Thursday, April 1, 2010

HELP… Need Running Songs

Running and I have a very love hate relationship. I hate it while I am doing it, but the feeling after and the way my pants are fitting loosely keeps me coming back for more. I think my relationship with running is bordering on the bi-polar level. While I am running I want to yell at someone, anyone. At the gym, I find myself hoping someone will walk up to me a start a fight… just so I can yell at them. What is wrong with me? Heck, I don’t need a trainer, what I need is someone I can pay to walk up and talk smack to me so I can yell at them and run more! Trainer smainer.

My relationship with running got a major bump in the right direction this week. My anniversary gift was a bright pink beautiful Apple iPod Nano… or whatever it’s called. The name is not really important. What is important is that I love it. As soon as Dan figured out how to work it and then taught me (I’m not a patient “look at the directions” type of person), I had all my favorite songs downloaded. Then running and I made another go of it. I ran for 45 minutes and really enjoyed it (okay, that might not be true… I “tolerated it” might be a better word choice). My selection of running music might be a little weird. But the important thing is I kept going and it was okay. So my plan is to keep up with the 45 minutes for a few weeks and them bump up to *gasp* 1 hour!

Another tiny little fact about me: I get bored easily. So I will be bored with my current selection of running music probably by Sunday. Which brings me to the point of this post: Please please please give me ideas of songs to download for running. What’s good? What has a good beat? I pretty much like anything, but it has to have a good beat to keep me going. Any suggestions???

Monday, March 29, 2010

I Will Be Here

Today is our 2 year anniversary! It has been a quick, wonderful, happy, fabulous, life-changing, awe-inspiring two years and I can't wait for a lifetime more!
I love the song "I Will Be Here" by Steven Curtis Chapman. It was one of the songs sung at our wedding and I just think it is beautiful and says everything. If you have not heard of the song, Google it and listen to it, its beautiful. But be warned... you will cry... it's just one of those songs!

I Will Be Here
By: Steven Curtis Chapman

Tomorrow morning if you wake up
and the sun does not appear
I will be here
If in the dark, we lose sight of love
Hold my hand, and have no fear'
Cause I will be here
I will be here
When you feel like being quiet
When you need to speak your mind
I will listen
And I will be here
When the laughter turns to cryin'
Through the winning, losing and trying
We'll be together
I will be here
Tomorrow morning, if you wake up
And the future is unclear
I will be here
Just as sure as seasons were made for change
Our lifetimes were made for these years
So I will be here
I will be here
And you can cry on my shoulder
When the mirror tells us we're older
I will hold you
And I will be here
To watch you grow in beauty
And tell you all the things you are to me
I will be here
I will be true to the promise I have made
To you and to the One who gave you to me
Tomorrow morning, if you wake up
And the sun does not appear
I will be here
Oh, I will be here.