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Summer Soundtrack

Where did my day go?  Wow.

So while waiting for Haley to fall back asleep (I've been working on not rocking her completely back to sleep at night, so it's been a very up and down few hours for me tonight...), I've been working on my mixed CD.
Here is what I've come up with so far...

1. Two Weeks by Grizzly Bear
2. Cooler Than Me by Mike Posner
3. Secrets by One Republic
4. Dirt Road Anthem by Jason Aldean
5. If It's Love by Train
6. A little Bit Stronger by Sara Evans
7. Dog Days are Over by Florence and The Machines
8. Honey Bee by Blake Shelton
9. Doin' That by Clyde Carson
10. The Lazy Song by Bruno ( per Ian's request, it's his favorite)
11. Rolling in the Deep by Adele
12. Good Life by One Republic
13. Days Like These By Jason Aldean
14. Half of My Heart by John Mayer
15. White Flag by Dido
16. Are you Gunna Kiss Me or What by Thompson Square
17. Run Run Run By Phoenix
18. Teenage Dream by Katy Perry
19. Whatever it Takes by Lifehouse

Well that was fun, and took way more time than it should have.  I put way to much thought into my Mixed Cd's.  Next on my "keeping it old school" to-do list is to get some pictures printed.

Well 4th of July weekend is finally approaching.  I am not a personal fan of the holiday.  It usually hot as heck out, and fireworks tend to be a waste of money in my opinion.  However, I do enjoy watching them, and I do enjoy food.  We have a busy busy weekend.  Two family parties, a friend party, and a little lake get-away.  I'll be trying to enjoy every second of it as Ian returns to work this week after completing his 8 weeks off.  That went by really fast.

Well it's 4 a.m.--and blogging while half asleep is somewhat dangerous. Haley sounds like she has been out for a solid 5 minutes, so I think it's safe to return to my bed.

I hope everyone has a safe and fantastic holiday weekend.

Until next time....

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