COUNT ON ME ~ WHITNEY HOUSTON AND CECE WINANS

"Count on Me" is a duet by American recording artists Whitney Houston and CeCe Winans. It is an uplifting song about leaning on a friend for support when needed. Released in early 1996, the song was the fourth single from the soundtrack album of the motion picture Waiting to Exhale, and the second single by Houston released from that album. It became Winans highest position reached on the US Hot 100 as the single reached the top ten, peaking at number eight. It was certified Gold in the U.S. The music video for the song features Houston and Winans giving a concert performance, while clips of the Waiting to Exhale feature film are sporadically mixed in. The "Count on Me" music video peaked at number one on music channels BET, MTV, and VH1. On a Valentines Day episode of Sister Sister, the three principal actors: Tia Mowry, Tamera Mowry and Marques Houston, sing the song at a karaoke bar. They sing the first two verses and the chorus.

EXHALE (SHOOP SHOOP) ~ WHITNEY HOUSTON

"Exhale (Shoop Shoop)" is a song by American recording artist Whitney Houston, featured on the soundtrack for the film Waiting to Exhale. It was released as the lead single from the soundtrack on November 7, 1995, by Arista Records. The song was written and produced by Babyface. A mid-tempo R&B ballad, composed in the key of C major, the song's lyrics speaks about growing up and learning to let go. The song garnered mostly positive reviews from critics, many of whom noted Houston's vocal maturity in the song. It peaked within the top twenty in Australia, Austria, Belgium, Ireland, the Netherlands, Norway, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom. At the 39th Annual Grammy Awards, held on February 26 1997, "Exhale (Shoop Shoop)" received four nominations, including the Grammy Award for the Song of the Year, and won in the category of Best R&B Song. The song also won four other awards, including a Soul Train Music Award.

Gardening

Gardening is not as easy as counting numbers. It takes a lot of hard work and patience before you end up in a good garden landscape. If you want to take Gardening seriously, then you should start first by planning. Layout your design and draw how much do you want your garden to look like. After the drawing, then it is your turn now to buy all the things that you need including the gardening tools, the plants and some cool outdoor designs.
We do not have a wide space in our house that's why we just ended up on having a small garden but the space is good enough to accommodate some plants and trees. I just wish we have wider space than what we have now so that we can experiment more with our garden designs. Can you imagine a wide garden with so many wonderful topiary being displayed around, a garden filled with colorful flowers, decorated with cute gnomes and a garden with stunning bird baths? Not to mention the amazing fountain on the center.Well, that is actually my dream garden though i realized how hard would it be to maintain such huge garden like that. It will require me for sure to hire something like that Landscape Vancouver Wa maintenance services. It would be hard and stressing to maintain a huge landscape alone that's why you need someone to maintain it for you. Someone who is trained for this kind of field and someone who is professional who can provide you a very satisfying result.
Having a properly maintained garden is like stepping on a paradise which can take all your stresses away.

QUEEN OF THE NIGHT ~ WHITNEY HOUSTON

"Queen of the Night" is a song co-written and performed by American pop/R&B singer Whitney Houston. It was the fifth and final single released from the multiplatinum The Bodyguard: Original Soundtrack Album."Queen of the Night" is an uptempo rock-pop-dance number, with Houston expressing how she "rules the club scene," proclaiming herself "queen of the night." It was not released as a single in America, but it received such substantial radio play that it rose to number 36 on the Hot 100 Airplay. However, because of Billboard magazine rules at the time (which have since been modified), a song with no commercial single available could not chart on the main Billboard Hot 100. The song reached number 1 on the Billboard Hot Dance Club Play, becoming Houston's fifth number 1 dance single. It was released in several other countries, peaking at number 14 in the UK. This song was covered during the Believe Again Tour performed by Delta Goodrem at various locations throughout Australia in 2009. The 2009 X Factor contestants also performed this song on Sunday 18 October 2009 as a group performance. 2009 X Factor contestant Stacey Solomon who came third, performed this song on The X Factor Live Tour 2010.

RUN TO YOU ~ WHITNEY HOUSTON

"Run to You" is a song performed by Whitney Houston and is the fourth single released from The Bodyguard: Original Soundtrack Album. All of the previous releases from The Bodyguard had been successes, landing in the top five. "Run to You" became a moderate hit, peaking at number 31 on the Billboard Hot 100. In the U.S., it spent six weeks inside the top 40, five of which were spent at the number 31 peak. "Run to You" and it's soundtrack-mate "I Have Nothing," were nominated for a 1992 Academy Award for Best Original Song, but they lost to "A Whole New World" from Aladdin. The music video for "Run to You" features scenes from The Bodyguard intercut with scenes of an angelic Houston running on clouds. Christina Aguilera sang this song live in 2001 as a tribute to Whitney Houston at the 1st Annual BET Awards.

DEJA VU ~ DIONNE WARWICK

"Déjà Vu" is a 1979 ballad song written by Isaac Hayes and Adrienne Anderson and recorded by Dionne Warwick in 1979. It was the second single released from her Arista debut album, Dionne. The song became Warwick's fifth and last top 40 single of her 1970s period and her second top 40 single following the release of "I'll Never Love This Way Again" in the five years since her number-one single, "Then Came You", featuring The Spinners."Déjà Vu" went to number fifteen on the Billboard Hot 100, number twenty-five on the soul chart, and number one on the Adult Contemporary chart in early 1980. Warwick won the Grammy for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance for "Déjà Vu", also winning for Best Pop Female Vocal Performance for "I'll Never Love This Way Again". Warwick became the first artist ever to win the R&B and pop categories on the same night.

The Role of A Kitchen

For Someone who spend most of her time in the kitchen like my mom, i'm sure you also treat Kitchen as one of the most important places in your life. Mom loves to cook a lot and she loves to experiment so many dishes too. Our Kitchen seems to be a part of her everyday life already.
She always serves delicious , tempting and irresistible dishes to us and i guess it's time for us to bring back the courtesy by doing something great for her favorite hangout place, our kitchen!
Yup! We already talked to our dad about this. We are planning to do some makeover to her kitchen and try to make it more appealing than ever.Currently, we are using Ceramic tiles as a finishing material for both our lavatory and kitchen countertop. Even our floors are made out of Ceramic Tiles finishing. If you can just look closer to it, you will see some cracks on some tiles. Ceramic tiles are too sensitive because whenever a strong force is applied, it cracks easily. Someone told us to use granite or marble instead. They are quite expensive but the quality of them are much greater than what ceramic tiles can give.
I've been hearing a lot of good things about granite countertops from my blogger friends too.
Well, we are planning to start the renovation as early as July and we'll try to give this as a birthday present to her. Woohoo so excited about this. Will buzz more about this soon.