Favorite Jane Austen quotes

Here is a list of some of my favorite quotes or phrases from Jane Austen's books:

For what do we live, but to make sport for our neighbours, and laugh at them in our turn?

I am all astonishment!

Are you excessively diverted?

I must have my share in the conversation!

From Captain Wentworth's letter in Persuasion:
"You pierce my soul. I am half agony, half hope."

I'll have to look up this quote to see if I have it quoted correctly. I also don't know if this is only from the A&E adaptation.

Pardon the intrusion. It was kindly meant.

Brian Regan is hilarious and the whole family can watch!

Here is a picture from when we saw Brian Regan in concert. It is appropriate for the whole family. We had a great time! Here is his website:http://brianregan.com/

Here we are getting ready to laugh!


We lucked out and got really good seats!


Here is a sample of Brian.
Emergency Room


More of Emergency Room

UPS


Okay, one more....
This is from his latest DVD. In this part, he is talking about flying on airplanes.

Music worth listening to!

I love to listen to soundtracks from my favorite period dramas. This came about a few years ago when I was watching Emma and during the proposal scene, I happened to notice that the music was wonderful. I found the soundtrack at the store and found out that all the music was wonderful. Since then, I have found others that are relaxing to listen to. Here is a list of great music that comes from soundtracks:

Emma (the one with Gwyneth Paltrow)
Here is music from the movie. Disregard the video. It is from North and South, though that is good, too. The music is from Emma, composed by Rachel Portman.

Sense and Sensibility (the one with Emma Thompson)
Here are a few songs from this movie. The composer is Patrick Doyle.



Pride and Prejudice (the one with Keira Knightley, I don't really like the soundtrack for P&P Colin Firth version)
Dario Marianelli is the composer.



North and South (hard to get ahold of)
Martin Phipps is the composer.

Sorry, I know the video can be distracting, but listen to the music!

Donny Osmond Christmas songs

Donny Osmond's Christmas CD is one of my very favorite Christmas albums. It is hard to find. I can't figure out why because it is some of his very best singing.
Here are a few of my favorites off of youtube:

My favorite Donny Osmond song!

I wish I could find this song somewhere so that I could have it on my iPod. I was never a big Donny Osmond fan growing up, but as a joke one year for Christmas, Mom and Dad gave me an old Donny Osmond album. I used to love to play it on Saturday mornings when I was getting my work done. This was my favorite song on the album:
LIFE IS JUST WHAT YOU MAKE IT!