Jacci in Ohio-Well, I see that your womderful readers have already told you that Sean found a wheelbug. They’re one of the bugs in the “Assasin Bug” category. So fun to look at, but good thing he didn’t try to hold it 🙂
patty-what beautiful glimpses into life…
my daughter has already dog-eared the whole catalog and declared this coming xmas an”american girl christmas!”… for about a week, then she took it back.
oh to be young and full of dreams!
Mary-Ahhh . . . the american girl catalog.
I had as much fun as my daughter back in the days when we ordered those delicious accessories.
Sally H. -It’s a Wheel Bug, that huge hook thing can cause a bite that causes bit whelts. But they are not aggressive, and beautiful to look at. Isn’t nature fantastic!
Jenn-Oh my gosh I totally used to dream over the American Girls catalog when I was little too. I remember saving for 2 years to buy Samantha… Ahhh, good memories. My mom still buys clothes for her at Christmas — 21 years later.
Heather -That is a wheel bug and they are rockin’ cool! Looks like a stegosaurus! We live in KS, too and we’ve been finding them in our front yard.
Mindy Harris-The Sean picture is precious. He still has a eensy bit of “baby” left in that purdy little face.
And Craig…*blushes*
Karen Greenfield -My daughter is 25 and I am 61 and we are right there with the American Girl catalog choosing, daydreaming, wishing I’d had it as a child…….which dolls do they have? I have Kirsten, Dinah has Flick (Felicity), Josefina, Addie and we inherited my Mother’s Molly when my Mom died. They are all looking forward to getting into their best outfits and sitting our for Christmas. xxKaren
Valerie-That’s why I come by to see what random thing you’ve posted today. Have a great weekend.
Blessings,
Valerie
karen -I just booked my family with a session with Blue Lily is Houston in May.
I knew you would understand how excited I am…my family is not too excited now but are in for quite a surprise!!!!
I can’t wait.
Cari -Sometimes randomness = awesomeness.
Oh, and if you see some weirdo continually clicking onto your site from the Little Rock area, don’t worry. It’s me. I’ve been enjoying going back to the beginnings of your blog whenever I get the chance. I’ve laughed and cried. Our stories are eerily similar.
Happy weekend!
Chelsea-We’ve always called those bugs “stink bugs”… They make a stinky smell like a skunk!
Staci -I love random 🙂
Jill-I’ll have to tell Sean that I’ve seen 2 of those same bugs at my house. Very weird looking!
a pocket full of posies-LOVE the apron!!! too fun!
Have a wonderful/fun weekend!
Blessings!
Jill
Lisa -My girls have been carrying the American Girl catalog around for a week! My personal favorite…the $300 camper…sheesh.
*LuLu*-Say Hello To The Pancake King For Me!!!!!!!!!!!!
Sugar Mama-You have just inspired me to take more every day photos…. the “just because” photos. They are always my favorites to look at!
Krista -Yikes! That is a Wheel Bug or an Assassin Bug!!! HATE THEM!! Luckily I didn’t find any this year, had lots last year.
Love Craig’s apron, did you make it? Cute stitching!
My girls also drool over the American Girl catalog. I am wondering if you have any at your house and how your girls take care of them. They’re a big investment, and though my daughter’s really begging for one, I am worried it will end up at the bottom of a pile of stuff in the play room and be forgotten. They’re still not understanding the concept of money, $100 and $1 are all the same to them!
Happy Weekend to you!
Tammy-I love your blog & love your random photos! Hope you have a great weekend!
Oh, and I love the ‘pretty porch pumpkins’!
Jennifer De Los Santos -In my attepmt to organize every minute, I constantly fail, and “randomness” happens. I am growing to love the random daily things that make me smile.
Becky @ Farmgirl Paints-A man who cooks AND wears an apron IS hot, hot, hot!;) I love your random posts. Have a great weekend girlie.
sharron-I saw a commercial last night and it looked like your Annie!
Happy Random weekend!!!
jennifer-My daughter would love to be right there in the middle of that American Girl drool-fest. Too cute! And all those pumpkins on the porch are great! Love all the different colors and sizes.
Carly Winborne -i think it’s funny that your husband is wearing an apron that announces him as pancake king yet he’s making bacon. that just made me giggle.
Mary-Ok, so I was just informed by my hubs that “stinkbug” is not what this one is really called. That is just its nickname around here because when you kill one (yes, that sounds just bad when you type it) they smell like sour green apple.
Ok, thats all I got.
~mary~
Mary-I love your random posts! The pic of you and Talby in the car is my favorite. And isn’t that a Stinkbug??
~mary~
Kimberlee J.-That pancake king apron cracks me up!
Juli -I love the picture of you & Talby in the car-so Norman Rockwell. My 9 yr old has been pouring over the AG catalog too.
Keri @ Keri's Korner-I just love your pics. Even though they are random, they are great!!
Suzanne Speight-Can I just say that I love Waffle? I have even shown him to my husband, and sometimes I will see a dog that resembles him and yell, “Look, there goes a Waffle!” What kind of dog is he and does he shed? (I’m sure you answer this a lot, sorry)
Sarah -I used to do just what Talby and Annie are doing – I’d look through the American Girl catalog for hours! My friends and I would pretend we were the girls in the catalog – oh the memories! It’s good to see little girls haven’t changed all that much!
Crystal-Random is my favorite! How cool is it that Craig is “man enough” to sport that apron!! lol Have a great day!!!
Holly-How do you get your husband to wear an apron? Mine just won’t. Great pics.
Tracy-LOL those are GREAT every day photos and Random is always interesting! Have a great day and a great weekend, Meg! :O) xoxoxo
Liza -Aloha – The bug Sean found is called a Wheel Bug. Visit Whatsthatbug.com for great info on all sorts of winged, crawly and creepy things.
Happy random time from the land of Aloha ~
Julie-Random is where the good stuff of life is ~ it’s the not planned, just living stuff. Like it!
Jenni Carlisle-I {heart} random. Love your porch pumpkin patch. We use to have the plates your Hubs is holding in the last pic. How’s that for random? Have a fab weekend!
Taking Heart-I love random little notes in between the random photos… very… random.
Have a great weekend!!!
annie was talking to me about the days of the week. she said "what comes after saturday? another saturday?" i said "no…each day only happens one time each week" and she said "but the song i gotta feelin' says…friday, saturday, saturday and sunday"
Courtney Walsh-I’ve been under a crazy deadline.
I missed your blog. 🙂
Trina McNeilly-I love you’re blog for posts like this…. all that pattern… yummy food, funny bits, etc. etc. hope you hare having a great wed. xoxoxo
Tracy Fisher -Funny you should mention “rock”… IF you have time, go to my website and look at the “reasons for rocks” entry @ http://www.tfisherart.com. I wish you could be at my party this Friday! I would love to paint you a rainbow rock someday. But maybe you’d rather have a good luck rock… or a rock of faith… or something that is just your own. Or maybe you could use this idea for one of your craft days with your own kids. My kids love to paint rocks! Happy Wednesday… may all of your wishes come true!! Tracy
Lisa -I love that your daughter knows that song!! My kids love to dance and listen to it! Also, I LOVE LOVE LOVE cheesecake!
Mary -I’ve been thinking about that cheesecake since the day you posted the recipe. I decided I would indulge myself and make it when I graduated from Graduate school. Well, I graduated in August and didn’t make it until today because I forgot! So, I’m glad you reminded me! And let me say…OH.MY.WORD. that was absolutely delicious! 😀
Thanks for the reminder and tell Pam thanks for the recipe!!!!
Lin -Don’t let the mean and negative people drag you down. I love your blog. Your photos make me feel better when the mean and negative people drag me down. Thanks Meg.
Lisa-Pretty cool post! Want, no…NEED that cheesecake. Yummy!
Tanya @ Life in 3D-Your toes are cute…
DON’t go camping…EVER…
I love all the patterns and the cuppa beside you…
Is that whipped cream on top of that cheesecake..for shiz?? I want it…NOW!
Amber Pamper-Such a cute pic of your bible studying!!! <3
jennifer-Well, the way I see it, you cancelled out the meanie with this cute and positive post. That cheesecake looks divine!!! Love the orange polish.
Nicolle W.-I love your blog. You ALWAYS put a smile on my face. Keep doing what you are doing. You inspire me and so do your photos.
Mean people are just useless. Go away!
Rach-The picture on the couch looks so comfy. Makes me just want to curl up with a good book and a nice hot chocolate and do nothing.
Kelly-I *want* that cheesecake! My toenails are orange too and it’s making me really happy. 🙂 Kelly
Lucylu ~-Hello Meg,
Hey this is so the same on Saturday – Sunday we celebrated Jakes 14th birthday and we had cheesecake made by my mom and since i saw pumpkin in your blog post i would like to tell you we had pumpkin pie too.
*Lucylu*
april@gingerbreadgirlblog -I want some of that cheesecake!!! OOHHH MMMYYY!!!!!
alyssa-“the black-eyed peas are messing with her mind”
got a good chuckle out of that one.
Sara -Hi Meg, hope you are doing ok!!! Sometimes mean people just need a big hug. 🙂 It always throws them for a loop. ha ha. And it helps them snap out of it…
Lindsey-Cheesecake, yum.
Coffee, yum.
Nail color, awesome (do you know the brand/color name?)
All those colors and patterns, fun.
Brooke-WOw, I guess I didn’t realize that I had been reading your blog faithfully for so long….U2 seems so recent. In fact, whenever I think of a concert I want to go to, I think of U2…we were in Rome and they play at this beautiful place here. WE missed it by days….and I was so bummed!!
Hope all is well with you. I had a mean, not positive person experience today too..>BOO!
Valerie @ Chateau A La Mode-Hi Meg, love that you have campfires at home. I totally get what you mean about “almost” makes you want to go camping. I think about camping too and I “almost” want to go until I remember what camping is all about 😉
Courtney-Oh first off your blog makes me HAPPY! I was laughing out loud when I saw that you write in your bible as well. ha My grandmother always shakes her head when I open my bible with scribbles in it. I think it is the generation thing, right!?
Oh and the cheesecake you could send it to me I am not that far away!
*On another note I tried finding information regarding 31 bits and hosting a party, I couldn’t find anything. Will you email me please. Thanks!
Lisa -I’m with Annie…two Saturdays sounds just right to me!
Sarah@Clover Lane-If someone said something mean or negative to you, I will come and beat them up. (Except I probably will not be very good at that since I don’t workout regularly, or even sporadically. But it’s the thought that counts right?)
And you know how I feel about meanies and grouchies and jerkies.
And that pumpkin pie looks so good and that Annie is SO cute. The Black-eyes Peas mess with my mind too, because I swear every week we have two Saturdays around here.
traci in virginia -So glad you posted the SNL skit. I am home alone for a few minutes and it made me laugh out loud! Pretty Cool actually!!!
I made homemade cupcakes last night with homemade chocolate buttercream icing…I did eat the batter out of the bowl!!! So cheers to dessert batter out of a glass! 🙂
(Despite the fact that I am supposed to be counting points for Weight Watchers…oops)
Thanks for adding some happy to my day! No mean and negative here!!!
Kasey-Amen on the mean and negative people. They seem to be everywhere on Facebook lately. What a drag… But nothing that a large piece of cheesecake can’t fix, right? 🙂
Staci -Oh man you are sooo right about negative people!!! STAY AWAY DOWNERS!!!!!!!!! And um, YUM about the cheesecake….you KNOW I have to make that 🙂 My Mom’s birthday is this weekend…I’m thinking it’s perfect timing 🙂 And that Annie, once again….LOVE HER!!!!!!!!!
Dana D@BoysMyJoys-Mean & negative people are exhausting! 🙁
Cheesecake=YUM!
“Like…COOL”
Trish-oh.my.word. that cheesecake looks divine (i like to say divine it makes me feel sophisticated :)) Love your patterns… I am a pattern girl myself!
Just blast some U2 on your iPod and dance barefoot with your orange toes!
Lora-I, too, am sick of negativity! I will be positive, I will be positive, I will look on the bright side! and be thankful for this life we’re living! 🙂
elma riedstra -Yummmy cheesecake!! Negative people ugghh you for sure don’t need them in your life:) Have a wonderful day!!!
Laura Phelps-I LOVE ANNIE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
and I just got the girls polka dotted bedding and thought of you 🙂
and I finally mailed your birthday card yesterday
Cari -You could use a little rock today, huh? I live in Little Rock. LR would welcome you. Ha! That cheesecake. Oh, that cheesecake. Must. Make. It. Now…. 🙂
Becky @ Farmgirl Paints-i love pattern too…we’re cool like that. now why in the world did you have to show that cheesecake?? unbelievable!
Heather R. -Fudge stripe cookie crust…hurt me! I’m going to have to try that one! I’d be confused about the days of the week, too. Ha!
Kimberly-I love your pattern pic 🙂 AND, I love that you took your kids to U2. Will you adopt me and my gaggle? Pretty please?
Kylie -I just wanted to let you know that Target has polka dot cardigans! One is black with white polka dots, and the other a mauve color with white polka dots. I was there on Sunday, and they were on sale for $15. They are the Merona brand.
Tracy-mmmmm that cheesecake makes me want to blow the diet that I just decided to start like a 1/2 hour ago….I could always start after the cheesecake…right?
Mean people stink…I am on a mission to rid my life of mean people…or at least not let them affect me so much.
Hope you have a happy day…eat some cheesecake ; )
julia-Aw, come on, who’s being mean and negative???
I like your socks.
Amber Ferrier -That cheesecake seriously just did something to me…I have to have it now!
Holly-Wow, that post was “Pretty Cool”. I could sure eat me some cheescake
Kat -Oh my kids just love that black eyed peas song atm, so I had to smile at what Annie said.
Mm, cheesecake!!!!!
Hope you find more positive and happy people to surround you than negative and mean ones for the rest of the week.
Peta -Oh how i heart your cake stand. And I could drink up some that batter too. Might just have to make one this week … Have a good day!
Gemma-Hi Meg!
I love your random posts and seeing what you’ve been up to..they’re my favourite!
Yummy Cheese Cake…lovely nails. Seeing that bonfire makes me want to do one this weekend…with s’mores : )
Gemma x
Keri ~ Forever Folding Laundry-I could dive right into that cheesecake right now. Seriously.
{That’s how I know I’ve stayed up too late – I start getting hungry again.} And I’d take that cup of coffee, too.
Love the orange. My toes are Halloween purple. 🙂
and mama is going a little crazy. just as i was getting used to the alone time…here they are again. till monday. so crazy.
i tried really hard to be calm, nice and not crabby.
i will try harder today.
while i let them watch 3 hours of morning tv….i took a bath. and dreamt of all the things i would get from the pottery barn catalog if they called me up and said i could have whatever i wanted for free. here are my top four:
of course the furniture is beautiful but i am not ready to dream about that right now.
i spray painted.
annie made herself a pb&j. she asked for my help but i was taking the picture. i said "i know you can do it….show me"
she didn't like hearing that.
sean made mac-n-cheese for himself and talby and annie.
take one. take two. (not sure what that big knot at the top is…)
waffle is so stinky. i thought my pumpkin was rotten….but it was the dog too close to me. i think he needs a bath today.
i paid my kids to pick up the walnuts in the yard. that's what those are….they are like big golf balls all over the yard. "broken ankle any minute" is what i always think. and they are messy and gross. they got a whole trash can full. hundreds.
i paid them in ice cream. 🙂 they were thrilled.
mmmm…..mcflurries.
then we ate them at the park. which meant that dinner was not made. but fresh air was so good for my mood. what a difference!
what a bunch of goofballs i have around here.
i WILL be more patient today. i WILL leave the computer closed. i WILL look them in the eyes. i WILL read, play and interact. i WILL hug and laugh and engage. i WILL.
keylogger Mac-Walnuts are crazy!!! I would never have know what was in those weird green blobs. How in the world do you even get them out.
new balance-We cannot always build the future for our youth , but we can build our youth for the future .
natalie k -loved your post. there was lots i loved, but the tippy top of my list is how real you are. thanks for being genuine and admitting the funky stuff. you’re the tops, meg!
karen -i have those walnuts too!! and hundreds of squirrels to go with them! Love the chandelier!
Dana@Strawberrytart!-I love this post. Love the things from Pottery Barn, but I am so loving your purse! Love love love!
Prettynicelife.wordpress.com-You’re my hero — but I think you live in a time vortex where the days are longer! 🙂 I wish I had the energy or initiative to take on all your projects (not to mention manage to photograph my days!).
Now I’ll go play with my daughter without the TV — she’d thank you if she could.
amy tibbs-Your final words spoke to me today…home with a sick little one and it is really easy to sit on the computer and let her watch the tube, but I am going to engage and involve. In 20 minutes, I swear.
Also, FINALLY found the ruffle cardigans at my Target. Con: Couldn’t find them the past two weeks because I have been with the kids and unable to look at clothes. Pro: took so long to find it that it was on clearance. Whoo!
Julie-Walnuts are crazy!!! I would never have know what was in those weird green blobs. How in the world do you even get them out.
God’s creativity is amazing and funny sometimes.
valerie @ chateau a la mode-I am amazed at how good you look when you spray paint. I must change my clothes, not because I want to, but because I’m a mess. Last time I got my haircut…my hairstylist asked what I’d been painting because I had paint all down the side of my hair and I didn’t even know it…heehee.
Fun post!
Becky @ Farmgirl Paints-oh girl i just love ya. you are so real and honest. i mantra those things to myself all the time. love that you paid them in ice cream. love that you took a bath while they watched tv and you dreamed of pottery barn. that chandie was gorgeous. at the end of next week i’ll have my girls all day again too. funny how you get sooo used to all the me time and it takes a bit to switch back.
Kate @ Songs Kate Sang-1st of all, I see a Dunder Mifflin coffee cup ~ rock on!
2ndly, your makeup looks awesome!
Thank you for the encouragement… me too.
amy jupin-i hear ya about engaging with the kiddos…john is away all week and i feel like i’m in survival mode. cook, clean up, wash, clean up, etc. i am definitely not engaging much. and we are all suffering! i must change that!
i am drooling over the same things from pb. they slay me with all that gorgeous mercury glass and those new chandys!!
you look beautiful by the way. love the yellow polkadots headband and your new comfy boots!!
Nichole-I’ve been wondering: What kind of spray paint do you use?
Georgia-Mc Flurries are Yummmmmmmy!!!
My grandparents have Walnut tree’s in there garden in France! – i always tell them they should bag them up as Xmas gifts for people, in a nice bag/box with some ribbon tied round, would be really nuice touch i think 🙂
Also, why are you spray painting in your new clothes?! i would be so worried i would ruin them, you look like a very stylish mama i think! 🙂
xxx
kristy-This made me laugh. I think we’re leading parallel lives. And thoughts.
THIS POST improved my mood. Thank you.
Kacey-I love your “life as Meg” posts. It’s so fun to sit here and take a peek into your colorful life.
Krista -You are so brave to spray paint with such nice clothes and boots on! I am so messy when I do projects! I just got that PB catalog yesterday, drool-worthy for sure! I can’t believe your kids are off school already. Good Luck!
Natalia Simmons-OH man, can I relate! I only have two and I feel it. I love the blog!!
Dana Banana -Our kids are off here tomorrow and I am already thinking to myself…”What am I going to do with them?” Hope your LONG weekend goes by quickly and quietly!
virginia -nice skinny jeans! and i love your headband. too cute
Christa -haha that’s funny! Our parents used to pay us to pick up walnuts, too! Although we only got 50 cents per 5-gallon bucket. I think I would have LOVED ice cream a lot more. 🙂
tara pollard pakosta -and take lots of pictures of your days, that always makes it go by happier!!!! love this post!
tara
Juli -Ack! You are spray painting in GOOD clothes!
Waffles feet…oh.my.word. I don’t care how smelly…seriously adorable.
Walnuts cleared up, see? There ARE perks to having the kids home!
Laura Phelps-It is all so hard, isn’t it?
if I help you around the house, will you pay me in margaritas?
Melanie-You look adorable and I love the pictures:)
Leslie Blair -do you ever come to kansas city to do family photo shoots or maybe even Lawrence?
Janine -All I could think was – she was spray painting in her good clothes and new boots! I put on the rattiest pajamas and socks to spray paint and paint in. I don’t care what the neighbors think! Great pictures!
shauna-super good picture of you!
don’t you just wonder how you did it all summer?
i mean by next summer you will probably be ready again, but now?
in OCtober?
I LOVE being with my kids. really. but all of them all day?
it’s headspinning.
and i only have three 🙂
i think mine may be too coughy for school today.
i WILL use your list.
Heather R. -Oh…And Donna’s comment is RIGHT…You need a book published!!! Lots of pics. 🙂
Heather R. -I need to pep talk myself. Your makeup is looking fab lately…FYI. Happy Fall!
Rebekah-We have two walnut trees in our yard and I know EXACTLY what you mean about the broken ankle. When my daughter was smaller she couldn’t even walk around the yard in the fall without tripping continually over walnuts. Do you ever use them? I feel dumb buying nuts at the store at $3/lb when my backyard is paved with them, but it’s such a pain to actually get to the nut. I keep thinking that if I were more industrious I would be using them instead of just feeding all the squirrels in a 2-block radius.
Suzanne -Meg, you even look adorable spray painting. Are those your new boots? They are so cute!
tasha roe-I am all about bribing my kids too! A little positive reinforcement. 😉
A bath sounds dreamy right now.
Whatcha’ spray painting? I am addicted to it. If someone stopped by unexpected they would probably think I’m huffing in my basement. lol
Suzette-love this Meg! Especially the list at the end~
Anna Marie-Sometimes the Conservation Department wants those walnuts (not sure what for). One year they paid my younger siblings for them. Not a ton of money but to the kids it was. You might want to check them out.
donna-I am telling you – you need to write a book ~ just about daily stuff! We are ALL so taken with your blog and your everyday ordinary stuff. You have a way with words and you help motivate me! Get on that book! Oh – lots of pictures in the book please.
katie-love that i’m not the only one who spray paints in whatever clothes i have on (instead of changing into paint clothes). i loved this post.
Gemma-You look so cute!
Enjoy your time with them : )
Gemma x
amy nicholl -I need to know where you got your red handbag!!! I love it!
jennifer-My kids are off all next week. And we’re moving in the middle of the week. Good times!
I love your sweater and can’t wait to see the finished pictures of whatever that is that you are painting. You will definitely need to share what color it is. And your Dunder Mifflin mug made me laugh!
`Kelly-My kids have today & tomorrow off too. This time it’s for P/T conferences.(we do year-round school so it’s already time for these!) Last week they had Thursday & Friday off for a state-wide inservice thing. Last week I let them just be. No plans, no real structure. It was fun but made me crazy. Today there’s a plan. Enjoy the time with your kids!
Dana@Bungalow'56-All I kept thinking while reading the post was… wow she sure wears nice clothes to spray paint. I tried to shake it but it just kept niggling at me. If you’ve got the grumpies because of the monthly’s my sister who gets them bad just called me yesterday and swears by a new concoction she’s on. 1600 mg of calcium in 400 mg increments (thats all your body can absorb at a time) and an extract, which I forget the name of. I’ll add it on later today. If its not because of this, then I guess the McFlurry would be a good place to start. How can you not be in a good mood with one of those in your hands?
Dana
Julia-About the kids being off from school-as my husband says -what now?
About your Pottery Barn shopping… It sounds like your doing my kind of shopping – your not looking at the furniture because you’re being “realistic”. Go crazy! Play pretend with the furniture!
carols -oops, meant to say lamp shades from Target and it was a cheap way for a fresh look.
carols -Well since your computer is closed you won’t see this till Friday, but…fun picures, and that is either a really good angle of you or you have lost weight! Maybe both. Funny, if that is a lazy day at your house, you should see it around here. I just got new drum shades in a sort of light textured beige fabric (don’t know what it is) for existing lamps this week and it feels fresher. Enjoy having the kids and the gorgeous fall weather, you’re an amazing mom.
Sara @ It's Good to be Queen-love your pottery barn pics, i’d pick those too. i especially love that mercury glass lamp paired with the burlap shade. so so pretty. hope you have a great day with your kids today!
Kirsten P -Our local school got new playground equipment after a year long renovation. It looks exactly like the equipment at your park – except ours is royal blue and bright yellow. Do you also have shredded tires on the ground? (In case anyone is interested the equipment is called Evos Playsystem by landscape structures.)
Amy Lynne-Good luck! I hope you all have a good day.
MichelleLKent-We all have days like that….At the end of the day they know that Mum loves them..here’s hoping to abetter day tomorrow…
Susan -You have boots on while spray painting.I wish Vegas was cold enough for boots but i am still in shorts.I check your blog every night before i go to bed.Night Night !!
Nikki-Why are they off of school?
I love your top 4 from pottery barn… just beautiful.
when i was sitting in my empty kitchen surrounded by dishes, laundry & dirty counter tops. in my sweats. and no one to distract me….it was Q U I E T….
those were my thoughts.
but i KNOW for a fact that:
*35 is not old. *my house can be messy while also being a good wife and mama. *i can lounge if feel like it…it's ok to just BE. *i have kids to do the laundry. *i can have lunch with my girlfriends and i will every chance i get. *i can go back to bed after i drop kids at school if i am tired.
what i am trying to say is….. i am excited for this new chapter! and i can make it anything i want it to be…i think.
today i just have a couple random pics for you. none having anything to do with the other.
yum.
how many dirty socks can you find in your kitchen?
love this….i have no idea why.
i have been painting…..
i could watch this show all day long.
when we went to bed there were 28 oil pastels in this box. when we woke up….there were none. i guess they taste good to dogs. i had no idea.
i got to meet another awesome blogger Lori. she was in town and dropped off some vitamins for africa to me. go check her out.
Christina-I am wondering about your dogs?! And…did it affect them, if you know what I mean. 🙂 Goodness!
Do you paint inside your house? And the fumes are fine? Just curious. 🙂
tasha roe-ahhhhh the gun show. 😉 When hubby and i first started dating he worked construction. yum! that’s all i can say about that. lol
Nike Shox NZ-You are right. I am agree with you. Your blog lead people to right direction. After reading your blog I konw much thing ,For example I konw how to get well to other peoples,and now I have a lot of good friends and we help each other ,thank you very much …….
Mary Beth-The BEST thing about the empty house is THE GOING BACK TO BED!!!! No guilt. You earned it back in the newborn daze. 🙂
Rach-I need to remind myself of this much more often…
*my house can be messy while also being a good wife and mama.
Thanks. 🙂
karen -The SOCKS! Thank you for showing that! I have socks too…my husband takes part in that too! sigh!
Lisa -I love reading your blog and rarely comment for some reason. I’ll try to not remain a “lurker”! 🙂 Now this has nothing to do with your post (although I also totally related to the sock picture!)
I was making my husband watch a youtube video of Beth Moore cause I think she is a gifted teacher/speaker and we watched a promo video that her ministry put together. Anyway, I could have sworn I saw you in the audience! hahaha Its probably not you but to someone who only sees pictures of you on your blog and doesn’t know you in real life, it looked a lot like you! Here’s the link just in case you want to look. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o2qyvsly2Cw
Back to your post… I am also looking forward to the days of all kids in school. I think I will exercise more when that happens! 🙂
linda -he is going to poop you a rainbow!!! what a sweet dog…i am sure he was thinking of you and how much you love anything rainbow…and knew you would love the end result! your blog is one of the highlights of my day!! 🙂
Laura-you have a new craft for Thursday..dog crap art!
Ashlee -Great post! Love the oil pastel mystery. Hope your dog doesn’t yak. By the way, we tried your chicken and biscuits last night. Yum! Yum!
Katie -We actually have a laundry basket in the kitchen! Even though all the bedrooms are upstairs we have a ton of clothes on the main floor! Little ones:)We did the birdhouse project today…lots of fun for my 6, 4 and 2 year old!
Georgia-HA – cant believe waffle ate the pastels! silly dog! lol
Amy G -You are absolutely WONDERFUL!!!!! Things for making me happy!
linda lou -you can sent that guy to my place i’ve got lots of windows to look out at him (: (:………..and its ok to go back to bed after the kids are gone, i’m still doing it (: blessings,
Shelly DeBoer-Oh Meg…. thank you for posting all the dirty socks found in the kitchen. I always swear that is going to be the death of me… I am always thinking “seriously, how many pairs of socks do we wear? and why do they never ever get thrown down the chute instead of left to lie in every room?” Drives me CRAZY! Reading all the posts makes me feel like maybe this is simply NORMAL after all… LOL
Your posts are always sunshine in my day!!
Courtney Walsh-I want that coffee mug! How cute is that??
and what is with the dirty socks?? I have been finding them everywhere!!!
Iris Brown -I am so hooked on your blog! I stumbled upon you from jones design I think and I am in love. Your like the funny, real, girlfriend and mother I’ve always wanted and now can appreciate through your thoughts and pics through your wonderful blog. You crack me up with the pastels and the gun show with your hubby! Please keep this blog up and I wish you could live closer to me. You should uproot and move to MN 🙂 Have a great day!!!
Sandee -Oh my gosh.. I’m so glad I’m not the only one that finds that many straggler socks in the kitchen and all over the house for that matter… Can’t wait to see the finished product of what you’re painting!
Lovin’ all your thoughts on being 35 now.. I’m turning 35 in a week and half!
Flower Patch Farmgirl-I totally understood what you said yesterday and I understand today, too. Last night I oddly thought of you…I thought, I wonder if she’ll ever just go back to bed? (Can you tell I’m in those years where “that time” feels a million miles away and I’m just Tired??) So, thank you for answering my unasked question. If you ever really miss the mayhem, I’ll give you my digits and we can conference you in. Delightful back-ground noise!
Brook-Ugh the socks!! I am ALWAYS picking up socks. So glad I’m not the only one with socks strewn all over. Can’t wait to see what the dresser looks like finished.
Erin Darlage-Wowzers! All men should own a navy blue cut-off and a jack hammer.
Marie Tere -You know Meg….I like you for just the way you are. I hope you don’t feel like you have to explain what you mean…justify your thoughts. It is YOU! And that’s why I like you!
BULLYMAMA3 -I love your past few posts…I have been thru those exact same feelings…my youngest started K the same fall that I turned 40…I can so relate to what you are feeling and I love how honestly you have summed it up. It is okay to just “be” sometimes and that may be one of the best ways to recharge our mom selves. Even though my kids are gone in school all day there is so much to deal with when they get home…it is important to be ready for that!! Somedays it is projects, to do lists and excercise, somedays it is time w/friends and sometimes it is just “being” that does that. Thank you for your wonderful blog, it often times helps me thru my day.
Heather-If that went into the dog – what colour will it be when it comes out? Could be interesting.
Sandy -We are in the early stages of painting our kitchen cabinets. Our thought is we’d like to paint the hinges rather than buying new, but wondered if the paint would make them inoperable (kinda like painting a window shut). I noticed the hinges on the doors you are painting. Is it ok to paint them? I’d love to hear an opinion from the “pro painter”. Thanks!
jennifer-Oh my goodness! I thought I was the only one who had a dirty sock collection in my kitchen. One of my kids pulls them off and sets them on the counter. Lovely!
Jenny-I love the sock picture…it reminds me of my house. =)
Sara @ It's Good to be Queen-Is all that painting for your dining room??? can’t wait to see it! i love that pic of your kids too. that’s happy stuff. and i think i need to rent a jack hammer and make my husband jack hammer something…
aimee-the oil pastels… i am choking over my coffee…
julia-You have such a happy and colorful home – even your dog has colorful poops.
Kimberlee J.-You’re giving me the “it’s not you, it’s me” routine? I invented “it’s not you, it’s me”. Nobody tells me it’s them not me, if it’s anybody it’s me.-George.
Yeah for lunch dates!!!!!!!
And husbands who show their muscles!
And kids who put away their socks…it’s probably more likely that Waffle will eat them, but it could happen.
angela carter-i am so wishing i could do all those things after dropping my kids off at school….i however took the route of getting a pt job while they are at school, which i love, but darn it some days i just want to drop them off and crawl back into bed! enjoy
Karen Lehmann-I love that you are painting that dresser in your house because right this minute I am painting a dresser and several chairs in my dining room! You make me feel normal…or less lazy than I think I am when I am doing something the “wrong” way again…
Michelle Whitlow-I think you’re going to have a colorful yard pretty soon!!!
And, umm, I think I need to get my husband a jackhammer 😉
Becky @ Farmgirl Paints-So glad you are enjoying the new chapter. I am too. Why is it that I have more time and less gets done?? Still trying to figure that one out:)
becky@oursweetpeas-For you it is dirty socks and for me it is hot wheels cars. I counted 20 after just cleaning my family room. 🙂 We are about the same age (turned 34 in june) but at different stages of this parenting thing. Right now grown up time is close to non-existant with twin 3 year olds and an almost 3 month old. I love reading your blog and as I think I said before, (sadly, I cannot remember if I have commented before) I love the fun you have being a Mom to your kids. I too try to get sucked into their little world as often as possible. 🙂
Lori-Forgot to add that I hope your day is EXACTLY what you want it to be.
Lori-Whoasie – impressive…and I think you know what I’m referring to. Also, I LOVE the coffee cup. Where did you find it?
Phoenix_Rising-Rainbow colored dog poo thanks to pastels! You will do anything to find more rainbow colored items, won’t you?! 😉
carolyn -it drives me crazy when socks are inside-out. i hate sticking my hand in and fixing them…
Amy -I am so glad to see you have dirty socks in the kitchen! I probably have that many in my family room right now!! It is the first place my kids take off their shoes and socks after school and I don’t always get them picked up everyday!!
Amy Lynne-That pile of socks looks so familiar…are you sure you didn’t sneak out to CA again? I have to tell my boys they need to put their sock colonies in the laundry room all the time!
the leonard 4-hi meg…i emailed you a 1.5 or 2 weeks ago to get the address so my family can send some vitamins, but thought it might have gone to spam since i haven’t heard from you. so, i thought i’d try the comment route. please email me when you have a minute! 🙂
p.s. love this post!
Melanie-I guess people were worried about you but I understand what you were saying. Just enjoy this new phase in your life. The day will fly by so fast you won’t know what happened.
shelly-Oooooh a free gun show, nothin better 😉
I was Just yelling…ummm…politely asking WHY we had so many socks in the kitchen! They’re like one room from the laundry room…really?!?…Really?!?
donna-you are soooooo funny – watching that show all day long – that cracks me up. i would be watching that show too ~ your hubby is HOT……..but then again – you are such a doll, you make a cute cute couple 🙂 by the way Meg – 35 is not bad, it’s 40 that got me – lost my 20/20 vision, my waistline and my patience!!! have a wonderful day 🙂
paige-i absolutely love that everytime i swing by here
i open up a blog written by a real woman
a gorgeous woman
raising a real family
(apparantly married to a hottie or at least appreciate a hottie workman)
who loves the Lord
& who keeps it real
i love that
you rock meg . you just do.
april@gingerbreadgirl -Im wondering where your newly painted furniture is going….love it
Grace-Love the header photo—very vibrant!
The photo with the socks—we are living the same life, only yours is multiplied since you have more children. But everywhere my son goes, there are socks on the floor. 🙂
Lisa-Yummy…and I’m not talking about the coffee or the oil pastels. 😉
We had a similar incident with oil pastels, and then we were scooping rainbows from the yard for the next couple of days(sorry if that’s a little crass – but it was pretty funny at the time).
i can't believe those long legs are annie's. she needs to quit growing up!
sean asked me at walmart "do you think this weighs as much as a human head?"
in the car on the way to school the kids were talking about putting the cat in the file cabinet. and how the cat didn't like it. (really? shocking!)
scott said "i would go crazy if i got stuck in a drawer….i am so claustrophobic!"
and sean yells "YOU AREN'T ALLERGIC TO MILK!"
waffle had to go to the vet. boring. annie drew murals on the marker board.
this was one of my four pictures in cali. another one is just like it. that's amy in the background taking pictures of something else. i wish i could make a whole mosaic wall somewhere….for real.
AND that's all i got.
i am so tired. can't quite kick it yet….the cold and catching up from staying up all night the day we flew home. and the laundry that awaited my arrival. and the empty refridgerator. and the GRAY skies today.
i am going back to bed…for a little while. this is me.
Kelly-Oh that first photo makes me miss color days in kindergarten from when I was teaching. I’d try to find out the color & dress in it too and then find songs for each color that we could do in music class.
Sean’s watermelon question cracks me up.
I hope you get good rest and feel so much better. I can relate. I have *not* been able to fall asleep this week. I just lay there and lay there, ugghh . . . then I’m a tired mess the next morning. blech . . . God answered prayers for a better night sleep last night. Praise Him!
Oh and the mosaic. You *could*! It would be wonderful. Dare you . . . 🙂 Kelly
Mindy Harris-hope you feel better once and for all, darlin’.
i would love to mosaic our fireplace but i have NO idea where to start. i love the mirror in your half bath–with the birds.
Dianne Avery-I was really into mosaic furniture in the 80’s. Don’t start, it’s addicting!!
Heather R. -When is daylight savings time?! I need an hour somewhere. I love the clip and Annie’s mural. 🙂
kathy b-It’s so nice of you to post photos for our enjoyment even though you don’t feel that great!
Kathy b
Christina-Love, love the kids’ comments. 🙂
I think that one day you will, indeed, do an entire mosaic wall. Please show us when you’re done, okay?
Julianne Brimner -Okay the claustrophobic cracked me up because it reminds me of another story. One of my friends owns a vacation cabin in the woods where there are lots of places to explore, including caves. Her son told his aunt, “Mom, can’t go in the caves because she’s lactose intolerant”. Thought you’d enjoy the flip side.
meaghan-oh my gosh! hahahahaha! love tommy boy hahahahaha!
Janie Fox -Love the claustrophobic… you are not allergic to milk. I truly laughed out loud. I miss the days when my kids were driving me crazy… well sometimes! haha!!
Jennifer-Look on the bright side, an empty fridge might be a good time to wipe it down with a hot, soapy washcloth. Oh no. I sound like my mother. 🙂 I hope you feel better soon. You are too cool to be sick!
Kori -during your stay in cali i was moving away from cali! i was born and raised in orange county (huntington beach), but needed a change…so here we are in spokane, wa. so far so good…loving the weather. anyway, i read amy’s blog and got a little sad at the pics she had of all ‘my’ places. i had to laugh when shopping at the spectrum was mentioned-went there a lot as right before our move we lived in irvine. did you hit up fashion island? south coast plaza? the antique shops in capistrano? i hope so. ok, take it easy and get some much needed rest….zzzzzzzzzzzz
😉
Charlene@Adventures-In-Mommy-Land-I love that you take pictures in Walmart LOL! Who does that ?? I should start whipping out my camera in Walmart too, people would probably duck and cover thinking they were about to be posted on those “people of walmart” sites hehehe!
Feel Better!!
Kristy -I wish my Charlie could meet that Annie. He’s also in Kindergarten and loves his chuck taylors with patterned socks pulled way up….or his cowboy boots with shorts depending on his mood 🙂 He’s just yummy! One more song for your ipod when you are back to running – “Freedom” by George Michael. Great for cleaning house too. Feel better mama! 🙂
Valerie@chateaualamode-I love that you can make a post on your blog like an episode of Seinfield…it’s really about nothing, but you make it into something fun! Hope you feel better soon!
mandy friend-I love your blog and your randomness. And I love that your house always sounds as chaotic as mine!
pam-I’ve got a grand wall on my front porch where you can do your mosaic. :o)
kristin -I freaking love your video clips!
Lisa -That is one of my favorite scenes from Tommy Boy! Too funny!!!
julia-The best thing for you is sleep – don’t feel guilty about it.
That mosaic wall is great. Maybe Annie could come over and go through my closet for me – I need some pizzaz!
shelly-Ok–I’m going to have to break out the Tommy Boy now! Kids crack me up–and yes they grow to fast :/
Love mosaics—I have a mirror just waiting for some tiley goodness!
Get rested up–hope you feel better soon 🙂
purejoy-making the mosaic i’m afraid would not be nearly as much fun as the smashing part…
i seriously love the way your kids think. a watermelon head and then debating why the cat didn’t like being in the file cabinet. and having the freedom to make wall art on a dry erase board.
i wish you’d adopt me.
think of how colorful my life would be!
Sugar Mama-I love the red converse. I want to get a pair… haven’t decided on the color. Have you seen all of the cool new autumn colored converse?!
and i love your dog. i pulled up your blog the other night to show Sugar Daddy and my kids a pic of your dog, because i want one just like him. could you please clone your dog for me? ;o)
enjoy your sleep. and the gray sky.
jennifer-Love that clip! Really needed that laugh this morning.
Go back to sleep and get well soon!
Michelle Whitlow-I have to tell you, that’s one of my favorite lines out of that movie!!! Whenever my kids are in their rooms with the door shut I’ll knock on the door and say ‘housekeeping!!’ hehe
amy jupin-i’m with ya meg. me need sleepy. FOR THE LOVE OF GOD!
angie -Thanks for the laugh, heavy heart today…no housekeeping!
Gemma @ Musings of a gem-It’s the worst when your jet lagged and ill..hope you’re better soon!!
Gemma x
visart-dali.com-Red day! Awesome idea, why we don’t have that?
Kimberlee J.-Me sleepy, too. No housekeeping today. 🙂
Trish-love tommy boy. thanks for the laugh. i felt the same way today, blah. how come when we have to go somewhere the kids are super hard to get out of bed, but when we nothing to do… they are out of bed earlier then they need to be? i will never understand that!
Amanda -Hilarious! go back to sleep… all the kids are in school! Yay!! (lucky)
i took these pictures a month ago. a storm that was so eery as it blew in really quickly. the clouds felt so low and dark. creepy. _________________________________________________________________________________________________
* i opened the drawer yesterday where we keep our toilet paper and it had nothing in it but baseballs.
* i saw a woman at walmart yesterday wearing a t-shirt that said "I TWITTER NAKED" it was wrong on so many levels.
* not only did i EAT at a walmart mcdonalds….i used the bathroom at walmart too. i felt like i needed a Germ-X bath when i got home.
* yesterday i was at my childrens' sports practices, game and school way too many times.
* when i was running yesterday i was dying for it to rain so i could quit.
* it didn't.
* oh that same run….three squirrels were playing chase and ran RIGHT in front of me…like within a foot. i screamed like a girl and leaped in the air all goofy. embarrassing.
which bring me to my last request….. MUSIC for work outs.
i am so bored of my playlists on my iPod. i want to know your favorite songs you like to listen to when you workout. don't worry about offending me with your choices….i like rap. i like rock. i like pop. i have all of that. i want a song with a serious beat. i want to know your REAL favorites.
(but my current favorite is Ke$ha….Your Love is My Drug)
susan -believe or not …sugar sugar by the archies :0 its just fun
Anne-Marie -I’m a runner too. I need music to give me a good butt-kicking. Here’s just a few.
INXS (80s is my era)
U2-lots of old&new. “No Line on the Horizon” is great!
Gavin DeGraw- “I Don’t Want to Be” & “In Love With a Girl”
Paramore
Nickelback
Train- “Hey, Soul Sister” & “If It’s Love”
Maroon 5
You can also download Pod-runner to your Ipod. All heavy beat.
Happy Workout!
AM from CT
Andrea -I don’t see any of these above, so…
One Hot Momma – Trace Adkins
Undo it – Carrie Underwood
The way you make me feel – Michael Jackson
Caron-Try Podrunner on iTunes. Free downloads with music that won’t distract you from your pace, it’s good for training and trying to step up a notch. The music is catagorized in beats per minutes to help you stay focused. It’s maybe not for everyone, but it is helpful. I used it in a marathon to keep my pace steady. One earphone in, one out for safety!
Re -‘Jealous of My Boogie’ by RuPaul!!
Caron-A year ago, I quit listening to music while I run. One song I loved for the pace that no one has mentioned is Baby Got Back by Sir Mix-a-lot. That’s great for keeping feet moving.
carla -Among my favourites are AC/DC, especially Thunderstruck ((the opening riff will have you running a six minute mile :-)) and most of palookaville by Fat Boy Slim, especially Wonderful Night. Hth
Jennifer Ann-I know this is a way late comment. I don’t spend that much time online….I have a 6 month old. However, I am also a fan of that Ke$ha song. You should check out the DJ called Girl Talk. We bought the CD called Feed the Animals on iTunes. It has so many good mixes for working out. It can keep my legs going when my mind is screaming “Stop and get ice cream now!”.
Terri -Oops! I forgot by new favorite. I LOVE the new Eminem and Rihanna song “I love the way you lie”. Again, I could go on….
Terri -I love Lay’em Down by Needtobreath; Hold Us Together by Matt Maher; Bright Light by Matchbox 20; All Night Long by Joe Walsh. I could REALLY go on but I don’t have my ipod at work with me (yep, reading your blog at work!!) I love it. You inspire me in so many ways. Thank you for your blog and for opening your life for us to see. It is wonderful! Take care and have a blessed and wonderful day!
Terri
Tracy-Hey! Hey! by Superchicks and Last Dance for MaryJane by Tom Petty are good ones. The Petty song has a strong beat, almost like a cadence. I will look for a few more too. Also go to C25Kplaylists.com they have some set up for the Couch to 5K running program and even if you are not following the program, you might find there playlists (at least the song choices) helpful.
Tami-Anything 80’s with a beat. But I also love Pink, Gwen Stefani, and Katy Perry.
Kameron-The best running song is “Canned Heat” by Jamiroquoi. Think dance scene in Napoleon Dynamite. It’s long and gets me pumped up every time!
Kiki Craig-Have you ever heard of Robbie Williams? He’s a favorite of mine. Some are lovey soft music, and some have a great beat! And he’s nice on the eyes….
Lynn-Pink is really good. She’s got a lot of really bouncy ones. I have a playlist with a lot of her fast paced ones that I play when I need motivation to keep moving.
April Brown-I just found this website yesterday because I was having the same problem. All of my music was too boring or too repetitious. I LOVE all the different choices of styles and energy (and the fact that you could listen to them on the site). http://www.inthegym.net/
caroline -Try The Black Keys, Arcade Fire, Kings of Leon, Janelle Monae for new bands OR go back to the 80s and get some Loverboy, Bon Jovi, Joan Jett, AC/DC, and Def Leppard. That would be a rocking good run!
Denissa -I’ve been sucking wind BIG time on my runs lately 🙁 but Pink ,Lady Gaga, and some Kelly Clarkson are always good ones to give me that little extra when I have no more! 🙂
deb meyers -hahahaha, and I just remembered an oldie I haven’t used since my kids were littttttle:
From the Prince of Egypt soundtrack, the Chariot Race.
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deb meyers -from The Apostle soundtrack (and my Sun. a.m. workout):
“I’m a Soldier” … Lyle Lovett
“Victory is Mine” by Sounds of Blackness
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whitney -List of Demands (Reparations) by Saul Williams.
It’s from an old Nike ad and is great to run to!
Courtney-If I worked out more than once every six months on average I could answer your question, instead I have a little story for you. One time, while I was pregnant with my daughter, I was so nauseous I couldn’t hold it any more and had to use the walmart restroom to vomit. Talk about wanting a Germ-X bath when you get home.
Renee -kanye west’s touch the sky is the best & so is stronger obviously.
Dana-I read every comment to see if anyone suggested these. My fav is
Shewolf- Shakira
Deedra P. -Mockingbird – Rob Thomas
Misery – Maroon 5
I added these to mine last week and they are AWESOME!!!
Mary Ann-Great post! I need new music as well and I’m constantly scrambling for a pen and paper when I’m in the car to write songs down! A few that I love:
Cha-Ching – Hedley
Rock & Roll – Eric Hutchinson
Hey There Delilah – Plain White Ts
Feel Good Inc. – Gorillaz
Cursed – The Swell
Amy -Flawless(go to the city) george michael
Lyric “your beautiful, you are and you know it”
great great beat
FYI there is some bad words not for the kids but that’s why I listen to it when on my ipod while out walking.
Karyn -DEFINITELY Mika. My ‘treadmill playlist’ has “Big Girl (You Are Beautiful)”, “Relax, Take it Easy”, and “Love Today.” More of a power walking tempo, but still great.
Jennifer Lopez “Let’s Get Loud” is great too!
Sugar Mama-so, I didn’t read through all of the comments before posting, so I’m sure I’ll have some duplicates:
Black Eyed Peas: I gotta feeling & Let’s Get it Started
Fall Out Boy: America’s Suitehearts
Gavin DeGraw: I don’t wanna be
Natasha Bedingfield: Pocketful of Sunshine
Rehab: 1980
Train: Hey Soul Sister
Any of the more upbeat Vitamin String Quartet songs
Sara bareills: King of Anything & Love Song
Nelly Furtado: Maneater
I don’t have my iPod sitting here and can’t remember the rest. Hope it helps!
Georgia-My favourite ‘Happy’ song at the moment is-
PACK UP – ELIZA DOOLITTLE
But im also loving…
Beautiful Monster – Ne-yo
Club cant handle me – Flo rida
Airplanes – B.O.B
Javanut --C’mon C’mon by The Von Bondies (The theme song to Rescue Me…the music from that show is GREAT)
-Be A Man by Hole (Great for pounding the pavement!)
-At Your Side by Moby (the Moby cd Play actually has some great running tunes…)
-TNT by ACDC 😉
-O…Saya from the Slumdog Millionaire Soundtrack. It’s GREAT for running.
-Say Hey (I love You) by Michael Franti (this makes me wanna dance and smile at everyone I pass by but maybe it will keep you moving!)
-Move It, Hermeitco and War Again by Balkan Beat Box. Very different beats and music but mixing it up I find helps a lot…
Good luck!
Jenna -It’s embarrassing, but … Shakira “Hips Don’t Lie”
Samantha -I agree, I need something with a good beat for any kind of walking/running.
She wants to move – N.E.R.D.
Shooting Star (Remix) – LMFAO <-- REALLY good.
Krazy - Pitbull ft. Lil Jon
Dynamite - Taio Cruz
Club Can't Handle Me - Flo-rida
If I Had You - Adam Lambert
Hit the Floor - Linkin Park (good to get some anger out)
jody-try no music,
listen to nature, to the quiet,
to the rhythmic striking of your feet on the ground…
God always speaks to me on my runs…if i listen.
just my 2 cents…
keep running!:)
xo
jody
Melissa -No play list here-but I do agree with your excitement about eating at Roy’s!!!
Love your blog!
Jenny Wren's-I love that Ke$ha song too! At the moment, I seem to work out best to the real rocky tunes on the Marie Antoinette SDTRK, Hong Kong Garden is one of my favorites, for some reason I seem to walk faster or “ski” harder to it. The slower songs are good for your down time or when you are just warming up. I also go through phases of 80’s soundtracks and “Footloose” is at the top of the pile at the moment! 🙂
jamie -Here are few that I like:
I’m Alive- Celine Dion
Break my stride- Mathew Wilder
Take on Me- Aha
Rosanna- Toto
Never Again- Kelly Clarkson
Invisible touch- Genesis
I love anything from the 80’s.
You are inspiring me now to get my butt up and get to running too. Thanks Meg.
becki -You listen to Pandora radio, right?
Crank it up one day when the kids are gone and you’ll get some inspiration there, too.
Ann-I am a bit old school in my workout choices:
Janet Jackson – Love Will Never Do Without You …bonus: the Herb Ritts video is in my head featuring Djimon Hounsou.
George Michael – Freedom 90 and Fastlove
Brandy-Rena-After Midnight – Travie McCoy
Peacock – Katy Perry
DJ Got Us Falling in Love – Usher
Dynamite – Taio Cruz
Bobblehead – Christina Aguilera
369 – Cupid
Damaged – Danity Kane
I Don’t Care – Fall Out Boy
Club Can’t Handle Me – Flo Rida
Lose Control – House of Heroes
Winner – Jamie Foxx
Can’t Be Tamed – Miley Cyrus
Swing – Savage
Feel It – 3 6 Mafia
Bec-Percussion Gun – White Rabbit (you said you wanted a beat!)
Uprising – Muse
Kids – MGMT
Im’ma Shine – Youngbloodz
Bring me to Life – Evanesence
Hi – Psapp
Call On Me – Eric Prydz
Ave Mary A – Pink (or pretty much anything by her)
All I Ever Wanted – Kelly Clarkson
Stronger – Kanye West
Magic – B.O.B.
Ooh Ah – Grits
The Gift – Angels and Airwaves
Heard it on the Radio – The Bird and the Bee
That’s the condensed version 🙂 I have to have a variety of music otherwise I get bored.
Shelly -I have a friend that runs a lot, she told me the other day that Lady Gaga is good… a lot of upbeat stuff.
Rachel-Love the photos….try DJ Girl Talk. He mixes old rap/hip hop with stuff like James Taylor, Rick Springfield etc. Very cool mixes and great to work out to or even dance to, because we all know its fun to dance around by yourself!! I don’t think he is on i-tunes, but you can find him on Amazon which will then transfer to your i-tunes account!!
Rachel
Cheryl @ a pretty cool life.-I’ll confess I totally listen to Ludacris when I’m running. So, so, completely, entirely offensive…but good workout music nonetheless. I’m sure no one would ever guess that’s what I’m listening to by looking at me. 😉
Of course, Eye of the Tiger gets everyone pumped up, too. Happy running!
Libby B. -Wow. Lots of great choices here. I like Regina Spektor a lot. Also, Rage Against The Machine, Bjork, The Shins, Gossip, and The Killers.
Dana@Bungalow'56-Megan,
Thank you for this post as I am bookmarking it for myself. This is an amazing list. I’ve been wanting an exercise soundtrack for awhile now. Hopefully a lot of these will work for us walkers too.
Dana
Jill -Holy Cats! Toto, we’re not in Kansas anymore!
Very cool but very eerie! After living through a tornado I look at those clouds in a whole new way!
Kimberlee J.-So fun to read what everyone is listening to during their workout…and that so many are working out. Inspiring.
And now at 4:30ish in the morning all I can think about it Roy’s BBQ sauce. Buy a few bottles and bring them home. You won’t regret it.
misty -Pump it – Black eyed peas
De ja vu – Beyonce
Anything punchy, bouncy and fast
Sarah-jayne -just had to say that i came to america a few months ago from englad and had an amazing time. i have a supermarket obcession and spent alot of time in walmart (terrible i know)
Just had to say that i listend to Ke$ha – your love is my drug all the time over there and love it!!!
Your blog is brilliant and i always look forward to reading what you have been up to.
Eryn-House music!! It has so many crazy beats that you can totally fall into step with when jogging. Love it!
A few of my favs:
1) Infinity by Klaas
2) Where’s Your Head At? by Klaas
3) Our Own Way by Klaas
4) This Time by Klaas
5) The Way by Klaas
6) Downtown by Klaas
7) Work It Out by Klaas
…Ok, so I have a minor addiction lately to Klaas. And I do not use this music to run. But it totally always makes me FEEL like I should… I just am not a huge fan of running incidentally. Hm, bummer. Anyways, you will totally love running 95x more when you have these crazy, perfectly-timed-beats-that-always-seem-to-match-your-stride, intense songs pumping through your headphones! Promise!! <3
LibraryGirl62-In Walmart~I once saw a VERY pregnant woman who was all of 4’10” tall with a shirt that said : ” I have the pu$$y, I make the rules” I threw up in my mouth a little…
Kristy -I’ve just started running again…such a love hate relationship!
May I suggest:
American Boy – Estelle with Kanye
Hard Times & It’s Like That – RUN DMC
Bennie & The Jets- Elton John
Where It’s At – Beck
Empire State of Mind – Alicia Keys
Closer – Ne-Yo – I don’t think this was mentioned more than once or twice. I heard this in a spin class awhile back and added it right away. GREAT push song.
Free – Zac Brown Band
Sweet Caroline – Neil Diamond (you might be surprised)
I do not see this last one on here. It’s a slower one. I’ve never skipped this one when it comes on while running. You will play it over and over, you just can’t get enough. I know you will love it! So much emotion:
Kandi – One EskimO http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mFVIl1LPePI
Leanne -i would have to say that my top 2 albums (okay, some songs i skip) for working out are linkin park “meteora” and P.O.D. “sattelite”.
Stephenie Avarello -I asked my daughter for some suggestions too:
B.Reith – The Comeback Kid
Superchick – One More, Its On, Alive
Barlowgirl – One More Round, My God’s Enough (with Todd Agnew)
Krystal Meyers – Only You Make Me Happy, Make Some Noise
Britt Nicole – Headphones, Welcome to the Show, Glow
Skillet – Hero
VOTA – Hard to Believe, I’ll Go
Newsboys – I am Free, Wherever We Go, Something Beautiful
Stellar Kart – Automatic, Activate
april -Those are great storm pics!!! You wont see anything like that when you come to Cali…lols
Melanie -Ensengo – Selah awesome beat and worship too!
and I am going to bring you back into the 80’s with…
Here I go again — White Snake
I alwasy start my runs off with this one. It is AWESOME! Try it. I promise that you’ll love it.
Julie-I think that if I actually ran, I would listen to (the tempo seems right):
C’mon C’mon – The Von Bondies
A-Punk – Vampire Weekend
Starlight – Muse
Bulletproof – La Roux
Borderline/Open Your Heart – Glee Cast
Kids – MGMT
Under the Milky Way – The Church
Just Like Heaven – The Cure
Times Like These – Foo Fighters
Everlong – Foo Fighters
Glass of Water – Coldplay
I Melt With You – Modern English
Don’t You Know You’re Beautiful – Seabird
Sweet Disposition – The Temper Trap
And then when you are back home, enjoy some ice cold water and listen to:
A Beautiful World- Tim Myers
Sarah-If you can get on board with a foreign tongue…Regaeton. It’s basically Spanish hip hop. I love it. My husband loaded a bunch on my iPod for my runs. Good stuff. 🙂
janelle -Run to The Killers…most songs are good for it.
Vampire Weekend…makes you happy while you run – crazy but true.
Nancy from the Chicago 'burbs -I have 96 songs on my workout playlist. I wish I were motivated enough to get through 12 of them. Blah…..
Michael Jackson, Don’t Stop til You Get Enough, Rock With You
Prince, 1999, Little Red Corvette, Baby I’m a Star, Let’s Go Crazy
Dazz Band, Let it Whip
Jeffrey Osbourne, Stay With me Tonight
Bee Gees, Jive Talkin, Night Fever & Stayin Alive
STP, Vasoline
The Outfield, Your Love
Sister Hazel, All For You
Jay Sean, Do You Remember & Down
Flo Rida, Low
Good Charlotte, I Don’t Wanna Be In Love
Melissa Etheridge, Piece of My Heart & I Run for Life
Uncle Kracker, Good To Be Me
Goo Goo Dolls, Long Way Down, American Girl, Slide
Earth Wind & Fire, September
Van Morrison, Brown Eyed Girl
Jimmy Buffett, Cheeseburger in Paradise
Van Halen, Dance the Night Away
Kool and The Gang, Get Down on It
Metro Station, Shake It
Marky Mark, Good Vibrations
Those are the songs I don’t fast forward or skip.
Hilary -Cobrastyle by the Teddy Bears!
(so fun)
Syaheeda-viva la vida (coldplay)
use somebody (kings of leon)
my life would suck without you (kelly clarkson)
when im running that last stretch that feels like forever, i’ll listen to Kanye’s Stronger
erin -had lots of the same suggestions that were already mentioned, but these are a couple of my new favorites:
“sleep now in the fire” by rage against the machine
“imma be” by black eyed peas
“it’s a new day” by will.i.am
Jessica @ One Shiny Star-I just bought the Lady Gaga cd “The Fame Monster” – I really like Bad Romance… it gets me going. 🙂
Xsuchheights.blogspot.com-this is my workout playlist :]
1. power – kanye west.
2. love like whoa – the ready set.
3. f*** you – cee lo green.
4. like a g6 – far east movement.
5. just a dream – nelly.
6. secrets – one republic.
7. the man that got away – judy garland.
8. getting some fun out of life – billie holiday.
9. beyond the sea – bobby darin.
10. in the mood – glenn miller.
11. smoke a little smoke – eric church.
12. little miss can’t be wrong – spin doctors.
13. if it’s love – train.
14. our kind of love – lady antebellum.
15. ‘fore she was mama – clay walker.
16. gone – montgomery gentry.
17. magic – b.o.b.
18. stuck like glue – sugarland.
19. fly – sugar ray.
20. just the way you are – bruno mars.
21. while you’re still young – montgomery gentry.
22. only prettier – miranda lambert. (LOVE this one)
23. makin’ me fall in love again – kellie pickler.
24. could it be you – h wood.
25. everyday a star is born – jay z.
26. got your back – t.i.
27. light of the morning – band of skulls.
28. lover – devandra banhart.
29. crazytown – jason aldean.
30. up on the ridge – dierks bentley.
31. rock that body – black eyed peas.
32. cooler than me – chris posner.
33. bulletproof – la roux.
34. whistlin’ dixie – randy houser.
35. ain’t back yet – kenny chesney.
36. hip to my heart – the band perry.
37. i can’t get next to you – the temptations.
38. giddy on up – laura bell bundy.
39. keep on loving you – steel magnolias.
40. i’m awesome – spose (hilarious).
41. put a girl in it – brooks and dunn.
42. hillbilly bone – blake shelton.
43. she’s country – jason aldean.
44. wonderful – gary go.
45. rosalita – bruce springsteen.
46. smooth – carlos santana.
47. lisztomania – phoenix.
48. every day is a holiday – esthero.
49. my give a damn’s busted – jo dee messina.
50. i still remember – bloc party
51. this will be (an everlasting love) – natalie cole.
52. there she goes – the la’s.
53. ca. – buckfast.
54. what you know – t.i.
55. sundress – ben kweller.
56. follow you down – gin blossoms.
57. cold december – matt costa.
58. let’s be friends (skin to skin) – bruce springsteen.
holy cow… i just realized i gave you fifty-eight songs. yikes! well, i hope you enjoy ’em all. :]
Sally-I second so many of these songs, but I have this horrible problem of getting bored of a song and then wanting to switch it and then not finding just the “right” song. You are probably really going to laugh, but when I was training for a half marathon, I actually got the Harry Potter series on cd from the library and put them on my ipod (shhh! don’t tell the library!) Honestly, it was the best idea I ever had. Very distracting so I wasn’t thinking about how much I hate running and entertaining at the same time!
Lisa -Black Eyed Peas (several of their songs) and the song that I think is called “Hey, Soul Sister”?? I may totally have that wrong since I’m horrible with titles and names. I have NO idea who sings it. 🙂 I know what you mean about getting sick of your workout music. I have to switch mine every once in awhile. Problem is you run out of songs! Good Luck!
Ashley B. -Panic! at the Disco (that’s the name of the band, exclamation point and all) has some weird song titles, the main one I’d reccommend is “The Only Difference Between Martyrdom and Suicide is Press Coverage,” but I like the entire CD called A Fever You Can’t Sweat Out (which has that song on it). Interesting lyrics with a catchy, very energetic beat.
Also, Fallout Boy…they’re my main workout soundtrack. The two CDs I have that are my fave (I put my CDs on my Zune, which I take to work out), are called From Under the Cork Tree, and Take This to Your Grave.
I’m 23, and like rock music, but I consider these pretty tame, so I hope this helps 🙂
PS-I love your blog!!! Lol the colors and content both, they make my day 🙂
Taylor -This remix of Britney Spears’ Toxic and Usher’s Yeah is AMAZING! It always makes me want to run. Unfortunately, its only on YouTube, but I know there’s multiple sites for burning YouTube stuff to your itunes! Trust me, its worth it! 🙂
Btw, the pix of the storm are STUNNING! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4WeWmMFI7Ks
kat-Here are a few fun ones to get you moving… if nothing else, you’ll be shaking your groove thang…
Party Up (Up in here) DMX
Imma Be (Black Eyed Peas)
Stayin’ Alive (N-trance)
Say my name (Destiny’s Child)
No Diggity (Blackstreet)
Ghetto Superstar
You Can Do it (Ice-T)
This is how we do it (Montell Jordan)
Young Forever (Jay-Z)
Empire State of Mind (Jay-Z)
Country Grammar (Nelly)
Rump Shaker (Wreckx n effex)
Victoria Vicary -“Come on Eileen” by Save Ferris
“Hey Ya” by Outkast
“Raspberry Beret” by Prince
“Ray of Light” Madonna
“Bad Reputation” Joan Jett
“Shut Up and Let Me Go” Ting Tings
Love your blog. Happy itunes shopping!
julia-oh, my husband had me download “Welcome to the Jungle” on my iPod between my first and second half marathons last year. My time improved by 10 minutes.
julia-I know a Southern Baptist shouldn’t admit this but I just downloaded “Poker Face” and “Just Dance” by Lady Gaga onto my iPod.
When I heard Poker Face in the movie Percy Jackson and the Lightening Thief, I had to have it.
I can’t wait to read other suggestions.
Dawn-I like all music so it’s really hard for me to suggest. I have a teenage son and when I get in a music rut I have him download some stuff for me. Sometimes it’s really cool. If you don’t have a teenager, ask a neighborhood kid. They’ll do it and maybe even enjoy it, go figure. Anyhow I really wanted to comment on the storm. I grew up in Iowa and I really miss the great storms we used to have. Nothing like that in Southern California.
Dawn
Ann -cascada “evacuate the dance floor”
justin timberlake “sexy back”
timberland “the way I are’
soulja boy “swing” <--- GREAT
etelle "American boy"
thousand foot krutch "rawkfist"
and my fav: ice cream paint job
🙂 have fun running!
Mary-Beth -Green Day’s American Idiot has the best beat to set up a running pace…if you run in line with the music, you’ll be at a 10 minute mile pace. I have been using this song for about 4 years now to get me through the last leg of each run! It works. I also start with Patty Griffin’s “Love throws a line,” though mostly for the words, not the tempo.
erica -My two new favorites:
Mary J Blige- Whole Lotta Love
Avril Lavigne – Hot
Mary -These are my favorites that haven’t already been posted. Enjoy!
“Pocket Full of Sunshine”- Natasha Bedingfield
“I Am Not My Hair” – India.Arie (The version featuring Akon)
Julie-MJ-Smooth Criminal Black Eyed Peas-Imma Be, or anything they sing
Mindy Harris-Madonna’s Confessions on a Dance Floor has a few I like, namely, Forbidden Love. Sometimes I just set it to repeat that song and I’ve done that for, oh, 5 years?
Also, there’s a song by Nelly Furtado called Maneater that gets me kindof mad (like “yeah I’m a maneater!), which makes me run better.
HAVE FUN gettin’ your run on.
Tonya @ More Than Enough-Great storm pix!
I’ve got some of the already mentioned songs on my running/workout list. Here are some that I haven’t seen:
Smooth Criminal by Alien Ant Farm
You Can’t Stop the Beat from the Hairspray soundtrack
One Week by Barenakes Ladies
I got a feeling by Blackeyed Peas
Take a Chance On Me from the Mama Mia soundtrack
1 2 3 4 by Coolio
Salvation by The Cranberries
Gives You Hell, Lady is a Tramp, Bad Romance from Glee
American Idiot, Holiday, Welcome to Paradise by Green Day
Family Affair by Mary J Blige
A Girl Named Tennessee by Needtobreathe
Get This Party Started, So What by Pink
All Mixed Up by 311
I love seeing what other people are working out to!
Melanie-I love your photos of the clouds and yes, they are scary. They do look low too.
Teresa -Me Against the Music – Britney Spears
California Gurls – Katy Perry
Hot n Cold – Katy Perry Lose Yourself – Eminem (great song that gets me pumped up when I feel like quitting.. seriously)
Not Afraid – Eminem
Get Up – Ciara
Promiscuous – Nelly Furtado
All For You – Janet Jackson
Amber Ferrier -Sometimes when I’m running I need the mellow lose yourself kind of music. The hard hitting rap and rock sometimes gives me a headache. So I go for:
Ryan Adams-Come pick me up (awesome song)
Whiter shade of pale
Iron and Wine-Flightless Bird, American Mouth (amazing)
Duffy-I’m scared (you’ll love it)
Hope these help!
Lana -My 3 faves…
“Run” by Collective Soul
“Ordinary” by Train
“Yesterday” by 30 Seconds to Mars
Holly-Almost the whole Kings of Leon ” Only by the Night” album….it is really good..looks like you have a lot of great suggestions Meg. That storm did look scary!
Routhie -Once upon a time, I clubbed all over the world. I still find that same dance music is a good motivator to keep moving and it’s fun remember when…. Best part is, most of the albums play like one long cd with no breaks in between. It’s no wonder I used to be skinnier! They are a fast, strong beat. I recommend the Ministry of Sound Annuals–I am currently enjoying 2000 but a lot of late 90s and early 2000s are really good. Most dance music compilations are pretty good if they are coming out of the UK.
Danielle-I really enjoy most every song on the “Daredevil” soundtrack.
Betsy -I just ordered the “doodle me” notepad from lobotoME yesterday for my mother’s b-day. I saw them in Real Simple. I want one too!
shelly-To work out, i love most anything black eyed peas. Pump It always gets me moving faster!
Heather -I am not really a runner. I need good music as a bribe for myself to even go work out! Here’s my current playlist:
Kids- MGMT
Electric Feel- MGMT
Africa- Toto
All the Small Things- Blink-182
Zak and Sara- Ben Folds
Beautiful Life- Ace of Base (go ahead, laugh- the beat is good and it reminds me of Night at the Roxbury!)
Billie Jean- Michael Jackson
Dead Man (Carry Me)- Jars of Clay
Don’t Stop Til You Get Enough- Michael Jackson
Eye of the Tiger- Survivor (this one is ESSENTIAL for me!)
Float on- Modest Mouse
The Fox- Nickel Creek
Girls Just Wanna Have Fun- Cyndi Lauper
If- House of Heroes
Hello Hurricane- Switchfoot
Here is our King- David Crowder Band
New Shoes- Paolo Nutini
Jessie’s Girl- Rick Springfield
Kick Drum Heart- The Avett Brothers
Life In Technicolor ii- Coldplay
Lift Your Eyes- Leeland
Sadie Hawkins Dance- Relient K
More than Fine- Switchfoot
My Future Decided- Hillsong United
Mykonos- Fleet Foxes
O Valencia!- The Decemberists
Oxford Comma- Vampire Weekend
Telephone- Lady Gaga and Beyonce
Since U Been Gone- Kelly Clarkson
Somebody Told Me- The Killers
Spaceman- The Killers
Stole My Heart- Little and Ashley
Uptown Girl- Billy Joel
What’s my Age Again?- Blink-182
You don’t know me- Ben Folds feat. Regina Spektor
It has to be A LOT of songs so I can skip freely!! Funny that it’s mostly alphabetical- guess that’s how I added them. 🙂
Tammy @ The Sabourin Family-90’s Dance Tunes!
Seriously, ain’t NOBODY fat in the 90’s. LOL
Here are a dozen on my (mock) iPod that make my treadmill time fly:
1. Rythmn is a Dancer – Snap
2. I’m Gonna Get You – Bizarre Inc.
3. Ooh Ahh, Just A Little Bit – Gina G.
4. Mr. Vain – Culture Beat
5. It’s Like That – Run DMC
6. The Key, The Secret – Urban Cookie Collective
7. Be My Lover – Corona
8. Now That We’ve Found Love – Heavy D. & The Boys
9. Strike It Up – Black Box
10. Ya’ll Ready For This – 2 Unlimited
11. Get Up – Technotronic
12. This is Your Night – Amber
the whyte house-i just added on my player:
the heavy-how you like me now(kia commercial song!)
radiohead- 15 step
paramore- brick by boring brick
foo fighters-everlong
linkin park- faint
florence and the machine- kiss w a fist, dog days are over
two door cinema club- i can talk
muse-(they have a lot fast paced tempo music)
hyper music
map of the problematique
uprising
stockholm syndrome
assassin
Ashley -A few that keep me movin’ on the treadmill… 🙂
3 (One, Two, Three)- Britney Spears
7 Things- Miley Cyrus
Good Girls Go Bad- Cobra Starship
Lip Gloss- Lil Mama
patti-i love working out to Gwen Stefani and OK Go. Also old rap…like Rob Base and DJ Easy Rock.
Jenn-Well I think you have plenty of ideas already… but if you need more here are some…
I don’t have much time to run these days, but I rock this on my ipod while at work and I’ve been known to dance my way to the color printer room, and then get caught dancing when someone else comes in to get their stuff. Very embarrassing 🙂 Anyway, these are the same songs I love to work out to. Good beats.
Hey Mama – Black Eyed Peas
Sexy Back – JT
Low (feat. T-Pain) – Flo Rida
Shake Your Pom Pom – Missy Elliot
Church (feat. Teddy Verseti) – T-Pain
369 (feat. B.O.B.) – Cupid
I Gotta Feeling – Black Eyed Peas
Let It Rock – Kevin Rudolf and Lil Wayne
Morning after Dark (feat. Nelly Furtado) – Timbaland
Sweetest Girl (Dollar Bill) – Wyclef Jean feat. Akon, Lil Wayne, and Nia
Pump It – Black Eyed Peas
Warrior Pt. 2 – Lloyd Banks
Live Your Life (feat. Rihanna) – T.I.
Evacuate the Dance Floor – Cascada
Everybody Got Their Something – Nikka Costa
Its Going Down – Blackalicious
Kirsten P -In August my son discovered that “Animal Arithmetic” is the best running song ever written.
ashley-I am so glad you added this! My playlist is so boring, too!
I’m really liking:
“Say Hey” by Michael Franti
“Round & Round” by Selena Gomez (I have kids, too. He loves the Disney Radio Station)
“A Year Without Rain” Selena Gomez
A ton of the remakes from Glee
Robyn has some good, some bad, and some remakes.
Lady Gaga is usually good for running
If you want a good laugh while you run, my friend loaded Whip It by DeVo again.
Danielle -I don’t run….but if I did this would definitely be on my playlist……Say Hey (I Love You)—Michael Franti and Spearhead
ali -OMG, these lists are AMAZING!
And all I can say is, “Mama said knock you out!”
(heading to Itunes right now to buy it)
Brianna-2 Step Remix – Unk
Pump It – Black Eyed Peas (or most anything Black Eyed Peas for that matter!)
jeana-Okay, I’m sure you have plenty of suggestions…but here ya go.
Landslide-Stevie Nicks
ClickClickClikCLick Bishop Allen
*Dream Priscilla Ahn
Lollipop-Mika (such a FUN song)
1234-Feist
One love-Bob Marley
Be Ok-Ingrid Michaelson
Crazy Little Thing Called Love
Unashamed Love-Jason Morant
Hold Us Together-Matt Maher
You are the Best Thing-Ray Lamontagne
Thinking Drinking Sinking Feelin Slow Club
Soul Sister-Train
Vicki Esh-Wow! There’s a ton of suggestions on here! I may end up redoing my running playlist. Here’s what’s on mine:
I Gotta Feeling (Black Eyed Peas)
She’d Be California (Rascal Flatts)
Earthquake (Family Force 5)
Summer Nights (Rascal Flatts)
Jai Ho! (PussyCat Dolls)
Last Name (Carrie Underwood)
Pump It (Black Eyed Peas)
sarah-I’m not really a huge Christian music fan, but the entire first album by Jars of Clay (entitled: Jars of Clay) is awesome for running!
Jennifer-Your so funny! Love your blog. My favorite song right now while I workout is Here in this moment by Beckah Shae (Christian). It’s awesome. You’ll run sooo fast listening to it!!!
Molly-Dispatch
-the entire album Bang Bang
– especially songs The General, Bang Bang, Two Coins, and Out Loud.
Matisyahu
-unique is my dove
-ancient lullaby
Jennifer McCall -These are all older songs that I love and never rotate out of my playlist!
Easy – Paula DeAnda
Let’s Get Married-remix – Jagged Edge
1980 – Rehab
It Takes Two – Rob Base
The Zephyr Song – Red Hot Chili Peppers
Swing – Savage
Numba 1 – Kardinal Offishall
Mr. Brightside – The Killers
Best of You – Foo Fighters
Dangerous – Akon
Sweet Dreams – Beyonce
..and two of my new favorites…
Your Love – Nicki Minaj
Animal – Neon Trees
Krista -What a good idea for a post, I got a lot of good ideas, I’m scribbling them down so I can hit iTunes later and add them. I agree with Ke$ha and Lady GaGa, they’re awesome for running. Recently, I downloaded a bunch Wham and George Michael songs, good tempos and make me wish I was 16 again. 🙂
Kristi-Walmart, always a good source of amusement and cheap products! Here is what I currently have on my mp3 for running purposes:
Jai Ho (Slumdog)
Blaze of Glory (Bon Jovi)
Just Dance (Lady GaGa)
Don’t Stop Believing (Glee)
Distrubia (Rihanna)
Telephone (Lady GaGa)
Let It Rock (Kevin Rudolf and Lil Wayne)
O . . . Saya (Slumdog)
beth-Guess I may be weird one…I have been playing Zumba music and it gives me so much energy.
Jennifer Johnson-Hi! I am a new blogger and came across your wonderful blog! I run 2 miles each day and I love listening to “Teenage Dream, by Katy Perry, Dynamite by Taio Cruz, and The Fray” sounds we are into the tame type of music. I would love to run with you sometime and talk about your amazing blog! Check out my blog sometime when you get the chance.
chasingabigail.blogspot.com
xxoo,
Jennifer
Liv Hochhausler -Right now, anything by Passion Pit, INDEPENDENT by Webbie, Calabria by Enur ft. Natasja.
Maria-ok, I’m going to retract one of my songs:
run this town-jay-z
just re-listened to whole thing and its much slower than I remembered…probably a better stretching song…
allison -What really keeps me going…K’naan..”Wavin’ Flag”
I will have to look up the rest….
karen -Don’t you wish your girlfriend was hot like me by the Pussycat dolls.
That Dad’s life video is too funny. My husband want one of those mowers soooo bad.
Meg -for running and/or just working out these get me moving and make me feel so stinkin’ liberated:
Are you gonna be my girl – Jet
Baba O’Riley – The Who
Back to Life – Soul II Soul
Bad Romance – Lady Gaga
Band of Gold – Freda Payne
Don’t you forget about me – Simple Minds
A Dustland Fairytale – The Killers
Gangsta’s Paradise – Coolio
Gold Digger – Kanye West
*****Goodbye to you – Scandal (I LOVE THIS SONG)*****
Groove is in the heart – Deee-Lite
I’m coming out – Diana Ross
Say Hey I Love You- Michael Franti and the Spearheads
I could go on and on and on… but I think this is a mixed bag of songs. Enjoy!
denise -How about some oldies….CCR, Beatles, Elvis. I love Wipe Out, Sugar Sugar, We Got the Beat.
Maria-Here are some of my most recent favorites:
Take it off-Kesha
Rock that Body-Black Eyed Peas
Boom Boom Pow-Black Eyed Peas
Run this Town-Jay Z (careful, there is a clean version of this available, but I accidentally got both)
Bad Romance-Lady Gaga
Fuego-Pitball
Jump-Flo Rida/Nelly Furtado
as you can see, lots of pop/rap/hip hop…all courtesy of my ZUMBA classes for the most part…
Kirsten J-Nothing new here – I’m all about Black Eyed Peas and Pink.
But I listen to books on tape…well, they’re these “Players” you can get from the library. Give me a good book, and I’ll walk for 6 miles – really!
ellen-Here are my faves:
1. “Jealous Again” –The Black Crowes
2 “Airplanes” –B.o.B.
3. “When I Get There” –Ben Rector
4. “Mr. Mailman” — Ben Rector
5. “Friday I’m in Love” — The Cure
6. “Little Lies” — Dave Barnes
7. “Rusty Old American Dream” — David Wilcox
8. “Video” — India Arie
9. “Human” — The Killers
10. “Heartless” — Kris Allen
11. “Undeniable” — Matt Kearney
12. “Sailing on a Ship” — Phil Wickham
14. “A-Punk” — Vampire Weekend, really anything by them!
15. “Almost Everything” — Wakey! Wakey!
16. anything by The Cross Movement
meg -at the gym i love, love, love jay z and ac/dc. weird, right? it works for me!
Bailey-Oh, and I LOVE those pictures! Would love to experience a midwest thunderstorm some day!
Anne -I love to get new inspiration for my running playlist too. It’s funny, a lot of the songs I like to run to are not songs I would choose to listen to at home or in the car – and certainly not in front of the kids! Here are some favorites:
According to You – Orianthi
Lose Yourself – Eminem
Mercy – Duffy
I Gotta Feeling – Black Eyed Peas
Wait and See – Brandon Heath
Almost anything by Kelly Clarkson or Pink
7 Things I Hate About You – Miley Cyrus
Girl – Beck
Dirrty – Christina Aguilera
Bootylicious – Destiny’s Child
Gold Digger – Kanye West
Country Grammer – Nelly
Ex-Girlfriend – No Doubt
Hey Ya – Outcast
Fast Cars and Freedom – Rascal Flatts
Free Falling – Tom Petty
One Week – Barenaked ladies
Best of You – Foo Fighters
Mariah Fraser-Get Me Bodied- Beyonce
We Run This- Missy Elliot
Hey Mama- Black Eyed Peas
Firestarter- The Prodigy
She Wants to Move- N.E.R.D
Toxic- Britney Spears
Crazy in Love- Beyonce
Pump it- Black Eyed Peas
Dum Diddly- Black Eyed Peas
Wanna Be Startin’ Somethin’- Michael Jackson
Little of your time- Maroon 5
Gettin’ Jiggy with It- Will Smith
Bailey-A few of my faves while running (my playlist is very diverse):
It’s All Right – Traveling Wilburys
About the South – Rodney Atkins
I Know You Want Me – Pitbull
Tu Compania – Keith Urban
Paralyzer – Finger 11
Free and Easy – Dierks Bentley
Crazy Bitch – Buckcherry
Womanizer – Britney Spears
Another One Bites the Dust – Glee Soundtrack
Fighter – Christina Aguilera
Dirty – Christina Aguilera
Good luck!
Christine -I have the perfect mix of songs. It’s on my “Nike Workout” playlist that I use with my Nike running thing.
Airplane – B.O.B.
Animal – Neon Trees
Anthem Part Two – Blink 182
Baby – Justin Beiber
Blah Blah Blah – Ke$ha
Bulletproof – La Roux
California Girls – Katy Perry
Can’t Be Tamed – Miley Cyrus
Daylight – Matt and Kim
Disarm – Smashing Pumpkins
Empire State of Mind – Jay-Z
Fix You – Coldplay
Getting Over You – David Guttea
If I had You – Adam Lambert
Impossible – Shontelle
It’s Over – Drake
Kids – MGMT
Lisztomania – Phoenix
Lose Yourself – Emenim
My First Kiss – 30H!3
Naturally – Selena Gomez
Not Afarid – Emenim
OMG – Usher
Party in the USA – Miley Cyrus
Rock that Body – Black Eyed Peas
Savior – Rise Aganist
Say Ahh – Trey Songz
Sexy Bitch – David Guttera
Sometime Around Midnight – The Airborne Toxic Event
Sweet Disposition – The Temper Trap (MY FAV! From 500 Days of Summer and many commericals :))
This Too Shall Pass – OK Go
Tik Tok – Ke$ha
Time To Pretend – MGMT
Your Love is My Drug – Ke$ha (I know you already have this)
1901 – Phoenix
I’m 20 so these are so hip songs 😉 Enjoy!
Courtney-Gosh I hate WalMart, I avoid it like the plague and HAVE to go there tomorrow… they just can’t be beat on kids eyeglasses, unfortunately 🙁
I think my playlist might be Canadian-heavy because of my proximity to the border 🙂
Lose Yourself- Eminem
Feel Good Inc- Gorillaz
Alligator- Tegan and Sara
3 AM Eternal- The KLF
anything GLEE
anything WICKED
She’s a Genious- JET
Love is a First- The Tragically Hip
Dropkick Queen of the Weekend- The Dudes
Help I’m Alive- Metric
Viva La Vida- Coldplay
Move to Bremerton- MxPx
Epic- Faith No More
When You Were Young- The Killers (this one has the PERFECT beat for a run… nothing else is quite as good)
Sunday Morning- KOS
I would love to hear if you end up liking any of these! I think that people are so invested in their music, they love to know when something has resonated with someone else. Don’t you think?
Lindsay-Some of my favs to run around Newton!
Somebody to Love – Glee
Bust A Move – Glee
Proud Mary – Glee
Gives You Hell – Glee
Dream On – Glee
4 Minutes – Glee
Sexy Back – Justin Timberlake
Senorita – Justin Timberlake
Rock Your Body – Justin Timberlake
Anything by Journey
Jessica-anything by Lady GaGa is great for running! I also like me some T.I. and Justin Timberlake 🙂
becky-well, it’s good to know that walmart is filthy all over the country. it’s making me less of judgmental of my fellow townfolk – and by townfolk, i mean filthy disgusting poo smearing pigs. okay, i have a ways to go with the less judgment thing. at least i have a gallon of hand sanitizer in my purse in the meantime. and back when i used to run, i ran to pink – girly rock anthems are the best for running…and don’t judge me – i love me some angry eminem when i’m running. good luck.
Carin -Check out this webite that has some playlist based on your pace. http://www.remanents.com/blog/
If I listend to music while I ran, I would totally use one of these lists.
raquel -tick tok, say hey, fergalicious, i gotta feeling, steal my sunshine, i wanna be sedated, mr brightside, viva la vida
erin-I know I’ve seen some of your kids in KU t-shirts… there’s an amazing new download for a Jayhawk anthem called “Game On” {rap} here: http://www.krizzkaliko.com/ The rumor is that he’s going to perform this song at Late Night this year, big fun for Allen Fieldhouse!
lcmarschall -Try Podrunner free downloads on I-tunes. The interval training ones are great for just zoning out and getting it done!!! Great storm pics, I live in Florida, we get cool looking clouds coming in off the Gulf.
Sarah @ Dream in Domestic-To be honest – I love the Glee soundtracks to work out to! I don’t know if any of the songs have a very strong beat, but they sure make me laugh and keep my mood upbeat while I work out, which is a definite plus when working out can put me in a bad mood sometimes. I also love to listen to “Rent” from the musical by the same name. It gets me running fast!! It has a very strong beat and if you sing along during, you will probably sweat even more! 😛 Good luck!
katie-i love you meg, but not enough to type out my whole list. 🙂 my absolute FAVORITE music to run to is Vampire Weekend.
Transparent Mama-I Fought The Law by Green Day. Great for running.
Leah -Dang..people really have some great ideas! I listen to Skillet and Heath McNease a lot!
Sarah D -I just love how real you are! Loved this post. Have been reading this blog for a long time now. I comment every once in a while.
Here are my suggestions.
One Republic-All the right moves.
Sanstorm -Best Techo club mix ever- (this one will make you MOVE and its almost 7 minutes long!)
Beyonce-Halo
Michelle Williams-We break the dawn
Enjoy! Keep up the good work!!
Sandra K -Oooh, I can’t wait to read everyone’s suggestions because I need new music, too! Here goes:
Mama Said Knock U Out – LL Cool J
Crazy in Love – Beyonce
Waking up in Vegas – Katy Perry
Beautiful Day – U2
Love Lockdown – Kanye West
Gold Digger – Kanye West
Sweet Caroline – Neil Diamond (oh yeah!)
Billie Jean – Michael Jackson
Blister in the Sun – Violent Femmes
Chelsea Dagger – The Fratellis (excellent for running)
Dani California & Higher Ground (2 songs) – both by Red Hot Chili Peppers
First Time – Lifehouse
Freedom – George Michael
Groove is in the Heart – Dee Lite
It’s the End of the World… – REM
Jump Around – House of Pain
Just a Girl – No Doubt
Mercy – Duffy
Redneck Woman – Gretchen Wilson
Rehab – Amy Winehouse
Shattered (Turn the Car Around) – O.A.R.
4 Minutes – Madonna & J. Timberlake
Yeah! – Usher
Mary -2 of my favorites:
Closer by NeYo
Bleeding Love by Leona Lewis
Suzanne -Wow, the pictures are awesome.
I started with “Jazzercise” in the 80’s so I have my ole’faithfuls like:
Technotronic – “pump up the jam”
Technotronic – “move this”
Cake – “short skirt/long jacket”
And lots more that I will keep to myself. I’m such a nerd!
My family ignores me when I come down the street from a good long run! I tell you, a nerd!
natalie k -here are a few of my jams that actually make me run faster:
Howl – Florence + the machine
up up + away – kid cudi (clean version)
sleepyhead – passion pit
lisztomania – phoenix
1901 – phoenix
black betty – ram jam
electric feel – MGMT
that’s not my name – the ting tings
bandages – hot hot heat
miracle drug – AC Newman
push – madonna
m79 – vampire weekend
Kait-Little Lion Man by Mumford and Sons
Tighten Up by The Black Keys
Bulletproof by La Roux
Folding Chair by Regina Spektor
Magic Trick by M. Ward
Ruby by Kaiser Chiefs
Show Me What I’m Looking For by Carolina Liar
Chris-I love Ice Ice Baby – Vanilla Ice – it has a great beat and puts me in a good mood!
jennifer-Move and Rawkfist – Thousand Foot Krutch.
Ain’t Nothing Wrong With That – Robert Randolph
And a lot more that’s already been suggested. 🙂
Angela-I am not a runner. I don’t even exercise even though I should.
But my husband is a runner. A marathon runner. And here is what he likes to run to. 🙂
“Lose Yourself” by Eminem
“DJ Got Us Falling in Love Again” by Usher
“Enter Sandman” by Metallica
“I Kissed a Girl” by Katy Perry
“Not Myself Tonight” by Christina Aguilera
“Coming Undone” by Korn
“I Made It” by Kevin Rudolph
“Heartbeat” by Remedy Drive
Sarah Friesen -I don’t remember if I’ve left a comment on your blog or not, but I’m local — go to GCC…Was with you at the crafting weekend back in December in McPherson. I really don’t have any good music recommendations for you, BUT I just have to say I’m jealous you’re eating Roy’s BBQ…My husband introduced me to that place when we were dating, and to this day, it’s my favorite BBQ place. We don’t get to go there often, though. I hope it was tasty.
Jen -Here’s what’s on my “Running” playlist (some fast, some slow, some inspiring…little bit of everything):
Come on Get Higher – Matt Nathanson
Sick Cycle Carousel – Lifehouse
Forever – Chris Brown
Untouched – The Veronicas
Love and Memories – O.A.R.
Here is Gone – Goo Goo Dolls
In My Head – Jason Derulo
Breakeven (Falling to Pieces) – The Script
Halfway Gone – Lifehouse
The Man Who Can’t Be Moved – The Script
More – Matthew West
Beautiful Disaster – Jon McLaughlin
My Wish – Rascall Flats
ali -All time favorite running playlist. Its titled….
“SHAKE IT SISTER”
Lady Sovereign- Random
Shut Up-Black Eyed Peas
Get Right- Jennifer Lopez
99 Problems/One Step Closer- Jay-Z/Linkin Park
One Thing- Amerie
Everything-Sisqo
Can’t Stop-Red Hot Chili Peppers
Lose Control- Missy Elliot
Lose My Breath- Destiny Child
Hollaback Girl- Gwen Stefani
B.O.B. – Outkast
She Wants to Move – N.E.R.D.
Crazy In Love- Beyonce
4 My People- Missy Elliot
Love Missy Elliot, she has great beats and fun songs!
Connie-Ok, I am a dancer and need a serious beat when I am working out!
Here are some of my current favorites:
King of Anything- Sara Barielles
Chocolate- Soul Control
And She Said- Lucas Prata
Boom Boom Pow- Black Eyed Peas
Sarah-Oh my gosh! People really know their music. I love Neal Diamond. You don’t want any music advice from me.
I LOVE those storm pictures. Summer storms are my favorite. Those pics are beautiful.
amy nicholl -Black Sheep by Metrix
The ENTIRE soundtrack of Whip It
break your heart by Taio cruz
answer to yourself by The Soft Pack
Vampire Weekend
Debi-Let’s Get Loud- Jennifer Lopez (I KNOW!)
Fine (radio edit) Mary J. Blige
Family Affair (radio edit) Mary J. Blige
Right Back Where we Started From- Maxine Nightingale
Jam for the Ladies- Moby
Into the Night – Santana
Whitney -outkast ‘hey ya’ is my alltime favourite for a workout…so much so, that when i hear it now (just on the radio)…i’m ready to workout!
siobhan -toby macs new album tonight has so many awesome songs,and i like good old madonna and brittney:)
Vicki -Ok, you can laugh – it was totally by accident, but I have most of the songs from the soundtrack of the Disney Movie “Jump In”. Believe it or not, they really have a good beat and keep me moving. It’s a movie about jumping rope, so it is pretty upbeat (just got rid of the slow songs).
Black Eyed Peas – a bunch
Britney Spears – a bunch
Shakira – Objection
J Lo – Do it Well
I know – weird combo. 🙂
Meredith Salmon -I have different play lists for different work outs. Slower music in the beginning and the end. One of my favorite play lists is Madonna – Ray of Light and then Prodigy (there beats are great) I like that because I tend to sing while I am running and then feel like a fool. Love Prodigy!!!
Breathe
Fuel my Fire
FireStarter
Smack my B*&#@ up
Just a few of my favorites
Lori-Loving Getting over You (David Guetta featuring Fergie). 🙂
melissa*320 sycamore-Almost forgot: sounds crazy, but “Call of the Champions” by John Williams and the Mormon Tabernacle Choir. Not kidding. It was the theme of the 2002 Winter Olympics~I blast it and it gets me through my last loop on my run. So inspiring…it makes me think I’m in the Olympics. Or something 🙂
Lauren-David Crowder Band’s Church Music CD is full of great workout songs!
A few more:
Free Your Mind – En Vogue
Dance, Dance, Dance – Mandisa
Freedom is Here – Hillsong United
Yours Forever – Hillsong United
Your Name High – Hillsong United
Please Don’t Stop the Music – Rhianna
Boom Boom Pow – Blak Eyed Peas
tasha roe-i have 2 work out mixes – one for pop and one for rock
pop mix:
Nightlife – Anja
Brass Monkey – Beastie Boys
Crazy in Love – Beyonce
Single Ladies – Beyonce
Pump it – Black Eyed Peas
Womanizer – Britney
Bootylicious – Destiny’s Child
Till I Collapse – Eminem & Nate Dogg
Fergalicious – Fergie
Glamorous – Fergie
SexyBack – JT
Lovestone – JT
Rock Your Body – JT
Gold Digger – Kanye
California Gurls – Katy Perry
Tik Tok – Ke$ha
Blah, Blah, Blah – Ke$ha
Milkshake – Kelis
Superstar – Kimberly Cole
Peep Show – Kimberly Cole
Bad Romance – Lady Gaga
Love Game – Laday Gaga
Poker Face – Lady Gaga
Electric Feel – MGMT
Ride Wit Me – Nelly
When I Grow Up – Pussycat Dolls
Break Your Heart – Taio Cruz
Dynamite – Taio Cruz
Don’t Trust Me – 3OH!3
In da Club – 50 Cent
Me, Myself, and I – De La Soul
now for the rock list:
Back in Black – AC/DC
Rock and Roll Ain’t Noise Pollution – AC/DC
Do It For Me Now – Angels & Airwaves
Light of the Morning – Band of Skulls
Unconditional – The Bravery
Holiday – Green Day
My Hero – Foo Fighters
Everlong – Foo
In Your Honor – Foo
No Way Back – Foo
All My Life – Foo
Stacked Dead Actors – Foo
Take Me Out – Franz Ferdinand
This Fire – Franz Ferdinand
The Fallen – Franz Ferdinand
Do You Want To – Franz Ferdinand
Tick Tick Boom – The Hives
Hate to Say I Told You So – The HIves
Change Your Mind – Killers
Bling – Killers
Are You Gonna Go My Way – Lenny Kravitz
American Woman – Lenny Kravitz
Dashboard – Modest Mouse
Bulls on Parade – Rage Against the Machine
Bombtrack – Rage Against the Machine.
I could really start an alternative list too….hmmmmm
now that i think of it i have a classic rock one too. lol
i heart playlists. 🙂
amalisa -LCD Soundsystem has some great beats and I love “Weapon of Choice” by Fatboy Slim.
Kari-We do Rihanna’s “Shut up and Drive” at Jazzercise…. also a song called “Evacuate the Dance Floor” but I’m not sure who sings it.
Julie -2 good ones:
Akon…Sexy Chick…makes you wanna exercise so you look sexier 🙂
Jason Derulo-In my head
Juli B. -A few of my favorites are –
Fat Bottom Girls – Queen (obvious reasons)
Over My Head – The Fray
When You Were Young – The Killers
Freedom – George Michael
Crush – David Archuletta
Crazy – Seal
Aimee @ In THIS Life-I have to agree with Kodachrome and Grace Kelly…
One that ALWAYS gets me pumped is Erasure’s “I Love to Hate You.” When it comes on while I’m on the elliptical, I wear myself out!
Christa -“Your Love is my Drug” is my favorite right now too! I also like Kanye West’s “That that don’t kill you makes you stronger” (I know that’s not the exact title, but it’s something like that), Justin Timberlake’s “Bringing Sexy Back” is always a classic (sometimes I even do that “yeah!” parts out loud at 6am on a dark street by myself). And I also like Carrie Underwood’s “Undo It.”
melissa*320 sycamore-Hi Miss Meg~
I love the Rocky soundtrack!
Also, Billboard Top Hits of 1987 is the bomb, my favs for workout are You Keep Me Hangin On (Kim Wilde), Heaven is a Place on Earth (Belinda Carlisle), Nothing’s Gonna Stop Us Now (Starship), I Knew You Were Waiting For Me (Aretha Franklin & George Michael)
You go, girl!
PinkPeanutButter-LOL! “I twitter naked” …then why are you wearing a shirt?
Trish -Kutless and Starfield!
Starfield has beautiful words too!
Stephanie-What gets me all pumped up are the funk-beats of the Red Hot Chili Peppers! I love it!!
pallie-Anything from the Black Eyed Peas…they get me moving!
Molly-Pump It- Black Eyed Peas. Disturbia- Rihanna. Forever- Chris Brown.
Nichole-Forgot to add:
Just about anything from the Black Eyed Peas
Sara-I was going to suggest Ke$ha! I love that song for working out. I also like Dynamite by Taio Cruz, Matt & Kim- Daylight & Good Ol’ Fashioned Nightmare, REM- The Great Beyond, Dashboard Confessionals- Vindicated, Cage the Elephant- Back Against the Wall, & The Script- Breakeven.
Hope you get some good music. I CANNOT workout without an ever changing playlist. It completely makes or breaks my workout.
Jen -I know of some GREAT Christian upbeat stuff…
-the new “Newsboys” is pretty sweet
-anything “Toby Mac”
-“Press Play” is the band and the song is “NY2LA”…AWESOMENESS!
-“B.Reith” is excellent.
-“Byron Mr.Talkbox Chambers”…all of it is GREAT workout….but “In Control” is a fav.
All of those are available on iTunes.
Thanks for the blog…your honesty and creativeness. Your thoughts have blessed me.
Blessings,
Jen
Nichole-Here are some of my favorites:
Dynamite by Taio Cruz
Airplanes by B.o.B
California Girls by Katy Perry
Ignition by TobyMac
Awake and Alive by Skillet
Hello Sunshine by Barlow Girl
Million Voice by Barlow Girl
Love The Way You Lie by Eminen
A. Rigsbee -Totally going to check out everyone’s suggestions =)
It’s hard to find truly “clean” music that has a great workout/dance beat bc just bleeping the words out doesn’t count. *sigh*
On my “RUN” playlist:
PAUL OKENFOLD: just about anything by this guy but recently “Ready, Steady, Go” and “Faster Kill Pussycat” (horrible name, I know. Did you know Brittany Murphy could sing like that?)
*also, Pandora does a good mix of his music if you make him your station
Kayne West: Stronger (workout remix)
Bush: Machinehead
Basement Jaxx: Red Alert and Where’s Your Head At
Bond: Viva! (Orion Mix) and Allegreto
Nikki Costa: Everybody got their somethin’
Fatboy Slim: Weapon of Choice
Will Smith: Switch
P.O.D.: Alive
pam-I feel moved to start praying that you get a Target closer to you….there is no reason for your suffering through Wal Mart to continue.
Heather-Californis Gurls-Katy Perry
Whatya Want From Me-Adam Lambert
Animal-Neon Trees
Dog Days Are Over-Florence+The Machine
Grace Kelly-Mika
Just Say Yes-Snow Patrol
Make A Circut With Me-Polecats
These get me going.
Michelle -One of my favs – has a GREAT beat for running/working out is called “Movin'” by Group 1 Crew.
angie -Ronnie Freeman–Breakaway
Elvis A little less conversation
Martina-I’ve been loving One Republic’s album Waking Up for quite a while now. I don’t exercise but they’ve got some really rhythmic stuff… “Make for You” “All The Right Places” “Everybody Loves Me”
Ashley Crenshaw-I have to listen to rap or vintage (better than saying classic) rock.
“Pro Nails (Rusko Remix – that’s very important to get the remix)” by Kid Sister.
“Get Outta Your Mind” edited/clean verision by LMFAO ft. Lil Jon
“Crazy Train” by Ozzy
“Stillborn” by Black Label Society ft. Ozzy
-those are my ‘heavy rotation’ for now. It’s keeping me pumped up while Jillian (Michaels) kicks my butt.
AND thanks for the pictures of the Kansas storms! I miss it dearly!
karen-This is going to date me, but I LOVE Jackson Browne’s album, “I’m Alive.” It’s supposed to be about his breakup with Darryl Hannah, and the title song is so full of energy that it makes me want to punch the air. The other songs vary in intensity, so if you are doing a run-walk, it’s great. I also love the Beach Boys, the OLD Beatles’ songs & Elton John, and anything by James Taylor. Hope this helps you get your motor running again!
Elizabeth -How about “Animal” by the Neon Trees? I love the beat there.
Amanda Jo-Anything by David Crowder Band – so worshipful and energetic!!!! Reliant K is also very good.
I also like to revisit 90s songs – Third Eye Blind, Matchbox 20, Everclear, Pink (her new stuff’s ok too, but I like her older songs), NKOTB…
Karli Hurren-On my long runs I would get soooooo sick of the music! I started listening to downloaded (audible) books. They don’t have quite the ‘pump you up’ vibe that music does but it’s a great way to pass the time!
Cutz-Here are my favorites from my running playlist (not that I’m a runner or that I use it regularly). In general, I do not listen to a lot of music with profanity…but somehow it just seems to fit when you’re running.
1. Supermassive Black Hole – Muse
2. Pump It – Black Eyed Peas
3. Just Dance – Lady Gaga
4. Here It Goes Again – O.K. Go
5. Check Yes Juliett – We the Kings
I’m a Jazzercise instructor so a lot of these songs are also Jazzercise songs. The first two are my favorite. (and coincidentally are the only two non-Jazzercise songs)
Tracie -Kanye West – workout plan
love the one your with – CSN
Leadia Jarvis-I’ve just started running again and I just added these to my iPod. Even though some of these are not necessarily my favorite songs, they are just the right “speed” for me.
“Magic” by B.o.B. featuring Rivers Cuomo: happy and bouncy
“Tightrope” by Janelle Monae: fun and funky.Love this one.
“Burn it to the Ground” Nickleback: my boys tell me this is a WWF theme song but it’s hardcore in a “get pumped” sort of way.
“Waking up in Vegas” by Katie Perry: sort of overplayed but it has a great beat for running
Same goes for “I Like It” by Enrique Iglesias and Pit Bull.
“F*** You!” by Cee Lo Green The “clean” version is “Forget You” It’s a great kiss-off song with a good beat.
“Take it Off” by Ke$ha. It’s a good rhythm for running and kind of silly.
I like the Glee version of “Defying Gravity” and Beyonce’s “If I were a boy for warmup/cooldown.
What are you listening to now?
Amy C -Telephone by Gaga and Beyonce!! I get goosebumps and feel completely invisible!
kristin -Great Post!
“A Little Less Conversation” Elvis (The Las Vegas ((TV Show)) Edit)
“Suspicious Minds” Dwight Yoakum
“You’re Gonna Go Far Kid” The Offspring (adult only lyrics!)
“L.O.V.E.” Ashlee Simpson
Those are a few that got my lazy butt trained for my first 1/2 marathon! Good luck!
Becky @ Farmgirl Paints-I need some new tunes too. I have a playlist I’ve listened to about a million times. So I’m sure I will be checking back often to see what everyone says.
Here’s my list:
Justin Bieber…Somebody to love
California Girls…Katy Perry
Kesha…Tik Tok
Miley Cyrus…Party in the USA
Pink…Sober
Jason Derulo…Ridin’ Solo
Flo Rida…Low and Right Round
Iyaz…Replay
Creed…Freedom Fighter and Signs
Alter Bridge…Come to life
Family force 5…Earthquake and Supersonic
Lady Gaga…Lovegame
Linkin Park…By myself
The Pussycat Dolls…When I grow up
TobyMac…Tonight and Funky Jesus Music
Newsboys…Born Again and Impossible
Flyleaf…I’m so sick
Black Eyed Peas…Boom Boom Pow
These are my favorites. Happy running. I’m right there with ya!
Beth K. -Okay, this is really dated, but I still like the Rocky soundtrack. I used to have the tape (dating me)in high school and used to run to it all the time. I still like it – good beat in a lot of the songs. I think it is actually the fourth Rocky movie (when Apollo dies) – it has “Living in America” on it. Now I must go and dig through boxes to see if I can find the tapes that I still have so I can pull out that tape! 🙂 I just have to tell you – your blog makes my day everyday – it is one of the first things I check every morning and then again a few times a day. You just brighten my day!
Kari-I love your pictures! That is incredibly eery!!!
I’ve got nothing for songs…I’m planning on looking at the recommendations you get 🙂
mandy friend-Toby Mac, Hawk Nelson, Todd Agnew! They’ll work out your spirit as well as your body!
Claire Wood-Johnny Cash, “Get Rhythm”
Rocky IV Soundtrack, “No Easy Way Out” (This is the song when he trains in the snow in the USSR)
Salt-n-Peppa, “Push It”
Dolly Parton, “9 to 5”
Snoop Dog, “California Love”
Lionel Richie, “Lady”
Whitney Houston, “I’m Every Woman” and “Wanna Dance With Somebody”
Danielle @ Transforming Home-I love Chris Joss’ Discotheque Dancing – really funky, fun, I can’t listen to it without running around.
Have a great weekend..
Danielle
a pocket full of posies-Bottums Up!!!!- not sure who it’s by, but it HAS-GOT-A-BEAT!!! it’s new “on the teenage scene”! 🙂 LOVE IT! you can’t help but move when you hear it!
Blessings!
Jill
Pati -I am sure you have these already, but these get me through my workouts. Katy Perry/ Timberland “If we ever meet again”. Bryan Adams with Mel C “When your gone”. Paul Simon “Kodachrome”. Brandon Flowers “Crossfire”. Taio Cruz “Break your heart”
Enjoy!
Love your blog <3
jenn-BTW ~ love.Love.LOVE the photos. I love cloud photos and storm clouds are the best. 🙂
Tammi -A few faves from my “Gym” Playlist
“Teenage Dream” Katy Perry
“Can I Graduate” Third Eye Blind
“Never Let You Go” Third Eye Blind
“Shake It” Metro Station
“Headsprung” LL Cool J (dont laugh! good beat!!) haha
Alisha Berry-So What by P!nk and the Glee sound track (well, all the fast songs on it) are my current faves.
RLG-I really like the soundtrack to Twilight (esp the 1st song).
LOVE the pics of the storm. Very cool. xoxo
jenn-Ignition by tobyMac…great beat and yells at you to kick it up a notch” a couple of times throughout the song. 🙂
Wendi Siyajuck-Dana looks gorgeous!!! Can you make me look that good too? hehehehe. I love looking at your pics.
Jessie Hurst-Thanks for being so inspiring! I found your blog from The Macs a few weeks ago and have loved reading all your posts. The craft Thursdays are one of my personal favorites and my boys love the Sharpie art. You have inspired me to cook which was one of my bucket list items. Tonight I made your chicken enchiladas and they were awesome. My husband loved them and was so proud of me:) Thanks again. I’m going to try something else next week.
Love your blog:)
Rach-Oh how I wish I had the energy to make that soup because I had to wipe the drool off my keyboard when I looked at it. Yum
julia-Ooohh! I love that fabric. I did NOT need to see that!
amber-I watch Julie & Julia all the time too. My 3 year old thinks she should get to watch it too. One day, we’ll watch it, just her & I. Until then, I’ll just re-enact it for her….I’m sure she’ll like that. 🙂
Dana@Strawberrytart!-I love that print! Thank you for sharing the link and found 2 of them that I have to have!
Sugar Mama-Could someone please bring me a route 44 cherry limeade? I’m stuck in my home with 7 kids. Thanks! I appreciate it. ;o)
I haven’t seen that movie yet. I guess I should… since I love to cook and all. I’m just worried that I won’t agree with all of the great reviews.
jamie -i have those same exact IKEA curtains hanging in my house. {love} them so very much. and i more than {love} IKEA.
Michele-Thanks for sharing the recipe! Looks good. Great photos!
Amy Lynne-I love that print. I’ve had a rough week, but that reminder will stay in my mind. Thanks!
Amy-Sounds like a good day to me! i am waiting for prints from Studio Mela too! I can’t wait!
Dana Banana -Love scrolling down and BAM there’s my beautiful family! Thanks for taking such great pictures, can’t wait to see the rest. It’s a great feeling checking our Christmas photo session off of the list!
Staci -Guess I need to see that movie! Just saw Valentine’s Day last night….I’m a littttle behind 😉 And I am waiting on my Be Kind to Others print!!! Can’t wait 🙂 But I’m thinkin’ I may need to one you got….I’m generally a glass half empty kind of girl 🙁 Looking at that cheery print might help me to stay positive 😉 And wow! Those pics are some kind of good 😉
virginia -fact: i love that movie
question: when can we see the finished dining room awesomeness?
you could always take pictures of me, but ‘I never smile if I can help it…. Showing one’s teeth is a submission signal in primates. When someone smiles at me, all I see is a chimpanzee begging for its life’
Trish-you should be like Blue Lily and do all traveling sessions… I would have done the one while you were in Michigan 🙂
jennifer-Can’t wait to see the finished dining room pics.
LOVE Heather Bailey fabric! What are you going to do with it?!
Penny-The second to last picture just made me tear up. I don’t usually do that! You captured something really special there. The look on her face, the gentleness in the dad, the newness of it all. Beautiful!!
Jocelyn Stott-Can I come over for dinner? That looks amazing.
laurenjean-Love that movie 🙂 I could watch it 100 times 🙂
Leslie @farm fresh fun-Dear God, like I needed ANOTHER idea to copy from you. I’ve hearted the Katie Daisy prints foreva and finally got a few. Now you show me new Etsy print love. & Designer. Felt. Who knew? Love your blog and posted about you today! Please come to MD soon for a photo shoot?
Kelley-I followed your print link to Shelli’s shop and didn’t get out of there until I had four prints in my cart. LOVE her sentiments and can’t wait to get my hands on my own!
Nicole Q.-Love the print you just ordered! I was about to order the rain/rainbow one you mentioned — I loved it but it was sold so I think I’m going with the butterfly and I know I’ll love seeing it each morning! Enjoy your yummy soup for dinner!
Heather-i think your day sounds really swell. i heart that movie.
Kate @ Songs Kate Sang-I LOVE that movie. I may have it memorized. Don’t tell 🙂
Also, I think you should stop by AZ and have a photo session. The. Happy. En. Ding.
Rachel Schindler-Great pics! I love me a sonic, route 44 diet coke. I am addicted. Your cheesy potato soup looks yummy.
Brianna -Hi Meg, please excuse my ignorance, but what is American cheese? I notice that your soup recipe calls for it. I’m Canadian, and I have no idea what that is….
Julie-I really don’t miss much about the US (we live in Germany) except Sonic ~ silly I know, but I really miss having a cherry coke with all that wonderful ICE!! Our plan is to hit the nearest Sonic as soon as we arrive on US soil next summer! Can’t wait!!! I’ll be showing the Sonic link to my kids tomorrow. Thanks! 🙂
Love the pictures ~ really great shots!
Jacci in Ohio - Well, I see that your womderful readers have already told you that Sean found a wheelbug. They’re one of the bugs in the “Assasin Bug” category. So fun to look at, but good thing he didn’t try to hold it 🙂
Erlita Fisher - Elisalou had a similar bug on her blog…
Looks perfectly Halloween-ish to me!
http://www.elisalou.com/blog/2010/10/27/holding-onto-fall-with-both-hands/
patty - what beautiful glimpses into life…
my daughter has already dog-eared the whole catalog and declared this coming xmas an”american girl christmas!”… for about a week, then she took it back.
oh to be young and full of dreams!
Mary - Ahhh . . . the american girl catalog.
I had as much fun as my daughter back in the days when we ordered those delicious accessories.
Christina - You’re so cute!
Sally H. - It’s a Wheel Bug, that huge hook thing can cause a bite that causes bit whelts. But they are not aggressive, and beautiful to look at. Isn’t nature fantastic!
aimee - i love random!! 🙂
elisa - Don’t research assassin bugs!
Jenn - Oh my gosh I totally used to dream over the American Girls catalog when I was little too. I remember saving for 2 years to buy Samantha… Ahhh, good memories. My mom still buys clothes for her at Christmas — 21 years later.
Heather - That is a wheel bug and they are rockin’ cool! Looks like a stegosaurus! We live in KS, too and we’ve been finding them in our front yard.
Mindy Harris - The Sean picture is precious. He still has a eensy bit of “baby” left in that purdy little face.
And Craig…*blushes*
Karen Greenfield - My daughter is 25 and I am 61 and we are right there with the American Girl catalog choosing, daydreaming, wishing I’d had it as a child…….which dolls do they have? I have Kirsten, Dinah has Flick (Felicity), Josefina, Addie and we inherited my Mother’s Molly when my Mom died. They are all looking forward to getting into their best outfits and sitting our for Christmas. xxKaren
Valerie - That’s why I come by to see what random thing you’ve posted today. Have a great weekend.
Blessings,
Valerie
karen - I just booked my family with a session with Blue Lily is Houston in May.
I knew you would understand how excited I am…my family is not too excited now but are in for quite a surprise!!!!
I can’t wait.
Cari - Sometimes randomness = awesomeness.
Oh, and if you see some weirdo continually clicking onto your site from the Little Rock area, don’t worry. It’s me. I’ve been enjoying going back to the beginnings of your blog whenever I get the chance. I’ve laughed and cried. Our stories are eerily similar.
Happy weekend!
Chelsea - We’ve always called those bugs “stink bugs”… They make a stinky smell like a skunk!
Staci - I love random 🙂
Jill - I’ll have to tell Sean that I’ve seen 2 of those same bugs at my house. Very weird looking!
a pocket full of posies - LOVE the apron!!! too fun!
Have a wonderful/fun weekend!
Blessings!
Jill
Rach - Sometimes random makes more sense to me. 🙂
Lisa - My girls have been carrying the American Girl catalog around for a week! My personal favorite…the $300 camper…sheesh.
*LuLu* - Say Hello To The Pancake King For Me!!!!!!!!!!!!
Sugar Mama - You have just inspired me to take more every day photos…. the “just because” photos. They are always my favorites to look at!
Krista - Yikes! That is a Wheel Bug or an Assassin Bug!!! HATE THEM!! Luckily I didn’t find any this year, had lots last year.
Love Craig’s apron, did you make it? Cute stitching!
My girls also drool over the American Girl catalog. I am wondering if you have any at your house and how your girls take care of them. They’re a big investment, and though my daughter’s really begging for one, I am worried it will end up at the bottom of a pile of stuff in the play room and be forgotten. They’re still not understanding the concept of money, $100 and $1 are all the same to them!
Happy Weekend to you!
Tammy - I love your blog & love your random photos! Hope you have a great weekend!
Oh, and I love the ‘pretty porch pumpkins’!
Jennifer De Los Santos - In my attepmt to organize every minute, I constantly fail, and “randomness” happens. I am growing to love the random daily things that make me smile.
Becky @ Farmgirl Paints - A man who cooks AND wears an apron IS hot, hot, hot!;) I love your random posts. Have a great weekend girlie.
sharron - I saw a commercial last night and it looked like your Annie!
Happy Random weekend!!!
jennifer - My daughter would love to be right there in the middle of that American Girl drool-fest. Too cute! And all those pumpkins on the porch are great! Love all the different colors and sizes.
Carly Winborne - i think it’s funny that your husband is wearing an apron that announces him as pancake king yet he’s making bacon. that just made me giggle.
Mary - Ok, so I was just informed by my hubs that “stinkbug” is not what this one is really called. That is just its nickname around here because when you kill one (yes, that sounds just bad when you type it) they smell like sour green apple.
Ok, thats all I got.
~mary~
Mary - I love your random posts! The pic of you and Talby in the car is my favorite. And isn’t that a Stinkbug??
~mary~
Kimberlee J. - That pancake king apron cracks me up!
tasha roe - random is good!
isnt that a stink bug?
Juli - I love the picture of you & Talby in the car-so Norman Rockwell. My 9 yr old has been pouring over the AG catalog too.
Keri @ Keri's Korner - I just love your pics. Even though they are random, they are great!!
Suzanne Speight - Can I just say that I love Waffle? I have even shown him to my husband, and sometimes I will see a dog that resembles him and yell, “Look, there goes a Waffle!” What kind of dog is he and does he shed? (I’m sure you answer this a lot, sorry)
Sarah - I used to do just what Talby and Annie are doing – I’d look through the American Girl catalog for hours! My friends and I would pretend we were the girls in the catalog – oh the memories! It’s good to see little girls haven’t changed all that much!
Crystal - Random is my favorite! How cool is it that Craig is “man enough” to sport that apron!! lol Have a great day!!!
Melanie - Sounds like a perfectly normal day:)
Holly - How do you get your husband to wear an apron? Mine just won’t. Great pics.
Tracy - LOL those are GREAT every day photos and Random is always interesting! Have a great day and a great weekend, Meg! :O) xoxoxo
Liza - Aloha – The bug Sean found is called a Wheel Bug. Visit Whatsthatbug.com for great info on all sorts of winged, crawly and creepy things.
Happy random time from the land of Aloha ~
Julie - Random is where the good stuff of life is ~ it’s the not planned, just living stuff. Like it!
Jenni Carlisle - I {heart} random. Love your porch pumpkin patch. We use to have the plates your Hubs is holding in the last pic. How’s that for random? Have a fab weekend!
Taking Heart - I love random little notes in between the random photos… very… random.
Have a great weekend!!!