I've just woken up from my food induced coma
I was out for a while
I ate so much food it's not even funny.
I actually think I ate more the day after than I actually did on thanksgiving day. Leftovers are seriously the bomb though. We made turkey club sandwiches and turkey and biscuits and pizza with other leftovers on it and I ate everything. The only thing I didn't get to eat much of, and I'm really upset about, is pie!! I made four pies and I only got two really small slivers. Not fair.
Anywho, I hope everyone's thanksgiving was amazing too. Here's some pictures to take up some space so I don't have to think of something to write at the moment:
my smile was always my best feature anyways...
Family game night,
where we act like mushrooms
or something like that
post thanksgiving meal..
I swear we love each other
sacrificed my life teaching my cousin how to snowmobile
but it was worth it
underneath that face mask is a smile
Here is an explanation of where my musical talent comes from
we all sing, we all play an instrument, we all know what's up
So there's a short synopsis of my Thanksgiving. I spent it with my lovely family doing random stuff like playing charades and snowmobiling and playing music until the wee hours of the night. I wouldn't have traded those days for anything. I always like to say, my family may not have it all together, but together we have it all. (I'm so sentimental, I know)
Something else super cool happened too. My cousin Steven and I wrote a song!! Well we didn't finish it, seeing as he's back home now. But it's super cool and we really like it and I think we laughed more than we actually sang, but hey! It was a good time. I'll post about that later 'cause it's sure to be a hit... if I do say so myself.
Anyways, Saturday night there was a falcons game (home town hockey team) and I sang the National Anthem at it. That was pretty cool. It was kind of like my first performance back home since I got back from Nashville so it was little nerve racking for me. Like, my old friends from high school were there and people I worked with last summer were there and well, the whole town was there, so yeah. I had some people watching me, no big deal. I posted the video on you tube if you want to see it... It's pretty cool. You should watch it, just sayin.
I was sitting at the piano today and I was writing a song about being home and what not. My favorite lyric is:
"It takes you home
where the weight falls off your shoulders
you don't feel alone."
That just rings so true to me right now. I know that no matter where I go or what I do, I can always come back home and feel welcome. This song can kind of go the other way too, because I'm leaving for college shortly and I won't have the comfort of home to come back to every day. I'll be on my own, which is exciting, but scary at the same time. I know I'll have an amazing time and meet so many more cool people, but I'll still miss home and miss the comforts it gives me. No matter what though, I can always come back, no matter how many times I've been knocked down off my feet. That's the gist of this song, it's about how the world can be an "ugly, cruel, and mean old place" but everyone back home will still be there and you'll be okay.
So enough of this deep stuff, I just thought I'd share a little inspiration with you all. Maybe you wanted to peer into a songwriters head once and see what it's like, I dunno. There's a lot that goes on up there... it's a busy place.
I think that'd be kind of a cool idea. Sometimes when I write a song, I should share with you guys my inspiration and the story behind it. That way when you hear it, you can be like "oh yeah I totally hate that guy she's singing about too!" I might be doing that periodically, so make sure you keep reading these... duh.
So now that it's socially acceptable to sing Christmas songs, I hope you all put your favorite Christmas cd's in and dance around like sugar plum fairies
the view from my window right now is very Christmas-y.
that's why I said that
I hope you all have a wonderful Sunday night.
God bless
-Madeline
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