This Is All I've Ever Wanted From Life...

‎"A song about seeing the world through childish eyes & being able to see what you really want rather than all the crap that doesn't matter"… I think he sums it up perfectly. 

 Happy Sunday all xox

Yippee!

So glad to have stumbled upon the very talented works of this musical genius.
With tunes like these in tow nothing can mess with your Sunday bliss…
Hope you enjoy xox

All About the Boy

I did say I would contribute these to my dwindling Sunday Sessions last week but turns out it was Mothers Day and if you've ever met my mother you would know that mine commands undivided attention therefor stealing the show.

Needed these songs to have a theme of their own and so here they are…
Hope you enjoy xo

HyperActive

There just aren't enough harps being played in music these days…

Wow - What a day!
It took me a solid hour to make what should've been a 15min trip into the city for the Melbourne Hair & Beauty Expo.
Stupid Nav Man kept taking me along the longest route and losing satellite reception that, compounded with my airy fairy headspace, had me making wrong turns and missing turn offs left, right and centre.

Thought I'd be clever and chose the cheapest car park miles away from the Exhibition Centre resulting in a walk across the bridge, two blocks away and up a flight of stairs. More to see and snap along the way, I figured. Except I was running late - no time for ambling…

Spent 4 hours bouncing excitedly from stall to stall, blinded by all the pretty shinny things on offer.
(Did not foresee that I would spend a lazy 500 smackaroonies on beauty buys as well as a 12kg box of wax. Suddenly it dawned on me how incredibly far my car was parked.)

Lugged my loot most of the way before my arms and back gave out at the car park. I had no choice but to tuck my stash in a discreet hiding place for later retrieval…
And not a single good samaritan in sight! (hubby reckons taking off my wedding rings might've got me a helping hand. How rude!)

I wish I'd had the foresight to be there a little earlier and take some shots of the docks and the beautiful Polly Woodside residing there.
Never mind, chalking it up to experience - it was my first time after all and I did manage to score a major haul so all was not lost.

This album helped keep me calm along the way.

Well, there's always next time… and next time you can bet I'll be prepared.

Complete with trolly and credit card in tow ;o)

Sharing the tale with everyone over at

Thea's Sunday Session.

Sunday Shuffle

I've spent the whole day feeling more than a little ordinary but all that's been made worthwhile by being able to lay in bed, day dreaming out the window to some very blissful tunes.

Hope your Sunday is a pleasant one where ever you happen to be. xx

Sharing todays tunes with Thea's Sunday Session

Sunday Sessions // 24

Bombay Bicycle Club are proving to be a hot little favourite amongst my playlist lately.

There's just something really comforting about their sound - I don't quite know how else to explain it but I'm liking them more and more each time I listen to their stuff.

Hope these give you some cheer for the week ahead :)

xox

Playing along with Thea's Sunday Session.

Sea of Love

A great big thank you firstly to the sweet and talented Catherine Denton for both featuring my humble little bloggy on her Much Love Monday post a little while ago and for exposing me to some wonderful shiny new blogs and readers that I may never have stumbled upon otherwise.

One of which is this gem of a woman The Lady Waits, without whom I would never have found out about the abundant talent of this posts featured Sea Oleena. I instantly fell in love with both her albums and bought the crap out of them immediately!

The best part is her prices are negotiable - you pay whatever you can afford - her love of sharing her gift is that great.
She stole my heart right then and there, how could I refuse to be anything but generous right back?

Now click that play button and take a listen…
Aah..., can you feel the love? Oh yea…

Thank you ladies xox

❤ Linking my Praise Party with
Thea @ Do I Really Wanna Blog
as well as Anna's Much Love page.
'Cos lets face face it, I have a lot of love to give ❤

Like A Little Cup of Comfort

A couple of sleepy sounds bringing me some comfort this weekend.

Sharing my tunes over @ Do I Really Wanna Blog.

Covers

Love when I find a cover that I enjoy even more than the original.

Sharing some old faves over at Thea's Sunday Session. 

Waiting For You

Apologies for the saturation of Trentemoller lately but you can blame my dear brother in-law who pointed me in this direction and has seen me lost in the magnificence ever since.

Songs like this one have me scouring his collection for more and more.

Sharing my Sunday Sessions here.

New Year, New Sounds

Bit late getting back on the wagon, you'll have to forgive me.

(i.e. Sorry for partying)

Making up for it by sharing a few mellow tunes that have been helping me ease into the New Year:

A word of warning: If elctro or instrumental tracks aren't really your thing you may want to just skip these altogether, though I think you'll be sorely missing out.

For those of you who may have enjoyed some of these check out the rest of Trentemøllers work.

I promise you won't be disappointed.

Happy (belated) New Year guys xox

(Linking up with Thea & Anna today for double the ❤)

The Christmas Special

The rules? - There are no rules!
On Sundays I play music on my blog.

Old or new or in between.

Related or not.

But always songs I love!

Here are my picks for this week.

You can play along by linking up with Thea 

@ Do I Really Wanna Blog.

Can't wait to hear your picks.

Happy Sunday!

And since this Sunday also falls on Christmas Day 

(Merry Christmas!)

guess what todays theme is…

haha of coarse it's obvious but how can I resist?

Zoe Deschanel is such a wonderfully quirky actress and more than a pretty face, but who would've thought she had such an amazing voice too!

Another triple threat.

Had my moments of feeling blue today & yesterday…

I'm sure I'm not the only one who gets a little melancholy on the holidays though.

My heart goes out to those who have to spend Christmas away from the ones they love.

Sucks that we can't always be in two places at once.

No Christmas is complete with a bit of Bublé thrown in the mix.

I heard this was the infertile's Christmas carol and after this year I truly understand why…

I don't want a lot for Christmas

there is just one thing I need.

I don't care about the presents underneath the Christmas tree.

I just want you for my own,

More than you could ever know.

Make my wish come true

Oh Baby all I want for Christmas is you.

Maybe next year I'll have a little bundle in my arms or on their way to play this tune to...

Merry Christmas to you all,
hope you were all spoilt rotten :o)
xox

Shakin' It Out!

On Sundays I play music on my blog.

Old or new or in between.

Related or not.

But always songs I love!

Here are my picks for this week.

You can play along by linking up with Thea @

Do I Really Wanna Blog.

Can't wait to hear your picks.

This week Thea chose to relive some of her past.

Past boyfriends in particular… inspired by the ones who got away.

(or missed out depending on how you look at it)

I worked hard to block out a lot of those years.
I managed to have so much boy trouble in such a short space of time yet now can barely remember the old songs I used to pine over.

I'm pretty sure I even made a mix tape which I gave to one old boyfriend during my reluctance to be broken up with.
(the term "bunny boiler" comes to mind when I think of myself during that particular relationship.) 

I've chosen to tie this post to Thea's theme as I was planning on sharing these songs to describe my current desire to move on from the old at this time of year anyway.
I always find as the old year draws to a close it brings with it a sense of reflection on the past and how far I've come. (If anywhere at all).

It could seem to me as though I've made no progress at all really…
The New Year sees us entering our 6th cycle of infertility.
Another Christmas without the fluttering joy at sharing this one with our very own special news.

and at once I knew, I was not magnificent...

While I could easily spend the holidays wallowing in self pity, that would be rather counterproductive.
(and very un-Christmassy for all unfortunate enough to be involved)
Much like dwelling on my silliness during my teenage years, I instead choose to take comfort in knowing I've definitely learnt a thing or two about myself since then.
That through discomfort and disappointment comes immense growth and strength in character.

So in the spirit of moving on and moving up I give you;
Shake It Out

Thankfully I saw my first dawn in the form of hubby's appearance in my life and at the tender age of 17.
While I'm still hoping to see the Sun rise in my life once again,
for that, at least, I consider myself very lucky.
Very lucky indeed.


xox

Sunday Sessions = Chillout Sessions

On Sundays I play music on my blog.

Old or new or in between.

Related or not.

But always songs I love!

Here are my picks for this week.

You can play along by linking up with Thea @

Do I Really Wanna Blog.

Can't wait to hear your picks.

This week I'm featuring some Chilled Out tunes for a lazy Sunday afternoon.

It's been quite the scorcher these past few days and now with the cool change upon us I'm dedicating the afternoon to reminiscing the weekends summery festivities… dumplings with friends till late, picnics by the water while watching the change roll in and cuddles in bed with a Summer storm crashing around and above me.

What are your favourite tunes to inspire a midsummer nights dream?

Sunday Sessions: Feeling Better

Every Sunday I play along with Thea & Friends over at
Do I Really Wanna Blog.

Todays contributions are based on my focus to stay positive in the wake of my trials and tribulations.
Song #1:

And now for a more upbeat tune:

Happy Sunday peeps.

Hope today sees you all feeling fab & fine.

xox

Something To Remember

On days I feel otherwise it's nice to be reminded of this.

xxx

Linking up my happy thoughts with Thea's Sunday Session :)

p.s. this song comes with a strong language warning.

You should probably wait 'till the kiddies are out of earshot...

Sunday Session: Jeff Buckley

I'd forgotten how exceptionally talented this beautiful young man was until he was tragically taken before his time.

Sharing this blast from the past with

Thea & all her friends over at

 Do I Really Wanna Blog?

Feeling Husky

Yet another band who make me proud to be from Melbourne.

Excited to see what other treasures these charming lads can come up with.

Adding my two cents to Thea's Sunday Session xx

Monster Mash

Today I'm meshing Thea's Sunday Sesh and Anna's Much Love Monday with the spirit of Halloween.

Lets start with my (belated) Sunday Session.

No Halloween line up is complete without Thriller,

but this year my theme would have been the moon:

I was going for the paranormal activity look here…
nailed or failed?

It's pretty obvious what I'm loving today but here they are:
❥ Halloween! I'm such a sucker for dress ups and it's the only time I can get away with exploring my inner Goth.
❥ Sales at Spotlight & Lombards - Time to stock up on creepy paraphernalia for next year. (See that, planning ahead)
❥ The long weekend and all the socialising this entails.
❥ Drinks tonight at LuWOW to celebrate Miss Amberlee's end of studies.
❥ And finally, The knowledge that I still have 2 more days of freedom ahead of me. Woop Woop!

Hope you all have a

Spooktacular Halloween
Mwah-ha-ha-ha!
xox

High & Dry

In keeping with my current holiday theme, todays tune is one I was reminded of while away.

It happened to come on the radio while cruising along the Captain Cook Highway at sunset and suddenly I was transported to another time along a different highway, under a different sunset but when it also seemed to fit the moment perfectly.

Different time, different place but while going through a similar transitional phase of my life.

I don't think I've heard this played on commercial radio for over 10 years and I'd forgotten how much I used to (and apparently still do) love Radiohead.

Do you ever find yourself thinking about an issue or a certain someone and then suddenly the perfect song just happens to pop up out of nowhere over the radio?

Gotta love serendipity xx

Playing along with Thea over at Do I Really Wanna Blog? ❤