Happy Mother's Day to All the Moms, Wherever They Are...
Mother’s Day is Sunday and I am so blessed to say my mom is my best friend.
She is so special to me. She is my go to for all advice on all things because she knows everything. She could be a doctor, a psychologist, an interior design, a personal shopper, you name it- my mom knows something on the subject or will learn in mere minutes. She is funny, loving and the most giving person I know.
A daughter’s relationship with her mother is special- one that is hard to describe and one that is explained in glances, winks, hand gestures and memories. My love for her knows no end.
It is impossible for me to imagine my life without her, and there are so many of you out there that spend Mother’s Day remembering your mothers. I saw this poem recently and it stopped me in my tracks and gave me such comfort:
Your mother is always with you. She is the whisper of the leaves as you walk down the street. She is the smell of certain foods you remember, flowers you pick, the fragrance of life itself. She’s the cool hand on your brow when you’re not feeling well. She’s your breath in the air on a cold winter’s day. She is the sounds of the rain that lulls you to sleep, the colors of a rainbow, she is Christmas morning. Your mother lives inside your laughter. She’s the place you came from, your first home, and she’s the map you follow with every step you take. She’s your first love, your first friend, even your first enemy, but nothing on earth can separate you. Not time, not space...not even death.
Happy Mother’s Day to all the moms out there, no matter where you are. To my MAMA- I love you so so much. I wish I could say more than thank you for all that you have done for me, but it always comes out as I LOVE YOU!
Sarah Kay's Nashville News, 5/8/19
The CMT Music Awards nominations are out…
George Strait is having a good year…
The nominees for the CMT Music Awards were announced yesterday
Brothers Osborne, Maren Morris, Zac Brown Band and Jason Aldean collected the most nominations with three each.
Carrie Underwood, Cole Swindell, Dan and Shay, Dierks Bentley, Eric Church, Florida Georgia Line, Kacey Musgraves, Kane Brown, Keith Urban, Kelsea Ballerini, Little Big Town, Luke Bryan, Sugarland and Taylor Swift received two nods each.
Fan voting is open now at CMT.com and the CMT Music Awards, hosted by Little Big Town will air live from Nashville on June 5th.
George Strait is having a fantastic 2019. He released his number one album, Honky Tonk Time Machine in March and he has been touring here and there and has many dates on the books through out the rest of the year. He just announced yesterday more dates into 2020. The King is keeping busy for the foreseeable future.
Quote of the Day, 5/8/19
5/8/19
Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak- and to sit down and listen.
Daily Scoop, 5/8/19
Today is Wednesday, May 8th- It IS - School Nurse Day, National Third Shift Workers Day, No Socks Day, Coconut Cream Pie Day
The Starbucks coffee cup has been digitally removed from the Game of Thrones episode...It has been calculated that Starbucks got about 12 million dollars worth of free advertising because of it!
New thing – Game of Thrones gender reveal parties.
Harry and Meghan’s birth announcement on Instagram, just broke their own record for likes almost 3 million.
Amy Schumer named her baby Gene Attell Fischer.
Bridal Crocs covered in sequins are a thing now.
You can now buy Hostess Mermaid Cupcakes with pink and blue frosting.
75% of the pics on your phone, are never looked at again!
You are three times more likely to leave a negative restaurant review on a rainy day.
Chew gum - makes you more productive and helps you relieve stress.
Make the kids 'Jelly' that you are 'On Fleek' with their Super-Hip Lingo!
This amazing list of slang terms used by "Gen Z" was gifted to the world bya man named James Callahan, 43, who teaches sociology at Lowell High School in Massachusetts. C'mon Parents, Lets use them all and show our kids how cool we are! Here is a link to the Foxnews.com story about it and a link to the PDF that he has made public!
story courtesy of FOX NEWS: https://www.foxnews.com/us/high-school-teacher-goes-viral-with-gen-z-slang-list
PDF of the "GEN Z DICTIONARY" Courtesy of James Callahan: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1yrJmMHPkZzrxfWbUb4jALN0neE1tbkgH/view
Check Out This New(ish) Video From Russell Dickerson!
Today is Russell Dickerson's birthday!
Of course we wanted to celebrate with a song during Trending Tracks which you all picked out! After all the votes we played "Every Little Thing"! Russell recently released the video for the song almost a couple of weeks ago, so it's still a relatively new video release. Not sure if you've seen it yet, but if not, take a look!
Who else is excited to hear him perform this one (and all the rest) at The Country Fest on Saturday, June 22nd?!?
Whatcha drive??
For my "Texter's Choice" on Tuesday, May 7th I simply offered this:
Pick one of these:
Chevy, Dodge, Ford, or Other.
Actually, I didn't even ask, "What do you drive?" I just said, "Pick one!"
Anyway, when it was all said and done, the results looked like this:
39% Chevy
34% Ford
15% Other
12% Dodge
What do those results mean??
Nothing. Absolutely nothing. But it was fun! Lol.
What would you choose?
Check out my daily "Texter's Choice" question every afternoon on WQMX at around 3:50pm...and hear the results when I announce them at 4:20pm!
And make sure YOU vote everyday with our Studio Text Line (Powered by Discount Outlet) at 330-370-2000.
MOVIE PREVIEWS AND REVIEWS - New This Week!
There are a couple new flicks due out this weekend, and all of them will continue to sit in the back seat to the Avengers:Endgame that will mow everything in its pass again. But John Wick may have a nice opening weekend
John Wick 3 (Preview)
This is one of the most successful franchises that came out of nowhere, and has found an audience. This is totally an acquired taste as these movies are rampant with tons of violence and long action sequences that are spectacular, but not for everyone. Our favorite, retired hit-man is back at it again.
This is rich with parody of course, and is almost a cartoon of itself, but for many, me included, these are so absurd they are highly entertaining. Seeing this, it is paramount you have seen the first two. Keanu Reeves found a diamond in the rough, and has turned out to be a huge hit
A Dogs Journey (Preview)
More dogs making humans laugh, and cry. What else do you need to know.
The Sun Is Also A Star (Preview)
This is the latest forbidden young love story to hit the theaters, and this has the potential to be quite good as the script looks, on the surface to be fresh.
The Hustle (Review)
Rebel Wilson is back again with another comedy. She stars in this with Anne Hathaway as a couple of con women from different backgrounds, who fleece men of their wealth. These men have all wronged women. Simply put, there is no reason to see this 94 minutes of...whatever this is. This may be as forgettable as any movie you will see this year.
Both of these women can be very funny, but as in most comedy's they are at the mercy of the script and direction.
Poms (Review)
Diane Keaton and a nice cast star in a new movie about a woman that starts a cheerleading camp in a retirement community. You heard me right. This is a comedy if you haven't figured that out. I always try to review movies on who they are made for, and this is for a much older demo. And I think many will like this offering. For the rest of us, this is really off target, and you have to wonder what was really running through their minds as the pieced this thing together.
It's a comedy that isn' really funny. This is so absurd, that you do more eyerolling that anything else. The main character you don't really like, and this starts off so badly, it can never really recover, fro after what I would call 25 brutal opening minutes.
Pokemon: Detective Pikachu (Preview)
Big opening weekend!
Let's Talk Nurses And Teachers!
This is a nice week for a bunch of people that certainly deserve a week of their own. Nurses and Teachers! They are a very special bunch for more reasons than I can mention.
There are few professions that are more demanding, and more rewarding in the long run. Think about both of them. They, for the most part, spend far more time caring and tending to others than they do their own.
Nurses - You know how tough it is when someone in your own home is sick or laid up. You take care of them, because they are family, and you love them. And after a few days, your patience can wear thin. Nurses take care of countless people every single day, they don't even know. And they will do the same thing the next day, and the day after that. Many times dealing and saving people's lives that are less than decent to them.
Teachers - In a classroom with 25 or so kids, (Not theirs) teaching them, dealing with them, and spending precious time sometimes before and after school with them. And of course, dealing with their parents first in many aspects, all while their own families wait for them to come home.
We all have our things to deal with our own jobs. And yours, or mine is not being minimized here. But with all our nurses and teachers do, they have well earned our respect and our admiratoin for a job well done, and in the end, a life well lived..
Thank you!