Thankful for BSB: Brian Littrell edition....Part 5.

Part 5 of my Thankful for BSB blog features Brian Thomas Littrell. Having written blogs about the other 4 boys I guess you would think my Thankful for BSB blogs are over but that is not the case. One final blog will be coming.....stay tuned until the end to find out who it'll be about. ;)

Now it's easy for me to write about Brian because he's my favorite. So I will attempt to keep it short, sweet and to the point....not making any promises though. ;)

Brian has always been my favorite...first I heard that voice....then I saw what he looked like....then I got to know him. Add that all together how could he NOT be my favorite? ;) He sure does make it easy to like him. At least I think so. LOL


First thing is I appreciate how honest and real Brian is. He keeps it real no matter what, even when others in the group, management, ect. try and tell him not to. After all honesty is the best policy. ;)

Brian as a dad is seriously one of the most precious things I've seen. I dunno what it is about those Kentucky boys and kids but my goodness. Just the way he is with Baylee and the way he looks at him his eyes light up with pure joy every single time. It's adorable. I know Brian always used to say he wanted a bunch of kids and it's no ones business but his and Leighanne's on why they only have 1 but I think it's quite fitting that Brian was only blessed with one child and he is practically his mini me. It just makes my heart smile. :)  I often wonder how it makes Brian feel when he sees his little mini me following in his foot steps and singing like him. I'm sure when he became a Backstreet Boy he never dreamed that eventually his son would be opening for him and the rest of the guys. But it is beyond precious. :)

The love Brian has for Leighanne is incredible....even if I might be a tad jealous.....just kidding....kind of....but seriously it's refreshing and wonderful to see 2 people so in love after all these years especially celebrities, that doesn't happen often these days.

Overall I just love how positive the Littrell family is. I know some think its too much. But why? In a world filled with so much negativity I'll take all the positive-ness I can get. Does it mean they have a perfect life? Hardly. They just choose not to air their laundry in public for the world to see. Which is another admirable quality. Let's not forget Brian wasn't expected to live so every day he's here is a miracle and a blessing and Brian obviously knows that and tries to remain positive as much as possible.

His looks....my goodness. He is in my opinion the most beautiful human being I have ever laid my eyes on. Those piercing blue eyes, that killer smile, that jawline. Not to mention his body....I know he doesn't show it off that much but the times he has....HELLO! For a guy who just turned 40 he is in great shape.

Hair.....as I mentioned in my Kevin post that I blame him for my hair fetish....well.....it spilled over to Brian as well. With his latest hair style his hair just looks so soft.....and it is. ;) LOL And his facial hair. I'm not a facial hair girl but somehow it works for Brian. It's like his face was made for it and I love it. LOL

Sort of a touchy subject as of late....Brian's voice. His voice was the first one I really noticed and it has been my favorite ever since. It absolutely breaks my heart to see him going through the struggles he currently is going through but I admire him SO much for not giving up and fighting to working hard to get better.

His faith. He's taught me so much through him just talking about his faith and his solo music. Because of him through his music I have discovered so many other amazingly talented Christian artists and I am forever thankful and grateful to Brian for that. His music is amazing and inspiring. No matter what type of day I'm having I turn on his music and it instantly lifts my spirits. His voice is so calming and soothing and the words are inspiring as well.

His energy. He's like a giant ball of energy. He's always going. And I love how silly he loves to be. But when its time to be serious he can be.

His passion for things. Like sports. When he gets on a subject where he is excited or passionate about it he reminds me of one of those wind up toys....the more he talks about it the more he gets wound up and then he just goes. LOL Not to mention he's super competitive. To the point where sometimes I'm seriously intimidated by him. I'd be scared to be on his team in a game in fear I'd do bad and he'd be mad but at the same time I wouldn't wanna be on the opposite team because he's so competitive and good. LOL

How he is with the fans. It amazes me how generous and giving he is...of things....time....everything. Now I am not taking anything away from the other guys or I'm not trying to say they don't give to the fans, ect. But I think I am more aware of it with Brian because of how incredible he has treated me over the years. It just blows me away. I could NEVER thank him enough for all that he's done for me. Incredible.

And I'll end this Brian blog with his kicks. I've never seen someone love sneakers until Brian started to. Maybe he started a trend? AJ seemed to hop on after. I kid...I kid....LOL I really would love for him to take a video of his sneaker collection because I'm sure its Larger than life. Baylee once told me that Brian has boxes and boxes and boxes of sneakers around the house. He also told that he(Baylee) has more sneakers than his father. Yikes. LOL

So for those reasons and more I am thankful for Brian and he will forever and always be my favorite boy. But again as I've said in my other blogs if any of these 5 men weren't in this group together In a world like this it would suck. ;)

And that concludes my blogs about how thankful I am for each guy or what I like or admire about them, ect. Stay tuned for one final blog featuring all 5 boys as a group. Stay tuned....

Thankful for BSB: Kevin Richardson Edition....Part 4.

So 2 boys left to write about for my Thankful for BSB blogs.....That would be those Kentucky Cousins....

This blog features the tall, dark and handsome one of the group.....Mr. Kevin Richardson.

Where to begin? I'll begin by being honest....when I was younger and I was a fan I feel I didn't fully appreciate Kevin....and believe me I feel bad for that. But in my defense I was young. Being a fan at 12 or 13 to me Kevin seemed like he was 40 then(Sorry Kev) and liking someone in their 40's seemed weird to me. LOL But as I got older(as did Kevin) it seemed okay...I dunno where the logic in that really is because he'll always be the same amount of years older than me but that's my story and I'm sticking to it.
I also know some fans who weren't very happy that he was coming back after he left the group, I was actually one of those fans...at first. I know, I know bad fan. But I was more annoyed with the timing than anything. But after seeing Kevin and seeing how happy and sincere he seemed about it I quickly changed my tune. And I am beyond happy he is back. He seems happy. The boys seem happy. And that's all that matters. :)

I love Kevin and how honest and real he is. He has never been one to shy away from telling it like it is...similar to his cousin....I haven't decided yet if its just the Kentucky in their blood or the way they were raised...maybe both of those go hand in hand...whatever it is I like it and I respect it.

It's no secret Kevin adores his wife and sons and it couldn't be more adorable. Kevin in dad mode is one of the cutest things I have EVER seen. Kevin baby talking to his son Maxwell.....ADORABLE. It's refreshing to see Kevin and Kristin still together and in love after all this time, that's hard to come by in general...even harder in the celebrity world. I love it.

Kevin's voice. So soulful, deep and beautiful. I really can't wait to hear more solo stuff from him. The cover of "Back to your heart" he did on the 2013(I think) Backstreet Boys cruise was breathtakingly beautiful. Bring me some more of that please and thank you sir.

You know I can't talk about Kevin without talking about his fabulous hair......I mean it IS the reason I believe I've developed a hair fetish. LOL But have you seen that head of hair? It's so soft....fluffy....and beautiful....like a pillow you just wanna take a nap on it. I wish I was lying. LOL


Those eyes......he is definitely a good looking man. Those Littrell genes are good.(For those thinking that's a typo....Brian's dad and Kevin's mom are brother and sister and Brian is good looking too so I choose to believe that the Littrell gene is the common factor. LOL) Have you ever looked Kevin in the eyes? It's like he's piercing a hole through your soul.....you know you should probably look away but you can't. My goodness.

Lastly I'm appreciative for Kevin because of what he does for others.....two people come to mind right away when thinking of this. First if it wasn't for Kevin Brian wouldn't be in the group so I can't thank him enough for making "the call" to Brian. That alone would make me love Kevin but there's a bunch of other reasons to love Kevin too. ;)

I also am thankful that he said what he said to AJ....at the time it might have looked mean....but as Kevin says it was out of love and if it wasn't for Kevin who knows where AJ might be right now. SO thank you Kevin for knocking down AJ's door....literally. LOL

So as I've said with all my other posts I love all 5 men and without all 5 of them in the group and in my life it would definitely be a Weird world. ;) 

Hope you enjoyed this. :)

And on that note stay tuned for Part 5 of my Thankful for BSB blog featuring the other half of the Kentucky cousins none other than Brian Thomas Littrell.....coming soon. :)

Thankful for BSB: Howie Dorough Edition....Part 3.

By now if you are reading these blogs you see the theme of them. But if not I'll share a bit on what I'm doing.....

Leading up to Thanksgiving I am sharing a blog about each boy from the Backstreet Boys and what I like about them, what they mean to me, ect. 2 down....3 more to go. First up was Nick, followed by AJ and now we are onto the Latin Lover of the group.....Howie D.

A lot of fans especially Howie fans tend to say Howie is skipped over a lot or underrated. To a point I agree with this. But that doesn't mean I don't appreciate him. And the ones who do skip over him or don't appreciate him are just missing out. ;)

So what is there to say about Howie D? Well they don't call him Sweet D. for nothing. He'd probably give you the shirt off his back, literally if you asked him. He's always the one who seems to be the man in the middle trying to make both sides see eye to eye in any situation. Sometimes that's not the best job to have but it has its perks as well.

Have you seen how he looks? Are we sure he's in his 40's? He's like fine wine, he gets better with age. Maybe his Irish roots? Maybe its his Latin roots? Maybe it's a secret he's not telling anyone....you know he's stealth like that. ;) But whatever it is, it's working for him.

His voice? Personally I love his voice, when it's used properly. Sometimes I think they(producers, ect) force him into parts he doesn't sound good singing. But when they give him parts that suit him my goodness he sounds amazing. For example......Trouble is, What makes you different.....just to name a few.

And his solo music? I'll be honest I didn't think I would like it. But after hearing it I was completely wrong. I love it...with the exception of 1 or 2 songs. But overall I think he did incredible. My favorite song is "Going, going, gone." Looking forward to hearing more solo music from Mr. Howie D. in the future.

I love what he's done with charity work after losing his sister to Lupus back in 1998. I know other fans who have been to events with Howie for his charity stuff and I've never NOTHING but good things about it. It's also great seeing celebrities give back when they can.

I love how down-to-earth and normal Howie is. Like when he posts pictures of how he's attending a concert or something. I mean I know celebrities are real people too, but you know what I mean....I hope. ;)  I also know he's not the only one who does such things but I don't know, I guess I just have a soft spot in my heart for when Howard does it. HeHeHe

Howie the dad...well....I'm indifferent on Howie the dad. It's kind of hard to explain. Maybe it's because Howie doesn't talk about them a lot.....or at least I don't see it. Or he doesn't bring his family out on the road like others, ect.  But its always adorable seeing a man(at least to me) in dad mode. And Howie is no different.

Again....just like I've said about Nick and AJ....without Howie in the group I would be Inconsolable. ;)

Hope you enjoyed my thoughts about the Sweet one of the group. Stay tuned for Part 4 featuring the tall, dark and handsome one of the group.....Mr. Kevin Scott Richardson. :)

Thankful for BSB: AJ McLean Edition........Part 2.

So if you read my first blog in this series you know that I am eventually writing a blog for each boy and why I like them. ect. The first one featured the baby of the group Nick...this one is featuring the "bad boy" of the group....AJ McLean.....

So here goes nothing.....

So from the outside AJ looks like a bad boy with all those tattoos, facial hair, crazy hair, piercings, ect. But if you've ever actually met AJ and talked to him you would soon find out he is one of the biggest sweet hearts on the planet.

Sometimes being a sweetheart can lead to not so good things. AJ had learned that lesson the hard way in some cases but one of the things I love about him is that it doesn't stop him from loving with his whole heart. :)

Another thing I've always loved about AJ is how he always marched to the beat of his own drum. He was the one with the crazy hair, crazy clothes, ect. and he never cared if it wasn't the cool thing to do. He liked it, so he did it. Way to be original AJ.

Now onto that voice of his. He has that sexy, soulful, raspy voice. After Brian's voice his has always been my favorite in the group. It's usually filled with so much passion and emotion. And when that voice blends with the other boys? My goodness its magical.

As for his solo work, nothing against him personally it's just some of it just isn't my style.  There's a few songs I love like London, Hate it when you're gone, Life is just to name a few.  But I do like that he is going out and doing his own thing. Especially with his latest project of "Live together." Such a positive message, if only more of the world was jumping on the band wagon. But I guess you got to start somewhere.

It's kind of ironic AJ is the only boy(so far) to have the only Backstreet baby that is a girl. Perhaps that is some kind of joke because of his player days? Who knows. But it is adorable to see AJ dress up for tea parties, ect with his little girl. And I know AJ will do anything to protect his baby and he'll be fighting off the boys when she gets older. LOL

I know AJ has helped a lot of fans overcome certain things and again he hasn't really helped me personally over come addictions or anything like that but to see him eventually realize he had a problem and to to get help was incredible and I know he's inspired others to seek the help that they needed as well.

And again no matter how much I like one boy over another, ect, I am forever and always grateful it is was these 5 boys that make up the Backstreet Boys because I really wouldn't want it.....Any other way. ;) Yeah....yeah.....cheesy way to end it with more song lyrics but it works. ;) LOL

So I hope you enjoyed this post about AJ..........

Stay tuned for part 3 coming soon featuring none other than......The Latin Lover himself Howie D. ;)

Thankful for BSB: Nick Carter Edition......Part 1.

So I decided to do a series of blogs to express why I like each Backstreet Boy and what they mean to me, ect. I figured it was a fitting time being that Thanksgiving is right around the corner. The final blog will be a group one expressing how I feel about them as a whole. :) So if you are interested here goes nothing....

First up is the baby of the group.....Nick Carter....

So lately it seems to be a common theme for some fans to assume that I hate Nick....well you know what they say when you assume? ;) LOL But in all seriousness I promise I don't hate the guy....is he my favorite? No. But I do like him. And I honestly couldn't see the Backstreet Boys being the Backstreet Boys without him so for that reason alone I like him. But I promise there's other things I like about him. And I'll share those things below...

I love  how passionate he is about things. No matter what it is. Seeing him fan boy over things to me is pretty cool because it's like he understands what we feel when us fans fan girl over him or the other guys.

I am a HUGE football fan. My team is the Buffalo Bills. (Fun fact: Nick's first favorite team was the Buffalo Bills.) I love them win or lose. I see Nick do the same with the Tampa Bay Bucs. It's cool to see that as well because I understand how frustrating it can be when your team loses a lot. Not that you'll ever read this Nick but come back and talk to me about frustrating when your favorite team goes to the Super Bowl FOUR TIMES IN A ROW and loses them all. :) LOL

Now he hasn't personally helped me overcome anything really as an individual really but I know so many other fans, some who I consider friends have Nick to thank for not giving up on life, love, ect. and that brings them so much joy and seeing them happy makes me happy. One of my favorite things in life is seeing others happy. :) But the boys as a group with their music, ect has helped me overcome so many things and Nick was a part of that but that's another story....for another post so stay tuned. ;)

Seeing him act silly and goofy is great as well. Life is so short as it is you might as well have some fun and laugh along the way. Whether it's one of his Nick Corner videos he used to make or pulling a prank on someone it's great to see him be a kid at heart.

Although I don't particularly agree with some of Nick's personal choices when it comes to the whole sex, drugs, alcohol, ect. I do have to give him credit for realizing he had a problem before it was too late and he ended up dead like so many other young, talented celebrities. I also thought it was great that he wrote a book to try and use something that was not necessarily a good thing and spin it into something that could benefit others. Sometimes some people forget that celebrities are real people and they make mistakes, ect just like everyone else.


His voice. I like it. Even more so these days when it sounds more mature and stuff. A lot of his stuff as a solo artist isn't my cup of tea, style wise but he does have some great songs. I own Now or Never, favorite song off that CD is "I got you." And I even own "I'm taking off." Favorite song on that CD is "Falling down." To me both of those songs are such powerful songs. I also like his song "Don't walk away" but I don't think that made it on a CD. Not totally sure though.

But overall if Nick didn't exist in the Backstreet Boys then I think they would be.....Incomplete.....yeah....yeah....I'm sure everyone saw that coming but I couldn't help it. :)

So that concludes my post about Nick and the things I like about him. I hope you enjoyed it.

Stay tuned for the 2nd installment of my "Thankful for BSB" blogs that will feature none other than the "Bad Boy" of the group AJ......

 

Wylee Pop up shop! 10/3/15.

On Thursday  October 1, 2015 at 9:45pm  my journey to Georgia started out in Buffalo.  I took a bus, 21 hours there and 21 hours back. Most people think I was crazy for being on a bus THAT long but what you are gonna read in this blog & more definitely made the bus ride worth it!!!

I made it to Atlanta on Friday October 2nd at around 7:30 pm. It was interesting to say the least; there was a guy on the bus who was drunk and passed out and was unconscious so when we made it to Atlanta there were paramedics standing by. Not sure what happened after that but I sure hope he was okay.

So I waited for Emily to pick me up and made it to the hotel, met up with Raiquetta and found some food. :)

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After getting some food Emily really needed chocolate. Never go to Walgreens with her. Bad idea. Someone might find out you lick your own face. HAHAHA!

On Saturday it was the day of the party. But first we had breakfast at Cracker Barrel. The sweet tea there is SO good. :)

                                                                                                                                                                             

We started to get ready and waited for Chance and Haylee to get there. After everyone was ready we went to the store for the party.

The store set up is SO cute. Leighanne, Suzy, Brian and the rest of the Wylee team did an INCREDIBLE job with it all, especially in the short time they had to get it done. If you ever read this Leighanne, I just wanna say 100 times again THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU! and I'm sorry. ;) You ROK! :)

It was so great seeing everyone at the party I was mostly excited to see Melissa, her son Jacob and sister Dana since its been a while since I had last seen them, 5 years to be exact. I sure did miss them. :)

After mingling a bit inside with everyone I decided there was entirely too many people in such a small space so I went outside to get some air. I didn't realize Brian was out there, but it turned out to be a good idea. Except after it turned into selfies in the rain before Leighanne....and eventually Joe had Brian bring the party back inside. ;)

While outside with Brian though it was cool, very chill. It's always fun chatting with Brian when there isn't a lot of fans around screaming in his face or asking for 101 photos, ect. For a bit there were just a circle of fans and Brian just chatting.

This was where I gave Brian all his gifts that I was supposed to give him in Kentucky back in April only I couldn't give him because they didn't allow gifts and I wasn't trying to leave them at the hotel lobby. This was also when Chance gave him the sweet kicks he made Brian. Brian LOVED them! A way to a man's heart is through his feet according to Brian. HAHA!

 
 






















After we gave him his gifts he went to get his keys to put them in his hummer. And as he walked to put them in there he dropped the one shoe and everyone was like "Ooohh" and I said I took a picture and was like "I totally got a picture of that." And he laughed and was like "of course you did." LOL

One of the gifts I gave Brian was a bracelet that said "BE STRONG PHIL 4:13" He liked it and put it on right the. So cool. :) The other gifts were 2 shirts, a Kentucky Wildcats hat and a bunch of candy.

Brian went to take a picture with Chance on his phone and I was standing next to them and I said "I could totally photo bomb you guys right now, but I'll be nice and I won't." And Brian laughed and was like "no...wait....wait...." and after they took the picture Brian was like "OK....do it now." So I got to photo bomb a Backstreet Boy which is something I've always wanted to do. LOL I also thought it was pretty cool that I was IN a picture Brian took ON HIS PHONE.....which he eventually posted on HIS INSTAGRAM. Pretty cool stuff.

Some of the things we discussed were how I never made it to the ABC party on the last cruise. Brian seemed amused by that. LOL It kind of turned into confession hour in a way. LOL After that we were discussing how big Brian's brain is because he just remembers a lot of stuff and that led me to tell Brian about the time I was in Biology in high school and took a test about the brain and instead of putting brain as the answer I wrote BRIAN. LOL My teacher circled it and wrote something like "One of the Backstreet Boys is not part of the body." LOL

After that Brian was ready to take some photos. When it was my turn me and Brian took a picture, he told me to check it out and make sure I liked it. I just shrugged and said "Yeah, its good." I guess Brian could tell I wasn't a big fan. Which was partly true, I liked it....but it was a full body picture and I'm not a huge fan of those. So I told him that and he grabbed my phone and said "Well lets take a selfie!" We took 1 selfie, he went to snap another only it didn't work because my phone isn't set to take multiple selfies at a time. So he picked on my Samsung phone and we took another picture. He started to make a funny face, so I did...only he stopped before the pic was taken and I said "Dude you were supposed to make a funny face...you failed!" And he laughed and said "No...I'm smiling at your funny face." LOL

He took pictures with a few more fans before we went back inside. Brian was awesome the entire time....he took photos with anyone who wanted a picture, he even stopped and chatted and mingled with everyone. He really is the best. :)

Everyone was shopping and hanging out. The Wylee staff was so patient and helpful with everything.

I got to chat with Leighanne for a little bit too. Love her. Love chatting with her. She's hilarious. At one point she came behind me and hugged me and I didn't know who it was so I said "Who is it?" And she said "Your 2nd favorite person after my husband." HAHA.

I talked to Brian about his solo music. Nothing new really. He just said he was working on it. I asked him if he still planned on using older songs he mentioned in the past like back in 2006/2007 and he said yeah it's still a possibility. I seriously CANNOT wait for his next CD. I KNOW it will be amazing. :)

I also asked him if he really brews his own beer. I kind of figured he didn't but just asked to be funny. He said "Oh yeah you liked that right?" Then laughed and said "no, we just got those glasses customed made."

I just gotta say Leighanne's family is awesome. I love them. Her sister Suzy and her mother are just precious. :) Being around her mother I can definitely see where Leighanne gets some of the things she does and says from. :)

I've always wanted a personalized autograph from Brian where he writes more than just "To Amber" and signs his name. Only it never seemed like the right time to ask such a thing. At this event it seemed like a good time so I asked him and of course Brian was kind enough to do it. :)

It was at this point I thanked Brian for being who is and for everything he does. I also thanked him for putting up with my ridiculous and obnoxious tweets. I told him I'm sure
he gets annoyed by all my tweets on top of everyone else's tweets. He just smiled and laughed.

 

 

We started discussing how much love Leighanne and Brian was funny because he responded by saying "Me too!" And I said "no. really?" and he laughed and said "Oh, you guys knew that? You can tell I love her?" Then he laughed. This was when I told him how back in the day when I first learned he was dating Leighanne I secretly didn't wanna like her because I was jealous I never got a chance to try and marry him; he laughed and then I said but then I got to know her and met her and loved her and was like "How could anyone hate her?" And he said "I say the same things."

We joked about how I get a lot of fans asking me the secret of getting a follow from Brian on twitter. I told him I don't know if there is really a secret but if there is and he tells me maybe I could write a book and make some money. LOL He did tell me the secret, only its not really much of a secret but I won't share it because than fans will be mad when they do it and he doesn't follow them. But  I promise its not that serious.

Brian had his personal assistant and trainer and Baylee's coach Joe serve as his bodyguard for the event. Not that Brian really needed one but he just kind of made sure Brian was okay. He was a funny guy, we chatted a bit with him and Brian about sports and football.

After a bit more hanging out and shopping most of the fans started to leave. At the end there was only a handful of fans left before Joe was in charge of "kicking" everyone out. Before we left me and my friends asked Leighanne to be in a group picture with us, Joe informed us it would be the last picture of the night. Brian was standing in front of us and the one lady asked him if he wanted to be in it and he said "Can I jump in right here?" And I said "As long as you really don't jump." So of course in true Brian fashion he did a little jump. LOL We took the picture said our good byes and left.

It was such a fun event and I am so glad I went. I'm so proud of the Wylee team and all that they did for the store and the event. So proud and happy for them to have an actual store. I think Wylee products are great and as awesome as the website is seeing and touching the products and trying them on is even better.

If you have the chance to check out the store before it closes in January do it. I promise you'll love it. :)

After the party we went to get food, then back to the hotel. To get ready to leave the next day.

Sunday I left to go back home on my 21 hour bus ride. I was pretty mad I had to miss football all day. Even though Brian told me about some website that had live NFL games, I tried the website and it turns out the website didn't exist anymore. But I guess it is the thought that counts. And the event was totally worth missing football for. ;)

Brian and Leighanne and their family and friends always put on the best events and are so kind and gracious to everyone. I cannot thank them enough for all they do. :)

I seriously love hanging out with these kids. :)

Until next time............the end. :)