Thinking about…

May 18, 2009 at 7:03 pm (Day to Day, EFS, Warrior Dash) (, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , )

Being good…

Monday morning and the weekend is over. Kids are at school and BF is at work. It’s  pretty here in the big city and I have been up since 4:30 a.m. thinking about the future. And the past. And the right now. Got a big cup of coffee, checked some e-mail, and wasted as much time as I could until…

6 a.m. when I worked out with Jillian for 45. Circuit training. I am so bad at this type of exercise. I think that I am so strong until I have to prove it with various exercise positions using weights and bending and lifting, and then I realize I am weak and kinda lazy. Plus, my heart is beating out of control, I’m sweaty, my arms and legs hurt, I can barely drink my coffee and I think…yeah right…this just is a lot of WORK!

I, far and away,  prefer running. It’s easy and I can go slow or fast. I choose the lazy level. I mean, I prefer it, but I’d rather do neither. I wish I was one of those naturally tall, skinny people that eat french fries and say, “Oh I’m so hungry; I forget to eat all the time;  I just get so thin if I don’t eat at least 8 meals a day…blah blah blah.”

But at least I am healthy-er…and I do feel like a bad-ass after I lift those weights. I like seeing the bicep muscle. Round and cut like a little scoop of ice cream sitting on the top of my upper arm. I like the round shoulder and the tight back; Unfortunately sitting on the couch just doesn’t develop the look I want. And speaking of the look….

Let’s go WILD! Run Wild! It’s over. The day started, raining, at 6 a.m. when we left the house. By the time we got to the start line at 8 it was warming up, rain stopped, and the sun even came out. My sister and I finished at the exact same time. One minute faster than our last 5K in December. Took us 33 minutes. That probably doesn’t sound super fast for 3 miles, and it’s not. It’s actually slow. It’s mid way through the usual pack that signs up. But I’m not racing to win, maybe next year…it’s alot of time to shave off and train for speed. I can run a fast mile, but not 3 in a row! But the Zoo was awesome, the animals were out, and the people were friendly and happy to have us.

The only thing I was wrong about was the ease of the actual running. I thought it would be a breeze because we were running in the zoo. Like it wouldn’t be like running at all. “Wooh-hoo we’re in the zoo!! I’m just running and looking at the animals!!–Oh! is the race over already?? Didn’t even feel like 3 miles!”

No, not quite. The zoo is cool, but running three miles is still running three miles. Doesn’t matter where you’re at, you still have to MOVE.

So next up…Warrior Dash! This is the reason why I got my lazy butt up and out of bed at ungodly hours to do exercise and why, hopefully, I will get up all week and do more of this “circuit training” and keep running in the afternoons. The Dash is about 4 miles, plus obstacle course work; so I’m going to need a little more in the trunk to haul it up and over cars and buildings and stuff. And I need to step up on the diet front. I have been eating far too much junk. I even feel kind of sick from it all. So it’s back on a combo of Extreme Fat Smash (click on it for a review) See the Book, HERE, and Body For Life. (Site) It’s all low-fat, lower cal, protein and carb balance type eating. I like to mix them up and find the perfect mix of healthy and weight loss. I want to drop about 20 more pounds before I tackle the Dash. It’ll be alot easier to throw myself over things if there is less of me to lift up. Better on my legs too, and I’ll look really ripped! Ha. Pre-first-marriage weight here I come. Gotta have something to aim for! I’ll keep a little running list for you’re amusement. Right now: Pounds lost: ZERO (0). Haha. 9 (full) weeks to go! Wish me Luck! (And my sissy too! –and her hubby–she’s doing it with me. It’s how we’re spending her birthday! It’s not all just exercise–there’s beer at the end and a cool hat!)

Anyway, after that we’ll be doing the Scenic 5 (five mile run) in the town I live in. It used to be 10 miles, but the town changed it for some reason or another, and now it’s 5 miles. Either way, it’s in September, Labor Day Weekend, so we will have an event a month to keep us in training for the fall. (And that’s how we’ll be spending MY birthday! Aren’t we a fun family?!?) I’ve done the 10 miles and it’s hard. I figure five has got to be a little better and I’ll actually be fit this time around so I won’t feel like I’m dying! Next year we are planning on tackling the bigger races—the ones that use words like, marathon…and tri-athalon….and insane distances….

Well, that’s enough I for now. I ate my first meal; Yogurt and a measured bit of granola. Now I must vacuum and get to the store for groceries and things for the week. Kids need lunches and the BF and I need our specific foods. The Body For Life and Extreme Fat Smash (click on it for another review) plans use regular food that we all eat, just modified for us. Eggs, milk, bread, chicken…it’s the same food, cooked leanly and with rice instead of potatoes. The kids eat it too, I just tweak it down (or up) in portion and fat content for the ones who need it. That was a diplomatic way of description. I’ll have to remember that for the future.

I made up a real nice playlist series too…being good, being bad…made me think of angels, devils, God and hell…But to combine them all gives you a 99 song playlist—which is fine–I like them long—but for typing sake I broke them up into categories for specific flavors. You can pick your best (or worst) or combine them all for yourself. The categories are these:

Angels

Devils

God in Hell

Heaven

Posted below just because that’s how I do it. Strangely, there are few songs about God. He/She/It/They,  might be mentioned in some, but it’s  hardly the star subject. People seem to like Heaven and Angels and they like the Bad Guys, however you call them. Makes better music right?? And you can dance to it.

Ready, Set…Go!

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Angels

May 18, 2009 at 7:02 pm (Music Lists) (, , , , , , , , )

1. Angel / Shaggy

2. Calling All Angels / Train

3. Angel / Aerosmith

4. Earth Angel / The Penguins

5. Fallen Angel / Poison

6. Angel / Fleetwood Mac

7. Angel Flying Too Close To The Ground / Willie Nelson

8. The Angels Hung Around / Rilo Kiley

9. Sleeping Angel / Stevie Nicks

10. Angels On The Moon / Thriving Ivory

11. Even Angels Fall / Jessica Riddle

12. Fly To The Angels / Slaughter

13. Lips Of An Angel / Hinder

14. Street Angel / Stevie Nicks

15. Never Said I Was An Angel / Pauline

16. Send Me An Angel / Scorpions

17. She Talks To Angels / The Black Crowes

18. Teen Angel / Mark Dinning

19. Touched By An Angel / Stevie Nicks

20. Halo / Beyoncé

21. Angel Of The Morning / Juice Newton

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Devils

May 18, 2009 at 7:01 pm (Music Lists) (, , , , , , , , )

1. Sympathy For The Devil / The Rolling Stones

2. Going Down / Various Artists, Hair Cast

3. Devils And Gods / Tori Amos

4. Devil Without A Cause / Kid Rock

5. The Devil Called Me A Liar / Ash Grunwald

6. Devil Town / Bright Eyes

7. The Devil & Me / Clutch

8. (You’re The) Devil In Disguise / Elvis Presley

9. Devil / Stereophonics

10. The Devil’s Music / Hospital Bombers

11. Devil Inside / INXS

12. Shout At The Devil / Mötley Crüe

13. Devil Dressed In Blue / Right Away, Great Captain!

14. Snake Devil / Scary Kids, Scaring Kids

15. Devil / Staind

16. From The Devil Himself / Viva Voce

17. Devil With The Blue Dress On / Mitch Ryder

18. Devil Boy / Seven Mary Three

19. The Devil Went Down To Georgia / Charlie Daniels Band

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God in Hell

May 18, 2009 at 7:00 pm (Music Lists) (, , , , , , , , )

1. One Of Us / Joan Osborne

2. Only God Knows Why / Kid Rock

3. God Shuffled His Feet / Crash Test Dummies

4. God Of The Mind / Disturbed

5. God Be With You / Dolores O’Riordan

6. God Protect Your Soul / Ed Harcourt

7. God Knows (You Gotta Give To Get) / El Perro Del Mar

8. Why I Don’t Believe In God / Everclear

9. Dear God / Ferras

10. Thank God I’m A Country Boy / John Denver

11. The Only God / Xandy Barry

12. God Is A DJ / Pink

13. Gives You Hell / The All-American Rejects

14. Hell Is For Children / Pat Benatar

15. Hells Bells / AC/DC

16. Hell / Foo Fighters

17. Cool As Hell / Grand Buffet

18. Right Next Door To Hell / Guns N’ Roses

19. See You In Hell / Monster Magnet

20. Run Like Hell / Pink Floyd

21. Hell’s Comin’ Down / Primal Scream

22. The Difference Between Love And Hell / Sahara Hotnights

23. Walk Through Hell / Say Anything

24. Highway To Hell / AC/DC

25. Into Hell Again / 3rd Strike

26. Private Hell / Iggy Pop

27. The Hell Song / Sum 41

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Heaven

May 18, 2009 at 6:59 pm (Music Lists) (, , , , , , , , )

1. Knockin’ On Heaven’s Door / Guns N’ Roses

2. Heaven Beside You / Alice In Chains

3. Stairway To Heaven / Led Zeppelin

4. Heaven Must Be Missing An Angel / Tavares

5. Heaven / Angels & Airwaves

6. Sound Of Pulling Heaven Down / Blue October

7. Heaven Is A Place On Earth / Belinda Carlisle

8. Heaven / Bryan Adams

9. Heaven’s Already Here / Collective Soul

10. Just Like Heaven / The Cure

11. Heaven / Los Lonely Boys

12. Heaven Here / Dashboard Confessional

13. Heaven’s My Name / The Duhks

14. Heaven Sent / INXS

15. Knockin’ On Heaven’s Door / Bob Dylan

16. I’m Free (Heaven Helps The Man) / Kenny Loggins

17. Tears In Heaven / Eric Clapton

18. Heaven / Live

19. Sky Fits Heaven / Madonna

20. Heaven For The Weather, Hell For The Company / Lostprophets

21. Looking Up In Heaven / Paul Westerberg

22. Monkey Gone To Heaven / Pixies

23. Heaven’s In New York / Wyclef Jean

24. Heaven / Warrant

25. View From Heaven / Yellowcard

26. Heaven’s Trail (No Way Out) / Tesla

27. Taxi To Heaven / Pray For Rain

28. Heaven / DJ Sammy & Yanou feat. Do

29. Knockin’ On Heaven’s Door / Guns N’ Roses (Live)

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Final Training Day

May 14, 2009 at 11:48 pm (Day to Day) (, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , )

Sorry I haven’t posted anything for awhile, but I have been in intensive training mode since yesterday after my mom left my house.  It’s Thursday night and let me re-cap my pre-race week:

Ran Tuesday afternoon: 3.6 miles.

Ok. That’s it. I ate like crap Tuesday night. I ate crap Wednesday. (It was pouring anyway, and I planned to skip the run so as not to fatigue myself or cause undo injury–fancy race talk). I even had Starbuck’s with my mom in sympathy for her ailments. (But, I did have it skinny with no whip–wimpy–I hate it when the healthy habit follows you around even when you don’t want it to)

Since the BF went out with friends and work people, I took the kids to McDonald’s, on the condition, by Stevie, that since Mason got to pick Wednesday, she could pick Thursday, which she picked Friday’s. And that worked out well for all of us and it makes a nice string-together sentence. Poetic. Wednesday, Thursday, Friday….

So you see the schedule I set for myself. Rigorous. So McD’s (dinner) is Big Mac, Fries, Sprite with a few nuggets for good measure. Then the Blues Brothers movie. Two hours of digestion. Then on to my playlists. I was working for you behind the scenes, as they say.

Thursday AM and I had every intention of getting up and exercising with my main girl Jillian Michaels. Don’t be fooled by the “beginning” aspect to this tape I have, my arms are getting rounder and cut and I do this workout much less than I want to. But the BF doesn’t have to go in to work until later today, so everybody sleeps until the last possible moment.

I did walk the kids to school—so I got that. However, I think I might have canceled that out, plus some, when I got in the car back home and drove to McDonald’s (again–but breakfast–notice the distinction) for some of those delicious Burrito’s for myself and a Sausage McMuffin sammy for the BF. Every good deed ya know??

So then after the BF left for work, I watched Regis and Kelly, as usual, and then 50 First Dates. I’m sorry, but I am a sucker for that movie. That KIND of movie. Funny, romantic, but not overly mushy, dramatic, unbelievable, blah blah blah. I know, but the time just ran away after that. Those movies on tv with commercials take like 3½ hours to watch. What was I supposed to do? Quit? I already committed. Love stinks.

So, I just did laundry and paid bills and goofed on the internet. Finished up another playlist—you all are so lucky. You could run for miles on what I got in the hopper. By this time, the BF was home. Short day.

So finally, one hour before the kids are due home, I got some of that… “exercise”, if I ain’t being too subtle. (That’s actually a borrowed phrase from the D-listed guy—love him!)  But I did get in a workout. (Like a double work out, really, because the BF’s friend kept calling until he picked it up–start and stop–start and stop, etc…)

Kids are home now. Homework done. Off to Friday’s, as promised, on Thursday. I ordered the low-fat lettuce leaf with spritz of vinagrette and a lemon water….yeah right. I had some new Cosmo Margarita that trendy place came up with, and paid TEN dollars for it. NOT worth it! It’s basically a weak-ass Margarita with cranberry juice. They bring it out in a giant Cocktail shaker–packed with ice and pink liquid and let you pour it yourself. I got 2 “drinks” out of the Tumbler thing, into my smaller glass, HALF rimmed with salt…but whatever…Lesson learned. Stick to straight shots in the car before going inside and you’ll do a lot better.

My food was Mac N’ Cheese. Ultimate Showdown Style. I like Guy Fieri, and the whole Friday’s concept, I’m even a Give Me More Stripes member…I don’t know what I get, but I include it every time I pay, and I get e-mails every now and then. Maybe you have to go every week or something to really reap the benefits…I’ll never know. Anyway, the only reason I ordered Mac N’ Cheese is because I saw Sunny Whats-Her-Name make her best Mac n Cheese EVER on her Food Network show. So I already had that in my head when I saw it on the menu. Not great. Sunny’s looked better. Oh well, the little Spicy Pumpkin Mini Muffins were good. I shoved them in my mouth and dinner was over.

Tomorrow looks to be more of the same. I can’t run because I am chaperoning a field trip for my daughter. Eli’s Cheesecake Factory! Part of the final lesson on Economics and the Business Fair. A tour of a real, successful business!  And we get lunch and cheesecake…so what am I to do? I have to go and participate. Haha.

Actually, we’ve known about this for awhile and I am glad I get to go. I was worried that with my unknown school schedule I would have to miss it, but luckily that madness starts NEXT week!! I am bursting for real!!

So back to now, it’s 10 pm. I’ll just Run Wild on Saturday–no big deal–I’ve been running enough that 3 miles is hardly a sweat-breaker. I seriously never thought I would be able to say that in my whole life. To just be fit enough to run at will. That’s a good thing because the Warrior Dash is after that, and I do have to train a teensy bit more…so more extra buffness is in my future.

I’ve given my fingers a pre-typing warm up tonight with a few games of Bejeweled. The Gem Game. I love it. I used to love it until 3 in the morning. It’s actually what I used to do all night before I started doing this.

My BF reconfigured the code on the game so that he could get 1.3 million points in Action Mode by increasing the points you get with each gem line you make. Then he changed it back and I have been struggling ever since to beat him fair and square using my advanced gemming skills. And I did it tonight! One million six hundred thousand, plus, points! HA! No cheating! Just an eye for the colors and fast reflexes. It’s good to be the Queen.I should go put those fast fingers to use somewhere else…

Maybe later. I have things to throw on the internet. Cool Words, Quotes, Picture Dictionary, another Story from my son! An action one!

But first, a playlist. I’ve had it for a bit now. I created it for my daughter and her friends. Ten years old and just learning how to navigate the phone-call-answering-machine-voice-mail-conference-call thing.

Two of Stevie’s  friends called here, together, using 3-way calling, when we weren’t home, and proceeded to leave six, (6), yes, six, long-ass messages on our answering machine. Apparently calling six times in a row is the way to get someone to pick up the phone even if they’re not there. It wouldn’t have been so bad if they just hung up, but they had conversations with each other while still hooked to our phone.

I’m actually surprised the answer machine tape, recorded all of the calls. It was like 20 minutes of talking. Her two friends talked about going to the library and where they were each at, with the occasional shout out to Stevie like, “Hey girl, are you there? Pick up the phone!” Then right back to their conversation. At one point, the first girl asked the second girl how long it had been since she actually CALLED Stevie on this number. And when the second girl said a few months, the first girl was like, “OH Dang–this might not even be her number!!” But do they hang up? No! They go on to tell us what numbers they are calling from and how they can be reached for the rest of the night.

It basically ended with the first girl telling the second girl, and I quote: “Khatana, you ain’t fly.” Then crazy, crazy laughter and finally, “Stevie call me.”

CLICK.

Thank God.

So, long story short, for all Stevie’s home girls that think they are cute, this is for you:

Khatana, You Ain’t Fly!

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Khatana, You Ain’t Fly!

May 14, 2009 at 11:45 pm (Music Lists) (, , , , , , , )

1. Suga Suga / Baby Bash

2. Flyentology / El-P

3. Feelin’ So Fly / TobyMac

4. Stay Fly / Three 6 Mafia

5. Fly Together / Trey Songz feat. Jim Jones

6. Superfly / 4 Non Blondes

7. Around The Way Girl / LL Cool J

8. Because I’m Awesome / The Dollyrots

9. Cool Rider / Michelle Pfeiffer

10. Long Cool Woman (In A Black Dress) / The Hollies

11. Cool / Gwen Stefani

12. Too Cool / The Casanovas

13. Cool Driver / Johnny Shines & Snooky Pryor

14. Cool Jerk / The Capitols

15. Cool As Hell / Grand Buffet

16. Uncool / Courtney Love

17. Bad / Michael Jackson

18. Bad To The Bone / George Thorogood

19. Bad, Bad Leroy Brown / Jim Croce

20. Smooth / Santana  feat. Rob Thomas

21. Pretty Fly (For A White Guy) / The Offspring

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Running Wild & Crazy (Possibly in the Jungle)

May 12, 2009 at 2:51 pm (Music Lists) (, , , , , , , , , )

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

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Pretty Beautiful

May 11, 2009 at 4:45 pm (Music Lists) (, , , )

1. Oh, Pretty Woman / Roy Orbison

2. Beautiful / Akon, Colby O’Donis & Kardinal Offishall

3. Beautiful Girl / INXS

4. Wonderful Tonight / Eric Clapton

5. Beautiful / Carole King

6. Brandy (You’re A Fine Girl) / Looking Glass

7. Beautiful Child / Fleetwood Mac

8. Perfect And Pretty / Castaneda

9. Beautiful / Gordon Lightfoot

10. Beautiful Girls / Sean Kingston

11. Beautiful / Christina Aguilera

12. Underneath It All / No Doubt

13. Beautiful Night / Burden Brothers

14. So Beautiful / Pete Murray

15. Gorgeous / Indina Menzel

16. Beautiful Soul / Jesse McCartney

17. You’re Beautiful / James Blunt

18. Paradise City / Guns N’ Roses

19. Beautiful World / Colin Hay

20. She’s A Beauty / The Tubes

21. She Is Beautiful / Andrew W. K.

22. True Fine Love / Steve Miller Band

23. (Oh) Pretty Woman / Van Halen

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Running Wild in Illinois on the Best Day of the Year so Far

May 8, 2009 at 2:03 am (Day to Day) (, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , )

I love days like today. They have everything in them.

Sunshine. Blue skies. Cloud scatter. Tight breeze. Ever-so-subtle, atmospheric-scent in the air; And finally, the storm itself.

Moving in fast from the South and darkening and covering the blue with ominous grey and green. We didn’t care because we were already in and done with our day.

I mostly sat around all morning, and after Regis and Kelly (still hooked I’m afraid) I flipped channels and Sweet Home Alabama was on. I don’t care what you say. I’ve seen it 20 times and I’ll see it 20 more. If they show it, I’ll watch it. Cut-up to hell, but I don’t care. It’s too romantic and it spoils real life and love for the rest of us, but we all like to dream.

“Aw hell, nobody finds their true love when they’re 10 anyway”

So then my neighbor came over and asked me to help her move some plant potters and once I got a whiff of that outside I figured I’d better get out and enjoy it before it feels like a wasted day. So I did.

But first, I took a few pictures of her Frankendog. The dog had some surgery (she’s fine–just surface removal) and she looked so funny I thought I’d capture it forever. And of course share with you. Pictures below.

Then I hit the trail. Kind of slow, but at least moving. Listening to The Warrior playlist.

(Part 1)

(Part 2)

Check it out if you dare. Have to keep motivated. Have to go out and shake it tomorrow too. I am about to do some major damage to my gut this weekend and I need to be pre-prepared.

Friday night’s a free-for-all. Undetermined.

Saturday A.M. The BF’s Mom for breakfast. Saturday P.M. My Mom for Dinner. I’m sure there will be drinking. That’s what gets you is those alcohol calories. To the brain AND the bum.

Sunday A.M. Kids are home and we are going to need lunch. Possibly breakfast. And definitely dinner.

I guess I could show some restraint and just suck it up and eat healthy, but you know, I’m actually drinking right now typing this post and I’d rather just work out extra hard after, than miss something good right now.

Mother’s Day starts tonight for me! Hold up, I have to go fix another drink. brb (ha! NOW I know what that means–only took 6 months to figure that one out)

Ok crisis diverted. Back to the plot. While running I came up with a few ideas. First off, this post. I do my best thinking and pre-writing while I’m running. You might disagree…sister?? Best is questionable if this is the result, but I find it amusing and I’m only slightly buzzed.

Then for a playlist. “Running Wild and Crazy, possibly in the Jungle”  I haven’t worked the details out on that yet, but it’s next. Depends on how many “wild” and “crazy” songs there are. So I thought I could throw in the “jungle” for filler. Got a great opener….

This is a funny thing while I was running today. At about the 1 and ¾ mile mark, I started seeing crayons on the ground. You know, Crayola crayons. Just laying there. First a yellow, and orange…a few moments later red and broken blue  showed up, then a quarter mile on, here’s purple, brown, green….who’s missing? Oh yeah…black. Nope. Here he is.  Made it just under 2 and ¼. Last guy to be dropped out of the box I guess by some poor kid walking around with his parents. I wonder what the thought behind bringing crayons to the Forest Preserve trail was anyhow?

When I go tomorrow, I’m going to pick them up when I see them. Usually stuff is still there after only one day. It did rain, but it was pretty hot during the day and some of them looked like they were melting to the ground when I saw them. Hopefully they won’t un-stick in the night and roll off the path in the morning. If I get them, I’ll post them! Something to look forward too! Hang on for one more day!

And I thought of another playlist–crayons, naturally. Like the colors–red, yellow, orange…etc. I’m working on that too.

After the trail I took the kids to the store. I really DID have a grocery list, although I’m not going to write down what it was.

Ok, ok,  just real quick (for Amanda): Card for mom, yogurt, granola, Tums, brussel sprouts, cauliflower, cheese sauce for Stevie’s school movie night, ketchup, Mountain Dew (also for Stevie), hot dogs, hot dog buns, baked beans, a little gifty for my sissy, and four, half-pound each, fat-ass burgers.

Like I said, Mom’s Day is early here.

When we got home, I put the stuff away, packed up Stevie’s stuff for school, and the kids went and played outside for a few.

Mason had bought flower seeds at the store, some Chinese Lanterns, that he thought looked cool, so he and Stevie went and found four different potters to put them in.

Then it conveniently rained, and they came in and watched Family Guy. I know it’s bad and not for kids, but it’s just SO funny. Besides, they learn new stuff.  I can’t teach them everything.

With dinner over, my kids got transported to another store by the BF  to purchase gifts for myself and the step-mom. After hiding the gifts in a location I must know, so that I don’t go looking there for 3 days, they are sleeping.

I am drinking.

The boyfriend is playing Mafia Wars.

Last game of the night: Lights off and laying down.

I am about to wrap this up with no words of wisdom, no extra pictures and no playlist.

Oh you. You know me too well. Here’s a blue sky–above;  a tip–right here: Don’t stand up in a canoe. Don’t do it;   And a killer playlist–below:

(It’s “comprehensive”—but please, let me know what possible song did I leave out??)

“Rock & Roll RockStar”

Give me a devil-horn-hand-gesture and let me pass out. Vodka Rocks! Woo-hoo!

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