SATURDAY 9 – NOTHING’S GONNA STOP US NOW

Today I’m joining the Saturday 9 hosted by Sam.
What is the Saturday 9? – Super short explanation. –
9 questions every Saturday. There may be a theme, there may not be. There are no rules because Sam hates rules.
It’s her blog. She does whatever the hell she wants. Sam’s a little sassy.

Saturday 9: Nothing’s Gonna Stop Us Now (1987)

Unfamiliar with this week’s tune? Hear it here.

1) In this song, Gracie Slick challenges, “Let them say we’re crazy!” Tell us about something you’re glad you did, even though your friends or family may have advised you against it.

2) Slick is the lead singer of Jefferson Starship. This band got its start in 1965 as Jefferson Airplane but updated their name in 1974. Part of their reasoning was that by the 1970s, airplane travel was commonplace. In 2023, an estimated 820 million Americans flew domestically. When was your most recent flight? When is your next one?

**** At the end of the month, I’m heading back east to watch my youngest grandson graduate highschool and I couldn’t be more proud. This is a pic of him and my daughter on his last day of high school.

3) Songwriter Albert Hammond said the song was inspired by his divorce. After years of legal wrangling, he was finally free to marry his long-time, long-suffering girlfriend. They’re still married today. What is something you waited a long time for? Was it worth the wait?

**** Absolutely worth the wait…

4) Albert Hammond is perhaps best known as the one-hit wonder who sang, “It Never Rains in Southern California.” Is rain expected where you are today?

**** Current situation.

5) He co-wrote the song with Diane Warren. In January, she lost her home to the Los Angeles fires. When a friend is confronted by heartache or tragedy, what can you say or do for them? What shouldn’t you say or do?

6) “Nothing’s Gonna Stop Us Now” was the love theme to the romantic fantasy Mannequin. In that movie, a department store mannequin comes to life and falls for a struggling artist. While it was a moderate success at the box office, the gritty Vietnam drama Platoon was a much bigger hit. When you sit down to watch a movie, what genre would you prefer (fantasy, romance, comedy, drama, etc.)?

**** I like thrillers and action movies, mostly. These are a few of my faves and of course, I love all of the sequels to Bourne and Equalizer.

7) In 1987, when this song was popular, Aretha Franklin became the first woman inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Aretha was proud of her Detroit roots. Have you been to Michigan? If yes, where did you go?

**** Home-grown home girl.
My favorite place is northern Michigan anywhere on Lake Michigan. It’s my most favorite of the Great Lakes. I like the U.P. (upper peninsula) a lot too!

This is how we give directions. Seriously. It’s super convenient to have the map on your hand!

8) In 1987, the Chevy Corvette made news by adding a low tire pressure light to its dashboard. When you’re driving and a yellow warning light comes on, do you handle the issue promptly? Or is it something you’ll get to when you get around to it?

**** If it has something to do with the tires. Yes. I get it checked out immediately. The check engine light, not so much. Unless… It’s on the newer vehicle. If it’s the newer vehicle, that’s a trip to the dealership. If it’s just the winter ride, a beater with a heater, the hoopty??? That check engine light can stay on forever and has! Seriously. It was forever on and nothing was ever wrong.

9) Random question: A magic mirror reflects your appearance five years from today. Would you look at it?

**** Of course I would…

And that’s a wrap! Happy Saturday everybody!

It’s been a super busy week for me. Mother’s Day was wonderful. I hope it was a good day for all of you, too. The rest of the week was lots of running around, mainly to get my Real I.D. so I can fly out, but that’s a whole other post.

It has been an amazing gray, chilly, rain filled day and I am in my element. It’s great reading weather and napping weather. Lots of cups of tea weather… It almost feels like Halloween weather, if only there were colorful leaves all over the ground and pumpkins on the porches.

What’s everybody got going on this weekend?? Tonight I will be continuing my binge watching of Bridgerton on Netflix. Are any of you guys watching this show? Omg. I love it! I didn’t think I would at first because I’m a huge Downton Abbey fan and I thought Bridgerton might be a copycat of that. It is most definitely NOT a copycat. So, so good and now I need to read all the books! I think there’s 9 of them.

Okay. Too long of a post and I am off to dinner, barbeque chicken sliders and homemade mac n’ cheese. Comfort foods on this fall like day/evening.

MIMI’S THOUGHT FOR THE DAY –

♥ mimi ♥

WORDLESS WEDNESDAY – She’s an angel…

Last year when I went back east for my grandson’s graduation, my sweet, sugar and spice and everything nice granddaughter gave up her room for me while I visited. She was so excited and happy!
She said, “Mimi, I hung an angel over your bed to watch over you while you sleep.”

Side note – I sent my granddaughter that doll (it looked cute on Amazon) and when she got it, her Mom, Dad, and brother were all creeped out by it so she would set it outside her bedroom door so nobody would come in her room and bother her. Genius move!

**** Those straps on the bottom of the doll’s feet slip over my granddaughter’s feet and that doll stretches up as tall as she is! So, she got to walk around and creep everybody out too!

P.S. – I don’t think it’s fair that my kids and grandkids use that awesome, hilarious DNA I gave them against me! That doll creeps me out too!

♥ mimi ♥

SATURDAY 9 – Georgia, Georgia

Okay. Here we go!

Saturday 9: Georgia on My Mind (1978)

Unfamiliar with this week’s tune? Hear it here.

1) These lyrics refer to “an old sweet song.” What old sweet song is a favorite of yours?

Dan Fogelberg – Same Auld Lang Syne
This song gets me every time…

2) Composer Hoagy Carmichael said he was inspired by saxophonist Frankie Trumbauer to write a song about Georgia. In those days, bands traveled by bus and Frankie enjoyed rolling through Georgia. Hoagy recalled that Frankie even volunteered the first two words, “Georgia, Georgia …” If we were to organize a Saturday 9 bus trip, where would you recommend we go for lovely scenery?

Northern Michigan – This is Lake Michigan Beach, one of my favorite places on the planet.

3) This version of “Georgia on My Mind” was controversial before it was even recorded. Willie Nelson’s label, Columbia, didn’t see the point of their outlaw country star singing an old standard that was associated with Ray Charles and Ella Fitzgerald. Willie had the last laugh. This record was a hit and Willie won a Grammy. Tell us about a time when you were a success despite opposition.

When I beat stage 4 cancer.

4) While it’s at odds with his “outlaw” image, Willie was a popular and active high school student. He played three sports and was a member of Future Farmers of America. What school activities did you participate in during your teen years?

5) Willie once worked as a tree trimmer, so clearly he didn’t suffer from acrophobia. How about you? Do you have a fear of heights?

It’s not the highs I fear, it’s the lows…

6) He wrote the lyrics to one of his biggest hits, “On the Road Again,” during a flight, using the airplane barf bag as scrap paper. That was back in 1980. In 2025, do you handwrite onto note paper, or do you make all your “notes to self” digitally.

Mostly handwritten, but when I need to make sure I don’t forget, I use my phone.

7) In 1978, when Willie was singing “Georgia on My Mind,” audiences were flocking to see the movie Grease. What’s your favorite song from Grease?

This one because I love Stockard Channing.

8) Also in 1978, Karina Smirnoff was born. After spending her early years in the Ukraine, she came to America and found success on Dancing with the Stars.

Are you a DWTS fan?

Not even a little bit. I would need to read this before I even sat down to watch.

9) Random question: Do you ever carry a backpack?

No, but if I did, I’m pretty sure it would look like this.

Well, that took me much longer than I anticipated. I have no idea why my spacing decided to go wonky, but it took forever to fix it. But, I did the Saturday 9 and you can too. Write your post, then click on the Saturday 9 logo up above and add yourself to Mr. Linky so we can all come around and visit you!

I hope you’re all having a great weekend so far. It’s been storming for a while here today and I would love it if it continued on through the night. Rainy nights are the best nights for sleeping.

Enoy the rest of your weekend!

MIMI’S THOUGHT FOR THE DAY –

♥ mimi ♥

THURSDAY 13 – Happy, Happy, Happy, Happy

Good Morning!

AND… ♥♥♥♥

To this handsome guy right here!
My 2nd son and my number three in the birth order.
How did 34 years just whip through our lives?
This young man is hilarious, super smart, a college grad, a hard worker, an amazing singer – think Michael Buble’ – and honestly, everybody loves him! Omgosh. I just love him to pieces and you guys, he would make you laugh so much.
He’s been nothing but a joy, seriously, and I am so lucky.

Okay! Well, it’s Thursday, so it’s time for my Thursday 13!
Thursday 13 is just a list of 13 things you choose to post on, you guessed it, Thursdays!
What would your Thursday 13 look like?
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1.) I still can’t hear out of my right ear. They gave me steroids in case I had an inflamed nerve in my ear. Apparently I don’t otherwise the steroids would’ve worked and I’d be able to hear out of that ear. Next stop, the ears, eyes, nose and throat Dr. but not until after my trip back east for my grandson’s graduation. Thankfully my eyes still work because the most important thing to me right now is seeing my grandson graduate!

2.) If the Drs. can’t figure out what’s going on with my hearing I may have to get a hearing aid and holy hell those things are expensive even with insurance!

3.) My daughter, who’s son is graduating, keeps backyard chickens and her favorite chicken is Betty.
This is my daughter and Betty.

4.) I decided to make Betty a friend. Her name is Hazel and she has her very own AI chicken coop.

5.) I was sad to hear that Pope Francis had died and I’m curious to see who our next Pope will be. I hope it’s someone with a progressive mindset like Pope Francis had.

6.) I accidently ended up watching a movie on Paramount+ that I thought was going to be a series.

It was different… It’s supposedly about the voting in of the next Pope when the current Pope dies. It could’ve been a good movie if not for the ridiculous ending. So there’s 120 minutes of my life I’ll never get back.

7.) I’m working on another crocheted chicken. Apparently my daughter and I are both obsessed with chickens now. She can’t stop buying them and I can’t stop making them. In her defense tho, we did have chickens when the kids were growing up so it’s a nice memory for her and now for her kids too.

8.) I totally spaced that we’ve had Easter since I last posted. Geesh. I hope everyone had a good holiday. It’s amazing how the Easter bunny just keeps bringing you a basket no matter how old you get.

9.) My favorite Easter candy is the Brach’s black jelly beans.

10.) I need to get my hair cut before my trip. I’m thinking a bob of some sort, longish or shaggy, or a shaggy pixie. I haven’t decided yet but I’m leaning towards the shaggy pixie.

11.) I drank my coffee with milk this morning rather than Half and Half. The difference is like making cream of tomato soup with milk or making it with water which some people do. Not me. I need that extra creaminess!

12.) I think we need to take our dog to doggie school to learn how to get along with other dogs. He is so aggressive when he sees another dog and it doesn’t matter how big or how small the other dogs are. When we’re outside he’ll almost jerk your arm off with all of his charging and snarling and growling. Inside he goes nuts back and forth at the patio door. I know one day the blinds are going to come tumbling down.

13.) One of the side effects of the steroids they gave me for my ear is that they keep me awake. They also put me in a downer mood. So, basically I’ve been up all night with a shitty mood. Lol. Hopefully, I’ll wind down enough to get a nap in. If I’m that lucky I’ll be back around to visit and comment on your posts when I wake up.

Well, here we are in May… Holy smokes. Next month we’ll be half way to Christmas! Lol. I can’t wait! Aside from heading out to my grandson’s graduation I have zero plans for the month of May. I’ll be back east until the first week of June and I have a feeling June will be a busy month for me.

What are your plans for May? June?? Anything thrilling and spine chilling you’d like to share?? I’d love to read about them so drop me some comment love so I can be the nosey bitch that you all know me to be!

MIMI’S THOUGHT FOR THE DAY –
♥ mimi ♥