In order of my FAVORITEs
1. Amy Winehouse ~ Back to Black ... #5 my fav is the title track Back to Black. I just put the video on my MySpace page. I love it. The music is what you hear first, then I had to look up the lyrics to get them ALL. I love it even more now.
2. Kanye West ~ Graduation ... I like to put on #1 in the mornings. "Good Morning! Good Morning Mr. West, Mr. West ..." My son says he says Good Morning too many times for him. He's a grumpy butt though... I just love it! The whole CD is GREAT!!
3. Alicia Keys ~ AS I AM ... Of course #4, "No One, No One... " GREAT SONG!!
4. Chris Brown ~ Exclusive ... I'm just getting to know this one. It had GREAT reviews though. Lots of hip-hop collaborations. I just last week put Lil' Mama featuring Chris Brown & T-Pain's Shawty Get Loose video on my MySpace page (the day after it was released.) I wasn't familiar with Lil' Mama, but I saw the premiere of the video and it was REALLY good. Reminded me of an old Janet Jackson video. Great production!
5. Bruce Springsteen ~ Magic ... With all the listening to Amy, I haven't spent as much time listening to "my boyfriend" as I'd like. (I've got Amy & Kanye on all the time.) Guess I'll have to plan a ROAD TRIP...
6. Tupac ~ All Eyes On Me ... My favorite of Tupac's CD's. Been listening to this one since '96, A LOT. The track Can't C Me- Reminds me SO..... much of my Ernie, who was killed by a drunk driver in 2004. He was a rapper and music producer and was just heading to Full Sail Music College in Florida when THE CRASH occurred. He was/is MY HERO and always one-step ahead, thus the reference to Can't C Me. In the initial days following THE CRASH, that's all I had on my CD player. Talk about heartache! (Another story, for another day...)
7. Eminem ~ Re-Up ... Gotta have Mr. Marshall Mathers going on. Another rapper I, oddly enough, really like. When I heard Matt Lauer from the TODAY show say he kept Mr. Mathers in his CD player too, I felt justified!
8. Tupac ~ Redemption
9. Alicia Keys ~ Keys in A Minor ... Again, I just love her.
For Christmas I had the First (1985) VERY Special Christmas (LOVE IT, I've had to buy this sucker Three Times thanks to thieves), Bette Midler's Christmas CD, Josh Groban's Christmas CD, Luther Vandross Christmas CD, Boyz-2-Men's old Christmas CD, AND Amy, Kanye, Alicia, Eminem & Tupac, of course ...
About Me
- DNR87
- S/W/F 57 ~ LOL ~ Conservative Liberal. My son’s principal said: Pragmatic Idealist ~~ What does a CL/PI do with her time? In 1996, with an out-of-control gang problem, and the desire to open a home for teen moms, I founded a nonprofit. I did not retire from the state until 1199, DID TWO JOBS FOR a GOOD 3 YRS. MOSTLY though, I was a single mom of two teen sons. ~ That was 1996 - 2003. Then in 2004 I lost my 25 yr old son to an impaired driver. Losing a son BEST FRIEND is NOT EASY, but I am surviving. I have a couple small dogs *Jack Russell/Minature Dachshund, and I do a lot of mentoring. Teens and young adults looking for help negotiating life struggles. ~ I am a GRANDMA to 3 grandsons, and I am working on Ernies M.O.M. (Memorial Outreach Mission)project. M.O.M. assists victims of DUI crashes.
The Late Great Ernest Lee Ivery III
RIP ~ My Beautiful Beautiful Boy ~ RIP
A photo I took out my office window down toward that tree that killed Ernie just five months later.
My 25 yr old son's death trap....
July 9, 2004 4:13 a.m. David James Butterton, age 28 drove 80+ mph around a 25 mph suggest speed curve, killing my boy
Please Don't Drink & Drive
Nels, my youngest's first trip to the crash site or "Ernie's Tree" as we now refer to it.
Ernie's Bench at Cemetary
The Love of His Life
The Wall 2005
Where I Moved So I Wouldn't Have to Drive Past The Tree Every Day
Izzabealla and Mommy
I raise Jack Russell Terriers. This is my new female at one week.
Izzabealla, aka BELLA at just over 2 months
January 1, 2008 ~ Bella on the Pot
Our Easter Entry 2008
April 24, 2004
Our Last Photo Together - Two and one half months before THE CRASH exactly
Memorial Gathering July 9, 2007
Ernie's Memorial Bench ~ Ernie's on the Left & Mom will go on the Right
The Seat Says: MC ~ Rapper ~ Poet ~ Lyrist (second line) E ~ Double E ~ Extreme Excellence (near edge) We Love You Always Mom, Nels, Gary, TagenLynn, TaRon (bottom line) Bryan, Chris, Dorian, Jamie, L's B & Mason, Mark, Mike W., Mikey, Nate, Rahm & Shanika & The Walkers (the Walkers are Ernie's Dad's Cousins & his Aunt Cynthia) Isn't it just BEAUTIFUL? I absolutely LOVE it.... It give me some peace.
Ernie's Tatoos on Either Side
Halloween 2007 at Grandma's
My Grandson & His Sis & Twin Brothers
Back-2-School ~ Theme: Mission Possible
For Eight Years YUP! held Skating Parties with door prizes and guest performances by local Hip Hop artists. We celebrated school STARTING, and what kids COULD DO with their lives!