31 Days of Song {4/31} – Enchanted
4th October 2011 | 31 days of song | 0 comments
Song #4: Enchanted by Taylor Swift
Last night right before I fell asleep I wrote a small cluster of things to do today in my planner, because I was already in bed and too far away from the normal stack of paper I use for my to-do list. It’s 10:49 pm as I write this, and guess how many things are checked off? Well I will show you.
See that? Not a single thing. NOT A SINGLE THING. Don’t be fooled by the fact that “MAKE DINNER” is crossed off. I wrote that with no intention to wake up at TEN AM, losing THREE HOURS of my normal daytime hours.
So I’ve given myself an hour to go full-speed and see how many things I can cross off if I put my mind to it and restrain myself from having dance parties in my room alone or jumping on my bed for fifteen minutes. The bed jumping thing is making up for years of lost time.
That said, I decided to not put a lot of thought into my song for today. I went over to iTunes and clicked “25 most played” and picked from the top 5. My second top played song is Taylor Swift’s “Enchanted.”
I would like to pretend like I have not spent at least two hours of my life listening to this song and crying and feeling like Taylor Swift perhaps read my journal, but that would kinda be lying because I totally have.
AND. That’s not even it. There are a few people who heard this song and immediately thought of me.
And in honor of Bee, I am posting graphics with the song lyrics on it because today he made this:
AND I THINK HE IS COMPLETELY WRONG.
TWOsday – September 20th, 2011
20th September 2011 | dinner, everyday life, TWOsday | 0 comments
Simple. Two things I love.
#1. CRIMINAL MINDS.
I absolutely CANNOT WAIT for the new season of Criminal Minds to start. They are my faves.
#2. ENCHANTED.
“Fairy tales are more than true; not because they tell us that dragons exist, but because they tell us that dragons can be beaten.” ~G.K. Chesterton.
I cannot imagine anybody NOT loving this movie. Let’s discuss the best part of the movie, the part where they are dancing and Jon McLaughlin is singing. and then McDreamy {he gets to keep that title because he is the absolute perfect Prince Charming, am I right???} starts singing quietly while he is dancing, and butterflies fly all around your insides because earlier he said he doesn’t sing or dance. Oh man. And her clothes! and her hair! All I want is hair like Giselle’s. and dresses like hers too, while we’re at it. I wish I was a real-life Disney Princess.
So hey in addition to Tuesdays being TWOsdays, it’s also the day I’ve agreed to make dinner for my family. and I know you want to know what I made.
I’ve tried finding cookbooks, but I can’t find any with enough pictures. and I wish that was a joke, but it’s not. So I’m reduced to blog recipes. Which is alright with me. Tonight I made crispy chicken with creamy italian sauce and bowtie pasta. Say that 5 times fast. The recipe is from Jamie Cooks It Up.
In case you were wondering, I’m not necessarily the best cook in the world but i’m trying. I’d probably be better if I had an apron.
For some reason making dinner tonight seemed to take forever. From start to finish it was an hour and a half. I think I’m just slow.
I admire people who can take step-by-step pictures of cooking in a strategic way. They somehow make cooking look really awesome and magical. My pictures just look like I am about to make recipe flashcards. Oh well.
So in addition to the chicken and the pasta, we had asparagus just like the last time I made dinner.. and just like that picture. We would have had it regardless of the picture, because I love asparagus like you would never believe.
The end result:
and what’s dinner without dessert? Luckily I had a recipe for frozen bananas hanging around on pinterest, so I went ahead and made those.
Remember how I said that I wish I was a real-life Disney Princess?
Here’s one {there’s plenty of them!} reason why I am nothing like a real-life Disney Princess.
My mom needed to get gas and asked me to go with her. So I grabbed some flip flops and went to the gas station wearing this.
…I know, right? I am pretty classy. I wish I could say that I just sat in the car, but I actually went in the gas station and got hot chocolate.. because did you know that gas station hot chocolate is pretty delicious?
Sorry about the mess of my bathroom. It was on my list of things to do today, but instead I spent about 3 hours playing the piano. Priorities, I guess. Also, tomorrow I am starting a challenge. You know, another one of those blog prompting challenges that I like starting but never finish? One of those. 
ps this is going on my Christmas list… if I can hold out that long:
50 Day Challenge, Day 5: A Letter to your crush.
10th April 2011 | 50 Day Challenge | 1 comment
DAY 5: A letter to your Crush
Dear CG,
Sometimes I sit and wonder how you are oblivious. Maybe you aren’t, maybe you’ve considered it and ruled it out. But here on this end, I think that we are a brilliant pair. You make me laugh and think and you challenge some things I say. You share with me and ask my opinion and inspire me. To me it seems to just make sense. So I pray, that God would orchestrate what is best and be clear about it, regardless of if I like it or not. and I remain faithful that God will do just that.
and then aside from that. Once you made me fall on the ground and loudly declare “he makes me want to sing a million songs!”
Then I discovered this Taylor Swift song. The first time I heard it, I was in awe of how accurate the lyrics were. There’s this one moment after we met, when we parted ways and I remember glancing back as you walked away and wanting to run after you. But I didn’t know what to say. So I just kept walking. As the song says.. these are the words I held back as I was leaving too soon….
Enchanted
Taylor Swift
There I was again tonight
Forcing laughter, faking smiles
Same old tired, lonely place
Walls of insincerity
Shifting eyes and vacancy
Vanished when I saw your face
All I can say is it was enchanting to meet you
Your eyes whispered “Have we met?”
Across the room, your silhouette
Starts to make its way to me
The playful conversation starts
Counter all your quick remarks
Like passing notes in secrecy
And it was enchanting to meet you
All I can say is I was enchanted to meet you
The lingering question kept me up
2 am, who do you love?
I wonder ’til I’m wide awake
Now I’m pacing back and forth
Wishing you were at my door
I’d open up and you would say
It was enchanting to meet you
All I know is I was enchanted to meet you
This night is sparkling, don’t you let it go
I’m wonderstruck, blushing all the way home
I’ll spend forever wondering if you knew
This night is flawless, don’t you let it go
I’m wonderstruck, dancing around all alone
I’ll spend forever wondering if you knew
I was enchanted to meet you
This is me praying that
This was the very first page
Not where the story line ends
My thoughts will echo your name
Until I see you again
These are the words I held back
As I was leaving too soon
I was enchanted to meet you
Please don’t be in love with someone else
Please don’t have somebody waiting on you
Please don’t be in love with someone else
Please don’t have somebody waiting on you
Thanks to tumblr for some visuals.
Love,
Stephanie A. Orefice
