After a long drought, I just may make it to two weeks in a row with Mama Kat prompts. She made it easy (and irresistible) this week via a template: 2012 Favorites (inspired by MomSmack)!
Here goes.
Favorite 2012 Movie: The thing is, as much as I love movies, I don’t make it to them very often. To start things off on an unpredictable roll, let’s go with the one that was the most fun: Magic Mike!
Favorite Album: Gosh, I haven’t bought an album, on vinyl or digital, so I’ll have to pass on that one!
Favorite Song: The last (and cooldown) song on my running playlist is “I Won’t Give Up” by Jason Mraz. Something about this song reminds me of my daughter. It’s the line, “How old is your soul?” I love it.
Favorite Tweeter. There is one person I look for every day on Twitter. I know that what I will find will entertain, encourage, or do a little of both. So unless you’re a Lara Spencer fan, just trust me on this and follow @washingtina. She rocks.
Favorite Blog. How, oh how in a world chock full of incredible bloggers do I answer this one? I think I’ll reward Diary of a Mom for all of those super-early wakeups that she does in order to write for us (I know she’ll say she does it for herself too but……) about parenting, life, autism, and being true to yourself.
Favorite TV Show. Holy heck I am feeling shallow here with the Magic Mike intro and the reveal of my favorite tv show. I love My Fair Wedding with David Tutera. I love it most at 2 a.m. when I’m supposed to be sleeping and I am drifting off to the sound of him rescuing some poor inept bride from her bargain gown and putting her into the perfect couture gown; when he’s blowing off the industrial hall venue and migrating everyone to an opulent seaside setting. I love it when he makes that bride’s dream “his” for the duration and truly invests himself in the process.
Favorite Instagramer. This is a challenge because I just got on Instagram. That said, one instagramer I followed on Facebook before I had it as an app is “tifthegirl.” I met Tiffany when her husband was studying film at Florida State, and her picture-a-day for a year project that was posted to Facebook never failed to capture my attention.
Favorite Moment. Crossing the finish line of the Boston 13.1 race in September as part of the Autism Speaks team.
Favorite conference. I went to an interesting conference in Baltimore in June related to Health Care Quality. I would be lying if I didn’t admit that one of the highlights was my extracurricular non-conference activity of getting together super early with my friend and PRS Fit teammate Ann Brennan. What a treat!
Favorite viral video. Here’s the thing. I am a huge fan of Bottom of the Barrel Comedy on Youtube and they’ve done plenty of viral videos (I met many BOTB members when they were FSU Film students). But a lot of them may not be appropriate for a mom audience. For that reason I am embedding one that is technically not from 2012 but is the best I can do for a PG13 audience. Little Chef has had over 343,000 views:
So there you have it. Magic Mike, Wedding Overkill, Kids Running Amok in Kitchens. Maybe it’s a good thing my word for 2013 is direction.
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Good on you for your 13.1!! Great cooldown song too btw. I have Sia’s Breathe as mine right now, but I also love Florence and the Machine’s Shake it Off. Nothing better than some cool introspection to end a long run.
BOTB is my next Youtube search. (But not at work as my computer doesn’t have speakers…dammit Jim!) Mad props for finishing the Boston 13.1 race! (Wait…you live in Beantown? Boston is my favourite place that I’ve never visited!)
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Congrats on finishing the half marathon! That’s awesome! The Little Chefs video was so funny…but I think it might be a while before I let my kids help me make pizza again! 😉
I gotta admit while I loved the shirtless men, drool, I was not a Magic Mike fan.