What I Know For Sure
I've been known to argue practically to the death over a point that I think I'm completely right about...only to find that I'm dead wrong about it. Is it because my children have killed off some of my brain cells? Or because I'm a bottle blond? Or just too stubborn?
In any case, these days, there isn't too much that I know for sure.
Other than that I know for sure that I will never be on the People ofWalmart the Gym.
Something else that I know for sure is that I can't sing. At all. Even my two year old covers his ears in pain when I try. But, while I might not end up as the butt of someone's blog post punchline due to what I wear to the gym, I very well might end up there because I often forget that just because I have my headphones in while I'm listening to music on the elliptical, people can still hear me if I sing outloud.
I can't help it.
Not Ready to Make Nice by the Dixie Chicks: I'm not ready to make nice, I'm not ready to bow down, I'm still mad as hell and I don't have time to go round and round and round....
All I Wanna Do by the Sugarland: All I want to do wo wo wo wo wo wo wo wo wo wo wo wo wooo is love you...
Stand by Rascal Flatts: You get mad, you get strong, wipe your hands, shake it off, then you stand, then you stand....
Back Where I Come From by Kenny Chesney: Back where I come from, it's where I'll be when it's said and done....
What I know for sure is that my singing voice should be outlawed in the gym. But, only after they ban guys wearing bootyshorts.
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In any case, these days, there isn't too much that I know for sure.
Other than that I know for sure that I will never be on the People of
Something else that I know for sure is that I can't sing. At all. Even my two year old covers his ears in pain when I try. But, while I might not end up as the butt of someone's blog post punchline due to what I wear to the gym, I very well might end up there because I often forget that just because I have my headphones in while I'm listening to music on the elliptical, people can still hear me if I sing outloud.
I can't help it.
Not Ready to Make Nice by the Dixie Chicks: I'm not ready to make nice, I'm not ready to bow down, I'm still mad as hell and I don't have time to go round and round and round....
All I Wanna Do by the Sugarland: All I want to do wo wo wo wo wo wo wo wo wo wo wo wo wooo is love you...
Stand by Rascal Flatts: You get mad, you get strong, wipe your hands, shake it off, then you stand, then you stand....
Back Where I Come From by Kenny Chesney: Back where I come from, it's where I'll be when it's said and done....
What I know for sure is that my singing voice should be outlawed in the gym. But, only after they ban guys wearing bootyshorts.
Linking up with MamaKat's World-Famous Writer's Workshop.
If you did not get a chance to read this week's Pour Your Heart Out about body image or check out any of the linkers, please check them out HERE.
Labels: the gym, working out, writer's workshop
posted by Shell at
7:00 AM
60 Comments:
just wondering...when you singing with your headphones on...are you blurting it out from the top of your lungs????
I so didn't take you for a Country music girl! I think country is the easiest music to make people think you can kinda sing. I just put a twang in my voice (not hard b/c I'm Southern) and belt it.
I am not that great at holding a tune, so I feel you pain!!! :)
Does it make you feel any better that even though I can sing I don't like to?? Also regardless of talent NO ONE sounds good when they are singing with headphones on. Trust me on that one. Cause you cannot hear yourself and you will always be way out of key and tune, never fails...
They would kick me out if I tried to sing.
LMAO. It's amazing that I was able to play a musical instrument, because I can't sing in key if my life depended on it. I blame my mom and dad, two people who have the most horrendous singing voices.
My sister in Atlanta sings with a "special" voice according to her. It can only be heard in special places away from the public.
Girl I can't sing either. My hubby always says he feels bad for our kids :) And funny my sister has a beautiful voice...total opposites!
My mom did this recently in the airport. While waiting for her flight she was listening to her ipod and she was jamming out to Cee-Lo Green (F*** YOU) and sang LOUDLY until someone tapped her on the shoulder and stopped her. LOL yes, my mother is one of "those". You know the kind, the mom that thinks she is WAY cool and listens to pop music?? :)
Oh, yeah, I've been there. I think it's from misinformation from our parents and friends, or no information from our parents and a lot of information from our friends. It's best to learn those things quietly, when no one is looking. Like, "Oh, hell, I thought "plethora" was a dinosaur." Glad I didn't embarrass myself there!
Good luck on the singing thing. Our family (save one single 9 year old boy) cannot sing at all. We purposefully torture our children with it.
Cheers,
Casey
P.S. - Found you on Mama
Shell, besides being moms to only the man creatures, we have a new thing in common. Scary singing. That's why they have CD's. We can outsource our nursery songs and lullabies.
If everyone would put on their headphones then no one would notice. I say you lobby for that. How can you listen to those songs and NOT sing?
I can't sing either, but yesterday I was sing Ro Ma Ro Ma Ma, Ro Ma Ro Ma Ma along with Lady Gaga at the gym.
I'm horrible when wearing headphones at work...somebody will come up to me, and I'll speak over the volume of what I'm listening to, so "good morning" usually ends up being "GOOD MORNING!".
Speaking as a musician, though, headphones make people worse singers (unless you're at a recording studio and are having what you're singing fed back to you via studio monitor), as you don't listen to yourself but instead only hear what the MP3 player is playing and then the headphones filter out the "extra noise" that you're producing.
So YOU are one of those people that sing outloud at the gym??? You are aware that nobody else can hear the actual music right? Thank god everybody else has earphones in too. ;)
oh this was so good, and knowing you can't sing doesn't mean you should stop. It certainly hasn't stopped me LOL
and I love all kinds of music, I'll try my hand at Wynonna and then songs from WICKED, back to The Script and onto Barbra Steisand. LOL
NO shame in me at all.
I'm glad that you know it but it doesn't stop the singing, that's the thing you know for sure, "that you can't contain HAPPINESS" sometimes. :)
I love me some country music. And THAT's the reason I don't work out, I sing bad & loud with headphones on!!!
Also have terrible voice. Also love Country music.
Going to see Dierks next month!
My singing voice is so bad that I've actually had to pull the car over because I'm laughing so hard at myself... But because of this other bad singers never bother me. And at least we know and own it, unlike those poor fools who try out for American Idol...
Great response to the prompt. I can just picture it ;)
I belt those songs out too.
And this is why I don't listen to music at the gym! LOL When I was little even my mother would tell me I couldn't sing (Bless my heart...). And now Baby Girl will say, "Momma please don't sing." And it is a shame because I really love to do it.
Oh.
So....
the kids AREN'T supposed to plug their ears and howl like dogs when we sing?
Love it!!
I actually *can* sing, but that's why I don't wear headphones in public because it's pure comedy when one sings out loud and no one else can hear...and/or needs or wants to hear!
Not Ready to Make Nice has been a long time theme song of mine. ;)
LOVE the singing! I was totally singing along to the music at the grocery store last week and got busted by a neighbor. The funny thing was, I had an earphone in because I had been talking to my hubby on the phone, so it totally looked like I was singing to music on my phone. I'm not sure which is geekier! LOL
Love those songs! I used to think I could sing until I actually started to listen to myself and realized how horrible I was! ;)
I love it - can just picture you singing at the gym! Dixie Chicks "Not Ready to Make Nice" is an awesome song to sing. So powerful...I belt that out anytime I hear it as well!
I love all those songs! Rascal Flatts is one of my favorite groups! I have to admit I do the same thing..its hard when it is a good song..right?!
I'd love to see/hear this...I smell a vlog!
Just sing your heart out, sweetie, and of course you must make a vlog -- thenm, we can judge -- sort of like American Idol! Yea!! What do two-year-olds know, anyway. Come visit when you can.
I can't sing at all. But that doesn't mean it's not fun. I say sing away. And don't wear scary gym clothes.
Me and my husband can't sing for a lick. Even belting out a happy birthday song can be a challenge.
They should definitely ban booty shorts!
Singing isn't for all of us. I do it horribly and shamelessly. I don't feel bad about it because it makes me happy. Everyone else just needs to accommodate me. :)
Thanks for stopping by my blog! I'm so happy to have found yours!
a) you sing aloud at gym
b) you had 2 great dixie chicks songs on your playlist
i must conclude that you are either ME, and I'm not ME, or your are my new best friend. Either way, I'm not ready to make nice is one of the best.songs.ever.
How funny. My kids remind me all the time what a terrible singer I am. Doesn't stop me though...when I am at home ONLY.
Music is powerful and sometimes, you just gotta sing!
Oh boy. I am MOST DEFINITELY not a singer. I swear...cats shriek and glass breaks when I try. Oh well. :)
Love all those country songs. I can't hold a tune either.
Not sure if my other comment went through... I just said I was singing along with you! :)
Babe likes me to sing but he's the only one I will do it around as I assume it's terrible! I'm sure people are too wrapped up in themselves to hear you sing a little bit!
Hmmm guys wearing bootyshorts or your singing? I'd take your singing anyday girlfriend! P.S. I can't sing worth beans either but it doesn't stop my:)
Hysterical! You are one of those people too! Sometimes I don't realize I'm singing along when I have my headphones in.
I'm right there with you, Shell. And isn't it so nice and kind of our offspring to point out our musical deficiencies. I so enjoy that. :)
Ban the Man in Booty Shorts! hahahaha. I would be afraid to use an iPod or MP3 for fear of singing out very LOUD without giving it a thought. LOL
I keep invisioning myself having a Glee moment at work because of the music that's filtered in throughout the store. Of course, it wouldn't be pretty. It's much better in my mind than it would be IRL. LOL Probably much like your singing. =)
~Mimi
At least you get to the gym. I haven't made it to a gym in...over 10 years. So luckily I don't have a clear picture in my head of guys in bootyshorts. That just can't be good.
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Ohhh, Rascal Flatts LOVE!
And my kids just yell at me to stop singing. I'm not sure why, because, seriously, I can carry a tune. I won't sing a song if I know I'm gonna butcher it horribly because then it actually becomes physically painful to me and my throat. ;)
We're entitled to think we know everything because we're Moms. It's part of our job. As for singing, don't worry about it ...I can't sing either. You can feel better now :P
There is no way you can be worse than my daughter. I love her to death, but, wow!
She's ok without headphones, but once she puts those things on, I run and hide.
LMBO I can't sing either. But hey, if you can't hear yourself, who says anyone else can? :)
great music selections :D
At least you can admit you can't sing....I hate those who think they can sing beautifully and they can't!!!
You keep singing. I say that because I don't have to listen to you!
ooo! Is there a "people of the gym"?? LOL
BTW, Everyone sounds amazing in the shower. At least I do. Just sayin.. :)
So YOU are that lady at the gym!!! ;)
I hum a bit on the treadmill and I bust out a kick ass drum solo too!
Uh, you should visit the gym in here in England...dudes in speedo's - not pretty!
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I seriously cannot sing.
At all.
But my kids beg me to sing "You Are My Sunshine" to them every single day.
They make me feel like the best singer in the world. :)
Guys in booty shorts...giggle.
I constantly find myself humming to myself, even in public. Usually it's quiet enough that the only person that catches on is my husband...but I could totally be considered that crazy girl singing to herself at the grocery store.
Yeah! Your a country girl. Love that Sugarland song. Have you seen the video for Stuck Like Glue? So funny
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