It
has been raining all day long – and the rain will continue into next week; and
beyond. The rainy season has begun in the PNW.
I spent
the day knitting, watching (and hearing) the rain fall; and watching
movies to beat the boredom.
After
Supper, I listened to some Octobery music … and thawed a bag of cherries to
make a pie with, tomorrow 😉
“That” week is starting …
Time to crank things up a
bit
My mother always started
this week off with Screaming Jay Hawkins – I grew up with this: Screaming Jay Hawkins – ‘I Put A Spell on You’
song: (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=toeLYKor3og)
Bob liked this version of
the same song … Creedence
Clearwater Revival – ‘I Put A Spell on You’ song: (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zwCALR8ZAm8\)
A ‘just because’ song
… Rockwell – ‘Somebody’s Watching Me’ song: (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tNBilAoaCjs)
I like Edgar – Bob didn’t. I
stayed up to watch his band on ‘The Midnight Special’ … and cranked it up every
October, anyway 😉
Edgar White
Group – “Frankenstein’ song: (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P8f-Qb-bwlU)
Bob didn’t like this band either;
so, I played it when he was out-of-house.
Black Sabbath –
‘Iron Man’ song: (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qS2cCyx7nM0)
Bob liked this band … and
had an 8-track we practically burned up, driving the back roads with the truck
stereo as loud as it would go 😊
Steppenwolf –
‘Magic Carpet Ride’ song: (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U4WiyxXpyZc)
The first year we were
married, Bob grew his hair out (he was the only guy I ever dated with short
hair, and he wanted me to be happy –silly man! I just wanted him: short hair,
and all 😉); and it resembled John Kay’s hair (lead
singer/white muscle tee). The long hair didn’t last long because Bob’s hair
was very thick, and he got hot at work. I didn’t miss the long hair when it was
gone. I wanted the MAN 😊
This was one of the rare
bands we both liked, at the same time 😉
Steppenwolf –
‘Night Screaming Hog’ song: (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l_v5_4yuXRo)
Bob didn’t want to hear the
stereo at top volume first thing in the morning … and he really hated Black
Sabbath: so, I stopped getting up at 3’in the morning to make his lunch – and I
stopped going to day school; I married Bob when I was 17; and he had promised
my stepfather that I’d finish high school. I was a night owl: (“I
need the music to keep my eyes open, honey!”) 😉
I played my music all day
long; and went to school in the evening, and made his lunch before we went to
bed. Everything got done, I graduated – and everyone was happy 😊
Happy marriages are built on
compromises: pick your battles, and don’t sweat the small stuff.
Black Sabbath – ‘Children of the Grave’ song: (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vr9vMOIttrM)
