10 Reasons I Love Pandora

10. "Create a New Station" button.  I am fickle.  I tend to have a favorite genre everyday.

 9. "Full Lyrics"  So I don't forever think the words to Kenny Rogers' song "Lucille" are "With four hundred children and a crop in the field."

 8. Quick Mix.  Because how awesome is it to have Martina McBride and old school Whitney Houston on the same station?!

 7. "New" artists.  I love how they mix by the sound, so I am introduced to groups and artists that I might not have heard of before.

 6. Streaming on my blu-ray!!!  Oh yea!!  I love streaming through my blu-ray so I can hear my favorite stations while I am doing dishes.

 5. 40 hours of free music.  It doesn't sound like a ton, but I have yet to come close to going over.

 4. Limited commercials.  While there are commercials, they are not too often.  And when I stream on my blu-ray they are few and far between.  SCORE!

 3. Thumbs Up and Thumbs Down.  I get to have what *I* want on *MY* station. 

 2. Explicit material....I can block this.  This is great when you have children listening as well.

And the number one reason I love Pandora is......

1.MY MUSIC!! MY STATIONS!!!
     Bush radio---Glycerine by Bush; One Headlight by The Wallflowers   Um...Bush.  YES!! You know gorgeous Gavin Rossdale before he was Mr. Gwen Stefani.
     
     Reba McEntire radio---The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia by Reba; The Dance by Garth Brooks  That's right.  The best country.  Ever!

    Whitney Houston radio---River Run Dry by Boyz II Men; Didn't We Almost Have It All by Whitney Houston   This station reminds me of 6-8th grade.  I get alot of Jr. High dance flashbacks with this one complete with silk button up shirts.  :)

     Joel's Disney---Do I really need to give examples?
  
     Nichole Nordeman radio---In Your Arms by Plumb; Legacy by Nichole Nordeman  This is my Christian station.  It rocks.
  
     Glee Cast radio---Um...GLEE songs!!!  Plus I have added RENT songs.  Sweeeet!

     Journey radio---This station is comprised of Journey (Insert high 'C' AWWWWWW here), Styx (once again...) and REO Speedwagon.  I know...you are jealous.  It's ok.  You can have one too!!!!

    Madonna radio---Scott put that one on there.  It is ok.  It has Micheal Jackson mixed in.  I have to put thumbs down on any post 1995 Madonna though. *Shutter*

    Zaia's station---I can't describe this station.  I think it plays Taylor Swift and Winnie the Pooh and other random children's songs.  It doesn't get played very often.  She just needed one too. ;)

    Rhianna's station---All things Taylor Swift.  Demi Lovato, Jonas Brothers, Selena Gomez...Disney stars.  She also has main stream hip hop (is it even called that anymore?!).  She knows the songs...I don't.  *Sigh* I think I have gotten old. 

   Anessa---This was my first station.  It has some Jason Mraz, Colbie Caillat, Taylor Swift, John Mayer...If I had to label it, I would call it soft rock. 

Leave me a comment and tell me what YOUR favorite station on Pandora is?  And if you are reading this and say to yourself "What are you talking about?!"  Go here.  You will thank me.   

Just another day...

I have been avoiding my blog.  I know, weird.  I have been avoiding because I don't have anything pressing I want to say.  Usually I have an idea of what I am going to blog about and it just rolls.  Not lately and it is kind of depressing.  I don't think I am that boring, but maybe I am....;)  So I think I may just post random pictures I have on my computer.  I may discuss them, I may just leave them as is.  That sounds like fun!

This is Joel at 2.  He liked to get into my makeup and put it everywhere.  Apparently eyeliner makes a good beard.  :)

Sweet baby Rhianna.  Mom and I went to get her pictures taken and she just would NOT stay awake!!  FYI the outfit is the one she and I came home from the hospital in.  This picture just makes me want to kiss her chubby little cheeks!!!

Zaia was super cool even as a baby.  :)

I love, love, love this picture.  Joel took it and I love it!

This was when we first moved in.  I loved putting them on the stairs for pictures.  Look at them...they are all just babies!!

*Sigh* If I think about these too hard I will start to cry so....:)

You are never too old to play at the park!

DISNEY!!! I am so glad we were able to take the kids.  They had so much fun.  So did we. ;)



Storytime

Once upon a time there was a girl.  She was normal, at least as normal as anyone can be.  Sure she had her share of childhood "traumas" but it didn't define her and she was fine.  She grew up and became an adult.  She met this friend who we'll call Depress.  Depress wasn't a very good friend.  He weighed heavy on this girl and she really disliked him.  But Depress was reliable.  Very reliable.  So reliable that she began to just let him be around.  Alot.  Depress moved on in and took root.  He was bad.  So bad.  He encouraged her to do things and be things that she just was not.  He changed her on the inside.  He almost changed her on the outside.  So she started to kick Depress out.  It took along time because frankly, Depress didn't want to leave.  He had alot of roots dug and lots of stuff to move out.  But after a few years and lots of help she kicked Depress out.  But occasionally, she would run into him.  He would just appear out of the blue either in a dream or maybe on Facebook.  Sometimes Depress would be so bold as to stop by and just barge in the house.  These time were especially hard because this girl could find herself getting back into that old bad routine.  She thought that once he had moved out...been kicked out, that he would never come back.  That the worst part of this "friend" Depress...He never really leaves fully, but the girl is learning that as soon as she sees him, she must fight.  Fight to keep him out.  Fight to keep him away.  Fight to keep the happy that he was always so insistent on keeping away from her.  Because the happy is way better.  Always a way better friend than Depress could ever be.

Slumber Partay!

I may be "almost 30" as my daughter keeps reminding me, but I can still love slumber parties can't I?  I say yes.  YES!  Who put an age on loving and having slumber parties?  Not me that is for sure because I am having one.  Yup, a good old fashioned slumber party.  I am having it for the youth girls at church and I am SO excited!!  But a little concerned too....Currently I have at least 9 who are coming.  I have a feeling there could be more.  I have space in my house, but we might have to love each other.  Alot.  :) 

But that is ok because we are girls.  I am excited about chocolate and food and movies (which I will discuss further down) and talking and giggling and french braids!  I needed a sister growing up.  My mother will tell you otherwise (because she says "I could have only had one of you"; Balk...I wasn't that bad!) but I think I did.  I love girly things and although I don't take the time to be girly daily, I love doing it.  I love that I have TWO girls who love to be girly and I can play with them.  :) Besides that is why we have children right?  To play with them?  And so we don't have to get off the sofa to get a soda. 

So yes, chocolate, because how could you have more than two girls in the same place and not have chocolate?  And chips, because where there is chocolate, there must be salt.  And talking....I LOVE girl talk.  There is nothing like it.  I have attempted this with boys...well, Scott, and it just doesn't work.  He doesn't get it because he is a BOY!  Giggling!!  This is the BEST!!  Have you ever just started laughing over nothing?  And then couldn't stop?  And you NEED to stop because you are going to pee your pants?  Or your spleen is going to explode?  Then you calm down and wipe away the cry tears and then it starts all over again?!  The BEST!!! 

And movies....I love movies.  I love chick flicks and dance flicks and oh my gosh did we use all the kleenex? flicks.  But I do have to take some adult responsibility.  (Oh how I hate to have to take adult responsibility. Humpf.) These girls will range in age from 12 to...well...29.  What can I show and what can't I show?  I certainly am not going to pop in a movie that drops the f-bomb or has a lusty sex scene, but how much is too much?  Does it need to be rated G or PG?  Ugh...

I am sure it will work out.  And I will have an AmAzInG slumber partay!!!