MASSIVE song frustration

I am suppose to be working on selecting songs for my demo that I will be recording with Jason Bennett at Sound Logic studios in August. Oh, I have selected them alright. About 50 of them. I cannot record a 50 song demo. I need about 5 songs. I have no idea how I am going to narrow this done. All these songs are amazing and I know that they would all show off my vocal ability. Okay...maybe I don't have 50. More like 25. How did I get so many in my head? And they are SOOOO random. I am doing a blues/jazz album but one of the songs is an 80s song that I decided I wanted to make into a jazz song. RANDOM!!! Maybe I just need to do the old...put them all individually on paper, put them in a hat and draw them by random. Not sure how else I will be able to chose. Maybe you all can help? Let me know if any of you would be willing to do a poll for me. Audience choice? That would be something I have never done before. Then I can give you all some props on my demo. What do you think? XOXO!

August = changes

This weekend was pretty amazing. Friday, I got to see and catch up with old friends from high school. Best time EVER!!! Most of us did not want the night to end it was that amazing. Some other awesome things that happened this weekend is that my hubby told me that he is going to day shift sooner than September. He will be going August 6. The sooner the better. Five years of night shift is not a fun way to have a marriage. I am so excited that we will all be together as a family again. I had a silly grin on my face the whole day after he told me that. AND...I am recording my demo the week of August 6. I have been very fortunate that a very talented pianist will be playing on my demo. I have been trying to get everything confirmed for months now and have been going back and forth on what kind of music I want to move forward with. Now that everything is confirmed with the recording studio and my pianist, I am excited and completely look forward to this project. It has been something I have been wanting to do for years and I believe now is the right time. I feel that this will get me into what I want to do in music. I am also going to be submitting a DVD to "The Voice" at around the same time. Yet another thing that is exciting. That one is a little bit nerve racking because getting a response means big things. No response could be heartbreaking for me. Aaron starts football games in August, a new school year starts in August... August just may be the month that changes EVERYTHING!!!

Challenge....ACCEPTED!

A little over two weeks ago I started something called the "Advocare 24 Day Challenge". The reasoning behind this is I was stuck. Stuck in a weight loss plateau that was frustrating beyond belief. One of my good girl friends, Janet, is a distributor for Advocare's products and I have been using Advocare's product "Spark" (an energy drink) for a few months now. So, I met with Janet and went over everything this challenge would entail. It was not going to be easy. I mean, I couldn't even have skim milk or eat a baked potato. The big question was, could I do it? Would I cave and not stick to it? Did I have enough will power to do this? The answer is YES! I started the challenge and the first week was a little rough. I was so sick of eating salmon and chicken I would have rather gone hungry I think. I have adjusted since then. I know now that I can eat more than just salmon and chicken. And...over two weeks later I have lost over 13 pounds. I have been working my tail off (literally, I think it is almost gone). I have been to the gym almost everyday this week and the week isn't over yet. I am actually enjoying running and working out and I never EVER thought those words would come out of my mouth or go in a blog for that matter. I have a new appreciation for food. It is not something I go to when I am upset, it is something I go to when I am hungry. I think my brain finally is catching up with my body. My challenge ends in one week and I am hoping to loose another 5 pounds at least. For those of you who are stuck...stuck in a rut. Don't give up. Do what it takes to reach your goal. Whatever that goal may be no matter how long it takes. Accept the challenge.