My Year in Lists: Most Listened to Music in 2011

Through my Last.fm account, I can check which songs, albums, and artists I have listened to most often in 2011. I can access this information because I "scrobble" my music... everything I listen to on my iPod, at home through Spotify or iTunes, or even on my work PC, gets the info sent to Last.fm which is really cool. Then I just check my chart based on the last twelve months and below is what I found.

At first I was pretty surprised about this list because I listen to alot of other stuff, but then I realized that I listen to these songs all the time at the gym! So this means that I worked out pretty well this year, or at least for part of it.

Tracks

1. Lady Gaga – Born This Way
2. P!nk – Raise Your Glass
3. P!nk – F**kin' Perfect
4. Mumford & Sons – Little Lion Man
5. Cee Lo Green – F**k You
6. Black Eyed Peas – The Time (Dirty Bit)
7. Death Cab for Cutie – You Are A Tourist
8. Sara Bareilles – King Of Anything
9. Adele – Rolling In The Deep
10. Bruno Mars – Just The Way You Are

Albums

1. Lady Gaga – Born This Way - Single
2. Arcade Fire – The Suburbs
3. Rod Stewart – Fly Me to the Moon... - The Great American Songbook, Vol. V (Deluxe Version)
4. Kate Nash – Made of Bricks (Bonus Track Version)
5. Michael Bublé – Christmas
6. Sara Bareilles – Kaleidoscope Heart
7. Rihanna – Loud
8. P!nk – Greatest Hits...So Far!!!  
9. Mumford & Sons – Sigh No More
10. deadmau5 – 4x4=12

Artists

1. Lady Gaga
2. P!nk
3. Mumford & Sons
4. Kate Nash
5. Arcade Fire
6. Rihanna
7. Bruno Mars
8. Death Cab for Cutie
9. Ke$ha
10. Michael Bublé

Visit me on Google+.

Love is all around you...

- Rachel

That's Entertainment! and a Memory Foam Mattress

We recently had a water problem... the sink was left on and it over flowed and the water went through the floor above and through the ceiling down onto my bed below, completely soaking the mattress. So as a replacement to my soaked standard coil mattress, I ordered a Lucid Memory Foam Mattress by LinenSpa. It got good reviews on Amazon.

I was told that since it compressed and wrapped in plastic so it needed a day or two to air out. Right now I have it propped up on it's side with a few fans blowing. Supposedly the plastic chemical smell is still in the mattress. I can smell it a bit, but don't think it's that bad. However, I don't want to get a headache when I sleep on it so I'll air it out for the rest of the afternoon.

But I couldn't wait to try it out, of course, I laid on it to watch a bit of one of my favorite movies that they had on TCM today, That's Entertainment. It is SO COMFORTABLE I don't even think I'll need a pillow! I was not inclined to move and ended up bringing up the dogs on the bed and watching the end of the movie.



In fact, they have on That's Entertainment II and That's Entertainment III on right after...


Visit me on Google+.

Love is all around you...

- Rachel

The Muppets

I went to see The Muppets new movie today with my friend and her two kids. The kids were SO good I couldn't believe it considering one is 2 and the other is 5 months.  The movie is brilliant! It seems more geared towards the adults who grew up with the Muppets instead of for the kids today. One of my favorite things was that they had a barber shop quartet cover Nirvana's "Smells Like Teen Spirit" and I couldn't stop cracking up. Definitely go see this one.




Visit me on Google+.

Love is all around you...

- Rachel

The Man Who Came to Dinner (1942)

They aired one of favorites tonight on TCM! Love this one during the holidays (and the rest of the year too). It's my 2nd favorite Bette Davis movie - of course All About Eve is my top fav. But Monty Woolley just steals the show and such a pain in the ass that he's fun to watch. This one always makes me laugh.

Visit me on Google+.

Love is all around you...

- Rachel

Charlie Bird's New Setup

How do you like Charlie Bird's new setup? Now he has a "branch" that stretches out about 7 feet so he can run back and forth over me while I'm working on my computer.

Visit me on Google+.

Love is all around you...

- Rachel

Neverland

"Second star to the right and straight on till morning" - J.M. Barrie, Peter Pan

A Peter Pan prequel! Wow, this is so good! Neverland on Syfy puts a new twist on one of my favorite stories. It tells the story of how Peter, Hook, the Lost Boys and other actually got to Neverland. You find out why Peter is "the boy who never grows up", how he learned to fly, and why he and Hook hate each other. The settings and costumes are beautiful I want to watch it over and over just for that.

Visit me on Google+.

Love is all around you...

- Rachel

Kurt and Liz's Wedding

Little Kurt (who is almost 30) got married! The ceremony was at St. Michael's Catholic Church in Old Town.


Then we were invited back to John's apartment to visit which the bridal party was taking pictures.

The reception was held in the tent at Galleria Marchetti and it was beautiful. John gave a great speech as best man!



See more pictures of Kurt and Liz's Wedding (12/3/2011), a set on Flickr.

ABCs of Pet Birds: C is for Clowning Around

The ABCs of Pet Birds: C is for Clowning Around is the third installment of my video series I am hosting on my YouTube channel. I shot a lot of footage of him hanging and climbing on things and being an overall goofball. It's interesting that you actually notice a lot more about your pet when you are trying to capture its actions on film. I had a lot of fun this week playing with Charlie Bird. Enjoy!


Visit me on Google+.

Love is all around you...

- Rachel

Baby B's Ultrasound

Got to see my nephew today! I went with my sister for her doctor's visit and she gets an ultrasound each time. Only six weeks left! Getting scary...

Visit me on Google+.

Love is all around you...

- Rachel