Music is my Therapy

Song:  I Am The Grinch Artist: Tyler, the Creator Watched the 2018 animated film The Grinch today while making frosting for my Christmas cookie party tonight! So I decided I would share this somewhat odd, but also kinda low-key fire song for today's post 😁😝 Grinch representation forever! 💚 Now I just need to watch the Jim Carrey version and I'll be good! It's too funny! 😂 Well, it's off to the party I go! Dashing through all of the glorious, December, Christmastime sn...oh wait. Never mind. Today was sunny and WARM! 😠 Not a cloud - or snowflake - in the sky! I'm going to be needing some snow real soon or I'll....well. Ya know. I'll be a bit of Grinch if ya know what I mean. As of now, the weather app is teasing me saying there's a 40% chance of snow on Christmas day but with a high of 40 I doubt it. 😭 I JUST WANT A WHITE CHRISTMAS THIS YEAR!! 😭🤞 Is that too much to ask?? I can't even remember the last time I experienced one...not the magi...

H A P P Y T H A N K S G I V I N G ! 🦃🤎🙏 I had a lovey day doing the things I love with the people I love. Watched The Macey's Thanksgiving Day Parade 🎉 Traditional Thanksgiving Morning Breakfast 😋 Making my homemade, all from scratch Coconut Cream Pie 💛😋 Chaotic last minute cooking in the kitchen with family 😅 A beautiful feast of food; all the hard work paid off! 😋🎉🦃 Sharing what we're grateful for (mine was all the concerts I was blessed and lucky enough to attend with my favorite people) 🤎 Playing games 🎲 Watching Charlie Brown Thanksgiving while eating pie 🤎🧡 Puzzling 🧩 Watching the first Christmas movie of the season (a family favorite with the ENTIRE family!) 🎄🤍 The usual, constant chaos that ensues when everyone is home under one roof 😵😝🤍 I am so blessed. 🤎🙏 It's something I try to remind myself of daily. Song: The Thanksgiving Song Artist: Ben Rector I know I shared this song two years ago , but it's too good to not share again! Plus, do...

Song: Don't Be Shy Artist: Cat Stevens Whew! What a day! I have been on my feet 3/4 of the day preparing for Thanksgiving...and there's still so much to do tomorrow! 😪 But, it's going to be awesome! We have a FEAST planned and I can't WAIT to dig in!! I discovered this song recently and of course I love it because it's Cat Stevens and I love me some CS! This sounds like a new theme song for my life: " Don't be shy, just let your feelings roll on by.  Don't wear fear or nobody will know you're there." Oh if only I could!  Don't be shy, just let your feelings roll on by Don't wear fear or nobody will know you're there Just lift your head, and let your feelings out instead And don't be shy, just let your feelings roll on by On by, on by, on by, on by, on by On by, on by, on by, on by You know love is better than a song Love is where all of us belong So don't be shy, just let your feelings roll on by Don't wear fear or n...

Song: It Must Be Halloween Artist: LVCRFT HAPPY H A L L O W E E N ALL YOU GHOULS & GOBLINS ! ! !   🎃👻🧛🕷🕸🧹😈👽👹👾 I hope you've enjoyed another year of spooky tunes from yours truly to help celebrate the season! I've listened to a lot of "Halloween music" this month, more than I usually do, so it's going to be quite a transition for me going from the intense and somewhat dark music to...Josh Groban, lol.  This song felt appropriate to end the month with! I saw lots of costumes, went to a Corn Maze and Haunted House, ate candy (literally got to trick-or-treat again as an adult! It was awesome, lol) and just finished watching my annual viewing of Thriller ! Yup, it's H A L L O W E E N alright! I had a really fun H a l l o w e e n ! I didn't have much of a theme like I have in the past but I still carved a pumpkin, dressed up, made my traditional H a l l o w e e n themed dinner (with a new addition of Berry Bloody Punch , DELICIOUS! 10/10, r...

Song: Somebody's Watching Me x Thriller Artist: Rockwell & Michael Jackson HAPPY HALLOWEEN ! ! ! ! It's the day of the spooks 👻 and skeletons! 💀 Where goblins 👹 and ghouls 😈 roam the streets and witches fly through the night sky! 🧹 I actually did a little reading this morning about the history of H a l l o w e e n and Jack o' Lanterns 🎃 and found it all very interesting. Check out my findings here , here & here . I have to end the month off right with this super cool mash-up of two iconic MJ  H a l l o w e e n  songs! He is (one of) my favorite parts of H a l l o w e e n  after all! I love the transition from Somebody's Watching Me to Thriller! So spooky and cool! Long live the KING! 👑 Who's watching? Tell me who's watching Who's watching me? I'm just an average man, with an average life I work from nine to five; hey hell, I pay the price All I want is to be left alone in my average home But why do I always feel like I'm in the T...

Song: The Phantom of the Opera Artist: From,  The Phantom of the Opera  by Andrew Lloyd Webber HAPPY, HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!! We've made it to  another  HALLOWEEN  here at  MIMT ! Wow! This is my 5th celebratory Halloween post! My  Halloween  Playlist is getting  MASSIVE ! I have been able to add a whole bunch of  *NEW*  wickedly "spooktacular" tunes to help you get in (and stay in) the  Halloween  spirit all month long! I hope you have enjoyed another year of following along with me and celebrating spooky season through music! Just as I like to listen to " Halloween " inspired tunes throughout the month, I also love reading  Halloween  inspired books! This month I read  The Phantom of the Opera  by Gaston Leroux,  And Then There Were None  by Agatha Christy,  Rip Van Winkle  and  The Legend of Sleepy Hollow  by Washington Irving.  The Phantom of the Opera  w...

Song: Cut Right Through Me Artist: Hanson, Anthem (2013) I told you I was going to highlight more songs from Anthem ;) This has always been one of my favorites from the album! IT'S SO GOOD!!!  Also, I made a cinnamon glaze to drizzle over my "failed" Hanson Snicker-doodle roll-out cookies from yesterday and ..... it actually tasted really good!! It gave the cookies a nice sweetness and extra cinnamon kick that was so lacking before! I am very happy with the results :) I thought I was so tough Who knew you could play so rough I’ve got to slow down ‘cause you s Spun my head around You read me so well You make it hard to tell Why all my words fail when I stop, you begin To cut right through me To cut right through me I can’t explain how you do what you’re doing You cut right through me You cut right through me I can’t turn away I don’t know how you do it I say a word and say too much You take a piece of everything you touch You cut right through ...

Song: Somebody's Watching Me Artist: Rockwell feat. Michael Jackson HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!! Another Halloween has come and is almost gone! I can't believe it! At the same time though, this month has actually gone by pretty slowly .... which is awesome! I want time to slow down. I heard this song for the first time back in April. And I only paid attention because the DJ on the radio said something about Michael Jackson singing in it. I was hooked! This song is perfect for  Halloween  and I'm disappointed in my parents for never showing it to us before now, lol. It's funny, creepy and actually kind of relateable .... If you're a paranoid person like I am ;0) I actually tease my brother by saying this song reminds me of him because, even though he loves watching scary, horror films, he gets so scared by them that he has to sleep with his light on and hates the dark at night! The part that says " When I'm in the shower, I'm afraid to wash my hair. Cause ...

Song: Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas Artist: Josh Groban M E R R Y C H R I S T M A S E V E ! ! ! I can't believe it's Christmas! It's really here! I feel happy and excited! I feel peaceful and calm. I am enjoying spending time with my family and participating in traditions and doing lots of delicious holiday baking (we're all going to be F A T ! ). I feel like I've been able to do a lot of wonderful and fun Christmas activities and check a lot of things off my "Christmas list." It feels nice to have all my shopping done. Now it's just time to celebrate! I hope everyone can enjoy this beautiful, magical time of year. And will remember the true reason we celebrate. Have yourself a merry little Christmas Let your heart be light From now on, our troubles will be out of sight Have yourself a merry little Christmas Make the Yuletide gay From now on, our troubles will be miles away Here we are as in olden days Happy golden days...

Song: This is Halloween Artist: From Tim Burtons, Nightmare Before Christmas HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!! I am not a fan of this movie....or of Tim Burton....but the song is so fitting and perfect for today's holiday, HALLOWEEN!! And it's a pretty fun song, I have to admit. Also, some people actually consider this to be a Christmas movie....to that I will do my best witch's cackle, HEE-HEE-HEE-HEE!! Or my best impersonation of Vincent Price's iconic laugh at the end of Thriller : MWUHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!! It's not a Christmas movie. Also, I hope you have enjoyed my week of Halloween songs! I've really loved doing it and listening to all of the fun Halloween inspired music I've found :) You can find all of my Halloween music collection, here . Boys and girls of every age Wouldn't you like to see something strange? Come with us and you will see This, our town of Halloween This is Halloween, this is Halloween Pumpk...

Hanson Day 2016  was  INCREDIBLE!!!       I really didn't think it could beat  last years Hanson Day  but I think it did :) How is it that Hanson only gets  BETTER!?  This is hands down  the  best band. Period. Hanson is unique and special and inspiring and insanely talented and so wonderful to us fans. I love, love,  LOVE  being a  FANSON!   In preparation for  Hanson Day 2016  I made " I Heart Hanson cookies " again (this year with a homemade buttercream frosting in 4 different colors!) with my  I Heart Hanson  cookie cutters and I must say they turned out  SO MUCH  better than last years! And they tasted  MMMM-AZING!!     I had a little extra dough....so I had to make some special dedicatory cookies for each guy!         That's a lot of cookie Hanson love!!   Isaac, Taylor, Zac :)   My favorite cookies     ...