Jump!

I don't know if you've seen the little game going around on Facebook where you're supposed to find the song that was at the top of the Billboard charts the week you were born, but I figured mine out.

Enjoy!



Jump, by Van Halen
#1 for the week of March 4, 1984

MilSpouse Friday Fill-In...

We're back for another week of fun with Wife of a Sailor's MilSpouse Friday Fill-In! Can you all believe that its been 17 weeks since this meme started? It doesn't seem like its been that long! A big "Thanks!" to the Wifey for putting this together each week!

As always, if you'd like to join in, link up at her blog.

1. What are some things on your bucket list? (from New Girl on Post)

I'll be completely honest with you all on this one. I don't have a bucket list. I enjoy reading about all of your goals and how awesome you are when you achieve them, but I'm not really a big goal-setter.

2. How long have you been a MilSpouse and where have you been stationed so far? (from Raising Roscoe)

I've been a Military Wife since December 28, 2007, so almost 3 years. We've been stationed at Ft. Benning, Ft. Hood, Ft. Lewis and here. Yep. 3 years and we're on our fourth duty station.

3. What is a list of songs that sums up your life so far? (from Confessions of a Sailor's Wife)

Brown Eyed Girl by Van Morrison
Crazy Bitch by Buckcherry
Another Lonely Day by Ben Harper
Collide by Howie Day
If I Had $1,000,000 by Barenaked Ladies
Whatever You Like by T.I.
Only the Good Die Young by Billy Joel
Come As You Are by Nirvana
Breathe by Anna Nalick
Just A Dream by Carrie Underwood
The Way I Am by Ingrid Michaelson
Fast Car by Tracy Chapman
It's Still Rock And Roll to Me by Billy Joel

This was kind of fun to think about what songs to choose. Some are because they represent a time in my life while others are just songs that I love.

4. What is your favorite kind of pizza?

I really like Hawaiian pizza (pineapple and Canadian bacon), but haven't had it in years. I'm also a fan of Buffalo Chicken pizza from California Pizza Kitchen.

5. What are three good things in your life right now?

My daughter, my husband, the weather and the fact that Christmas is coming up (that's 4)!

Tag! I'm it!

Maranda over at My Camo Colored Life tagged me in this little meme, and I'm not gonna lie, I feel pretty cool about it! Maranda and I are stationed at the same post, have mutual friends, and yet we still have not met in real life. Don't fret, dear readers. We will meet very soon, I'm sure of it! Anyways, on to the post!

1. If you could have any superpower what would you have? Why?

Hmmm. I wish that I were like Mary Poppins in the scene where all she has to do is snap her fingers and a mess is straightened up. Is that sad that I really just don't want to have to clean anymore?! lol

2. Who is your style icon?

Well, apparently its hmb, but if I had to pick someone that most of you would recognize (aka a real celebrity, not that hmb isn't, but you know what I mean) then I would have to choose Reese Witherspoon. She usually looks pretty casual, but always looks nice, and she is typically wearing pretty plain individual pieces.

3. What is your favorite quote?

"Well-behaved women rarely make history."
-Laurel Thatcher Ulrich

4. What is the best compliment you've ever received?

From my hubby. He tells me often that I'm a good mom (and his opinion is the only one that really counts).

5. What playlist/CD is in your CD player/iPod right now?

Its called "Beth's A Runnin'" and its my running mix. I listen to vastly different music when I'm running than any other time. The run mix includes classics like Bad Romance and others by Lady Gaga as well as timeless favorites like Crazy Bitch and Turn My Swag on.

When I'm not running (from the law, apparently,) I listen to lots of classic rock (like Billy Joel, Steve Miller Band, and The Eagles), soft rock (Michael Buble, James Blunt) and alternative/indie stuff (Green Day, Maroon 5, Barenaked Ladies, and Spoon, Manchester Orchestra, Modest Mouse, and Motion City Soundtrack).

6. Are you a night owl or a morning person?

I'm neither. I think this may have to do with the fact that I have a 6 month old baby, but I want to go to sleep at 7:30 pm and sleep until 10 every morning. Typically its easier for me to stay up than it is for me to get up, but once I'm up in the morning, I'm up.

7. Do you prefer dogs or cats?

Dogs. I grew up with dogs and our beagle, Abby, was my first child.

8. What is the meaning behind your blog name?

My blog name is a play on the title of the radio show "This American Life" on NPR. I feel that I'm a pretty patriotic person and with D being in the Army and all, well, yeah. The radio show itself has also played a fairly large role in our lives in the sense that we listened just hours after we were married in the county courthouse. The topic of the broadcast that day was actually the reason we named AJ what we did.

I Need Workout Music!

After my run yesterday I realized that I am badly in need of some good workout music. I tried scouring my iTunes and found a few songs that I like to run to/get me pumped up, but that was it. Unfortunately, D tends to listen to "screamy" music when he works out (is this a guy thing?) and that is just not going to work for me.

With that being said, does anyone have any suggestions for music that gets them going during a workout? Here is what I have so far (to give you an idea of what I like to run to):

So What by P!nk
Since U Been Gone by Kelly Clarkson
Your Love Is My Drug by Ke$ha
Low (feat. T-Pain) by Flo Rida
Rock That Body by Black Eyed Peas
Spiderwebs by No Doubt
Empire State of Mind (feat. Alicia Keys) by Jay-Z
Turn My Swag On by Soulja Boy Tell 'Em
Poker Face by Lady Gaga
California Gurls (feat. Snoop Dogg) by Katy Perry
Don't Trust Me by 3OH!3
Paper Planes by M.I.A.
Let It Rock by Kevin Rudolf & Lil Wayne
Whatever You Like by T.I.
I Gotta Feeling by Black Eyed Peas
Tik Tok by Ke$ha
Alcohol by Barenaked Ladies
Paralyzer by Finger Eleven
Tangerine Speedo by Caviar
Right Round by Flo Rida
Paparazzi by Lady Gaga

I really want to add a bunch more stuff to this play list so that I don't end up listening to the same songs over and over again. I know that I will get really sick of running to it and then I'm back to hoping there is something good on the TV attached to my dreadmill. The other downfall of the TV is that it really fails to get me pumped up, especially at the end of my run, and I need something to keep my feet movin'!

HELP!