Day 24: A Song You Want Played At Your Funeral.

Seriously not a topic I feel like dealing with right now, but Kelly and I agreed swapping them would be cheating a little… So ummm… honestly, I hadn’t put a great deal of thought into it My besties say my song for option one would be there… I don’t know. I guess you kind of need one song that is depressing and sad and reflective for everyone to cry. Then you need one a bit more upbeat and suited to your personality.

I am going to go with this song because how great is it? And very fitting to both my teen years and what I chose to do for living (Considering where the song is best known from). I’m a bit over the top at times so this would suit.

So:

Don’t You Forget About Me: Simple Minds.

Day 23: A Song You Want To Play At Your Wedding.

I’ll keep this short and sweet. Kelly said to me quite sometime ago now that we needed a song. He was right. He said to me that he had the perfect one. Upon playing it to me I knew that is was perfect. He did good. So, this is the song I (We) want to play at our wedding.

Miracle: Foo Fighters.

13 years ago I was blessed to meet you. I not only got to know you as a friend but was fortunate to be a carer at your daycare. Your laugh was so fantastic and you had such a strong will and character. I loved your pizazz. I remember when I used to see you we would roll eyes at each other whenever we heard something a bit stupid. One of the things that still makes me laugh is when I got a new mobile and couldn’t get a thing to work… You took it out of my hands and made it work within seconds, meanwhile you had changed all my settings and ringtones.

And still my favourite story is when you said to me at a party you were bored so I suggested you go and put ice down people’s backs and that’s what you did. The catch is, you did it to me (With both ice and an icy cold lemonade can).

Gorgeous little man… We wish you were here. You are so missed. We talk about you often both together and with your Mum and Ro (Or to anyone who asks!). I really wish you were here and a part of everything.

Thank you so much for giving me your Dad to take care of for a while. Also, for making sure your Mum became one of my closest friends. Such amazing and wonderful people mate.

Loads of love sweetheart…

We’ve made it to Day 22 of the Song Challenge.

But first…

I’ve been thinking the idea of ‘my friends’ ‘your friends’. You get into a relationship and naturally you meet new people through your significant other. Then you form other relationships. So, after a while of getting to know someone, do you see them still as the other’s friends, or do you see them to be joint?

I don’t actually now see our collective group as his or mine on the most part. The people we spend most our time with we are both able to call, both able to message and speak to, both able to make plans or arrangements with them without relying on the other.

In turn, they all contact us individually if they want to see us or talk etc. Like, Renee will call Kelly if she needs or I can call Waz without having to go “Babe, would you please call XXX to ask them such and such…”

Kelly said the other night “Your friends” and I said “Are they my friends or our friends?” He said “Ours really aren’t they?”… It is kind of like a dysfunctional adoption process  We adopt friends once we meet… So do we get direct ownership and are there custody allowances?

It’s like Brad and Ang, only with big people!

I am so blessed to have met the people I have through Kelly and I know he feels the same in return. Vee and I and Jo (And of course Waz) and I were able to form friendships without Kelly’s intervention very naturally as did Kelly with Steven, Kael and Renee.

It is a personality thing. Vee and Jo made a lot of effort to get to know me personally and contacted me off of their own accord to make it happen, as did those of mine I mentioned above in return to Kelly.

I am able to spend time alone with Vee or chat away for hours with Jo without it being pre-set by my significant other and we are close in a whole different way to what he is with them.

Of course there are other friends who he spends his own time with, or mine who I spend my own time with and each of us has very little to do with them but I think that is fairly natural… It isn’t a personal thing, I think it is the nature of the friendship to begin with and a personality thing?

So the point is, after much waffling, I don’t see them as mine or his, their ours.

It’s like our cars and money really

So: Day 22: A Song You Listen To When You’re Sad.

This was a no brainer (Although, like every other choice, there are always more than one). I chose the song I sang to my Grandmother when she was in a coma before she passed away. She also used to play it to me when I was little. I brushed her hair, cried a little and sang this to her in her room. She moved her finger when I sang it and though I know there is no proof she heard, I would like to believe she did. I used to listen to it before this event but more so after. Now, whenever I am sad, I listen to this. Sometimes it makes me cry more but then I don’t think that is always a bad thing. Sometimes it is good therapy. Let it out.

I have once again used a Glee version for sound quality, plus they sang it beautifully.

Smile (Charlie Chaplin): Glee Version.

Me, the babies, my cousin and my Grandma

Wow. The Grand Prix apparently interfered with my blog. Alas, my song challenge is behind. So, you will get a triple hit? Double? Either or I need to do some.

So I will not blog post yet again due to mass information on song challenge.

So, the next in the mix.

Day 19: A Song From My Favourite Album.

I like this song because it, in some ways, is empowering. I listened to it a lot through various moments in my life when I was trying to put the pieces all back together. I don’t necessarily know what my favourite album is, I have never thought about this before. However this is the album I have probably listened to the most. For the purposes of this option, here is my favourite song from my “favourite” album…

I’m Not Falling Apart: Maroon 5.

Day 20: A Song You Listen To When You’re Angry.

God there are plenty of these. I could have gone for loads there. I am going to use the one though that has possibly my most favourite lyric in it “I was fine before you walked into my life”. How true is that? How great is that line? Amazing. Love love love it. One thing this girl is good for, is angry songs. Also, this song is a great driving song!

U + Ur Hand: Pink.

Day 21: A Song You Listen To When You Are Happy.

This almost made it as my favourite song on Day 1. I have massive affection for it. It makes my heart skip when I listen to it. Very obviously it reminds me of Kelly a great deal. We both had a bunch of stuff to work through in the early days of our relationship and the day we decided make or break, this song came on the radio on my drive over to see him. To think that I almost walked away from the most wonderful and amazing person makes me shudder. This is my happy song because it brings back the memories of us going “Yes! This is definately the one I want to be with!” And cementing a relationship that I had worked very hard on… How could I not be happy?

So, my happy song:

I’m Not Over: Carolina Liar.

My Best Friend