Summer Breeze + BOTB Results

Posted on August 11, 2024

Welcome to Monday’s Music Moves Me on Sundays! 

As you probably noticed things look a bit different on CAAC.  I’m currently making changes.  This is a new theme layout. The one I used for years appears to be outdated which is causing some issues. I’m not sure if that was the problem with things not displaying properly last week or if it was something I did while installing new plugins.  I’ll get this all figured out soon enough.

This week’s theme is songs that make you think of being in nature/outdoors! 

 

This song almost makes me feel as if a summer breeze washes over me every time I hear it.  It’s such a soothing tune.  I really do love those summer breezes, especially while outside working. 

Remember music themes are only suggestions.  I don’t care one way or another.  The important thing is to share whatever music moves you. Now, it’s your turn!

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This is a music link up.  Your post must contain at least one song or your URL is marked “No Music”.

 

 

 

Normally, I share my BOTB results a week after the showdown but I’m trying to maintain a single post each week while on my blogging hiatus. I figured a little delay  wouldn’t be too bad. I went with The Tide is High song choice for this battle.  In my showdown the Atomic Kittens faced off with Dakota Blonde.  Two different styles and genres but both equally fun I though.  I threw my ballot in for the Atomic Kittens partly for their cute name but overall I loved their vibe. Now, lets see how the voting went down.

Atomic Kitten – John, Lee, Ed, Mama Louisa, Brian, Debbie, Me (7)

Dakota Blonde – Willow, Deidre, Mary, Birgit, Mimi, Eugi, Stephen (7)

WOW, what a shocker – a stale mate with no winner! I totally wasn’t expecting this. Thanks for playing along.  My next battle showdown is set for September 1st. 

Rounding things out, here are my responses to Friday’s Friendly Fill-Ins.

1. Women’s figuring skating was is my favorite Olympic sport. Women’s figuring skating isn’t as good as it used to be because ladies aren’t as graceful and feminine anymore. Over the year I lost interest in the games and with this year’s opening disrespectful ceremony I don’t care to have anything to do with the organization nor watch any of the events. 
 
2. I won’t spend money on fortune telling. That’s because you won’t catch me having mine read.  I don’t buy into horoscopes, Ouija boards, or other so-called predictors of fate.  
 
3. I’ve come to terms with the fact that my body has limitations and while I can’t do everything in my younger years, I continue to push myself to do all that I comfortably am able. My motto still remains “One Life, One Body!”.  One thing for sure if is you don’t use it, you’ll lose it. I have to keep my body moving so it doesn’t get stiff and unusable.  I don’t want to feel old.
 
4. My computer search history includes  avocado oil potato chips and children’s wooden toys . We are trying to keep certain oils out of our diet as much as possible.  Our favorite potato which we can’t get is made with peanut oil – very good chips but the company sometimes uses other oils when they can’t get all peanut oil.  That’s what got me to looking for avocado oil potato chips.  Boulder Canyon makes some all avocado oil chips.  We couldn’t remember if we liked them since it’s been a few years and, so, we got a bag. They are quite well, too!  I’m looking for American made wooden toys. I found a few companies that do make their products in the US still which is awesome.  I want to get a pounding bench for LA2.  Little kids, especially boys, love to pound on stuff!  I have yet to find exactly what I want, though.  
 


 

I’m still enjoying my blogging hiatus. Unfortunately, the “like” button isn’t loading for some of y’all.  Feel free to do what you want, leave an emoji or a short comment.  I’m easy going.  This will flag me of your visit.  Have a boogietastic week!

Procreate sketch I used in Brushstrokes to create a painting like image

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25 thoughts on “Summer Breeze + BOTB Results”

  4. Hokey-Smoke! A tie! It doesn’t get much closer than that! 😉

    CAThy, I’ll have a special and sentimental Battle going up on August 15th and really hope you will be able to come by with two cents for the kitty. This next one won’t have a booze theme, but it will be honoring the person who made BOTB a “thing”.

    ~ D-FensDogG

  7. I love that song and also have it in my playlist for this week’s 4M. 🙂 No like button or linky form here, and it looks like your post area is narrower? Same with both Chrome and Firefox. Website issues are so frustrating! Here’s hoping things will get straightened out soon. Moving more is something I’m trying to do as well, although some days are hard because of osteoarthritis. Kudos to you for keeping it up! 👌

    1. Forgot to mention your BOTB! (And now I can see the like button and the linky-yay!) Interesting that it ended in a tie. There aren’t too many of those.

    1. Good for you being on your semi-blogging break. It’s good to break away from the old grind to find yourself again. I’ll try to remember to swing by on Thursday. My brain is a bit scattered more so than usual. 🙂

  10. Sorry I missed the battle. We’ve been so busy. More on that later. A tie. That’s a good thing.

    Love your video. Perfect for the theme this week.

    Love your fill-ins. I love all the different takes on the fill-ins.

    Have a fabulous day and week, Cathy. Love and hugs. ♥

  11. Hi, Cathy!

    Here I am, dear friend, back from my own mini hiatus and making the rounds of the blog circuit. It just so happens that your featured song, “Summer Breeze,” was one of Mrs. Shady #1’s favorites. I was rocking out at the time and it was a bit too tame for my taste. I missed your latest Band Battle while I was away, but just now went to YouTube and listened to Dakota Blonde’s version of “The Tide Is High.” For what it’s worth, I enjoyed their acoustic folk/bluegrass cover, but nevertheless would have cast the tie-breaking vote in your contest and gone with Atomic Kitten, seeing as how I featured the English pop girl group on my blog a couple of years ago.

    I’m proud of you for keeping up your exercise program and for paying more attention to your diet. Your body will thank you and continue to serve you in the years to come. I have a new post up and running if you care to take a look. If not, then enjoy the rest of your month and I hope to see you when I resurface with my next post around the 5th of September. Take care, dear friend Cathy!

    1. Tom,

      Don’t worry about missing out. I know you have a new format on balancing real and cyber life. I was confident had you voted you would’ve gone for the Kittens. It’s good to know that I was right. Dakota Blonde is pretty awesome, though. I hope my body not only thanks me but treats me right with every new decade I enter. It’s hard work to stay in front of things but I’ll do the best I can. Thanks for letting know when to expect your September post installment. I’ll try to remember so I can swing by before I cut away completely for vacation. Thanks for visiting, my friend!

    1. I’m not sure what the display deal is but I hopefully I can figure this out. If you still have problems with not seeing the linky here after you publish your 4M post then pop over to one of the other girls’ blogs to join the party. I’m sure won’t have any trouble there! Thanks for letting me know.

  14. I still can’t “Like” (it just keeps “loading”) so I’ll just say l liked your art at the end of the post, and also your song choice. Alana ramblinwitham

    1. Alana,

      The “Like” button not loading properly on your end might have something to do with back end issues that I had hoped the new theme and removing unused plugins would’ve helped with. It looks fine for me when I look at my site on Firefox and Brave browsers. However, it’s not loading with Safari. Let me try clearing my page cache to see if that resolves this problem. Thanks for the heads up!

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