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Sherry’s Shelves 12.5 – 12.12.20 #sundaymemes

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Sunday Post #431 August

Hello fellow bloggers. It’s been a quiet week, especially since Mr Wonderful went to Birmingham to make a Thanksgiving/Christmas visit. I do love my alone time and miss it since he took early retirement due to a reduction in force. He’ll be helping them with some issues they are having and treat them to some good takeout. Since he’s been gone, I have binge watched Twilight on Thursday and am going back and forth between football and Twilight again today. This time it is on TV, but most of the time it still matches my cheap edited version. I like those few edited out scenes I rarely get to see and feel they are more important than some of the other stuff and should have been left in.

What do you think of all this football stuff? Did Michigan purposely not play today (Saturday) to put it to Ohio State? I can see why some teams and players are saying to hell with it. I’m going home for Christmas.

For me, I have been doing some Christmas decorating while he has been gone. This year we bought our first artificial tree and I love it. The only issue is that it is 6 1/2 feet tall and I wish we would have gotten the 7.5 one. I thought it would be too tall with our 8 foot ceilings, but I was wrong. Now, I know for next time. I strung a ton of lights on it and I am looking forward to adding the ornaments. We have tons of specialty ornaments, so I don’t even use the store bought ones any more. I think I may let Mr Wonderful hang them this year. I usually do all of it alone (am I too anal), but with my bum arm, he has been a great help. I am truly thankful for such a wonderful man in my life. I would have been lost without him this year.

I have been laying a bit low in the blogging world, trying to rest my arm. It has been months and I do remember when my right arm went out a couple of years ago. It takes a year or so to get back to normal. Every morning I wake up hoping it left as quick as it came. It was so weird. I woke up one day and couldn’t lift it. My right arm had done the same. Then, one day I woke up and it worked. I try to be more careful and tell myself I just cannot do the things I used to do and accept it.

Be sure and check out my giveaways. There are some great books and super gift card giveaways going on. Maybe your Christmas present will come early. 🙂 Also, the Books From The Backlog post works. I made myself so curious about Nan’s Story by Paige Farmer that I am reading it right now. LOL

Stay safe and I’ll be seeing you.

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Music Monday – Black Magic Woman by Santana #musicmonday

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Santana was an ear opener for me and made me appreciate the depth of music so much more than I had used to…or maybe that was the Marijuana I was smoking. Santana was the first concert I ever went to and did partake of the joints that were being passed around. Someone would light it and it would be passed from person to person, row to row, until another one came around. I was quite the novice and could hardly walk out when it was over. LOL

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Lyrics

Got a black magic woman
Got a black magic womanI got a black magic woman
Got me so blind I can’t see
That she’s a black magic woman
She’s tryin’ to make a devil out of meDon’t turn your back on me baby
Don’t turn your back on me babyYes, don’t turn your back on me baby
Stop messin’ around with your tricks
Don’t turn your back on me baby
You just might pick up my magic sticksGot your spell on me baby
Got your spell on me babyYes you got your spell on me baby
Turning my heart into stone
I need you so bad magic woman
I can’t leave you alone

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Music Monday – Do What You Can by Jon Bon Jovi #musicmonday

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Lyrics

Tonight they’re shutting down the borders
And they boarded up the schools
Small towns are rolling up their sidewalks
One last paycheck coming through
I know you’re feeling kind of nervous
We’re all a little bit confused
Nothing’s the same, this ain’t a game
We gotta make it throughAs we wave outside the window
Older loved ones stay inside
Moms and babies blowing kisses
May be saving someone’s life
They had to cancel graduation
It ain’t fair to Skype the prom
Our kids sit home in isolation
TV news is always onWhen you can’t do what you do
You do what you can
This ain’t my prayer, it’s just a thought
I’m wanting to send
‘Round here, we bend but don’t break
Down here, we all understand
When you can’t do what you do
You do what you canThe chicken farm from Arkansas
Bought workers PPE
Not before 500 more
Had succumbed to this disease
Honest men and honest women
Working for an honest wage
I got a hundred point one fever
And we still got bills to payWhen you can’t do what you do
You do what you can
This ain’t my prayer, it’s just a thought
I’m wanting to send
‘Round here, we bend but don’t break
Down here, we all understand
When you can’t do what you do
You do what you canThey built a hospital on East Meadow
In Central Park last night
Doctors, nurses, truckers, grocery store
Clerks manning the front lines
I saw a Red Cross on the Hudson
They turned off the Broadway lights
Another ambulance screams by (screams by)
If by the grace of God, go IAlthough I’ll keep my social distance
What this world needs is a hug
Until we find the vaccination
There’s no substitute for love
So love yourself and love your family
Love your neighbor and your friend
Ain’t it time we loved the stranger
They’re just a friend you ain’t met yet
OhWhen you can’t do what you do
You do what you can (do what you can)
This ain’t my prayer, it’s just a thought
I’m wanting to send
‘Round here, we bend but don’t break
Down here, we all understand
When you can’t do what you do
You do what you can
When you can’t do what you do
You do what you can

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Music Monday – You Can Sleep While I Drive by Melissa Etheridge #musicmonday

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I love this song and I used to belt it out at The Bayhouse Pub in Daphne, Alabama. My sister and I would get up and sing Karaoke, laughing and dancing all around the place. I love road trips and after I hooked up with Mr Wonderful, I was able to sleep while he drove. LOL

I was very fortunate to be able to see her live and go backstage for an autograph and photos. Hmmmm…I wonder where the photos are now. Have to ask Mr Wonderful, seeing he is the master of our digital archive.

Lyrics

Come on baby let’s get out of this town
I got a full tank of gas with the top rolled down
There’s a chill in my bones
I don’t want to be left alone
So baby you can sleep while I drive
I’ll pack my bag and load up my guitar
In my pocket I’ll carry my harp
I got some money I saved
Enough to get underway
And baby you can sleep while I driveWe’ll go thorough Tucson up to Santa Fe
And Barbara in Nashville says we’re welcome to stay
I’ll buy you glasses in Texas a hat from New Orleans
And in the morning you can tell me your dreamsYou know I’ve seen it before
This mist that covers your eyes
You’ve been looking for something
That’s not in your life
My intentions are true
Won’t you take me with you
And baby you can sleep while I driveOh is it other arms you want to
Hold you the stranger
The lover you’re free
Can’t you get that with meCome on baby let’s get out of this town
I got a full tank of gas with the top rolled down
If you won’t take me with you
I’ll go before night is through
And baby you can sleep while I drive

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Music Monday – Cheap Sunglasses by ZZ Top #musicmonday @zztop

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Some of my favorite sunglasses have been the cheapest, so when I heard ZZ Top’s name the other day, I thought it is time to share it. I did see them in concert at the New York State Fair when I lived in Rochester. Awesome….

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Music Monday – Bruce Springsteen #musicmonday @springsteen

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Bruce Springsteen is the only artist that I have stood in line to buy tickets for. It was a cold, rainy day in Michigan and I was soooo excited. I have been watching Trevor Noah on The Daily Show since he began. I am a huge fan of his and loved it when he interviewed Bruce this past week. Bruce also has a new film that I believe airs on AppleTV+.

Bruce talked about Born in the USA and how people had misunderstood what he was saying, so I included the lyrics to the song.

“Born In The U.S.A.”

Born down in a dead man’s town
The first kick I took was when I hit the ground
You end up like a dog that’s been beat too much
Till you spend half your life just covering up

Born in the U.S.A.
I was born in the U.S.A.
I was born in the U.S.A.
Born in the U.S.A.

Got in a little hometown jam
So they put a rifle in my hand
Sent me off to a foreign land
To go and kill the yellow man

Born in the U.S.A.
I was born in the U.S.A.
I was born in the U.S.A.
I was born in the U.S.A.
Born in the U.S.A.

Come back home to the refinery
Hiring man says “Son if it was up to me”
Went down to see my V.A. man
He said “Son, don’t you understand”

I had a brother at Khe Sanh fighting off the Viet Cong
They’re still there, he’s all gone

He had a woman he loved in Saigon
I got a picture of him in her arms now

Down in the shadow of the penitentiary
Out by the gas fires of the refinery
I’m ten years burning down the road
Nowhere to run ain’t got nowhere to go

Born in the U.S.A.
I was born in the U.S.A.
Born in the U.S.A.
I’m a long gone Daddy in the U.S.A.
Born in the U.S.A.
Born in the U.S.A.
Born in the U.S.A.
I’m a cool rocking Daddy in the U.S.A.

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Music Monday – Dreams by Fleetwood Mac @fleetwoodmac #musicmonday

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This is my favorite Fleetwood Mac song. My son and I were lucky to see them in concert in Michigan when he was a youngster. We had a great time and loved singing along.

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Music Monday – Irreplaceable by Beyonce @Beyonce

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#1 Hit on the 2007 Billboard Chart.

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CCR – Creedence Clearwater Revival @TheOfficialCCR

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The candle was often placed in the window when a member of the family was away. … The lit candle was also placed in the window as a sign of good news or as a beacon to weary travelers. Candles also represented friendship and were seen as a sign of welcome to others.

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Every Morning by Sugar Ray #sugarray #musicmonday

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Just feel like tapping my toes, bopping my head and singing along. Their YouTube videos get millions of hits and I can see why.

Every Morning from 1999.

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