I tend to sing a lot as I go about my daily round. If I have music on I can usually sing all the words to my favourite songs, but if unaccompanied, I tend to only recall a few lines, and sing them over and over. The other day, when I was distractedly singing bits of the Heatmiser song, my husband commented that perhaps there should be a rule that I should know more than 4 lines of a song before I can sing it aloud. Hmmmm, I wonder if he meant that to be a deterrent. One would think he would know me better than that by now. As I was singing bits of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang yesterday (such a happy song, and I was sooo happy), I got 'the look'. Well, I do so want to be an accommodating wife so, with a quick google search, I was able to learn ALL the words to Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, and with a little practice, I will be able to sing this lovely song to my dear hubby. All. Day. Long. :-)**go on, click on the link and have a listen. (then it will be in your head too)
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My singing bugs my family too! However R tells me that a marvellous way to clean your chakras is to sing in the shower, so I have a good reason to do that now!!!
OK -- now you are scaring me... seriously...
Alright -- I'm just joking! (can you tell I haven't started working on the sarcasm thing yet? :)
Where did this Heatmiser song come from? First time I've heard it and I thought I was pretty in tune (pardon the pun) to all things child-like.
Keep singing.....
Rebecca :)
Rebecca, the Heatmiser song is from The Year Without a Santa Claus movie, it used to be on TV in the early(?)70s. It often gets stuck in my head, and I sing it without noticing, especially the duuum, de dum dum dum part (which is fun to do in a really low voice to torment my kids with). ;-)
Now what did you think I was joking about? :-) That I sing kiddie songs? I am so not joking about that. You don't even want to get me started on songs from Sound of Music sounds or Mary Poppins.
High on a hill was a lonely goatherd,
Lay ee odl lay ee odl lay hee hoo
Ahem, anyway...I do think that there is something very important, very vital about retaining some child-like qualities in one's life (singing, dancing about, finding awe in nature's simplest treasures, willingness to be amazed by the simplest things). Unfortunately it seems to me that too many people these days are afraid to be child-like in the good ways but seem more than happy to remain child-like in such things are taking responsibility for their actions.
I honestly thought my kids and I had seen every kids Christmas movie there is. I am going to have to hunt this one down...
When our youngest son was in public school he stood out as being "strange" because of his kindness, caring, innocence & immaturity. After losing an elementary school basketball game, he announced to the team "At least we played our best", and was bullied as a result of his comment. Now that he is home, he doesn't have to be afraid of being who he is. Despite the fact that most our society would like us to think that they are accepting of all different kinds of people, there is still a stigma of how you should act, how you should look, what you should say, etc. If you don't fit the cookie cutter image, you don't fit. We are all supposed to be mature & stoic, keeping our emotions in tact at all times. And we wonder why some teenagers look so cranky... have you seen their parents????
We have friends with a special needs boy who is 12. I love his innocence -- he is not afraid to dance, clap, sing at ANY time! He is ALWAYS happy!!! He has no worries! We all have so much to learn from him!
Rebecca :)
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