Best Songs of the Year

I love me some music. I really truly do. And although I may listen to a lot of country, and mainstream stuff, I still think that I can learn from it.

Last week when Helene announced that she was going to host this link up, I already knew I was going to participate. The problem is, what songs would I pick. I have seriously thought about it for a week. And I still have no clue.

I want to pick all the songs unless they're by Taylor Swift, Katy Perry, or Gaga. But I won't. So, here's what songs I could think of that I adored this year. And no, they're not in any certain order.

Royals - Lorde
I was behind the times when this song came out. Everybody knew what it was before me. But damn it's an amazing song! It's not like all the other music that came out. I just dig it.



Radio Active - Imagine Dragons
Rocking out to this song is the bomb. I can get a good workout doing so. However, I have to tell you that when it came out, I thought the lyrics were "Ready to rock you" instead of radio active. Fail.



My Songs Know What You Did In The Dark (Light 'Em UP) - Fall Out Boy
Another song made for rocking out. The return of FOB was unexpected to me. I was never a fan girl but I appreciate this good song. I don't know if you've ever watched them perform it, but they look bored as shit. Please rock out while singing this song.



Anything by Blake Shelton

Seriously. I don't think he released one song I didn't like this year. If I have to pick, I have to pick three songs. Boys Round Here, Mine Would Be You, Sure Be Cool if You Did. Love all of them. Apparently Blake and Vevo don't get along because they only had 4 videos and none of them were my songs. Google it!

Play it Again - Luke Bryan

He hasn't released it on the radio yet, but technically it came out in 2013. IT strikes a chord with me because what girl doesn't go "OMG THIS IS MY SONG!!!" every time her favorite song comes on. As much as I love Luke, I've played this song before and I just think that this picture is more appropriate.

Ho Hey - The Lumineers
People got tired of this song really fast but I still love it. Something about that "folk" sound gets me sometimes. I know they aren't really that folksy but I say they are and let me be happy.



We Can't Stop - Miley Cyrus
And she won't stop. Please don't stop Miley.



It Goes Like This - Thomas Rhett
Just listening to this one makes me smile.



Wake Me Up - Avicci
This song could be considered over played but when you don't have a radio, nothing is overplayed. I really like that this song is considered EDM. I could get more into that genre if it sounded like this.


Thrift Shop/Ceiling Can't Hold Us - Macklemore and Ryan Lewis
I know that these are two different songs but I love them both. I really just like Macklemore. I mean he raps about shit that matters. I can appreciate that. Can't wait to hear more from theses two! And again, I couldn't find anything on Vevo.

Timber - PitBull & Ke$ha
I love Kesha. LOVE her. And this song just gets stuck in my head and I enjoy singing it to piss off people. =) When we went to Blake's Christmas party the dueling pianists played this and it sounded awesome!




I could keep going. But I've gotta get to work.

Do you agree with anything on this list? Or disagree?

The One Where I Do A Quiz

Y'all know I love getting mail. But you know what I don't love?? I don't love when my mail gets delivered to some town I've never heard of and I don't know if I'll ever get it back. Especially when it's a package that I've paid for. My ipsy bag is missing this month and I'm quite bummed about it. I checked out my glam room and everything that was coming to me was perfect. Blah. Anyway...I had to get that rant out of the way. You see...ipsy doesn't have a customer care phone number. Nope. The only way to get ahold of them is to email them. And we all know that e-mailing a company is the last resort into fixing a problem. I'm not holding my breath this time. Best believe if it happens again...ipsy and I will be breaking up.

That's all I've got. Pretty lame-o huh. I'll leave you with this. The Blogmopolitan quiz. Enjoy!

It's not the most attractive thing in the world but this is the first time I've ever tried this!

Thanks to Erin for letting me play along. You can find it here!

Blowpops and Birthdays

Happy Monday y'all. Today is my last day of my weekend. Sad face. I was off all weekend long and then got a bonus day. Don't mind if I do.

I have to say, it was a great weekend. Busy, but still great.

My gma, teag, and I went to see my uncle. He's staying about an hour and a half east of us. They got so much snow where he was. I was actually jealous. I hate snow, but if it's going to happen I want it to be beautiful and cover everything. I want it to look like a Christmas card. That's what snows about yo! We took a couple of wrong turns, and ended up at this cute little general store. It was exactly what you'd think of if you were reading a book that was set back in the day. I mean it was just perfect. The store owner had a little bit of everything but not a lot of anything. I was so giddy about being there. He even had free candy jars! Teagan got a kick out of that.

Our visit with Jason (my uncle) was awesome. He has such a good heart and he always always makes me laugh. It was a good visit and we're going back the Sunday after Christmas!

Later that night was Blake's work Christmas party. I wasn't excited for that at all, but it turned out not to be so bad. OK, it was great. The party was at a dueling piano bar that I hadn't been to before. I LOVED it. We drank a little too much and had a little bit too much fun. I took hardly any pictures because I was busy having a great time. It feels good to not have to worry about getting a great shot and to just enjoy myself. But I did have some great shots. Get it, get it. I'm hilarious.

Here are a few pictures from the night.

A BlowPop Martini. 

 Us with our blowpops. 

There's a story here. See, my friend there had been in this bar before and knew about the blowpops that came with the martini. When she asked for two of the martinis, a bitchy rude ass bartender told her that all they have is dum dums. Well, my friend was trying to be funny and asked for a blowpop martini with a dum dum. Bitchy bartender said "if you want a blowpop bad enough you can walk across the street and go buy some. I'm too busy for this." Ummmm what?!? We're both waitresses and got a kick out of her bullshit and her way of treating customers. So, for her tip, we went across the street and got her a couple bags of blowpops. Merry Christmas!

Yesterday was this handsome man's 31rst birthday. It's a good thing he looks good because I sure as hell didn't. We took him out for dinner, gave him some presents. Then we went to renew our Sam's Club membership. Because we don't have a Costco. =( 

I know that he had a great birthday. 

At least he said he did. 

What's Happenin' What's up

Ahhh the good ol' blog. I missed it yesterday. I had intended to link up with Helene and Taylor but I had somewhat of a shitty morning and couldn't get to the computer. All is well now though.

I wore my blog so hard shirt to work yesterday. And I finally told people that I had a blog. Some looked at me funny, others were like whatever about it, but dammit, I'm proud and this space is mine.

I like that I can write whatever I choose whenever I choose. The best kind of writing is when I have nothing to say and the words just flow out of my fingers. I think that they move faster than my brain can process what I'm thinking at times.

It's funny how writing has always been a release for me. I used to write "poetry" when I was younger. I can't believe I wrote some of the shit I did, but I've been told it was good. Now I write for all to read. It's such a scary thought that anybody can read this whenever they want. But I wouldn't change a thing. I mean, I've finally had a person steal my pictures to use as their own. It's a funny story actually.

I was checking my stats and saw that babycenter.com was a referring url. I thought what in the fuck would bring people from babycenter to my blog? I don't talk about babies or my own kid that often. That's odd. So ya know, I had to do some snooping.

This 15 year old girl was trolling a forum I guess and people wanted to see a picture of her with her aunt. So she typed something into google and came up with this image.

However, that's not my aunt, that's my mom. This was before the Luke Bryan concert in February. I posted a pic with my Aunt too. She grabbed the wrong one. Oops. I tried to message her and tell her that she should be careful with what she chooses to use off the internet. She not so politely told me that I wasn't really that girl and I need to shut the fuck up. lololol. 

I know that people can take whatever they want off of my blog, or out of google images and it doesn't really bother me, unless they're pretending to be me a lot more than this girl was. It just made for a good story. 

I'm gonna nap now. I watched the season finale of Sons last night and I couldn't sleep afterward. Seriously though...if you watched it, how heartbreaking was that??!!?? I want to discuss it with people but I don't want to ruin it for those who haven't watched. E-mail me with your thoughts!

Peace out girl scouts.

I'm Your Sunshine

Ah man it's Monday. Another snow day too. I don't know about you, but I'm tired of it!

I get the pleasure of working a double today because I picked up a shift tonight. See, it always sounds like a good idea at the time, then the day comes around and I'm like "Ughhhhh, Why did I pick up this shift?!?!". Hopefully it's an easy day and I don't have to be there all night. We'll see.

My weekend was full of work. I guess we did one thing, we watched The Purge. I loved it! I mean, I couldn't get behind the fact that's it's only a little over 8 years away and people are ok with it, but other than that it was great. And we watched Joy Ride because it was on tv and Blake likes to torture me. I was a little sad. Oh, I didn't mention that Paul Walker and I were besties. Ok, not really but I've loved the Fast and the Furious franchise since it came out, so my heart is still sad. I forgot how good it was though!

Anyway...since I've not see anything except for snow and OG for the past 3 days, I thought I'd get around to accepting my Sunshine Award. I was nominated by miss Amanda from Voyage of the MeeMee. She's too sweet. I def need some sunshine right now.

There are supposed to be rules and stuff but I'm not following them. I feel like being a rebel today. =)

I'm supposed to list 11 facts about me, but I feel like I've exhausted everything I can say. So I'm just going to answer the questions she asked.

1. If you could only listen to one song for the rest of you life, what would it be?
Right now it would be "Play it Again" by Luke Bryan. It's a fun song and tells a great story.

2. How many hours a day do you spend doing blog related stuff? (I want to feel "normal" so I'm crossing my fingers that it's a lot.)
It just depends. Daily, at least an hour and a half. But if I don't have anything to do and I don't mind staring at my laptop, than it could be anywhere from 3 to 5. That's way too much time. Shhh. Don't tell.

3. If you could have any super hero power, what would it be?
I'm really nosy, so I'd love to hear people's thoughts Sookie Stackhouse style. I want to know how you really feel about me!

4. Are you a morning person, afternoon person, or night person?
I'm a mid-morning, early afternoon person. I get the most done between 1030 and 1.

5. How much wood would a wood chuck chuck... screw it, you get a free pass here. Bonus points if you can actually say it without googling it.
How much wood would a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood? No googling.

6. What is your current favorite TV show? (If you say you don't like TV, I'mma slap you and never read your blog again.)
I don't wanna pick. I love Sons of Anarchy. And tomorrow is the season finale and I'm sad. Street Outlaws on Discovery channel is super awesome. Not a lot of people watch that channel but they have some really awesome tv shows. It's about some street racers from OKC. I told you that I loved Fast and the Furious, and it's because I really like street racing. The Walking Dead and True Blood also make this list. I watch too much tv.

7. Are you left handed or right handed?
I'm a lefty by default. I didn't have an option. My momma and daddy are both lefties.

8. What is your favorite smell?
When I use the original scent Tide and originial scent Bounce sheets and pull stuff from the dryer. It's a little specific. What can I say. But I really like anything foodie too.

9. Do you ever talk to yourself?
Do people not do this?

10. What is your favorite quote?
Your mom. Not really, but I don't get into the whole quote thing too often. 

11.Who/what makes you smile like no one/nothing else can?
Blake and Teagan. The dogs. My hoodie. Christmas. I'm really not hard to make smile. 

Well, that's all from me today. I have to go to work and I need to eat first. So I'll see ya tomorrow. Maybe. 

What Makes Me Want To Blog

Happy Friday cupcakes! Hope your week was absolutely amazing. Mine was pretty good. I can't complain.

I took a little hiatus this week and only posted once. I just didn't have anything to say and I didn't want to post just to post. I even contemplated whether or not to continue on with it. Sometimes it just seems to be  hassle and I don't want that.  It's a place I come to spill my guts, or to show off the things I'm obsessed with. I knew that deleting it wasn't the answer. How would I manage my friendships that have grown from this blog? I want this blog to be something people can relate to. I want it to be a place where I can make wonderful friends. So, if I don't blog, it's just because I don't think I have anything worth saying. And sometimes, that's ok. And sometimes when I'm not blogging, I don't read very many blogs. A break is a nice thing.

Anyway...I'm going to link up for 5 for Friday again. It's the cool thing to do, and I always want to be a cool kid. Let's do it!

1. I got my fabulous package from Whit! I ordered her first shirt from her new venture and I was super excited about it. It came with a koozie! Awesome free present =). Anyway...this shirt had a huge impact on my decision to not quit blogging. I mean, how I could I wear it with pride if I wasn't blogging? Not very many people in my real life know about it, but now I'm ready to share. When people ask I want to get all giddy and tell them all about my favorite thing.

Whitney hasn't posted her next shirt yet, but make sure you're paying attention for the announcement!

2. We decorated a little for Christmas! For the first time in years we have a normal people Christmas tree. It's nice but definitely not me. But it makes the little happy and that's what matters. We actually have two trees. One's a little smaller and we let Teagan go to town on it. It has all of our old ornaments on it. 

3. I'm almost done Christmas shopping. Write that down. I never ever ever get done this early and it's super exciting. I just need to finish a few things up and I can feel relieved. I'm so ready.

4. Helene posted about how having a fb page for your blog is important. And she backed it up with reasons it is. At first I didn't believe her but ya know...when the proof is there you have to take it. So come like my fb page please! I promise to try and use it more than I do.

5. It's Friday. I think that's worth celebrating! Happy weekend ya'll, but before ya go...I have to link up. So here's some old school N*SYNC for ya. And it's the perfect song for the weekend!

Winter Bucket List

I can't believe it's December...says every person ever. But for real, it just seems like I was reading posts about ya'll taking some awesome summer vacays. 

But it's the happiest time of the year so I mean it doesn't get better than this! I love Christmas time. Tomorrow we're putting the tree(s) up and I can't wait. Yes, we do have more than one. We each have one because ya know...who likes to share. 

I did a fall bucket list and now I think it's time to do a winter one. Let's get to it.

(be proud... I made something myself)

Send out Christmas cards. That means if you want one...let me know! Last chance, I plan on getting started today!

Make a snow angel with Teag.

Bake a Christmas desert.

Make our own hot cocoa.

Go look at the Christmas lights.

Watch one movie about Christmas/Winter. Any suggestions? 

Read Teagan "The Night Before Christmas" on Christmas Eve.

Make a Christmas craft. I was thinking of something like this

Write and send letters to Santa.

And maybe...this one is kind of big, take a carriage ride. 

What's on your bucket list?