Tag: Lynard Skynard

  • Saturday Tunes

    Saturday TunesIt’s been a good week. OK, better than average. It’s been a really nice week. A friend was nice enough to watch our kids on Monday and Wednesday. (Last week of their 3 week Spring Break) She took them to the pool, had some wicked great activities, and on Wednesday they went to see Disney’s Earth movie. Tuesday, Kristen stayed home with them and took them to the Kroc Center pool. Thursday was my day, I took the kids to Sea World… fulfilling one of my lifelong desires to see Shamu. I suppose the kids had a good time too. Yesterday, the kids tagged along with me in the office for a few hours and then we drove up to Oceanside to hang with dear friends from Romeo, Fran and Andrea.

    On top of that, we got our State and Federal tax returns. That was a major fast-forward towards our financial goals for 2009.

    Now its the weekend. Kristen is already off to her weekly romp up Cowles Mountain. Later this morning I’ll take the dog to the beach so he can play in the water. In the meantime, I’m chilling and listening to some music. Here are the next 10 songs on my playlist. As always, selected at random and my ratings included.

    #1 Only Want to Be With You by Hootie & The Blowfish ***** [classic!]

    #2 Up the Spout by Mateo Messina *****

    #3 O, For a Thousand Tonges to Sing by David Crowder Band ****

    #4 Not To Us/Here is Our King by Todd Fields **

    #5 Afterall by Jason Harwell ****

    #6 Crazy Beautiful by Chasen *****

    #7 Sweet Home Alabama by Lynyrd Skynyrd *****

    #8 Undignified by David Crowder Band ****

    #9 Absolute by The Fray ****

    #10 Earthquake by Family Force 5 *****

  • Saturday Tunes

    Saturday TunesAnother weekend, already? If it has to be Saturday I will take it. Yet, it hardly seems like a week since my last installment.

    Last night we had some friends over for dinner. Chris and Anastasia are very cool and I’m thankful to have them on staff at Harbor dreaming of ways to reach people and bring justice to City Heights. Kristen absolutely went off and delivered one of the most incredible collections of food ever. With a mediteranian theme she made everything from scratch. Homus, pita bread, chicken skewers, salad, and even frozen yogurt. Give that woman a kitchen and some ingredients and she comes to life. All of those years of girl porn have really paid off.

    Today we are taking the kids to the zoo for a while. I’ve never been and they have each been a few times. So that will be fun. Have we gotten used to Southern California to the point where we are laid back about going to the San Diego Zoo? I mean, that place is a wonderland of zoology. I’m sure it’ll be fun.

    As usual, Saturday kicks off with some quiet time. Everyone is sleeping in and I am quietly listening to some tunes. Here are the next 10 tunes randomly selected on my iPod… er, I mean iPhone.

    #1 Sweet Home Alabama by Lynard Skynyrd *****

    #2 Loose Lips by Kimya Dawson ****

    #3 Baba O’Riley by The Who *****

    #4 Footloose by Kenny Loggins *****

    #5 Here is Our King by David Crowder Band ****

    #6 More than Life by Hillsong United ****

    #7 Can’t Find the Words by Karina ***

    #8 Mysterious Ways by U2 *****

    #9 All the Young Dude by Mott the Hopple ****

    #10 Late Night, Early Town by Lloyd Cole

  • Saturday Tunes, Valentines Day Edition

    Typically for Saturday tunes I share the next 10 random songs coming out of my iPod. But today is Valentines Day and its all about love and sappy stuff like that. With that in mind I am going to change things up a bit this week and share some favorites.

    Top 5 Most Listened to Songs

    1. Falling Slowly by Glen Hansgard & Marketa Irglova

    2. Amazing Grace (My Chains are Gone) by Chris Tomlin

    3. 1234 by Feist

    4. Basket Case by Green Day

    5. Stop & Stare by OneRepublic

    Top Ten Faves of the Moment

    1. Anyone Else But You by Michael Cera & Ellen Page (Moldy Peaches version is also my fav)

    2. God’s Gonna Cut You Down by Johnny Cash

    3. Good Riddance by Green Day

    4. I Will Not be Silent by David Crowder Band (Deliver Me, Foreverandever, and You Are My Joy are also Crowder favs)

    5. Rise by Eddie Vedder

    6. Sunday Bloody Sunday by U2 (One, Beautiful Day, 40… tough to narrow it to a few U2 songs)

    7. Homecoming by Kanye West (Not sure why I like this so much, but this song rocks)

    8. Sweet Home Alabama by Lynard Skynyrd

    9. Chanukah Song by Adam Sandler (I love Sandler songs!)

    10. Where Everybody Knows Your Name by Gary Portnoy (Yes, this is the Cheers theme song)

    OK, so I don’t have just 10 favorites. I could list 50 songs here and not cover all the best stuff. But this is a good start.