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We are quite violent today I think…
You fight until Hell freezes over. Then you fight on the ice.
—Richard Russell
I am the GumBall Lady.
Gumballs, JellyBeans, DoubleBubble Bubble Gum and StarBurst too. I am the queen of the Jar! Pay me your quarter and take your guess. It’s all fund raising at the school. It’s what I have been doing for the past 2 days. Guess how many of the above are in the jar, win the jar. Or at least the candy in the jar. I’m totally pushing my kids for the JellyBeans (StarBurst kind–much yummier than regular) or the actual StarBurst Candy. The office didn’t tell me the real number and I don’t want to know. I don’t want to subconciously influence anyone. I want the candy but not bad enough to cheat! I suppose I could just start eating it right out of the jar. Kidding. It’s not on the EFS anyway.
Last day of the week. Weigh in is Sat. morning for those of us in the house. Me and boyfriend. Did we or didn’t we? Last night? Pizza I mean—or whatever the BF chose. The answer is…..Yes! Yes to everything. Weighed it. Ate it. Pizza. Pop. Pie. (Leftover from the party) And now…to the gym.
Either way exercise must be exercised. Babysitting for niece and nephew and can’t go out anyhow for weekend. We will stay home and eat healthy and construct my brand new Kitchen Nook! Out with that crappy table and chairs. In with the corner seat, table and bench. I know it sounds kind of lame, but I am SO excited for this!! I have wanted one of these things since I moved into this house 10 years ago. The kitchen is so small and the nooks look awesome in them. Fit perfectly. Why not sooner? Who knows? No money. No time. Other things seemed more important. I don’t know. It doesn’t matter now because by Sunday morning I’ll be eating breakfast at my new table. No more living-room-coffee-table meals for us!!! And it wasn’t even very expensive. You can buy them for over a thousand. I got mine for 400 or so. And it’s not cheap looking. It’s amazing how different the same thing can be. At any rate, it came in 3 boxes and the last one arrived yesterday afternoon! I will now be removing the old table and chairs from my kitchen, washing the floors–hands and knees people–one chance–and waiting for BF to get home and start the put-it-together-party!
Music List. Got to have one. I’m thinking candy. Furniture is not fun. I know there are ALOT of songs about candy. Sugar snacks and heart attacks (that’s another list). We’ll try to keep it mostly PG–you know how these rock and rollers can be…but it ain’t happening. These musicians like to get low down with the love and lollipop talk. I tried to label the songs by what I think, but it’s all subjective. Get ready and get your hands sticky with all this candy.
Please find below: The “GumBall Lady“ List. Sweet.
GumBall Lady Music List (PG, PG-13, R, and NC-17)
1. Candy / Iggy Pop
2. Big Rock Candy Mountain / Harry McClintock
3. Candyman / Christina Aguilera (PG-13)
4. Sex And Candy / Marcy Playground (PG-13)
5. Candy Shop / 50 Cent (R)+
6. The Candy Man / Sammy Davis, Jr.
7. I Want Candy / Bow Wow Wow
8. My Bubble Gum / Rasheeda (NC-17)
9. My Boy Lollipop / Millie Small
10. Lollipop / Framing Hanley (R)+
11. Lolli Lolli Pop Dat Body / Three 6 Mafia (R)+
12. Lollipop / Lil Wayne (R)+
13. Lollipop / Mika (PG-13)+
14. Sweeter / Mink
15. Lips Like Sugar / Echo & The Bunnymen
16. Suga Suga / Baby Bash
17. Sugar / Kid Rock (NC-17)++
18. Pour Some Sugar On Me / Def Leppard
Day Quote
I was gonna go for inspirational but what the heck…it’s Friday.
If you can’t be a good example, be a horrible warning.
—Unknown
Cool Word of the Day!
Spontaneous (adjective)
Definition: Without effort or premeditation; unplanned
Happy Birthday to My Boyfriend!!
Today is the day! It’s official. For the next 5 months I am only 3 years older than my BF! Then it’s back to the gap! 4 years! No big deal now…but that would have been an entire high school term back in the day! HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!
So anyhoo, he leaves for work as usual and none of us get up. And when he says goodbye to me, I don’t remember that it’s the birthday. Finally, as I am getting ready to make lunches and I go into the kitchen I see lottery tix on the table…and THEN I remember! Duh. Nice girlfriend. (On a happy note-he got a whole bunch of lottery tix at his party and he won $77 and a free ticket. The $75 I didn’t see, but there are 3 scratch offs waiting for later! He’s a lucky duck. Haha)
I call on the phone and wish him a happy birthday. Say I’m sorry I didn’t remember earlier. Stevie is yelling her happy birthdays in the background. Mason, however, says that he doesn’t have to say anything because he sent his message “telegraphically”. Please check the word of the day for clarification. But it was pretty funny!
So we next have to decide if we should totally go off the EFS for b-day dinner, or just stick to the plan…ugh…weigh in is technically Sat. AM for us and Friday AM for the kids–they go to their dads this weekend so we have to bump it a day (we have them on a super modified plan–just to keep any chunk from accumulating on their little growing bodies and get them in the habit of healthy eating for life). I can think of excuses all day. So I spent a moment and came up with something pretty reasonable sounding. I am weighing us after school today, and if we are the same or below our last weekend weight…dinner is ON! If not, stick to the lean times. It’s fair. We work hard all week. We are pretty careful not to overdo it. So one dinner won’t break the bank! The BF gets to pick the food-pizza-so I hope we all do well-pizza- and are able to slip in one bad meal-pizza-and just work a little harder-pizza-tomorrow! I don’t know what he’ll choose-pizza-and I hate to influence-pizza-his decision. Whatever you want baby!
(Pizza.)
So, I have to go volunteer at the school for lunch time, but I want to get in a music list. In honor of the boyfriend and my brilliant son, I am creating the birthday-telegraphic-telepathic-ESP-reading your mind-playlist. Have fun with it! Just close your eyes, think music, birthday, ESP…. there. You have it?? It’s good isn’t it??!!
And for those of you who are unable to read my mind and hear the music thru un-earthly channels, I’ve written it down, just below!
Keep in “mind“, however, GREAT liberties were taken with this list. Unfortunately there just aren’t enough songs about actual ESP and Mind Reading. Maybe I am wrong, and if you know of some, please let me know. But I kind of veered off into the “in my head” category and more general “mind” songs. I even found a few “voices in my head“. It does border on the crazy a bit, but it’s my list. So, BROADLY enjoy:
The “SOS-ESP-B-DAY” List. Music for the psychic! (And those schooled in Morse code! (among other things)Love it!)
SOS-ESP-B-DAY Music List (stretched a bit…)
1. S.O.S. / Rihanna
2. SOS / Abba
3. Radar Love / Golden Earring
4. S.O.S. / Jonas Brothers
5. S.O.S. / Good Charlotte
6. A Desperate S.O.S. / The Dollyrots
7. S.O.S. (Anything But Love) / Apocalyptica feat. Cristina Scabbia
8. The Psychic / Crash Test Dummies
9. Veteran Of The Psychic Wars / Blue Oyster Cult
10. Read My Mind / The Killers
11. Eye In The Sky / The Alan Parsons Project
12. Head Games / Foreigner
13. You Better Run / Pat Benatar
14. Where’s Your Head At / Basement Jaxx
15. Can’t Get It Out Of My Head / Electric Light Orchestra or Velvet Revolver (whichever speed you prefer)
16. Out Of My Head / Fastball
17. Head On / Pixies
18. In My Head / No Doubt
19. Can’t Get My Head Around You / The Offspring
20. All In My Head / Shawn Mullins
21. Change Your Mind / Sister Hazel
22. Free Your Mind / En Vogue
23. Guided By A Voice / Feeder
24. Voices In My Head / Denis Leary (may not be suitable for the youngsters!)
just shy of pretty 