My "Get Happy" Playlist

This month I am making December a little more joyful with NaBloPoMo!

       Anyone that knows me at all knows that music makes my world go around.  I mean hells bells 99.9% of the time my face book status is that I have my tunes cranked and I am singing along.  Why, because that is what I do.  It makes me happy.  No matter what I am doing, my life has a definite soundtrack.  When contemplating my playlist I realized that it really depends on the day.  If I like a song, I add it to my favorite’s playlist on Spotify.  Have I said lately how much I adore Spotify?  I love Spotify, and I love my music.  So what really floats my boat and gets me in a great mood?

1.  Anything by Maroon 5, but especially “Maps” and “Animals” and the thought of Adam Levine naked thanks to that picture that circulated a while back on the internet just adds to the happiness factor. 

2. Anything and I mean anything by Nickelback because honestly I love their music and I think Chad Kroeger and Daniel Adair are hot. So yeah, it is a no brainer that they are on the playlist.

3.      Billy Currington’s song “We are the Night!” because I can NOT listen to this song without singing along, and then playing it over and over, and singing along again because that is the way I roll.   No, I don’t really think he is hot, I just LOVE the song.  I thought I better clarify that since this is starting to look more like a list of sexy men than great music on my playlist.

     

4. “Bottoms Up” by Brantley Gilbert…once again because I love singing along with the song not because I think he is hot.  He may be hot to someone, he just isn’t to me.

5.  “Classic” by MKTO.  It is just a feel good song and I love singing along, end of story.  I actually bop in my chair to this one because I can.

6.  “Steal my Girl” by One Direction.  Another feel good song!  It is a song I have to sing along with.  I am simply compelled.

7.   “Mmm Yeah” by Austin Mahore and Pitbull is another one I can’t stop bopping to and singing along.  Yeah, I know you are getting a mental picture and are shaking your head about now…but there you go!

8.  “Wiggle” by Jason Derulo and Snoop Dog just because it cracks me up and I can identify with it because I have a big fat butt in my humble opinion.  I am that girl that checks out everyone else’s ass when I am out and about then look at my own and look and then look at my daughter and she assures me “No mom, not even close.”  Besides it is awful fun to dance to and sing those crazy ass lyrics.

9.   “Word Up” by Korn.  I love singing along and bopping to this one.  I know you are getting a mental vision right about now.  Keep a straight face!  OK, admit it, you can’t!

10.  “Yeah” by Usher.  Another great song that gets me bopping in my seat and typing faster than I am otherwise incapable of.

11.    “Addicted” by Saving Abel because it rocks and it is one sexy feel good kind of song.  I like it!

12.   “I’m Sexy and I Know It” by LMFAO because the song is fun, the video is outrageous, and it just cracks me up.  Besides I can rank 5 stars on the “Just Dance” version of this song because I am just that awesome, and always beat my kids on at least song.  I got my wiggle on and I know how to flex.

       There’s an even dozen of the songs that make me do a happy dance.  I could have went on forever,  since writing this post I am on top of the world and firmly in my happy place.

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My Favorite Place to Be

     These days when I am feeling low or when I need to get away and recharge my batteries I retreat to my happy place.  It isn’t far from my own back door.  I escape to my camper parked alongside my house.  When I step through the door, I feel as if I am transported to a whole different place.  I can imagine that I am anywhere without ever leaving home.  It doesn’t cost any money.  I don’t use any gas to get there.  

       I have never been able to pinpoint what is so special about my camper.  Maybe it is because it is a place that is all my own.  It is a place for fun and relaxation.  It matters little that we rarely take it on any camping trips.  What does matter is that it is there as an escape from reality.  It is a place to go to play games.  I have all of our card games, board games, and LEGO games stored out there.  When we feel like having a game day we cart chips, dips, and drinks to the camper and have our own little party.  Naturally we take the dogs with us and they love the camper as much as I do.  If they see me heading for the camper they are desperate to go too.  Once there they settle on the bed and fall happily asleep.  It is a place to go to lose myself in a book.  It is a place to go when there is no place to go.  It is my place, and without it I think there are some days I would surely go insane.  

       I am not sure why I love my camper so much, but I do.  I have never left home but still feel like I have.  That is what I like about it best.  I can be me.  I can laugh.  I can cry.  So as crazy as it may seem, my favorite place in the whole wide world is right outside my door.  When I am in my camper I remember what a wonderful world it is until next time when I give you another glimpse into the life of a trucker’s wife.

Happiest Moment in Life

    Although I have had several things in my life that sent me over the moon, the challenge is to narrow it down to the one shining moment that stands above all the rest.  With that said, the happiest moment of my life was when I married my best friend, my husband.

     

     If I hadn’t married my husband and best friend, other equally happy moments like the birth of our children or moving into our house would have never occurred.  At this point in my life, all good things followed from that one shining moment.  Love is an amazing thing and can make or break the happiness level in your life.  Until next time when I give you another glimpse into the life of a trucker’s wife.