Guess what came in the mail today.

The Adele 21 record!!! That’s right, record! Old school style! I pre-ordered this almost a month ago and have been patiently waiting for it since. OK, well, I was patiently waiting until the release date and then I turned to obsessively checking the un-updated tracking information for the next 5 days. I checked at least 3 times a day to find nothing new every time. Finally, today everything was updated as my package arrived. I guess I can’t complain since I did just pay for the basic shipping. I just didn’t want to wait. Well, now that the waiting is over it is finally here and was totally worth it. I opened it right away and played it on the parents’ record player.

Enough about getting the record. Let’s move on to how it sounds: simply amazingly beautiful. This is the first song on her album.

I love her voice! Her first album, 19, was great and I fell in love immediately. Now 2 years later a whole new album. And she’s only 21 years old! I gotta say, she topped herself. I’ve been listening to it over and over all day. Might I add, that has taken special effort considering I have to turn it over and replace the needle every 5 songs. Once again, it’s absolutely worth the effort. I love records and I’m so excited ‘Adele 21′ is my first brand new vinyl to purchase. I have a decent amount of used records of my own and many records in my parents’ collection. This is the beginning of a very fun addiction I think.

If you haven’t heard of Adele before, I’m so glad I got to introduce you haha. Seriously, you need to buy her CDs now. If you aren’t totally convinced, go to her website and look around. Read her blog and watch her music videos. www.adele.tv/ I’ve obviously never met her but she seems like a great genuine person.

Thanks to my grandparents, I have my own record player in my room to enjoy.

Don’t even think I’m not listening to Adele right now, because I sure am.

Speaking of wonderful things from my grandparents. They let me have the sailboat painting when they moved out of their house. It’s not just any painting, that’s a painting of my Granddaddy sailing on his Catalina 22. It was hanging in their living room for years and I am so excited to have it. I love it!