Plumb - Clementine Fire
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Re: It’s a GIRL...
Current mood: blissful

It's a Girl!!!!!! Clementine Fire, she is so beautiful and precious. She was born today at 12.56pm 7 lbs 12 oz She is so amazing. Mommy and Baby are doing great.

J

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BABY LEE ARRIVES TODAY!

So its been 3 1/2 months since I blogged. That is how busy its been for me. So busy that its WHY I SHOULD have been blogging. But I didn't. I have spent that time getting a VERY large belly and traveling some doing plumb promo (in May and early June) and took all of July off to prepare to have my little one. The single is doing AMAZING by the way...I have NEVER been more thankful for radio...thanks gang!

Also...we sold our home. Many of you know we've been trying to sell it for almost 16 months and finally accepted an offer made to us on June 29 and they wished to close in only a few weeks and our new home was not ready. ARGH. So...we had to meet with our builder since our baby was arriving soon and we didn't really want to bring a newborn home and our two young boys to a hotel...so a home down the street from the one we were building that is nicer and larger, did I say nicer and larger...I did...he allowed us to purchase for basically the same price tag as the home we were building and we LOVE it. Our builder is a man of integrity...and not just because he did us the biggest favor EVER but because he just is and everything fell into place Friday July 18 after much diligence. We packed up the night before with 18 helpers..yes...18! And closed on our old home that morning...closed on our new home that evening and moved in the same night with another dozen helpers...we are so thankful for good friends.
And although I should most likely have been sitting in a chair with sweet iced tea pointing to where things should go...I didn't...I was too excited. And other than the office, the garage and a few rooms that are simply empty...we are moved in and baby Lee arrives...TODAY. God is good...his timing is perfect and he does EXCEEDINGLY above what we ask or expect...the home sold, the new home was ready and even nicer than planned and all before baby arrived...so that we can come home to a home...not a house or a hotel. So...when I say its been crazy busy...I'm telling the truth but I must say it with the understanding that we have not gone through any of it without the community of the church we are so thankful to be a part of...our families and our friends are priceless and we could NOT have done it without them.

So...today is my baby's b'day! I have a scheduled c'section...I could have had it sooner so I hesitated to ever give this date out but I made it...I am due Sunday so only 6 days from now...but have had contractions that were less than fun I'd say, all night last night...so I know he or she is ready. So stay tuned...a VIDEO BLOG of the event and photos will follow later today. We are so excited!

Thanks for truly being some of the best fans on planet earth and for understanding that this artist is just bad at blogging regularly...I'd say I'd work on it..and I will...but I can assure you with 3 little ones and songs to write and songs to pitch and shows to do this fall it will be a challenge for me...but I promise to do it as often as I can. Now...gotta go find a copy of my own current CD to give to this little one at the hospital...

Grace and Peace...here's to a flatter stomach in only a few hours!!!!! Ha!
Plumb

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Songbook & Night Light Now Available!

- New Night Light with "Blink" cover art!

- Songbook:

14 Hits!

Including:

- Better
- Damaged
- God-Shaped Hole
- I Can't Do This

Limited Edition autographed copies of the songbook are available through Plumb's web store while supplies last!

www.plumbinfo.com

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Why?

So from my last blog...I was going to see our baby on the big screen...the ultrasound one...and we did!
We chose NOT to find out the sex but the baby did however do something new I’ve never seen babies in utero do...it stuck its tongue out at us alot...we could only laugh and wonder what we’re in for. Everything looked healthy and as it should be.
Which as of late...has meant more to me than ever. I feel such thankfulness.

Why so thankful this time around? Even more than ever? I had a close friend lose her baby at 20 weeks, 6 days in Feb and hold him close for close to 2 hours before his little lungs couldn’t function anymore and she had to say goodbye. I have another who is delivering her baby in a few days that already knows her little girl’s life, once here, isn’t strong enough to be compatible with life outside her Mommy’s tummy...and even this very last week...a close friend and co-writing partner’s wife went to hear the heartbeat they had already seen and it was not beating.

I don’t have the answer to why this happens...why ’pain’ happens. But I do know because of the fall, we will find ourselves in moments of wonder as to that very question...why? What will we do with those moments? I am so inspired by the mothers behind these stories...they have all shown their hurt and pain and been vulnerable yet shown such strength in knowing this life is only temporary...that we are Resident Aliens (a book I highly recommend by the way) here and all who believe the truth of Jesus Christ will all be together again sooner than we realize. Its comforting to me to know we don’t have to know why and that we serve a God who is bigger than all of it and can hold us through anything and be glorifed no matter how bleak the circumstance. I guess that’s pretty easy to say for me today when the ultrasound looked good...but I still hurt for my friends. We are a body and their pain effects me...and I effect them. YOU effect me. I effect you. We are necessary. We matter. We are loved. We must believe that.

So as I’ve thought about that this week...not sure I could handle hearing one more close to home hurt...I was told yesterday by my friend AJ that a little boy so many of us have prayed for, same age as Solomon...3...has been cancer free for some time only to find two tumors in his brain and one in his kidney. All I could do...was cry. And then I cried some more. And then I found myself almost angry that this little boy isn’t being given the hope of a 4th birthday...but instead chemo treatments. I know this is alot to blog about...but its what is real and going on in the world I am living in.

So would you do me a favor this week? If you know the Almighty personally...would you pray for Micah? Would you pray not just for healing...but for strength for his little body to go through what he has to encounter that is so grown up...that his Mom and Dad will have a hope they cannot explain...and that no matter what...rejoice? Rejoice that he lives til he’s 98 or rejoice that he gets to meet the Savior who made him before we do? Because no matter what...God is God and we must have hope in him even when we don’t understand.

So don’t think about CD sales and what stations are playing my songs or if I’m coming to a city near you or recent press or anything like that...that grosses me out right now. I know its what artists are suppose to ’blog’ about so we can advance in some way...but I could not possibly care less about that today and care only about God making himself real to so many who feel lost or sad or hopeless or hurt. Making himself real the way he’s made himself real to me.
You might be one of them...if you are...I tell you truth...you are not by yourself...you are crazy madly loved and matter to so much more than you know. And if you have lost a loved one...there is a hope to be reunited that I know my friends who have lost babies are anticipating today...but are going to live the rest of THIS life to its fullest til that day comes.

I love you guys...thanks for listening to my heart this morning.
Tif (this was NOT a plumb blog...so I sign it accordingly)

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Puke and A/C Radio!

Hey! So...why the subject? Well...you know me...always saying something to capture your ears.

So first....PUKE. Yes, the real stuff. I have been SO SO sick with morning sickness its been hard to make myself shower and put on real clothes and not want to sit in my robe all day much less blog. Forgive me. Wait, no. I don't apologize for that...I do however feel badly we've not communicated recently. Is that better and more fair? :) However...in week 15 I feel like its getting MUCH better so here I am. Talking to you. I go in March for the 20 week ultrasound where they confirm more accurately your due date and tell you the sex if you want to know...but we don't wanna know...so no REAL exciting news for you out there who want to know...but at least the status of its health.

A/C Radio you ask? Well...'In My Arms' was just recently serviced to A/C radio and has been the most added already and the stations playing it are all interviewing with me next week. So...I wanted you to be in the know about that...because I am VERY excited about it. This album suits all ages and stages in life...however A/C radio is the format this album suits the most so for it to be where I feel like it will be at home best for a long time...is both very comforting and rewarding as an artist. Your art is your baby, so you care. What can I say?

Here are the cities and the stations that have added...call and request as much as you can.
KQIS – Lafayette, LA
KTSM – El Paso, TX
KWAV – Monterey, CA
WCDV – Baton Rouge, LA
WFMK – Lansing, MI
WJKK – Vicksburg, MS
WTCB – Columbia, SC
WVAF – Charleston, WV
WYJB – Albany, NY

I will update this list as stations are added. And radio of all formats have been amazing...not singling out mainstream A/C, however its audience reach is the most vast and diverse and so that's very exciting to me.

Well...I am about to call one of those very stations right now...so I gotta run. Grace and Peace to all of you...hope your New Year is going great...and that your Xmas was amazing...ours sure was. Well...besides the puking.

plumb

11:58 AM - 21 Comments - 27 Kudos - Add Comment

Baby Lee 3!

I guess the lullaby record does more than soothe the fussy baby...ha.

Yes friends...on Sat this past weekend Jeremy and I found out we are expecting baby Lee 3. We are thrilled...surprised...but thrilled. We are due July 24th. We won't find out the sex...we never do. Solomon and Oliver are 20 mo. apart...and this baby will be the same age difference with Oliver...so to be honest...it couldn't be better...God is good.

The new record is doing AMAZING...so thanks for not just buying it...but for those of you not parents yet...for buying it. Its NOT a CD for just Mom's or parents...I try to make records about where I am at, at that time...and motherhood...or even better, my boys..are quite the inspiration...so if you like just great chill art...its a beautiful project. However, if you do know of anyone having a baby or with children...I'll admit...there are some real tear jerker moments...sorry. ha!

Well...I just wanted to be the one to tell you and not some magazine with their facts out of whack. We are so happy...and Jeremy and I and the boys extend grace and peace to you at this amazing time of year where we get the opportunity to be reminded even more often than ususal...why we exist. For the Christ child and the church he died for.

I love you guys...
Prego Plumb...

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NEW ALBUM IN STORES TODAY!!!!

Okay...in 1 hour and 7 minutes from when I am typing this blog...the CD is suppose to be in stores! I am soooo excited!

Now here is the deal...when you go buy it...take a camera and have someone take a photo of you buying it...send the photo over to plumb@plumbinfo.com. We'll take a look at them and post as many as we can on the plumb website and myspace.

My hubby planned a party for me to celebrate...so we are going around the metro Nashville area in large groups (there is literally like 100 of us) and buying it! We'll be taking video and still shots as well..and then coming back to my home and eating food and just celebrating its 'birth'. Hardy har har. We'll post those photos as well.

Thanks for being some of the first to buy it and celebrate with me. For what its worth...I'm going to Target and eating catered Chick-Fil-A...so if you can't be with me at my home to celebrate...you can sort of do the same and it will be 'sort' of like you were with me...yeah? Okay...well its worth a shot! Are you rolling your eyes at me? Don't! Being strange is what helps me breathe!

Okay...grace and peace and thanks for helping Solomon and Oliver go to college. :)

Plumb

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New Album Is Coming Out Tuesday

My new album, 'Blink', is coming out NEXT week! OCTOBER 9th!!!! You can buy it everywhere music is sold...and as a side note, its going to be on sale at Target for 11.99...but anywhere is just fine!

I am so proud of this project. I think every person who buys it will actually reference it for many years. Its the most timeless artistic expression I have ever participated in. I honestly think everyone who hears it will love it. Thanks to everyone involved in the making...

And speaking of doing something I have never done...it will be in Target in the Pop section on an encap til the end of the year...WOW. I know some of you see those and think 'do artists actually know their album is in such a great spot in the store...do they even know how lucky they are to have it there?'...Well the answer for me is yes...I do know and know how exciting it is. So if you can...take a stroll thru Target and look for it. I am going to buy it there on the 9th...as a gift for my Dad since its his b'day...especially since its a mile from my house. Then I'm going to ask him to buy one for my Mom. And then she can buy one for.........

Okay...on a personal note...I have been SO sick. I played a show in California this past weekend with the worst sinus infection...I have since went to the doc and he reluctantly...since I am reluctant...put me on meds. 2 of them. So I am on the mend. Both my boys have had croup in the last week...Oliver was actually admitted to Vanderbilt Childrens Hospital the night we got in from the show...off the plane into the E. R. It was madness. But like me, they too are on the mend now. And sleeping. So I am blogging. My husband on the other hand did not get sick...but that's only fair...since he's had allergy and sinus problems since he leaped from the womb. Poor guy. So I can at least better understand now that I've had this for 2 weeks.

I am song writing all the time every week. Changing poopy diapers daily. Building a new home. Selling the existing one (still for sale..come on now!) And celebrating 7 years of marriage on the 14th this month. Life is busy...but oh so good.

Grace and Peace to you...now take 12 bucks and buy that record! Bye!
Plumb

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Update!!! - 8/23/07

Hello Everyone!

Its been what seems forever since I last updated everyone on Plumb. That
is usually because one of two things...I'm either not doing anything
worth talking about...or I'm so busy I don't even have time to talk
about what I am doing. Ha. There are days its been one or the
other...however...mostly busy...so here is the latest.

On a personal note...
Solomon is 2 years and 5 months and started potty training today and got
a mohawk last night by Daddy (to go with his busted lip from falling
out of bed onto the sippy cup he was holding, as well as, a cut on the side of his left eye that looks like he's been in a bar fight...but was actually
from running into the corner of a glass tabletop last night at a store we were at).

Oliver turned 9 months old last week and has started trying to crawl and
actually has a natural mohawk. Ha. He is the happiest little boy I have
ever been around in my life. He'll be a tough one too (he has
fallen out of our king sized bed twice while napping. Once
landing on my laptop power cable on the floor...and he didn't even cry).

Both boys are doing amazing and growing and getting along and making us
so proud.

Jeremy and I are selling our home and also selling 5 acres while we
build a new home on different land. Ha Welcome to our life. We listed
our home for sale by owner on the 1st of April...then with an agent
about 6 weeks later...and had an offer...but to be honest...we blew it
and lost the buyer...so now we sit waiting for it to sell while the
other home is in the process of being built. ANYONE WANT TO BUY MY
HOUSE? You may think I'm joking...um...I'm not. We have had so many
people look at it and thankfully love it...but its been either the wrong
timing or price for most of them...however if you are interested...I'm
not even kidding...call our agent Amy Pope at 615-300-3627 and tell her
you want it...we live incredibly and conveniently close to the airport
and Opry Mills Mall in Nashville, Tennessee. We've outgrown it and so we
are upgrading to something a bit larger and closer to Jeremy's office.

Okay...
So my new album 'Blink' is done. Artwork is done. Photo shoot is done.
Single is out. Its doing AMAZING...and the CD will be in stores October
9. Which is my Dad's B'day...nice gift for him...yeah? And if you get
"WAY FM" I will be on the air tonight at 7 CST...check it out. I
have played a few shows with the new material...and the response to the
new stuff is incredible. So thank you to those of you boosting my
confidence in it all. I've been doing a lot of press related promo
stuff...so I wanted to catch you all up and make sure you're in the loop...

I've also been doing a lot of songwriting for other artists...which is
what my daily routine involves...publishing and writing...for those
wondering how I fill my days...wife, mom, plumb, writer...and trash
collector...it drives my husband batty.

Okay...gotta go for the moment...but I hope many of you can check out
the new single 'In My Arms'...it was inspired directly by Solomon and
parallels the love God has for us so perfectly...give me feedback...as
it's not a typical Plumb album...but it IS a Plumb album...minus the
rock. I won't lie...I don't want expectations to be another rock record
when in fact it isn't. I have tried to make albums that reflect where I
am at the time...and right now my cup overflows with the inspiration of
two little boys...so they are evident in this project...however it's an
album ANYONE can enjoy...I promise. The loops. The strings. The weird
minor chords. Me. Singing. Ha. Just not rock n' roll guitars an
drums...very Sarah McLachlan inspired I'd say. On a side note...if you have a wife and you have children...um...buy it. You too will like it, I can
assure you, it's my husbands favorite album of mine to date...but just do
you family that service...I promise you won't be sorry. And make sure to
read the credits when you get it...I got a little personal.

Grace and Peace my friends...
Plumb

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