Video of Special Date Night Song

As promised, here's the video from the concert a few nights ago. If you need a refresher on the back story, please click here. Thanks again to Ernie Halter, you made the night quite special.

"Count The Days" for Ronnie and Mandi

Count The Days

Just got back home from a great date night with the wifey. We agreed that since we're such big home bodies we would at least plan a date for each other every month. July was my month so I "planned" to take Mandi to a concert and then reverse happy hour. I say "planned" because it sort of just became my date night as we were already planning on going and because reverse happy hour was Mandi's suggestion. Dangit, I really need to step it up!

Anyway, we went to a show featuring Nameless Prophets, Ernie Halter and Tony Lucca. Our buddy Jay is the lead for the Nameless Prophets so it was definitely nice to go and support him. We were both very excited to see Ernie Halter as well. He actually sang "our engagement" song (which was the song that was stuck in our heads during our engagement and also the song we put our engagement photo slide show to). The highlight of the night was when Ernie dedicated that song to Mandi and I. Our buddy Jay tipped him off to the fact that we dug that song and that it meant a lot to us. He was nice enough to point us out and sing the song, "Count The Days", directly to us. I wanted to put the video up, but for some reason it won't download. I'll make sure to put it up here soon though. For now, you're stuck with just pictures from the event :)

The Top Ten Most Played List (iTunes)

I was actually a little nervous to see what my most played songs on my iTunes were and share them with you guys, but I promised myself (and you) that no matter what it was, I would be honest and list it. I highly suggest you look up these songs and see what you think. I may be biased, but I think I have pretty good taste when it comes to music :)

Just missed the cut: The Blower's Daughter by Damien Rice, Makin' Good Love by Avant, You Can Bring Me Flowers by Ray LaMontagne, Wild Horses (Live) by Alicia Keys & Adam Levin

10. The Freshmen (Acoustic) by The Verve Pipe (139 plays)

9. Drive by Bic Runga (140 plays)

8. Crash Into Me by Dave Matthews (144 plays)

7. Look What You've Done by JET (145 plays)

6. It's Your Love by Tim McGraw & Faith Hill (151 plays)

5. 3am (Acoustic) by Matchbox Twenty (158 plays)

4. Amie by Damien Rice (160 plays)

3. Boston by Augustana (176 plays)

2. I Love You by Sarah McLachlan (178 plays)

1. Fishing For by Delcoa (227 plays)

There you have it!! Now the question is, what is your Top Ten Most Played list???? And do you think this list says anything about me? :)

Who Makes Lung Transplants Possible?

Here's what I'm thankful for this great Thursday:

-I'm thankful for cool fundraising events to benefit the CFF. This weekend we have the Annual Arizona Firefighter Challenge and Stair Climb in downtown Phoenix. This has been a really fun event since its inception and one I look forward to every year. I'm also fortunate in that I was invited to speak about CF and the event at a breakfast meeting last week with Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon. We both spoke about the importance of getting involved in the community and encouraged the business leader who were in attendance to get involved with the event. I'm hoping for an even bigger turnout than last year and even though this may be a downtime economically, I KNOW that we can raise more money this year.

-I'm thankful for the ability to connect to music. I generally have headphones in the entire time I'm working (currently listening to "Free" by Gavin Degraw) and can be found listening to one of my over 10,000 songs on iTunes. The nice thing about having so many songs to choose from is that I never have to listen to the same thing twice unless it's by choice. That's where connecting to an artist or song comes into play. If I feel that "little something extra" for a song, I can listen to it on repeat for hours and hours (in fact, I can do the same with movies). Some artists that I've had on repeat lately: Gavin Degraw, Tyrone Wells, Counting Crows, Corey Crowder and Brendan James. What song or artist do YOU connect with?

-I'm thankful that God created organs that can be transplanted. Isn't He a magnificent God? Not only did He create lungs that could be taken out of one and given to another, but He gave humans the ability to actually figure out that it could be done and then do it! I've had many fibros and cystas over the years that have been given a chance to live a second life by receiving the lungs of a donor. I currently have some fibros and cystas waiting for those perfect lungs and anxiously await the day that they are not held back by diseased air bags.

Rondi sings "I'll Be There"

Just thought I'd post this tasty little treat....you might want to plug your ears.

Wanna see more music videos? Click here and here.

My Top Ten Favorite Songs

I think you can learn a lot about a person based on what kind of music they like. I figured for the first installment of Top Ten Tuesday I would reveal my top ten favorite songs ever. Now, I haven't gone through this list in about a year or so, but as soon as I do (and if there are changes) I'll make sure to post an updated top ten. I'll have links from each song title going to a site where you can hear part of the song to jog, or even start, your memory. My favorite songs from 10 to 1:

10. Breakin' My Heart (Pretty Brown Eyes) by Mint Condition

9. The Blower's Daughter by Damien Rice

8. Freek 'n You by Jodeci

7. Hands to Heaven by Breathe

6. To Be With You by Mr. Big

5. Everybody Hurts by R.E.M.

4. All Cried Out by Allure

3. You're My Inspiration by Chicago

2. When I See You Smile by Bad English

And my number one all-time favorite song, with out a doubt is..........

1. Lady in Red by Chris DeBurgh

So now the question is: What does this top ten song list say about me? I'm a little afraid to ask, but I'd love to hear your answers.

40 Years of Hits=4 Chords

Why do all of the greatest hits from the last 40 years only use 4 chords? This video does a great job of highlighting them "all".

This is courtesy of my cousin Jason's family blog, which if you haven't yet, you should check out!