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  • An Oh Crap Week

    May 7, 2011

    Yeah, we had another crisis – a gas leak in our house…okay, under the house, but it was still a gas leak.  I will give a write up with details later, but just wanted to let you know I haven’t vanished, I’m just needing to be silent and rest.  It was a rough week to say the least!

    In other news, Matt, my oldest, leaves home  next week to start a new life on his own.  Am I happy for him? Yes! Am I sad to see him go? *sigh* Yes.  That’s a whole ‘nuther post though.

    So, hoping you had a good week and no crises at your places.   I’ll be back tomorrow with the scoop.

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  • Music Monday

    May 2, 2011

    Spring is just about upon us and I switch my music out from my fall/winter songs to lighter music that also echoes back to a time in my life now 30 years past.  That’s right folks, this May will be 30 years since graduating from high school – yikes!  But, we’ll save all that for another post.  So, what was I listening to 30 years ago?  REO Speedwagon for starters!  See, there was this senior trip to Six Flags that I went on and someone brought their boom box and they listened to nothing but REO Speedwagon’s Hi Infidelity for the whole trip.  I grew to love this album and now I can’t imagine a spring or summer without it.   Instead of talking about all of the songs, I’m going to pick my absolute favorites and talk about those.

    1. Take It On The Run – This is just an awesome, awesome rock song!  The lyrics are fantastic and the music is excellent – especially that awesome  guitar solo in the middle.  Thank heavens it is on Rock Band now – it’s about time people!

    2.  In Your Letter – This is a song that takes its cues from 50’s and 60’s pop songs and I think that’s why I like it so much.  The music is catchy and so are the lyrics – it’s hard not to sing along.  Also, when I was much younger and before I was married with children, I took an aerobics class with a friend of mine.  This was the days before all the big gyms starting showing up and it was just a small class and we exercised to Jane Fonda’s workout album.  This song was on that record. Interesting no?

    3. Tough Guys – I love the opening with a clip of The Little Rascals and then talking about these jock type guys who love themselves and think everyone else should too.  I’ve known a few of those types in my life. Unfortunately.  Favorite line on this one: “They think they’re full of fire/She thinks they’re full of shi*t.  Hehehe.

    4.  Don’t Let Him Go – This is another song along the lines of Tough Guys, but it could just as much be talking about a man in his 40’s in a midlife crisis as much as a younger man in his 20’s sowing his wild oats.

    Honorable Mentions:  Follow My Heart, Out of Season, Someone Tonight

    I do want to add that they released five songs from this album, and I had all of those singles,  so I basically had the album on those singles as the B-sides were all songs from the album too.  Great music,  memorable days.

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Hi - welcome to Oh Crap! and if you come back enough times you'll soon find out why I named my blog that.

I am an unperfect mom to 8 great kids: 5 boys and 3 girls (and I had them in that order too).

I have been married for either 40 really long or really short years depending on how my day is going.

Even though I have homeschooled my children for the last 31 years, I am certainly no supermom - unless you count the days I have to rescue my daughters from a moth in their room.

I love coffee, chocolate, and music from the 80's. I enjoy reading books, chick flicks, and thirtysomething.

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