Splash Goes A Beautiful BMW Into Our Neighborhood Pond

The pictures tell the story. I saw a flurry of activity going on at one of the Mountain Park Ranch ponds. I decided to see what all of the commotion was about. I heard quickly that a woman had run the stop sign and drove her car into the pond! Makes you wonder how a thing like that could happen?! Was she drunk, impaired or somehow disabled to navigate her vehicle due to mechanic failure? I guess I'll never know the answer because I couldn't find any news/ information about this tragic outcome to a perfectly beautiful late model BMW ! I hear that the woman was ok. Her car, not so much...

Today while on my power walk, I looked to see if I could spot tire tracks and a point of entry...

As I retraced the tire imprints in the grass an eerie feeling came over me. Imagine, in pitch darkness finding yourself veering toward and ending up in the water while driving! Scary oh my gosh! I'm betting she was terrified!

Imagine having to explain something like that to a spouse? Omg... poor lady!!!

If I ever hear a true accounting of the story, I'll update this post.

tynajoymetzner

For Every Act Of Love Will Set You Free

Live The Life- is Written by Michael W. Smith!

I had so much fun with this challenging cover!

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SoundCloud Link …

Live The Life click on the blue link!

When this came so many times I would listen to this song with tears streaming down my face. It touched a chord in me, pardon the pun. It really was an emotional song for me. I knew I had to cover it someday! Today, was finally that day! I worked on this to post to my SoundCloud Channel. I also uploaded the audio only track to my YouTube channel. I will work on making a video of this another day… I had limited time to practice and upload today but I really enjoyed the challenge that this was! What an amazing original this is. A finer song and message you will not find. If ever an angel walked the earth, Michael W. Smith surely is among them! His songs, especially this one, cut straight to your heart and all that is good in humanity. An ambassador for all that is good… A spiritual giant that lifts us all to want to be better people.

Live The Life-YouTube Link.

Please take a listen and a second to subscribe to my channels as I’m still trying to build them! I appreciate your time and support so much! I hope you enjoy this, drop me a comment !

A SoundCloud Day So Much Fun To Play

Could It Be Magic

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Praying For Time

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Songs I Could Just Play As A Kid

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Do You Dream Of Me

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Escape- Who Controls The Stars

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This was a fun, music filled day of recording! I had the best day. I was excited because I put my PA speaker on a stand. I was so amazed at the differencein the overall sound of my vocals it made! A fun day!

Meanwhile, the school year is winding down. The last school day is Thursday. Memorial Day weekend is almost upon us!

The Party Is Over

Needless to say I am glad to get back to walk jogging! I did this as well yesterday. It is nice to take time to do this! The weather was beautiful this am for this! Anyway, if any of you follow my blog posts, I told you I would post pictures of the Sweet 16 Party. Here are some random pics that I took...

It seemed to be a successful party! The

I made 2 pots of homemade sauce for these noodles. I also served pesto spinach and cheese raviolis. They were gone along with 4 packages of boiled noodles! These kids can eat and I was glad, that they did!

I was sad that none of them wanted to do Karaoke... They just listened to the crap rap they all seem to love... Yikes... I always marvel at the crap rap that sells. They all must laugh all the way to the bank... others of us try to write complex, quality compositions an only get a handful of YouTube views and even less SoundCloud track plays... What the hell is wrong with this picture? 🔽 click on the link...

Face To Face (my original composition) Orchestra version

It makes me angry and frustrated when I think of the money these rapper/ producers make and for what effort and talent? What is the moral value? The craft? Anyone can cuss like crazy and act tough. Awful... but like I said, they are laughing all the way to the bank... making money hand over fist... so annoying to me!

Am I jealous? Maybe just a little. I had to work like hell to write this...

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Escape / Face 2 Face

Can I get anyone to even listen to this, not really! How many of you actually listen to my music? Lol... I have no clue what it takes! People make a ton of money on YouTube just uploading themselves playing video games! My son in law told me the other day some guy came into the car dealership that he works at and bought a new car with income he earned on YouTube just playing and uploading his gaming videos... Millions of followers and views... Are you kidding???

Jealous? Yes I am maybe... Discouraged? I try not to be yes, maybe! Defeated? Yes, the reality is YES... I'm so sad that social media didn't like me enough... I liked me lol. I thought I was good... Maybe that's all that matters?

Heat Don’t Defeat Me

I handcrafted a photo garland with 16 pictures of my daughter. Although she isn’t wild about this photo garland, she didn’t seem too upset. Super easy to make with different colors of ribbon. I spent hours looking in stores and online for a decorative garland to swag on the mirror. They were expensive and senseless to me. I came home and decided to make my own using ribbon. I like the simplicity but yet the additional color this adds to my dessert buffet. Not to mention that I love all 16 of the pictures that I gathered from around the house!

This light panel on the wall won’t be here for the birthday party. We needed a place to hang them on so they could hang out. They are going outside in the yard for some dining ambience.

Ok so this may be over kill… I so wanted to use this punch bowl of my Mom’s. I floated candles, silk flowers and some water centerpiece beads that I purchased from a craft store. This may be pretty as a centerpiece for the gift table. I haven’t decided if I like the look of this yet…

Sunday we spent hours in the yard raking, organizing and cleaning up the yard. It was 105 degrees and so very hot! My 7 year old, Amelia would spray us with water from the hose every 15 minutes or so we could continue working! The following day we were all pretty wiped out. The heat wears you down. We had been working out in the heat for about 5 hours…

Fortunately the evening of the party is projected to be cool and nice! Tolerable! I ordered a few current Karaoke CD’s for the kids to hopefully have fun with at the party. I love hearing the kids sing and have a good time!!! Music is such a big part of life. It’s so much fun being able to hear and share in that with teenagers! Last year we had the karaoke system out there and my mics, amp and P.A. They had a blast! Even the boys! So we hope this year it will still be fun for them.

Amelia hung in there and cooled us off! Summer is here in Phoenix!

Today is Tuesday, at least for another 1/2 hour – Two 4 Tuesday- click on the link

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Author tynajoymetznerPosted on May 8, 2018Tags cover music, diy party decor, Phoenix Heat, sweet 16, Two 4 Tuesday

Handcrafting A Sweet 16 Party

I have always put together parties for my youngest. I never have had much money to play with. I have always handcrafted centerpieces and party decor. This year is no exception. My oldest daughter Brittany, convinced me that we should glitz it up this year because Zoe is turning 16. So we came up with a gold and pink party concept. I decided Rose Gold and Gold together are pretty! So I bought gold glitter spray paint, and what I think looks like a metallic rose gold paint. I spray painted the underneath side of an old cake stand that I have had for years. I hand painted the backside with gold glitter and glue. I diluted the glue with a bit of water and then added my gold glitter into the glue. I used a small artist brush the apply the glitter and glue mixture. Here is my dessert buffet so far... I fashioned a runner for the buffet with an old gold curtain panel I had. Straight pinned the sides of the panel together in the middle to make a runner.

The 12 inch round Berries n' Cream cake that I ordered will look beautiful on this makeshift cake stand! I plan on getting some colored taper candles for the candlestick holders that I glitter sprayed.

I curled the ribbon and added my Mom's gold plated plates...always nice to include something that was hers into my parties...

This will have fresh strawberries and fancy cookies on the tiers.

Last years party votive/ tea light holders..

I spray painted 7 of them. One of them I adorned with the glitter glue for my dessert buffet.

The other 6 will go on my outside dining tables...

I really love how these turned out!

My Mom's beautiful heavy lead crystal punch bowl set will be used for a floating candle and flowers centerpiece.

Confetti balloons will be tied to the candle holders on each side of the buffet. A pretty ribbon garland or birthday banner will be swaged on the mirror...

My daughter is making a banner and a plaque using her new Cricut designing machine...

One week out till the party... I'll update with photos of the actual end result party decor. I am making all of the food for 20+.

Spaghetti, garlic toast and salad for dinner. Dessert buffet to follow. Iced tea and infused water to drink... simple menu-

Handcrafting and repurposing my party supplies is so much fun! Look around and see what you have that you can create and refashion before you buy something new. I love to put on pretty parties on a shoestring budget! It's the attention to little details that make a party pop!