Those of you with a bit of a sweet tooth like myself might be interested to know that the Desserts page was updated!
On this page you’ll find my favorite recipes for cookies, cupcakes, brownies, bars, muffins and other random sweet treats like dark chocolate avocado mousse. Enjoy!
Lunch
The internet guy came by this morning and while he was working away in our home office (we now have a brand spankin’ new modem), I thought ahead to lunchtime and prepped a bowl of not-so-overnight overnight oats.
We need to go to the grocery store today, but thankfully we had oats, chia seeds, almond milk, Greek yogurt and honey on hand, making overnight oats the perfect lunch for today.
I stirred everything together and let the chia seeds thicken the mixture for an hour or so until I dug into the bowl for lunch.
Nothin’ fancy!
Favorite Pandora Stations
I first discovered Pandora, a free personalized online radio station, when I graduated from college and entered the working world. All it took was a week or so of spending long hours at a desk for me to recognize the need for uplifting music to help energize me and get me through the work day.
To this day, when I sit down to start my work day at the computer, Pandora is the first site I visit! (Thankfully I have no problem writing with music jamming in the background.)
Throughout the years, I’ve experimented with various Pandora stations, but there are a select few that seem to be my default Pandora stations.
I’ve blogged about my intense love of the Wicked station on Pandora before and it remains my favorite, but I’m a musical-lovin’ gal, so I know it’s not for everyone. It’s cheesy and completely fantastic at the same time.
For days when I’m feeling instrumental music, The Vitamin String Quartet station is fantastic. It’s upbeat and features instrumental versions of popular songs. The Fun. Station is a new one for me, but I’m really enjoying it a lot since it’s exposing me to some bands I’ve never heard of before.
Since I’m always on the lookout for new Pandora Stations that rock, please feel free to tell me about your favorite station in the comments section!
Question of the Afternoon
- What is your favorite Pandora station?
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yess i’ve been obsessed with dubstep radio on pandora lately when i’m working out…. it’s my favorite when doing intervals! i’m a musical lovin’ girl too so need to jump on that “wicket” station!
I have no shame in listening to 90s pop and various boy band stations while I work. Thank goodness I work predominately from home!
I love the Zac Brown Band station! So good! Also, the Smash station is great!
i love that you have glee cast and wicked on your favorites list because I have them as well! Along with Carrie Underwood, Creedance Clearwater, Today’s hits, ingrid michaelson and classic rock..just to name a few!
oh! i should try the ingrid michaelson station. i LOVE it when she comes on my other stations!
My favorite is my Lady Antebellum – country music isn’t for everyone, but this station is amazing! I am also a fan of Florence and the Machine/Mumford and Sons – great to do work to!
My favorite is Disney Pandora. It plays some of those oldies that you just LOVE and brings you back to when you were in elementary school. When I was studying for finals I would bust out with a random “OH I JUST CAN’T WAIT TO BE KIIIIIIING” every now and then. It also plays songs from the Wicked station as well as other musicals so you feel as if you get the best of both worlds!
I love falling asleep to the Norah Jones station, DMB is always good & of course 90’s Pandora!
i love norah jones!
I like listening to the country pop or today’s country stations 🙂 haha, but I know it’s not for everyone..I also love wicked and gleeeeee.. Oh how I wish I could carry a tune!
I’ve got a Wicked station, too, and I found all kinds of musicals I’ve otherwise not been introduced to because of it. I also have a Charlotte Gainsbourg (French star of Jane Eyre, Anti-Christ, Melancholia, etc) station for soft, french pop music. Not sure why I adore it, but it’s very relaxing.
While I’ve listened to Pandora, I’m not sure why I haven’t actually chosen to use it on my own. It’s kind of weird. Anyway, the other day my roommate and I were going through our closets and she had on a great station. Turns out it was the Postal Service station. HIGHLY recommend! 🙂
My Billy Currington and Travis Porter stations are my favorite. I think that pretty much describes my musical tastes, crazy hip-hop music and country lol
Jai Ho! I love the funn bollywood beats!
haha, i jam to “country grammar” radio when i run. old school 90s rap? yes i think so!
Oh man, where do I start? I cannot get through work without Pandora! My favorites right now are the Smash Cast station, Another Night Station, and the Disney station is always fun!
one of my favorites is S Club 7, it plays all the music I loved in middle school!
Thank you for sharing your favorite stations!
Some of my favorite stations are:
New Kids on the Block – it’s a good mix of 80s and 90s music
Boyce Avenue – he’s one of my favorite cover artists and there is good mellow music here
Frank Sinatra
Try the E.S. Posthumus radio when you’rein the mood for instrumentals. I love it when I’m working!
I can’t believe nobody has posted Michael Jackson. I love him and the variety that pandora plays is kick a$$. But I do love the 80s and 90s! Takes me back to middle/high school days.
Oooh I MUST try the O.A.R. station! Thank you 🙂 I actually love my Britney Spears station, Charlotte church, and Les Mis stations. I also want to try Carrie Underwood, and Norah Jones.
Oh I really like Enya too-it’s great for working!
I’m a country girl so I love their traditional country station 🙂
In LOVE with the Glee Radio station.
I also am slightly obsessed with the song, Drop It Low – by Chris Brown and Ester Dean. So I made myself a “Drop it Low” radio station that plays good music to workout to (although I’m trying out the Fit Radio app more these days).
In terms of stations I like to listen to in the morning to get my day started, I listen to “Colbie Caillat radio.” it’s a little upbeat, a little calming, a little perfect start to the day!
My favorites are 80’s pop music and 90’s alternative. I like the 80’s to keep me entertained at work and the 90’s for driving in the car!
I WISH i could work with music on! I’m so jealous of everyone who can concentrate with music..I wind up just listening to the music and can’t focus on what I need to be reading/writing.
Hehe I’ve definitely got the Glee and Dubstep ones! Thanks for the other suggestions. I’m going to check them out now so I can have some afternoon tunes to work to! 🙂
Agreed! Coldplay Pandora is the best way to have a chill day and stay upbeat with U2 or Of Monsters and Men!
Coldplay is an EPIC pandora station. 🙂
I have two default stations: my Passion Pit station for some indie style rock and my Love Song station (the Sara Bareilles song) for girl power/90s music. Love Pandora!
My favorites are my 90s music, Adele, and Bob Marley stations. 90s music is great for…well, just about anything! Adele I find I put on when I’m cooking for some reason (pairs well with a glass of wine while cooking also :-)) and Bob Marley is great for those afternoons with the kiddos when we’re out on the deck wishin’ for Daddy to get home and relieve me! 🙂
I’m a big fan of the workout stations – Dance Cardio and Pop Fitness in particular, although I’ve been known to tune into the Hard Rock Strength Training station when I’m in one of those moods 🙂 The Yoga station is also great for slowing my mind down when I need it. Pandora is definitely my favorite way to enjoy music!
Holy cow! Avocado mouse? Yum! My favorite pandora station is avicii for running. Such an upbeat station. For daily I like listening to young the giant radio
I have two favorites that haven’t been mentioned so far: the Black Keys station (everything from them to Hendrix – basically all the best rock compiled into one) and the Postal Service station. I don’t even really like that band, but all of the other bands that come on are awesome and you get to hear lots of funky fresh vibes!
I love 90s Alternative Hits & Britney Spears stations… wow, that’s 2 different ends of the spectrum!
I’ve rediscovered my long lost John Mayer station 🙂 Love it!
80s Cardio Radio – awesome for motivating you on a run!
I love the Country Pop Station and the Love songs station! Both are really awesome!
I may eat overnight oats for dinner, made a lunch, a lot.
I love the Wicked station, along with the Lifehouse and Daughtry stations. It all depends on whether I’m at work, playing around on the internet or doing homework/studying.
I’ve done pretty well with my Vampire Weekend station as well as Dr. Dog and Mumford & Sons. I have to keep them in check by pressing thumbs down on a lot of songs, because Pandora can get a little carried away sometimes. I love holiday stations too! If you like instrumental, the Boston Pops holiday station is awesome for Christmas time.
Thong Song Radio and C&C Music Factory are great for working out! Other than that I’m a country music gal, so I listen to a lot of Luke Bryan and Brad Paisley Radio.
I love my Glee and Adele stations when I’m working out or cooking, but I cannot listen to music with lyrics when I work. In that case, I usually listen to Baroque music—it surprisingly helps me get focused!
This station totally doesn’t apply to you – but my fiance and I never had “a song” .. so I am now trying to figure out what our First Dance song should be. Low and behold..there is a wedding song station! I listen to it when I am lying by the pool reading. A few songs have popped up as possibilities so far!
Thong Song radio is so GREAT! It brings back all the old songs that are so funny but bring back so many memories!
My husband made me my own Pandora station, Forever Radio. It’s filled with songs that remind him of me. It’s totally sweet. It’s by far my favorite.
You should try the Spring Awakening station if you like the Wicked one. Same great musical numbers, but with a bit more variety. My favorite right now is She & Him radio. The music speaks to my inner hipster 😀
Dave Matthews, “How to Love”, and Wilson Philips hahaha
Feel free to laugh at me, but the Taylor Swift station has the perfect mix of music to dance around to when I’m cooking 🙂
I always listen to Sara Bareilles Pandora, it’s my fav! They play a great mix her music along with Ingrid Michaelson, Adele, and other fun stuff….and I’m not going to lie, I also love the Wicked Pandora station and listen to it more than I care to admit 🙂
I like my MGMT channels. I’m familiar with their music (its kind of electronica) and there’s other bands I’ve never heard of. Some are misses but usually some good ones!
i love lady gaga radio for working out, and i love goo goo dolls radio or christian contemporary radio if i need something a little more upbeat, and i love colby caillet if i want some easy listening. pandora gets me through the day!
I have a lot of stations that I like but 2 that I listen more often than the rest: AC/DC for when I workout (aka when doing cardio), and Frank Sinatra for pretty much the rest of the time.
Marcy Anthony & J-Lo station and 2000s country and David Crowder Band.