Apres Un Reve

Remember that time I was in French class? Well, for the final one of the girls in my class sang this amazing French opera song. It blew my mind. I've found multiple versions of in on YouTube but none of them compare. Hopefully one day I'll find a version that does it justice, but until then this one will have to do. I've also included the lyrics, because I think they are just as beautiful as the melody.

Apres un Reve:

(Please excuse any typos).

French:

Dans un sommeil que charmait ton image

Je revais le gonheur, ardent mirage,

Tes yeux etaient plus doux, ta voix pure et sonore,

Tu rayonnais comme un ciel eclaire par l'avrore;

Tu m'applelais et je quittais la terre

Pour m'enfuir avec toi vers la lumiere,

Les cieux pour nous entriouvnaient leurs nues,

Splendeurs inconnves, lueurs diveins entrevues,

Helas! Helas! Triste reveil des songes

Je t'applle, O nuit, rends moi tes mensonges,

Reviens, reveins radieuse,

Reviens O nuit mysterieuse!

English:

In a slumber which held your image spellbound

I dreamt of happiness, passionate mirage,

Your eyes were softer, your voice pure and sonorous,

You shone like a sky lit up by the dawn;

You called me and I left the earth

To run away with you towards the light,

The skies opened their clouds for us,

Unknown splendours, divine flashes glimpsed,

Alas! Alas! Sad awakening from dreams

I call you, O night, give me back your lies,

Return, return radiant,

Return, O mysterious night.

Girls

This weekend is going to be both blog post-less AND full of awesomeness since my
Mom & sisters are flying in town to throw me a baby shower (aren't they just the best?) And since the England taxi to/from the airport begins in about an hour and I still have mucho cleaning to do I only have time to leave you a quick video. It's about girls being able to the world, which I thought was fitting since it's going to basically be an all-girls weekend. And I don't know why but I kinda just love it. Especially the lion just chillin' there in the first part.

PS - I promise to post pictures of all the festivities next week.

Oh Love

Just another song I'm playing on repeat. Amazing. 

(Pardon the video - I don't know any other way to share a song on a blog and I used to use lala.com, until  Apple bought it and shut it down. So until I find an alternative, YouTube will have to do).

Mr. Mraz

I'm back from Girls Camp! And listening to this song on repeat. Like ten times in a row repeat. I just kinda love it for so many reasons. And I may have also just taken a break from this little post to make a ringtone of said song. I'm not obsessed or anything.

In other news here are some random thoughts I've collected over the past, idk, 4 months? So watch out - it's one doozy of a list. But there are some gems in there you won't want to miss. Then again there are some you'll probably wish you had. It's a gamble.

 - I constantly worry that my blog labels aren't perfectly organized. Like what exactly deserves a label of "faves?" My OCD does not like the uncertainty one bit.

 - I have a growing list of lullaby type songs on my phone so I can practice them in the car to make sure I know all the words. I may or may not but definitely plan on having the list by my rocking chair to make sure I don't forget my options. Cute or crazy?

 - The awesomeness (or awkwardness) of saying out loud, "Come on, Laura, you can do this" when turning around super duper quickly for the best ever parking spot before someone else snatches it up.

 - Isn't this the most awesome thing you've ever seen? Where do I sign up?

 - Speaking of being obsessed with songs, the hubby has had this on repeat for the last few weeks. But it's a rad song (& music video), sooooo I don't really mind :)

 - I'm pretty sure I need a sleep number bed. Stat.

 - Does anyone else have trouble shaving kneecaps? I swear I shave in every position possible and there are still stragglers. I've all but given up.

 - Realizing I'm talking out loud to myself in a store when someone passes by. Talk about embarrassing. 

 - Contacts and airplanes - are they not the most crazy things ever?! I mean you throw a few tons of metal in the air, and put a piece of plastic in your eye to see, no big deal.

 - Diet Mt. Dew tastes just like Sprite. 

 - According to the hubby I apparently talk about wanting to be part of a bank heist at least once a month. But to clarify - I don't want Bonnie & Clyde action - more Ocean's Eleven/Italian Job type stuff and I mean, really, who wouldn't want to be part of a heist like that?

 - Why is there no light in the freezer? Because if you're heading to the kitchen for a midnight snack I'm betting it'll be more ice cream and less carrots.

 - Having a husband means not doing simple tasks simply because they're easier to do with someone else. Like making the bed.

 - I may have lost the cap for our laundry detergent, so now just dump in how much I think should be in there. So far, no explosions of soap = success.

 - The other day the hubby came home to find me in sweats, one of his tshirts and bright coral lipstick. I got a very strange look even after I explained that I hadn't worn that lipstick for awhile and summer was going to be over soon so it was necessary.

Let's Pretend...

...That it's last Thursday because then I wouldn't feel so bad for delaying the most important post of the month: The Awesome-est of Awesome List! BTW, today feels like summer 'cuz it's a whopping 65 degrees!! Utah, lets stop being all see-sawish with the weather (like dumping 5" of snow that knocks out my power like on Friday) and just settle on summer. Please and thank you. Anyway, in honor of my current state of spring fever, I've compiled a list of songs you should jam to while you're driving with the windows down and singing at the top of your lungs no matter how many strange looks you get. One time I may or may not have but definitely got a "you go girl" from a passing by car. Awkward or awesome? I'm gonna go with awesome - no one tell me differently. Oh and ps - these might not all be summer worthy songs, but I promise, no fingers crossed, that they're all super duper awesome.

Awesome Songs:


1) All Time Fav: Un Giorno Per Noi (Romeo E Giulietta) - Josh Groban
2) We Are Young - Fun.
3) Viva la Vida - Coldplay
4) Time is Running Out - Muse
5) Sweet Child of Mine - Guns N' Roses
6) Long Live - Taylor Swift
7) Standing Outside the Fire - Garth Brooks
8) Before He Cheats - Carrie Underwood
9) Bohemian Rhapsody - Queen (I think this is the most brilliant song written. I'm sure they were just all high on drugs but it still blows my mind.)
10) Fantasy - Mariah Carey
11) Hallelujah - Justin Timberlake & Matt Morris (This version is the best EVER.)
12) Apologize - OneRepublic
13) Toxic - Britney Spears
14) No One - Alicia Keys
15) Over You - Chris Daughtry
16) The Best of Me - Starting Line
17) Run - Snow Patrol
18) Honey - Moby
19) The Scientist - Coldplay
20) Bye, Bye, Bye - N'Sync (Don't act like you don't know every. single. word.)
21) I Will Follow You Into the Dark - Death Cab for a Cutie
22) Dancing - Elisa
23) The Cave - Mumford & Sons
24) You've Got the Love - Florence + The Machine
25) Don't Cry Out - Shiny Toy Guns
26) How Sweet It Is - Michael Buble
27) Come Away With Me - Norah Jones
28) We Are Broken - Paramore
29) Stand - Rascal Flatts
30) When You Say Nothing At All - Ronan Keating
31) A Night To Remember - SHeDAISY

**Update (3/18) - Just changed #9 & #11 because I'm thinking this might become a work in progress and just get better and better and BETTER! Hurrah!

Josh Groban - Un Giorno Per Noi (Romeo e Giulietta)

This song is so beautiful to me. It is by far my favorite song. Partially I think it is so amazing becuase whenever I hear it I am instantly calmed, instantly moved and many times instantly brought to tears, but I don't understand a single word. It is just that powerful.

Josh Groban does such an amazing job conveying the essence of the lyrics. The song is written and sung in Italian and below are both the Italian lyrics and what I found, via Google search, to be the English translation. I have no idea how accurate they are, but I think the idea behind what the song represents is intact.

You may want to turn your volume up a bit, as the song starts off very quiet. However, it will crescendo toward the ending, so be aware of that too. :)

Un Giorno Per Noi

Lyrics by Larry Kusik and Eddie Snyder;
New lyrics by Alfredo Rapetti aka Cheope

Un giorno sai, per noi verrá
la libertá di amarci qui senza limiti.
E fiorirá il sogno a noi negato
si svelerá l'amor ce l'ha t'ormai.

Un giorno sai, per vivere
la vita che ci sfugge qui,
Un giorno sai, per vivere
la vita che ci sfugge qui.

L'amore noi supererá
Io stacco lí e le maree dell'avversitá
E ci stará anche per noi nel mondo
Un tempo in cui l'amore vincerá
Un tempo in cui l'amore vincerá

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A Time for Us

A time for us, some day there'll be
When chains are torn by courage born of a love that's free
A time when dreams so long denied can flourish
As we unveil the love we now must hide

A time for us, for the living
A life worthwhile for you and me
A time for us, for the living
A life worthwhile for you and me

And with our love, through tears and thorns
We will endure as we pass surely through every storm
A time for us, some day there'll be a new world
A time in which love will win
A time in which love will win