Top Five Friday : Short Week

Hi everyone!  How's your week been?  Even though it was a short work week (gotta love Monday holidays) it felt like it took forever.  I'm so excited for this weekend and some fun times planned with friends.  For now, here are my recent favorites!

linking up with Erika, Heather, and Friday Five 



Song

Taylor Swift - Reputation
I'm not sure what it is, but for some reason, it always takes me a while to like Taylor Swift's songs.  The first time I hate them, but I start to like them more the more that I hear them.  Usually it's the opposite for me and music, but for some odd reason Taylor is the exception.  While I didn't like Reputation at first, it's all that I've been listening to in the car lately.  I like pretty much every song, but my favorites would be Dress, This Is Why We Can't Have Nice Things, and Delicate.


Podcast

Girls Gone WOD
It's officially Crossfit Games season (the Open started yesterday!), so I have to talk about one of my longtime favorite podcasts.  Even though I don't do Crossfit (but love to follow the Games), I enjoy this one so much!  Clare and Joy are two friends who talk about random topics (like their love of Mean Girls) as well as health-related topics (both emotional and physical health).  This week they interviewed one of the most well-known and successful Crossfit athletes, Camille Leblanc-Bazinet, who is one of my favorite people to follow on Instagram.  Give it a listen!


Show

Bachelor Winter Games
This show is the absolute best, because it's a combination of two of my biggest guilty pleasures- The Bachelor franchise and the Olympics!  Contestants from the worldwide Bachelor franchise all came together to fall in love, while competing in winter sports (biathlon, speed skating, skiing, figure skating) to win dates.  I love the contrast from the real athletes to these people to feel less bad about my lack of skill/talent (there's usually more falling down than staying upright, no matter the contest).  It's really fun to watch and now I just want to be friends with Yuki from Japan!!



What shows are you liking lately?
Anyone doing the Crossfit Open?

Comments

  1. Deborah @ confessions of a mother runnerFebruary 23, 2018 at 5:09 AM

    I can't even watch 5 mi n of the Bachelor so no on the spin off. We are currently binge watching the Good Place love Kristen Bell. Have not seen any good movies in a while. I have to start finding some podcasts to listen to. Have a good weekend

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  2. UnknownFebruary 23, 2018 at 7:58 AM

    Ive been watching suits. I know its old but I don't watch much TV so its new to me.

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  3. Fairytales and FitnessFebruary 23, 2018 at 2:31 PM

    I haven't been watching a lot of TV lately (not even the olympics). However, I am super excited for Younger to start up again. I'm still waiting for a premier date!

    P.S I'm probably one of the few people over 16 that still likes Taylor Swift. Every song is SO relatable...haha

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  4. Zenaida ArroyoFebruary 24, 2018 at 7:40 AM

    I haven't watched any of the Olympic Games. I do not find them exciting as the one in the Summer. Those are my favorite!

    I am not a big fan of Taylor Swift but there are a few of her songs that I do like.

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