Conversation – 16

Start Me Up
Song by The Rolling Stones

If you start me up
If you start me up, I’ll never stop
If you start me up
If you start me up, I’ll never stop
I’ve been running hot
You got me wrecking gonna blow my top
If you start me up
If you start me up, I’ll never stop
Never stop, never stop, never stop
You make a grown man cry
You make a grown man cry
You make a grown man cry
Spread out the oil, the gasoline
I walk smooth, ride in a mean, mean machine
Start it up
If you start me up
Kick on the starter give it all you got, you got, you got
I can’t compete
With the riders in the other heats
If you rough it up
If you like it you can slide it up
Slide it up, slide it up, slide it up
Don’t make a grown man cry
Don’t make a grown man cry
Don’t make a grown man cry
My eyes dilate, my lips won’t wait
My hands are greasy, she’s a mean, mean machine
Start it up
Start me up
Give it all you got
You got to never, never, never stop
Slide it up, whoo
Oh baby, just slide it up
Slide it up, slide it up, never, never, never
You make a grown man cry
You make a grown man cry
You make a grown man cry
Ride like the wind at double speed
I’ll take you places that you’ve never, never seen
Start it up
Let me tell you we will never stop, never stop
Never, never, never stop
Start me up
Never stop, never stop
You, you, you make a grown man cry
You, you make a dead man come
You, you make a dead man come

Vogue
Song by Madonna

What are you looking at?
Strike a pose
Strike a pose
Vogue (vogue, vogue)
Vogue (vogue, vogue)
Look around, everywhere you turn is heartache
It’s everywhere that you go (look around)
You try everything you can to escape
The pain of life that you know (life that you know)
When all else fails and you long to be
Something better than you are today
I know a place where you can get away
It’s called a dance floor
And here’s what it’s for, so
Come on, vogue (vogue)
Let your body move to the music (move to the music)
Hey, hey, hey
Come on, vogue (vogue)
Let your body go with the flow (go with the flow)
You know you can do it
All you need is your own imagination
So use it, that’s what it’s for (that’s what it’s for)
Go inside for your finest inspiration
Your dreams will open the door (open up the door)
It makes no difference if you’re black or white
If you’re a boy or a girl
If the music’s pumping it will give you new life
You’re a superstar
Yes, that’s what you are, you know it
Come on, vogue (vogue)
Let your body groove to the music (groove to the music)
Hey, hey, hey
Come on, vogue (vogue, vogue)
Let your body go with the flow (go with the flow)
You know you can do it
Beauty’s where you find it
Not just where you bump and grind it
Soul is in the musical
That’s where I feel so beautiful
Magical, life’s a ball
So get up on the dance floor
Vogue (vogue)
Let your body move to the music (move to the music)
Hey, hey, hey
Come on, vogue (vogue, vogue)
Let your body go with the flow (go with the flow)
You know you can do it
Vogue (vogue)
Beauty’s where you find it (move to the music)
Vogue (vogue)
Beauty’s where you find it (go with the flow)
Greta Garbo and Monroe
Dietrich and DiMaggio
Marlon Brando, Jimmy Dean
On the cover of a magazine
Grace Kelly, Harlow, Jean
Picture of a beauty queen
Gene Kelly, Fred Astaire
Ginger Rogers, dance on air
They had style, they had grace
Rita Hayworth gave good face
Lauren, Katherine, Lana too
Bette Davis, we love you
Ladies with an attitude
Fellas that were in the mood
Don’t just stand there, let’s get to it
Strike a pose, there’s nothing to it
Vogue, vogue
Vogue, vogue (move to the music)
Vogue, vogue
Vogue, vogue (go with the flow)
Ooh, you’ve got to
Let your body move to the music
Ooh, you’ve got to just
Let your body go with the flow
Ooh, you’ve got to just…
Vogue (vogue)

Marvin Gaye

“Ain’t Nothing Like The Real Thing”
(with Tammi Terrell)

Ooooh baby
Ain’t nothing like the real thing, baby
Ain’t nothing like the real thing, no no
Ain’t nothing like the real thing, baby
Ain’t nothing like the real thing

Oh honey
I’ve got your picture hangin’ on the wall
But it can’t see or come to me when I call your name
I realize it’s just a picture in a frame

Ooooo, I read your letters you’re not here
But they don’t move me
And they don’t groove me like when I hear
Your sweet voice whispering in my ear

Don’t you know
Ain’t nothing like the real thing, baby
Ain’t nothing like the real thing

I play my game, a fantasy
I pretend but I know in reality
I need the shelter of your arms to comfort me

No other sound is quite the same as your name
No touch can do half as much to make me feel better
So let’s stay together

Oh, I got some memories to look back on
Though they help me when you’re gone
I’m well aware nothing can take the place of your being there

So glad we got the real thing baby
So glad we got the real thing
Oh honey
Ain’t nothing like the real thing, baby
No darling
Ain’t nothing like the real thing
Talk to me
Ain’t nothing like the real thing, baby
Ain’t nothing like the real thing

Let’s Groove
Song by Earth, Wind & Fire

Let this groove, get you to move,
It’s alright, alright
Let this groove, set in your shoes,
Stand up, alright
Gonna tell you what you can do,
With my love, alright
Let you know girl you’re looking good
You’re out of sight and alright
Move yourself and glide like a 747
Loose yourself in the sky among the clouds in the heavens
Let this groove, light up your fuse, alright
Let this groove, set in your shoes
Stand up, alright
Let me tell you what you can do
With my love, alright
Gotta let you know girl you’re looking good
You’re out of sight, you’re alright
Tell the DJ to play your favorite tune
Then you know it’s okay
What you found is happiness, now
Let this groove, get you to move, alright
Let this groove set in your shoes
Stand up, alright
You will find peace of mind on the floor
Take a little time, come and see, you and me
Make a little sign, I’ll be there after a while
If you want my love
We can boogie on down, down, down, down
Let’s groove tonight
Share the spice of life
Baby slice it right
We’re gonna groove tonight

Club Sheba

@sheba2011

Hi Sheba, just checking in while dinner is cooking. No packing for the trip – their house is about two hours away so we are only going up for the day. Get there late morning and come home in the evening. Bought the girls gift cards for all their hard work during the golf season.🥰

Like you, my husband finished the leaves today.🍁🍂 Any more that get blown over will get buried in the snow. I wish this was March/April and the trees were budding. That would mean winter is over!!😃

Stay well, enjoy the moon,🌕 throwing kisses to Poppy.😘

Donate now. ✨

Sitting with Our Sadness

Sitting with our sadness takes the courage to believe that we can bear the pain and we will come out the other side.

The last thing most of us want to hear or think about when we are dealing with profound feelings of sadness is that deep learning can be found in this place. In the midst of our pain, we often feel picked on by life, or overwhelmed by the enormity of some loss, or simply too exhausted to try and examine the situation. We may feel far too disappointed and angry to look for anything resembling a bright side to our suffering. Still, somewhere in our hearts, we know that we will eventually emerge from the depths into the light of greater awareness. Remembering this truth, no matter how elusive it seems, can help.

The other thing we often would rather not hear when we are dealing with intense sadness is that the only way out of it is through it. Sitting with our sadness takes the courage to believe that we can bear the pain and the faith that we will come out the other side. With courage, we can allow ourselves to cycle through the grieving process with full inner permission to experience it. This is a powerful teaching that sadness has to offer us — the ability to surrender and the acceptance of change go hand in hand.

Another teaching of sadness is compassion for others who are in pain, because it is only in feeling our own pain that we can really understand and allow for someone else’s. Sadness is something we all go through, and we all learn from it and are deepened by its presence in our lives. While our own individual experiences of sadness carry with them unique lessons, the implications of what we learn are universal. The wisdom we gain from going through the process of feeling loss, heartbreak, or deep disappointment gives us access to the heart of humanity. Amen! ✨✨

@kittengirl,

Good morning in California Kitten sending good vibes to you and the kitties.
I hope this Thanksgiving will be a good one for you and your family. ✨

Be well you are in all our thoughts and prayers.

@shoelady60,

I know you are packing for your trip in the ‘burgh. 😘😎✨ How are your nieces?
Girls that age do grow fast. I hope you have a good time. 💕

I am doing so much better today I have never been hit that hard with a cold.
I took advantage of of some sun today and did some lawn work. The sky was clear
and blue I think this is the last day for spring like weather then Ole man winter returns.
Well it is Fall. 😎

How are you today? I am going to blow a kiss at Jake’s Canvass. 😘

Enjoy this with your family. 😘 Lady the last year has been a challenging one and I
for one will be glad to close the chapter on this year.

@71flowerchild,

Howdy in Texas or New Mexico where ever you are I am sure you are having a ball.
Give the fur babies Jewell and Little a nice sunny Oz pet. 😘😎

Enjoy with your family. Happy Holidays. 😘✨

@taci,

Good morning in S. California. ✨😎Oz has sun today and I have been a busy bee.

So is it spring like in S. California? We will be having some really cold weather later
this week. Yikes!! Did you see the full moon last night? My sister called me from Colorado
to say how beautiful it looked there she was visiting our mother. 😘✨

All I have to do was step outside my front door and the moon is right there. 💕✨

Taci yes I do have five doctors I will see next month that is because it’s my two year
date of my breast cancer and that is my team they need to see the new 3D Mammogram
when it is done and sign off on it. When this is over I will only have my Primary Care Physician
and Oncologist I will visit twice a year. ✨

This is lemon water enjoy after you hit the trails. 🎶🎶

@oodiebom,

Good afternoon on the Gulf Coast. ✨😎I can’t wait for your new floors to be finished
I know you can’t wait too. 😜

You have a busy week there is always something to do. I got some yard work done this
morning while my husband is at work. 💕 I don’t mind I just needed to move every muscle
in body the head cold was something I am not used to it was really strong. No worries the
sun was out and I am wearing my Ugg Boots, legging and a cashmere sweater perfect for
fall in OZ. 😎✨ Poppy was just staring at me. 😜

Oodie take your time with all your tasks no lifting.