Album love...

We have gotten such a tremendous response on twitter (and everywhere else) about the new album that I thought I'd share some of what people are saying. You guys have really blown Dave and I away with your responses...I mean I knew this album rocked even as it was being made during our time in the studio, but to hear all of you getting as excited about the album as we are is truly amazing...

@Genosworld Pre-order @daveowensmusic 's new album. I've heard it, it's great!! (Geno is a celebrity blogger, you can see his site here)
 

@melodyzephyr @daveowensmusic Best on the release, it sounds great!!!! (Melody is a musician in LA)

@Lily2000 @daveowensmusic New Album by Twitter friend & rising star, Dave Owens. Take a listen! You know you want one!

@73tm you so need to listen to @daveowensmusic just got his Love via Music cd from the states and its Amazing !!! (Scotland)

@krgray1 Do it! :) great album! RT @daveowensmusic: Don't have your pre-release *signed* copy of the new album? Get it here! http://bit.ly/gjIysy

@SWGeorgia_Woman Listening to @daveowensmusic "Tiny Hands" and "The Sneaky Song" Loving them Dave! =D

@dryerballs1 I am laying on the floor in the airport, @daveowensmusic is singing away my blues.

@Nancylou24 @MallorieOwens @daveowensmusic Absolutely love your new CD! Fantastic!!!! (Ohio)

@DJ4JG @dryerballs1 Change that tune! to "The Sneaky Song" or "Song In B", it'll make you smile!

 

@dryerballs1 According to my ipod, I have listened to @daveowensmusic's song When You're Lonely 37 times...since tuesday.

@e_crowder Heard @daveowensmusic live tonight, while working @Borders ! He is fantastic. Look him up.

@krgray1 #nowplaying Blackheart by @daveowensmusic Love this song! (Kansas)

@iBalls_ you really need to check out @daveowensmusic. He's got the package!

@ANAKEL8 @daveowensmusic love u Dave and love the album!!!!!! (Texas)

@nature_balls @daveowensmusic just received your album in the mail today! Listening to it as I type...fabulous!!! :)

@GrobieWills dancing around the house to Tiny Hands, love the guitar...cd has a really good, jazzy kind of groove

@PaulaEsclapez  @daveowensmusic http://twitpic.com/4jlj6k it arrives! it's so cool man! Thank you!

@PiscesLikeJosh  @daveowensmusic...look what I got...love it..thanks!! twitpic.com/4iz6j0 ...Totally. diggin' it...playing non-stop since it arrived!!

@Lily2000  #FF If you haven't heard of @daveowensmusic , you need to google him. His new CD is awesome!

@stephaniehoeman Pretty excited about my copy of @daveowensmusic's new CD!!!

@krgray1 #FF If you haven't ordered @daveowensmusic 's new CD "Love Via Music",do so! Pre-order here http://ow.ly/4vYiH Great music from a Great Guy

@AbbyFeferman Get a copy of Love via Music @daveowensmusic! Thank u, Dave! You're amazing! (musician in Chicago)

@73tm @daveowensmusic 1st chance I had was 2nt to listen to ur music after #ff last wk. OMG I love it!!

@dryerballs1 Best birthday present ever! Thanks @daveowensmusic! http://t.co/el0Jca

@elianafolloni Shall we start a #bringdaveowenstoitaly hashtag? :) @daveowensmusic as soon as U have an Italian date, let us know! (Italy)

@lina_august22 @daveowensmusic .... we love you!!!! your Italian fans... :)

@maxigunn @daveowensmusic I just wanted to let you know that I ADORE every song in the new CD :D been on repeat! (NJ/NY)

@makin_majik Listening to "Love via Music" by @daveowensmusic am loving this cd

@nikonlover104 just got the CD! It's great! (Tennessee)

@k8thompson Yaaaaay! Just got my copy of @daveowensmusic 's new CD! In the car now, love it! #loveviamusic

@makin_majik @Daveowensmusic got your cd in the mail today! Havent stopped playing it! Proud of you, great cd!

@lizabethdarcy @daveowensmusic Hey there dave what a great musician you are love the jazz ensemble and music lyrics on Tennessee song..great vocals too

@maxigunn @daveowensmusic I'm loving The First time you smiled. It's beautiful

@dryerballs1 Now playing: When You're Lonely by @daveowensmusic. Perfect.

...if I've missed yours or you have something to add let me know. And if you'd like to own an album for yourself go here. You all are the best. Love ya ~Mal

100 things about me {part 2}...

26.  Until Dave and I got married I had lived in Kansas my whole life…

27.  …I have now lived in Maryland, Tennessee, and soon to be Texas! (maybe)

28.  I’m addicted to Sriracha hot sauce…I use it on 99.99% of the food I eat and I use it until I hurt (my nose is running, my eyes are watering, and my tongue is on FIRE!)

29.  I collect angels 

30.  I’m a vegetarian, have been for a year now…

31.  I went to a very small high school…I graduated with 50 people in my class...

32.  …I went to that school from pre-school through graduation, most of my classmates did the same…we’re like family

Our Pre-school graduation :)

33.  I have only broken bones they don’t put in casts (nose, tailbone, toe)

34.  Dave proposed to me after knowing me 4 months 

35.  Anytime I need a really big smile, I just go look at this picture…seriously people how can you not smile when you look at this? You can’t.

36. I'm a snuggler

37.  Mexican food is my favorite and I NEVER get sick of it

38.  I’m blind as a bat…once I take my contacts out at night I can’t see anything…       

39.  ...someday I hope to have Lasik surgery so I can see when I wake up in the morning, how wonderful that will be!

40.  My hair is naturally curly, but I prefer to wear it straight or curled because then it's controlled

41.  ...but I've been trying to wear it curly more often because Dave likes it best that way, and it's much better for my hair

My cousin AJ and I trying on Grandpa's hats circa 1987ish

42.  I make a lot of faces when I talk, I feel like that combined with different voices helps me get my point across :P (see above pic)

 43.  My favorite movies are Pretty Woman, Garden State, and Across the Universe…

44.  ...favorite TV shows are Everybody Loves Raymond, Grey's Anatomy, One Tree Hill (yes I still watch that show), Dexter, and Weeds

45.  The best present I’ve ever gotten was my Canon DSLR Dave gave me for Christmas ‘09

46.  I love to read and I usually have about 5 books going at once...

 47. ...my favorite books are The Giver, Prozac Nation, The Giving Tree, When God Winks, Only a Woman, and The Fountainhead

48. I love animals and can't wait until Dave and I get a dog...I love big dogs like Golden Retrievers and all black German Shepherds...

49. ...but some day I would also love to have a little dog like my Mom and John's Chihuahua...Libbie is queen of the house...

My brother Logan and I with Libbie, Easter '08

50.  Sometimes I miss taking college classes, but I guess that's a good thing since eventually I want to go back and get my Masters...

...ok next 25 to come a week from today, let me know if there's something you want me to answer or something you think I should add! And in case you want to link up...or go here to see Part 1

Vegan Chocolate Chip Banana Muffins and Brownie Cookie Recpes.

So on Friday I spent the afternoon baking treats to send with my Mom up to Lawrence for my little bro Logan (she was headed up for his frat's Mom's Day.) I made an old favorite and tried a new recipe and both turned out great! Wanted to share them both with you all...

I made my famous (at least in this house) chocolate chip banana muffins (I used to make it as bread, but now we like the single portion muffins)...they always are delish! I also sent him some of Bethenny's brownie cookies from The Skinnygirl Dish, they turned out great! They are little and light which is great when you just want that little bite of chocolate after dinner. Here are the recipes...

Chocolate chip banana muffins~

Ingredients:

    -1/4 cup chocolate chips

    -1 1/2 c sugar

    -2 tsp baking soda

    -1 tsp vanilla

    -4 1/2 small bananas, mashed

    -2 cups flour (I use whole wheat)

Mix everything but flour well, then add flour. Grease pan and bake about 30 min. at 350 degrees.

Brownie Cookies~

    -1/2 c non-dairy butter, softened (or oil- I use sunflower oil)

    -1 1/2 c sugar

    -1/2 banana mashed

    -2 tsp vanilla extract

    -2 c oat flour (again, I used whole wheat)

    -2/3 c cocoa powder

    -3/4 tsp baking soda

    -1/4 tsp salt

    -2 c chocolate chips

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. In a large bowl, beat the butter, sugar, banana, and vanilla with a hand mixer until light and fluffy (can be done without a mixer, but it's tough- trust me...I may or may not have had help from Dave...) In a separate bowl, combine flour, cocoa powder, baking soda, and salt. Stir the flour mixture into the butter mixture until well blended. Stir in the chocolate chips. Drop teaspoonfuls onto ungreased baking sheets. Bake for about 8 or 9 min. Let cool.

 The finished products, hope Logan enjoyed them, I know we did! :) ENJOY! ~Mal

100 things about me {part 1}...

Ok so the adorable Mrs. Stephanie Thigpen started a link-up for "100 things about me" and I just couldn't help but join in (check out her blog here), so for the next few Mondays I'll be posting 25 things about me, here goes nothing...

1. I graduated from University of Kansas: I’m a Jayhawk, I bleed crimson and blue, and all of that good stuff…

2. …also loving college basketball comes with the territory, I’ll never forget our senior year of college when the Jayhawks won the National Championship, gives me goosebumps just thinking about it…it really was magic being in Lawrence for it all

Mass street after we won, you couldn't see where the people stopped...amazing

3. I am extremely competitive, sometimes this comes in handy, and sometimes it’s a huge flaw…my poor husband has learned not to tell me to go faster at the end of our runs because I tend to get a little angry…sorry love!

4. I am a chocoholic! Chocolate is my biggest downfall, if I were to give it up for life (this could never, ever happen) I would probably be lighter and healthier…but alas I just love it too much :)

5. Ever since senior year of high school I’ve donated my hair to Locks of Love every couple years(now Pantene Beautiful Lengths, because Locks of Love isn’t as great as it sounds…) which means I go from extremely long hair to pretty short hair (for me)…

March '10

April '10

6. My little brother (who will be 20 this summer, what?!) is one of my bff’s…he’s hilarious and we used to fight like cats and dogs when we were little (we got along too, just liked to push each other’s buttons), which we get to laugh about now

7. @mamaramsey (who you all should follow because she’s witty and a lot of fun) said to add “always gracious” to my list of things…this made my day because it’s definitely something I strive to be

8. I am really shy when I first meet people, but then once you get to know me I won’t shut up…

9. …part of being shy means I hate public speaking, HATE it, and I’m the maid of honor in my best friend’s wedding two months from today and I have been freaking out about the speech for awhile now…

10. …but she’s totally worth it :) Jen and I have been besties since the 2^nd grade, it all started with us having to carry desks up to the classroom on the first day and laughing a little too hard and we’ve been inseparable ever since…I don’t know what I’d do without her, she’s the best friend any girl could ask for and I am so blessed to have known her for almost 20 years now

11. The Real Housewives are my guilty TV pleasure, seriously I can’t get enough…I love all of them…Beverly Hills is my new fav, with Orange County and NY close behind

12. I’m adopted and I wouldn’t have it any other way :)

13. …Although people (even random strangers while we’re out and about) are always telling my Mom and I how much we look alike, I think it has to do with our mannerisms…but I take this as a compliment because she is gorgeous :)

14. Seriously though I am the luckiest girl in the world to have the most amazing, supportive parents anyone could ask for (3 of them to be exact)…they are my role models and my bff’s…

15. …because I’m so blessed in the parents department I got to have TWO wonderful Dad’s walk me down the aisle on our wedding day…how lucky am I?!

16. I have the cutest nephew ever

17. My favorite color is red/pink

18. The only time I’m not in comfy pants is when I’m outside the house (and sometimes I wear them outside the house, shh!) …as in, the very first thing I do when I walk in the door is run upstairs and change into my comfy pants…I even have Dave doing this now too (he’s not as extreme as I am) but I gave him some scrubs that he wears all the time now :)

19. Oh and my new fav comfy pants are the ones he got me for Christmas last year, the set from VS with the zip up hoodie to match…this I love to wear out bc it’s cute AND comfy…someday I’d like to get more, then I’ll dress like Gabby on Desperate Housewives hehe

20. Love, love, love little kids! They are adorable and hilarious because you never know what they’re going to say…

21. …I’ve always wanted to be a teacher, I even have a “note to the parents” I wrote as a little kid

22. My birthday is February 6^th and Dave’s is February 9^th :)

23. I married my favorite person in the world on March 21, 2009 and love every minute of being his wife!

24. My hubby is an independent musician, he just recorded an album and I couldn’t be happier for him… the album turned out amazing and I am always in awe of his talent

25. Since Dave is an independent artist, my job right now (which I volunteered to do because I believe in him so much, not because he asked me to) is helping him in any way possible…I’m pretty much his photographer, manager, social media person, etc.