Love Is In The Air

It’s February 1, and now that we’ve turned the page on this new month it’s time to go ahead and face facts:

Love is in the air.

I used to think Valentine’s Day (and all the hullabaloo that goes with it) was just a holiday manufactured by card and gift stores to get us all back to spending money for gifts while we’re still recovering from our big Christmas spend, and hey- maybe that’s still true.

But my attitude about Valentine’s Day has changed just a tad as they years have passed. First of all, I got married on Valentine’s Day. (More on that another time. It wasn’t for the lovey-dovey reasons you may think, but now that it’s our Anniversary, I do actually love it!) Second, the whole world wears pink and red on repeat. (Can we make this a think not JUST for February?!?) Third, can you even handle all the sweets and treats there are to tempt us this month? Be still my candy-loving heart.

Valentine’s Day is a celebration of L-O-V-E, but don’t get bogged down thinking it’s only for people who have a life parter, significant other, or spouse. This month, let’s celebrate our Girlfriends (Galentines Day, anyone?) Let’s celebrate all the love we’ve learned from over the years (Throw a “Stupid Cupid” Party!) And while we’re at it- how about let’s celebrate learning to love ourselves as we are just a little bit more.

There are a LOT of things to love, and to celebrate all that love floating around, I’ve put together another Spotify playlist for you. This one’s got 2 hours of my favorite love songs. You can get to the playlist by clicking here.

I’d love to hear from you- Did I leave out your favorite love song?

Holiday Playlist

If you are one of those people who doesn’t want to see holiday decorations until December and hates holiday music before Thanksgiving, I’d probably recommend you take a moment to bookmark this blog post and come back to it at a later date.

It’s holiday playlist time at my house, y’all.

Let’s be honest. It has been for a couple weeks now. I can not apologize for that. Holiday music is something of a nostalgic thing for me. I LOVE memories of decorating the tree with family nearby with these songs playing. We never lived close to our grandparents or other family members, so there was always a road trip associated with holiday visits- and before the days of 24 hour holiday music stations I learned to get excited when ole Branda Lee started singing about Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree.

Classics never go out of style, but that doesn’t mean there aren’t also some great new takes on holiday favorites. I’ve taken the liberty of compiling a Spotify playlist for you that includes some of those holiday favorites for this season.

I’m listening to it while I’m writing this. Admittedly I’m biased, but I think it’s pretty great. I hope you’ll enjoy it too. Here are 35 songs (2 hours of music) to help you get yourself into the holiday spirit.

Get your jingle bells ready, and click here to head straight over to Spotify so you can give it a listen/download. I have also included a picture below of the list of songs..

I’d love to hear your favorite Holiday song. Did I leave any off the list?