Mother of the Year
Well, I have to hurry. My son will be home in a few minutes and he has to go and cut the BF’s Mom’s grass…?? Anyway, since he has been working so hard cutting three lawns weekly and keeping up with school and basketball, and only complaining very minimally, I thought I would help him out today and cut our back grass.
Yes, very helpful. As I was cutting our grass, like I used to do all the time, I seem to have broken the automatic drive on the mower. That’s the part that spins the front wheels to make cutting a little easier. Moves the machine forward for you, and you just keep it straight.
Well, that part doesn’t work anymore, and I couldn’t fix it.
As a bonus, though, I got quite a workout, since that mower is extremely heavy and hard to push around our hilly lawn. Yay me.
And now my son will have a chance to work extra hard today because of me. I don’t know, maybe he can fix it. Maybe the BF can later.
At any rate, it doesn’t matter for the present moment because it don’t work NOW!
So, I thought I’d just post another running list while I wait for the wrath of my 11-year old dynamo.
I should have just went running for exercise like I planned and left the yard work to the boy. This is the Run Wild specific list. It’s long because I combined Wild and Crazy and the Jungle into one list. Wasn’t sure how many songs there would be. Turns out, ALOT.
Here it is: Running Wild & Crazy (Possibly in the Jungle)
Running Wild & Crazy (Possibly in the Jungle)
1. Welcome To The Jungle / Guns N’ Roses
2. Crazy Train / Ozzy Osbourne
3. Crazy Bitch / Buckcherry (NC-17)
4. Crazy / Aerosmith
5. Crazy / Gnarls Barkley
6. Crazy In Love / Beyoncé feat. Jay-Z
7. Crazy / Patsy Cline
8. She Drives Me Crazy / Fine Young Cannibals
9. You’re Crazy / Guns N’ Roses
10. Crazy Little Thing Called Love / Dwight Yoakam
11. Crazy For You / Madonna
12. Crazy Ex-Girlfriend / Miranda Lambert
13. Crazy / Pat Benatar
14. Let’s Go Crazy / Prince
15. Crazy / Seal
16. Crazy / Simple Plan
17. I’ve Always Been Crazy / Stargunn
18. Crazy On You / Heart
19. Jungleland / Bruce Springsteen
20. Real Wild Child (Wild One) / Iggy Pop
21. Deuces Are Wild / Aerosmith
22. Wild Horses (Live) / Alicia Keys & Adam Levine
23. Wild World / Cat Stevens
24. Wild Night / Martha Reeves
25. Wild Heart / Stevie Nicks
26. Wildfire / Michael Murphey
27. All The Wild Horses / Ray LaMontagne
28. Wild Thing / Tone-Loc
29. Wild Horses / The Rolling Stones
30. Youth Gone Wild / Skid Row
31. Wild Wild Life / Talking Heads
32. The Girl’s Gone Wild / Travis Tritt
33. Wild Night / John Mellencamp
34. Born To Be Wild / Steppenwolf (but I have The Mooney Suzuki version)
35. Wild Thing / The Troggs
36. Jungle Love / Steve Miller Band
Running Mild on an equally gorgeous day in Illinois
It’s Friday. If you read my post from Thursday, you’ll remember that I was running wild yesterday. Today, not so much. My playlist:
is awesome. But not enough. The forces of feminine nature are working against me today, and there is no remedy beyond time.
I was stiff and tired and felt heavy and broke down. I trudged along though because of the shining beacon of waxy hope I set up for myself and you, faithful readers: the quest for the crayons!
I started to lose faith somewhere between the 1¾ and 2 mile mark, when suddenly…there it was! The first crayon. A Red one! Non-crayola.
Was I crazy? Was I delusional in the heat yesterday? One stinking red crayon?!? I swear there were 8 or 10 or 12!!
Two miles in, I rationalized that the storm had driven them off the trail and into the side grass and weeds and that was it. Gone forever.
And then, looking like a sign from a bright sun god: Orange and Yellow!
A little further: Blue and Blue and Green. Then Brown all alone. Right in the middle of the path.
Then nothing for a little while. I figured that was it because I couldn’t remember how far along I had seen these crayons.
Just before 2½ miles, I saw one come into my vision. White! (Can’t see the word in the actual color–sorry!) I don’t even remember seeing that one at all.
But, no black. I know I saw it. because I was thinking of the 8-box of Crayola’s and it was the only one missing. (Purple too, but that was obliterated; crushed to waxy shards on the cement, so, sadly, I left it there to die in the sun.)
Oh well. Let’s just finish this damn run so I can go home. I feel like a thousand pounds running in a tornado uphill carrying a backpack full of lead…you know, amusing myself with descriptions of my struggle to survive the wilderness and all that…
I can see the 3½ mark just up ahead. Get ready to kick it up and sprint that last tenth of a mile…here I go…STOP!
There it is!! The Black crayon! It’s only half but who cares?? I was so happy I stopped and picked it up and looked around and probably looked crazy. Crazy girl carrying a plastic sandwich bag filled with broken crayon pieces. I guess I need a hobby, but I’m telling you I felt good and happy, and I got out and exercised so it wasn’t all bad.
Thus concludes my colorful story. You never read such a gripping tale of lost dreams, vanquished hopes, joyful discoveries and ultimate gratification, in life and love and all its mysteries. Inspirational AND inspiring; via the humblest of all school supplies.
And you thought your kids crayons were just for coloring. Picture is below.
Rock & Roll RockStar
1. Rock And Roll / Led Zeppelin
2. So What / Pink
3. Rock Star / Nickelback
4. Rock Me Amadeus / Falco
5. Rockin’ Into The Night / .38 Special
6. Juke Box Hero / Foreigner
7. Party Like A Rockstar / Shop Boyz
8. We Will Rock You / Queen
9. Rock Around The Clock / Bill Haley & His Comets
10. Rock ‘N’ Roll Lifestyle / Cake
11. Rock ‘N Roll Train / AC/DC
12. Rockstar / Hannah Montana
13. Rock ‘N’ Roll Fantasy / Bad Company
14. It’s Only Rock ‘N Roll (But I Like It) / The Rolling Stones
15. Rock ‘N Me / Steve Miller Band
16. One More Big Time Rock And Roll Star / Stevie Nicks
17. It’s Still Rock And Roll To Me / Billy Joel
18. Rock This Town / Stray Cats
19. Old Time Rock And Roll / Bob Seger
20. Rock The Casbah / The Clash
21. For Those About To Rock / AC/DC
22. Rock N Roll Band / Boston
23. So You Want To Be A Rock ‘N’ Roll Star / The Byrds
24. Rock You Like A Hurricane / Scorpions
25. Wanna Rock & Roll / Cross Canadian Ragweed
26. Gold / Stevie Nicks with John Stewart
27. Rock Star / N*E*R*D
28. Rock ‘N’ Roll High School / The Ramones
29. Rock And Roll Is King / Electric Light Orchestra
30. Crocodile Rock / Elton John
31. Heart Of Rock ‘N Roll / Huey Lewis & The News
32. Rock And Roll, Hoochie Koo / Rick Derringer
33. Rock Me Tonite / Billy Squier
34. Rock ‘N Roll Is Here To Stay / Sha-Na-Na
35. After The Glitter Fades / Stevie Nicks
36. Rock And Roll Ain’t Noise Pollution / AC/DC
37. The House Is Rockin’ / Stevie Ray Vaughn & Double Trouble
38. R-O-C-K In The USA / John Cougar Mellencamp
39. Rockin’ In The Free World / Neil Young & Pearl Jam
40. Let It Rock / Kevin Rudolph & Lil Wayne
41. Rock And Roll All Nite / Kiss
42. I Wish I Was A Punk Rocker (With Flowers In My Hair) / Sandi Thom (had to throw it in–it’s good–trust.)
43. Shooting Star / Bad Company
44. It’s A Long Way To The Top / Jack Black
45. Your Mama Don’t Dance / Poison
46. I Love Rock N’ Roll / Joan Jett & The Blackhearts
just shy of pretty 