Here's a little song I wrote, you might want to sing it note for note.

Christmas Music That Doesn't Suck 2014 Edition: Day Seven

Jingle Bells - Mike Tompkins


Love this guy so much. I've posted a lot of stuff by him over the past few years. My favorites are probably Paradise and Misery, and of course Acapella. Another one I would love to see live. He actually toured with Karmin last year, jealous.

2013 was Charlie Parra, 2012 was Sungha Jung, 2011 was Glee


In fact I like him so much that I'm adding another song to my list for this post:

Up on the Housetop - Mike Tompkins


Another song I'm not sure why wasn't already on the list of songs to post. Awesome version, love him. Check out his newest mashup of Shake it Off and Pompeii.


Winter Wonderland/Don't Worry Be Happy Mashup - Pentatonix


While I usually scroll through a bunch of options and pick which one I want to post, I knew exactly which version of this one I wanted to post. If you're only going to listen to one out of this entire list of Xmas music, make it this one. Love it so much.

2013 was the Andrews Sisters, 2012 was Jason Mraz, 2011 was Dean Martin


Please Come Home For Christmas - Ben Haenow


While I haven't seen a single episode of The X Factor - mostly cause I can't stand its creator - I do love this clip. He's great. Oh and look, he won. Congrats. Well deserved.

2013 was Bon Jovi, 2012 was CeeLo Green



2011 Day Seven - Dashing through the melted snow in some untied tennis shoes
2012 Day Seven - If not for Christmas, by New Year's night
2013 Day Seven - Do you want an arm or a torso?

Do you want an arm or a torso?

One of the coolest things I have ever seen on TV ever.



Please tell me you get that Caddyshack reference.

That pretty much sums up my day, slow start, but madness at the end.

And it snowed!

What the crap?

Did I miss that part of the forecast? I wasn't the only one though cause we were all confused when it started.

It was supposed to be nice.

Well, nice for December.

But that's Nebraska. Here you'll turn on both the AC and the Heat in a 1 hour period. I don't know how meteorologists work where you're from, but I'm pretty sure ours just guess cause there's no way to predict it.

Originally it was supposed to snow tomorrow. I already got snowed out of one graduation so it better not do it again.

Anyway, so it was slow in the morning, but then in the afternoon everyone got all wound up about the Target hack thing so we were all freaking out about that.

Thankfully after work was much more fun, graduation dinner with the boyfriend's family.

His wickedly awesome sister-in-law.

I'm not the only one celebrating this weekend.

Dinner was fun and afterward there was a giant pig cake, hence the title of this post.

So all-in-all a good day.

On to the music, Christmas Music that Doesn't Suck: Day Seven


Jingle Bells - Charlie Parra


Wicked. For some reason I like the instrumental versions better. Guess I'm just not a fan of the lyrics.

2012 was Sungha Jung, 2011 was Glee

Walking in a Winter Wonderland - Andrews Sisters


Classic, love the harmonies.

2012 was Jason Mraz, 2011 was Dean Martin

Please Come Home For Christmas - Bon Jovi


oh my god he looks so young!

2012 was CeeLo Green



2011 Day Seven - Dashing through the melted snow in some untied tennis shoes
2012 Day Seven - If not for Christmas, by New Year's night

out. have a good weekend.

if not for christmas, by new year's night

How morbid does it make me that this morning I kept skipping songs on the ipod-plugged in stereo claiming if I was to die in a tragic car accident that that song wouldn't want to be the last song I ever listened to?

Made for an interesting morning.

Usually it takes me 11 minutes to get to work so I figured if I made it down to the parking lot 30 minutes early I'd have enough time to dig myself out and drive slowly to work.

Didn't work that way.

Too much ice under the tires and every time I gunned it I kept moving more and more to the right. Which wasn't good cause there was a car right next to me. So I panic called my brother in law who then came over and dug me out.

Such a good guy.

1 hour later I was 4 blocks away, following a truck that kept getting stuck in the middle of intersections. Every time his two teenage sons would jump out and attempt to push him through but it would take so long that the light would turn red and they had to move him back .

You would think that a pickup with a snow plow on the front and snow blower in the back would be a bit more reliable.

And I assumed that particular road would be plowed exceptionally because it's so busy but I guess tomorrow I'll be taking the highway.

So I was late for the staff meeting. As were Slim Shady and my Trainee. Plus Queen of the Known Universe and the Library Judge missed the day all together.

What else? Oh, first day for our new Assistant Director. Thought she would introduce herself during the staff meeting but she was probably busy catching up on AD stuff put off for the last couple months. She was my teacher this semester - the one that let us out 2 hours early each time - but as she didn't introduce herself I'm okay with missing the meeting.

I guess that makes her BBB'sA

And that's pretty much it. Lots of off desk time today so not many highlights. Gave SuperWoman her present. Every year I get her something Angry Birds related since she got me hooked. Stuffed one that make noise, calendar, this year it's christmas ornaments.

On to the music - Christmas Music That Doesn't Suck - Day Seven

Slight change to this one as well. Last year I included Achmed's Jingle Bombs and can't post it two years in a row so I'm switching it out with Please Come Home For Christmas.

Jingle Bells - Sungha Jung


incredible talent, wish I could play like that.


Walking in a Winter Wonderland - Jason Mraz


intriguing.

andrews sisters was a close second


Please Come Home For Christmas - CeeLo Green



I know Sketch doesn't like him but I bought his xmas CD anyway and it rocks. Week before I bought the Blake one as well. No Adam but is guest appearance by Christina Aguilera.

Really gonna miss her on the Voice. Shakira, while highly entertaining - second CD I remember buying with my own money, first was Spice Girls - is just very different style-wise, but it should be interesting to watch.