this week at work, so it may have worked out for the best. This is the second time Ive missed Ingrid, so Im a little bummed. And Newton has a very special place in my heart, since that is the concert that Grant proposed to me at.

So Grant sent me a link, and said unfortunately I wont be able to make it due to the clients in from Japan. But maybe you can make this. On Thursday Newton will be doing a intimate mini concert at 4pm! Heres the details:

Join 939 The River on Thursday November 20th at 4pm for another River Session. Newton Faulkner will be at Dino's in Northville to play his songs in an intimate setting This is your chance to catch one of the UK's top singer/songwriters up close and personal. Dino's is at 133 West Main in Northville. Plus the first 50 River listeners will score a Newton Faulkner collectible tour CD featuring rare acoustic tracks. Once again, The River is giving our listeners a chance to be treated to the voice and guitar of Newton Faulkner. The River Session happens Thursday November 20th at 4pm. Capacity is limited, so get there early to get a seat for this exciting River Session with Newton Faulkner.

Um yeah, Im so there. I may have to go alone, but I am so there. I love Newton! His sound and songs are phenomenal! And to see him up close and personal is going to be awesome. At his concert this past April it was a intimate setting and I loved it. I was surprised by the low turnout at his concert...so maybe Ill be lucky to actually get a seat at this? Im thinking if I leave work at 3 maybe I can. Im not sure if I can find a coworker to go with me that early, so Im okay going by myself. Im so geeked! Maybe I can get a picture with him to :)

This song helped me have a much needed cry today...

Be Ok...Ingrid Michaelson

I just want to be ok, be ok, be ok

I just want to be ok today
I just want to be ok, be ok, be ok
I just want to be ok today

I just want to feel today, feel today, feel today
I just want to feel something today
I just want to feel today, feel today, feel today
I just want to feel something today

CHORUS:
Open me up and you will see
I'm a gallery of broken hearts
I'm beyond repair, let me be
And give me back my broken parts

I just want to know today, know today, know today
I just want to know something today
I just want to know today, know today, know today
Know that maybe I will be ok

CHORUS

Just give me back my pieces
Just give them back to me please
Just give me back my pieces
And let me hold my broken parts

I just want to be ok, be ok, be ok
I just want to be ok today
I just want to be ok, be ok, be ok
I just want to be ok today

I just want to feel today, feel today, feel today
I just want to feel something today
I just want to know today, know today, know today
Know that maybe I will be ok
Know that maybe I will be ok
Know that maybe I will be ok

Right around mid afternoon this huge grief came over me. I dont know where it came from, but it consumed me. I tried to sleep it off, and that didnt work. So I started on my to do list for the night. I was side tracked and couldnt concentrate, so I went and visited Ingrid Michaelson's website. I love her. And am excited to see her in concert in November. I wanted to listen to some of her music, and this happen to be the first song I heard. Its like she was singing to me. I sat here and cried, and cried some more. It was a good cry to let out. It needed to be let out. Its amazing what music does for people. How it touches you emotionally, and at times its the only thing that can give you comfort.

Than I was watching an episode of Dog, the bounty hunter. The episode was when Beth said goodbye to her dad and he died. I cried some more watching the last visit she had with him. My heart aches. I miss my dad so much. Im to young to lose him. I wanted more time with him. I needed more time with him.

Accepting the grief, not running from it. Keep moving forward....thats all I can do.