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I had some time to finally look over thesixtyone – which I’ve blogged about in the past as one of my favorite new music websites.

I love female singer-songwriters (Sarah McLachlan, Norah Jones, Corrine Baily Rae, Beth Orton – to name a few). Last time I raved about Meiko, and this time I found Kate Earl. Her album isn’t even out yet, but I love “Only In Dreams”.

Take a listen:

and here’s another one:

I love finding new music!

-E

After all these years, she’s still one of my idols!

Our jaunt is over (cue the violins), so sad. Attending spring training games was the hook, but truthfully, we just wanted to hang out with our friend Doug and Pauline.

Highlights:

-watching the games wearing shorts and flip-flops!

-Dinner every night. Yeah, we ate well: (Mi Nidito, La Roca, and Don & Carley’s)

-crossing the Mexican border on foot and crossing train tracks in the dark to get to our destination: La Roca restaurant

-meeting a young Cuban defector who is now playing for the White Sox = Alexi Ramirez

-our last day at the Westin Kierland Hotel & Resort – it’s nice to enjoy a little luxury livin’

Every time I travel I try to envision living in the area. But I have to say, Arizona is just not for me. This girl has gotta have the ocean nearby!

This long weekend was a nice break from the construction and complete chaos in our home, but it’s nice to be back and reunited with our Jango

This week demolishing and destruction will take place at the back of my apartment and I’m a little nervous. I have no reason to be, but I think the thought of embarking on change always chokes me up at the beginning. Once it starts I’ll be fine, but right now I’m asking myself “Did I prepare enough”?

Terms like “tub, left hand, tile flange” still confuse me, but I’m getting the hang of everything.

E

While a enjoyed a little splash of cheery yellow, I decided that I needed a cleaner layout for this site.

This style is called Rhianna, and though I’m still tweaking it I think it looks pretty good. The biggest change will be the header. Ideas are welcomed!

In the meantime, I’m posting one of my very favorite Idol performances of all time, and it just happened last week! It’s a performance of John Lennon’s “Imagine” by David Archuleta. He’s the front-runner this year and for very good reason.

More importantly, he delivered it in a way that moved even the harshest critics, at a time when this country needed to hear a song with a message about hope.