What every man should tell his woman :)

So I just heard this on Sirius Coffee House courtesy of my DishTV and I LOVE it!!!!!!!! It really speaks to the hopeless romantic in me. All men should say this to and about their woman more often!!!!!!!!! Thank you Steve Earle you made my day. :-D

Sparkle and Shine by Steve Earle



LYRICS
Sparkle and Shine on Steve Earle's Washington Square Serenade album

My baby sparkle and shine
Sparkle and shine
Sparkle and shine
My baby sparkle and shine
And everyone knows she’s fine
She blesses all that she sees
A toss of her hair and a kiss in the breeze
But she don’t love no one but me
And I can’t believe she’s mine

Shimmering she moves
Sunlight all around her
Even when she’s blue
Silver clouds surround her

My baby sparkle and shine
Sparkle and shine
Sparkle and shine
My baby sparkle and shine
And I can’t believe she’s mine

My baby swings down the street
Big tall high heel shoes on her feet
Walks by and my heart skips a beat
And I’m stumblin’ like a fool
She give me somethin’ so sweet
I can’t sleep y’all and I can’t eat
Sparks fly whenever we meet
I’m breathless ‘cause she’s so cool

Anywhere she goes
I can only follow
She’ll be there I know
When I awake tomorrow

My baby sparkle and shine
Sparkle and shine
Sparkle and shine
My baby sparkle and shine
And everyone knows she’s fine

My baby sparkle and shine
Sparkle and shine
Sparkle and shine
My baby sparkle and shine
And everyone knows she’s fine

And everyone knows she’s mine

Griffin house

So I just heard this song for the first time on my Sirius radio courtesy of DishTV and I LOVE the song!!! It's so sweet and nice. Even though it's a guy singing to a girl about this I think that this song could probably be switched around to say "The girl who says goodbye to you is out of her mind." :) I know a few guys that this song (if switched) could apply to their lives. So here you go, a song just for you. :) Because yes, the girl that says goodbye to you is out of her mind. :) I hope you have a better day.

The guy that says goodbye to you by Griffin house

Nightmare revisited

Sally's song sung by Amy Lee from the Nightmare Revisited album

Dream

SOGNO
G. Vessicchio / G. Servillo

Va ti aspetterò
Il fiore nel giardino segna
il tempo
Qui disegnerò il giorno poi del
tuo ritorno
Sei così sicura del mio amore
Da portarlo via con te
Chiuso nelle mani che ti porti
al viso
Ripensando ancora a me
E se ti servirà lo mostri a mondo
Che non sa che vita c’è
Nel cuore che distratto sembra
assente non sa che vita c’è in
quello che soltanto il cuore sente
Non sa

Qui ti aspetterò
E ruberò i baci al tempo
Tempo che non basta a cancellare
Coi ricordi il desiderio che
Resta chiuso nelle mani che ti
porti al viso
Ripensando a me
E ti accompagnerà passando le
città da me
Da me che sono ancora qui
E sogno cose che non so di te
Dove sarà che strada farà il tuo ritorno
Sogno...

Qui ti aspetterò
E ruberò i baci al tempo
Sogno
Un rumore il vento che me sveglia
E sei già qua

© 1998 Edizioni Suvini Zerboni SpA / Sugarmusic
Edizioni Musicali Srl/ Mascotte Edizioni Musicali Srl


DREAM

Go then, I will wait for you
The flowers in the garden will mark
your absence
And rejoice the day of
your return
Of my love you are so sure
So sure you can take it with you
Cupped in the hands that you raise
to your face
As you still think of me and if you need to,
you can show it to the world,
A world that cannot understand
what lives in an uncaring absent heart
That does not know life is only that
the heart feels
That does not know

This is where I will wait for you
Stealing imaginary kisses as time goes by
Time, time cannot erase
The memories and the desire
That you cup in the hands you raise to
your face
As you still think of me
Throughout your journey it will lead
you back to me
For I’ll still be waiting here
Dreaming of your unknown whereabouts
Where the road will be on your return
I dream...

This is where I will wait for you
Stealing imaginary kisses as time goes by
Dream
A noise, the wind awakes me
And you’re already here

Stillness

Oy! Well Christmas is over and we had a lot of fun. I got an UBER soft fuzzy fluffy blanket, some fuzzy slipper boots and socks, flannel pajamas, games, a warm hat, iTunes gift cards (so be ready for MUCH more music), and the list goes on and on. :) All in all it was a fun time had by all. My favorite moments and memories are those times spent with family and friends.
What's coming up in our life now you ask? Well we have to get ready for Nerdfest :) and birthdays :) and a possible good bye :(

But for now...
I'm exhausted and I'm going to go to bed. Tonight I leave you with Sara Groves-A Cradle in Bethlehem from her O Holy Night album.
(We bought this album as a gift for my dad and I highly recommend it to anyone looking for good holiday music. It's fun and beautiful without driving anyone into Christmas overload.)

Goodnight all. Merry Christmas.
~Betania

Something to make you chuckle

Merry Christmas everyone. :) I found this and got a good chuckle out of the first minute. (It's Johnny Cash, Steve Martin, and Kris Kristofferson singing together.) The rest is just nice to listen to. :) I wish they still showed these specials on tv.

(Yes I know that Johnny and his wife are not alive any more. What I mean was that Johnny talked about the true meaning of Christmas and made his specials about having fun and singing with those nearest and dearest to him. Christmas specials that are shown on tv now are nothing like that. It's just a bunch of music stars trying to show off how good they can sing or how great their song is. I don't get the warm fuzzies watching Christmas specials now like I used to.)

So I hope you like the video clip I found. Merry Christmas. :)

Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas. May you all have a restful and peaceful "Silent Night".



Silent Night by Priscilla Ahn

Buon Natale

Buon Natale amici!!!!
Merry Christmas friends!!!!

I leave you tonight with the Italian Christmas song, "Tu scendi dalle stelle".



~Betania

Crummy sleep

What a crummy way to start Christmas eve... Last night I couldn't sleep. I went to bed, sleep for an hour, wake up for an hour, and sleep for an hour, etc. This happened all night until I finally forced myself out of the bed at 9am. I'm tired. Worn out. I feel like a dishrag that has just washed a weeks worth of dishes all at once.

Hopefully today will get better.


Closing with some Norah Jones. It's calming and peaceful.
~b

Humble Me by Norah Jones

Goodbye...

Thank you for your answers and honesty. :) I appreciate it. It's water under the bridge. I hope you find what you're looking for... :)



Something always brings me back to you.
It never takes too long.
No matter what I say or do
I'll still feel you here 'til the moment I'm gone.

You hold me without touch.
You keep me without chains.
I never wanted anything so much
than to drown in your love and not feel your rain.

CHORUS
Set me free, leave me be.
I don't want to fall another moment into your gravity.
Here I am and I stand so tall,
just the way I'm supposed to be.
But you're on to me and all over me.

You loved me 'cause I'm fragile.
When I thought that I was strong.
But you touch me for a little while and all my fragile strength is gone.

CHORUS
Set me free, leave me be.
I don't want to fall another moment into your gravity.
Here I am and I stand so tall,
just the way I'm supposed to be.
But you're on to me and all over me.

I live here on my knees as I
try to make you see that you're
everything I think I need here on the ground.
But you're neither friend nor foe
though I can't seem to let you go.
The one thing that I still know
is that you're keeping me
down.

You're keeping me down

You're onto me
You're onto me
and all over

Something always bring me back to you
It never takes too long


***For those of you concerned, this post has nothing to do with my husband or our relationship. Our relationship is wonderful and we totally and completely love each other. This post is for someone else.

My favorite late greats :) (LOTS OF VIDEOS!)

I love music from the 50's and before. Does this shock you? I don't know it makes sense to me, after all I am a hopeless romantic. :) So today I'd like to share with you some favorite late greats (Jimmy Durante and Louis Prima).

Buona Sera by Louis Prima (Listening to this makes me miss Italy but reminds me of fun Italian restaurants I've been to/found over the years)




Bigger the Figure by Louis Prima (This is so cute b/c even though she doesn't look like what she used to, he still loves her even more than before.)




When you're smiling by Louis Prima (Does this need an explanation? Just smile.) :)




I'll see you in my dreams by Jimmy Durante (This is where I got my Mrs. Calabash reference from on a previous blog a few nights ago)




I'll be seeing you by Jimmy Durante (Don't pay attention to the Notebook pictures this was the only Jimmy Durante version I could find)

Resta Qui - Stay with me

Goodnight all. I'm finally going to bed. I've listened to so much music today. So much that I'm speaking in song. j/k. :) There is a song I will leave you with. It's the perfect goodnight/goodbye song. It's called Resta Qui and it's sung by Andrea Bocelli. The Italian lyrics and English translation are below. But it is a song about his love for his lover. He loves her so much and doesn't want them to ever be apart (hence the title) because he doesn't want to lose her.
*sigh* I'm such a hopeless romantic. :)
Do you have someone you would sing this song to? I do and he's asleep upstairs right now. I'm going to go to sleep now too and be his angel and slow down time so we can be together longer before he has to leave again for work. :(
Buona Notte
~b

RESTA QUI
Matteo Musumeci / Andrea Bocelli

Perderti così
Come un attimo
Mentre tutto va
Oltre i limiti
Della mia fantasia
Tu che eri mia!

Voli e brividi
Grandi sogni che
Forse realizzai
A che servono
Se tu non sei qui
Qui con me
Anche se ho sbagliato io…

Resta qui con me
io sarò per te
un angelo vero che songa e che sa
prederti la mano
e darti l’anima
resta qui
resta qui
tu che sei mia
un attimo e noi
voleremo là
dove tutto è paradiso se
noi noi saremo là
soli ma insieme.

Lo ritornerò credimi
L’uomo che hai amato in me

Resta qui con me
io sarò per te
un angelo vero che songa e che sa
rallentare il tempo
che non passerà
resta qui, resta qui,
tu che sei mia

Un attimo e noi
voleremo là
ogni giorno che
noi saremo insieme

© 2001 Sugarmusic SpA

STAY HERE


To lose you like that
As in a moment
When everything’s
Going beyond
Your wildest dreams
You who were mine!

Flights of fancy
Thrills and dreams
That maybe came true
What are they for
If you’re not here
Here with me
Even if I was wrong….

Stay here with me
I’ll be yours
A real angel who dreams, who can
Hold your hand
And give you his soul
Stay here
Stay here
You who are mine
One moment and we
Will fly there
Where all is paradise if
We we are there
Alone but together

I’ll come back believe me
The man you loved in me

Stay here with me
I’ll be yours
A real angel who dreams and can
Slow down time
And make it stop
Stay here, stay here
You who are mine

One moment and we
Will fly there
Every day
We are together

Winter Song

Today is the first day of my Christmas Break! :) I'm completely loving the thought that I don't have to be at work today and that I have 2 weeks off. ;) So now I'm at home, warm, and watching the snow fall outside. It's relaxing and comforting. Suzy (the giant beast of a dog) even woke up from her hibernating to watch the snow fall outside.
I found another Winter Song I like. (Surprise, surprise.) While surfing the YouTube I stumbled on a song called Winter Song by Sara Bareilles & Ingrid Michaelson. It is so beautiful and perfect to listen to on a blustery day like this. I can't embed it into this post or else I would. But please go to the YouTube address below and watch it.
I think this song is my anthem for December. For so long, even though Christmas was right around the corner, it seemed so distant. The tree wasn't up, I didn't want anything for Christmas, it just felt all wrong.
I LOVE Christmas and it's my favorite time of year. In fact I practically live for this holiday. But this year nothing really seemed right. Every time I listened to Christmas music or when I went shopping for gifts, I felt like I was trying to make myself get into the Christmas spirit. I completely felt like the girls do at the beginning of this music video.
Because we were both really busy with everything else going on around us, I felt like I was constantly running on a treadmill all by myself.
This weekend that all changed. How or why I'm not sure. Really I don't know. Sorry. But everything just fell into place and it all seemed right. I woke up in a good mood. I found that one heart flower and everything around it bloomed for me (you have to watch the video to understand). I don't know how I found it but I did.

It's feels like Christmas now. The tree is up. Almost all of our friends are in town and our family is coming this way soon.
Love is alive. :)

Watch Winter Song by Sara Bareilles & Ingrid Michaelson at:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HUO0gd7cr9o

Merry Christmas everyone.

Love,
Bethany

What does it mean????

So lately I've really been liking this song called Maps by the Yeah Yeah Yeahs. I heard it again last night when we all were playing Rock Band. I know I'd heard it before that time, but I can't remember where and I don't know why I don't own. Even more important... I don't know WHAT IT MEANS!!!! Why maps? I've tried to research this and I haven't really gotten a good answer. UCSC had an interesting take on it's meaning. Here's their video:



The original Yeah Yeah Yeahs music video can be found here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SYJjHCZN46U

So what does it mean? Can anyone tell me?

Not enough time

How do you squish and catch up on almost 2 years of life in just a few days? You can't. I love this Christmas surprise but it also bums me out.

What was once a friendship where almost every weekend and sometimes an occasional weekday was spent together...
Then became a move further away in the same state I live and an occasional weekend and/or weekday spent together...
Turned into a 1 1/2 year move almost 5000 miles away...
Gone were the weekends and weekdays together... And THEN...
He came back. :)

So now my husband, our friends, and I only have a few days together with this person. After all, this person has a life outside of our circle and other friends and family who've missed him to. I don't want to be a monopolizer of his time. He does not owe me or our friends any extra time together. I am not this person's spouse, girlfriend, sister, or parent; just their friend. I don't want to make him feel like he has to spend all his time with us, but it really doesn't feel like enough time.

If I was going to be selfish, than my Christmas wish would be that we get to spend lots of time together and that he wouldn't get back on that plane in 3 weeks. But if I wished that to happen, then I wouldn't really be his friend.

Instead...

I wish for him:
to have a good, memorable Christmas vacation
find happiness and contentment in his life
find a job he likes
and someday find the woman that he loves and respects and who loves and respects him back

It would be awesome (for us) if he could have all these things happen without leaving the country. But if he must leave in a few weeks, then I hope he finds what he's looking for and will be back to see us soon.

Not a lot of time left and I'll try to make the best of it and not monopolize his time.

So those are my thoughts?

Those and... that "It's Cold Outside"

Our Truth by Lacuna Coil

I've only heard a few of their songs but I like them. :)



Clock is ticking while I'm killing time
Spinning all around
Nothing else that you can do
To turn it back

Wicked partnership
In this crime
Ripping off the best
Condescending smile

Trying to Forget
(Wasting my time)
We're falling right through
Lying to forget
(Telling more lies)
We're raising our truth

Go on and tease me

Clock is ticking while I'm stealing time
Can't you turn it back?
Stop the cycle
Let it free
Run away

Silent Sneaking
Along my Path
Rugged the Road
But we feel it
Like we're flying

Trying to Forget
(Wasting my time)
We're falling right through
Lying to forget
(Telling more lies)
We're raising our truth

Wow...

So today was a surprising, fun, and exciting beginning to my 2 weeks off. The place where I work is going to be closed for the next 2 weeks and today was my last day until we reopen. :)
I completely didn't expect it to go the way it did. And I don't know what to think. I celebrated a birthday (not my own). Heard about some very sad news that happened in 2 different families. Reconnected with someone who I haven't seen in a long time.
I still have to completely redo the whole house, catch up on my laundry, and decorate for Christmas.
I don't really know what else to say. I'm happier than I was and I'm trying hard to not be stressed by all that still needs done and my brain is processing a lot...






And if I may, close with the famous Jimmy Durante quote:
"Good night Mrs. Calabash, wherever you are

~b

Merry Christmas!

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What was NBC thinking?!

So I just got done watching the tree lighting ceremony in New York on NBC. It was AWFUL!!!! There was maybe 2 or 3 good performances (TB, HCjr, JF) and everything else was poor. The WORST performance that night was when Beyonce sang her version of Ave Maria. When I first heard it I thought, is this really a song about the Virgin Mary or about Beyonce's lover? Then I went and looked up the lyrics and realized (if I read correctly) that it is about her lover!!!! What is that?!?!?! I'm not posting any videos from this show. I wasted my DVR space on it and my Christmas spirit has depressed itself a bit. If you want to watch it, I suggest you tubing it or going to NBC's website. Below are the lyrics from Beyonce's Ave Maria Song.

She was lost in so many different ways
Out in the darkness with no guide
I know the cost of a losing hand
Never thought the grace of god go high

I found heaven on earth
You were my last, my first
And then here this voice inside
Ave maria

I've been alone
When i'm surrounded by friends
How could the silence be so loud
But i still go home knowing that i've got you
There's us when the lights go down

You are my heaven on earth
You are my hunger, my thirst
I always hear this voice inside
Singing ave maria

Sometimes love can come and pass you by
While your busy making plans
Suddenly hit you and then you realize
It's out of your hands, baby you got to understand

You are my heaven on earth
You are my last, my first
And then i hear this voice inside
Ave maria
Ave maria
Ave maria