Every once in a while I come across something revolutionary; like E6000.  -Or those Magic Erasers that miraculously remove stains. Let me not forget those Ghirardhelli Sea Salt Soiree squares.  They're life changing.  Anyway, when I bump into simple goodness, I find myself wondering why no one ever took the small trouble to introduce us.  So I'm going to start with me.  I'm going to start sharing things like Burt's Bees lip balm. I'm never without two tubes of it; one in my makeup case and one in my purse. And I'm hoping you'll start sharing those gems you find that make your day a little brighter.

Listening to Pandora gets me through hairy Sunday mornings and kitchen disaster clean ups. (See.  I'm just sharing away here.  If you haven't tried Pandora, you must.  I even knocked my dad's socks off with it.  You can find any artist under the sun on it.  And for free.  On second thought, if my dad knows about it, you probably do too.  He just discovered Facebook.)   I just type in the name of my favorite artists, and then I get to hear songs by that and other similar artists.

Saturday, I think, I was putting my folded clothes away so I'd have a basket to use so I could gather and wash more dirty clothes.  I don't even remember what artist I was listening to, but a song came on by JJ Heller.  I instantly loved it; loved her.  I Googled her and found that the song I was listening to was from 2009.  Rylie still had all of her baby teeth then, makeup was the farthest thing from Hallie's mind and Hayden driving was the farthest thing from mine.  Four years is a ways back.  So how is it that nobody ever told me about JJ Heller?

I have an excuse for not being up on the latest music.  You see, about five years ago, Rylie was sitting rather quiet in the back seat of the Armada.  She decided that the antenna that lined the back window looked much like a sticker.  If you don't get to put stickers on the window, which she was also fond of, I guess you take them off.  That simple act ruined our car riding listening pleasure.  All we get to listen to in the car now are CD's, and each other which isn't all that bad.

JJ Heller is described on her bio as "eclectic and down to earth".  Her music is roller skates to my soul. Just read the lyrics In the picture up top from her song "His Hands".  She has super cool hair too.

I discovered her music on "messy house Saturday".  Ironically, the house is messy again today, so I'm sounding off.  But I'll be saying Good Morning to Pandora, my dishes and some JJ Heller.

If you have a "Why didn't anybody tell me" thing to share, please do in comments or write a post and send it to me at:

kristiburden@gmail.com

...because sharing is something friends do!

Here's a song by JJ Heller

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F8jilr8qsYU

How about another one?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t0D1P8k9mWM