Music Trivia

On this day Time After Time, by the famous Cyndi Lauper, reached #1 on the Billboard Charts. What year did it hit #1?

A. 1984

B. 1983

C. 1982

D. Cyndi Lauper does not exist and Time After Time is not a song.

Friday Fun Facts

I bet you didn't know these things; and if you tell me you already knew this stuff, you're lying. Kidding! Happy Friday to everyone.

The first couple to be shown in bed together on prime time TV was Fred and Wilma Flintstone.

Many years ago in Scotland, a new game was invented. It was ruled "Gentlemen Only...Ladies Forbidden"...and thus the word GOLF entered into the English language.

In the 1400's a law was set forth that a man was not allowed to beat his wife with a stick no thicker than his thumb. Hence we have "the rule of thumb"

Every day more money is printed for Monopoly than the US Treasury.

Men can read smaller print than women can; women can hear better.

Coca-Cola was originally green.

It is impossible to lick your elbow.

The State with the highest percentage of people who walk to work: Alaska

111,111,111 x 111,111,111 = 12,345,678,987,654,321

Playlist for Life

Do you have a list of songs that get you through life; a playlist that is programmed onto your iPod with the title LIFE? Well I have such a list.

When I was in Middle School/High School my parents watched the show Ally McBeal. I loved the show for a number of reasons. The mature adolescence I was, thought the show was written brilliantly; and at this time I knew a lot about TV. Seriously, I watched lots of TV as a kid/teenager. I could recognize a great show! Anyway, my favorite character on the show was John Cage. John was a bit of an odd character. He had repeated scenes with him in the bathroom dancing to Al Green. He claimed the songs gave him confidence to squash all the challenges of life, including asking hot girls out on dates.

After watching John Cage rock out in the bathroom and win court cases, I decided I needed to adopt this philosophy for life. At the age of 15, I started compiling my own Soundtrack for Life, but now I call it my Playlist for Life. These are the songs that make me feel like I can take on the world. They make me feel like a million bucks! These are the songs that help me get through a bad day, or bad month if life is real bad. SOOOO without farther a due here is a sampling of my Playlist for Life….

Touch My Body- Mariah Carrey…Ok, totally kidding. Here’s the real list….

Bad to the Bone- George Thorogood and the Destroyers
Uptown Girl- Billy Joel
Island in the Sun- Weezer
Rollercoaster of Love- Red Hot Chili Peppers
Play that Funky Music- Wild Cherry
Call My Name- Charlotte Church
Footloose- Kenny Loggins
Party for Two- Shania Twain
Thriller- M. Jackson
1-2-3-4- Coolio- hey I never said the list was made up of great songs!
Tide is High- Blondie

These are my people

In continuing The Post a Day After the Month of May Challenge- M-Fs ONLY, I thought I’d post something about myself. I’m sure you guys are thinking….all this women does is talk about herself. Good call. But today I’m going to talk about one of my hobbies. Again you are thinking….good lord if we have to hear about running or food one more time I’m done with this blog. You are making great points in your head. I hear ya! However, today’s post is about my love for Jazzercise. Shut up, every one of you, I can feel you judging me. I am proud to admit I am a Jazzercise fanatic.

Ok, before we go on any farther let’s get one thing straight. Jazzercise is not a Jane Fonda type aerobics class. The people that attend Jazzercise do not wear leotards. Better yet, the people of Jazzercise do not wear any type of clothing that is from the 60’s, 70’s, 80’s, or 90’s. This includes sweat bands, head bands, arm bands, scrunchy socks, or any other type of weird clothing that is way outdated. Actually, Jazzercise promotes very stylish work-out attire. See how cute does she look?

I on the other hand, do not look this stylish/cute when I work-out. I wear t-shirts and shorts. It's simple. Ok, now that we have gotten the awkwardness out of the way I can continue on…..

The lovely ladies below have been whipping my butt into shape for 5 years. They understand me. They do not think it’s weird that I cram an aerobics class in before going out on a Friday night. They do not think it’s weird that sometimes I get up at 5:30am to do a quick aerobics class before work. Nope. In Jazzercise World this is normal behavior. This is why I love each of these ladies, because my weirdness makes sense to them. So yea...these are my people.

Celebrate Good Times...Come On!

These people are my heroes. They fought a tougher fight than I have ever experienced. They beat the odds and won. I tip my hat to all the cancer survivors around the world. You people truly are my heroes! Friday night we had 85 survivors show up to Relay for Life.

Another Relay for Life has come and gone. I must say this year was another great year. We rose over $85,000 and everyone had a great time. I was impressed with the way everything unfolded. This year Sister #1 and I Co-Chaired the Luminarias. I didn’t have time to take a picture of all of our bags, but I found this one on the Internet. We can pretend that’s me in the picture. However, I was not calm and collect like this chick. If you really want to imagine Sister #1 and me Friday night; imagine two girls running around like chickens with their heads cut off yelling at their family and friends for help! We was trying to light tons of bags, constantly burning our thumbs with the lighter, and making sure ALL the bags didn’t catch on fire. It was crazy!

Have you ever wondered what OKChick is like during the wee hours of the morning? If so, please scroll down to Exhibit A & B.
Exhibit A:

Around 1:00am we got this great idea for a picture on a fire truck. Don’t we look good for being up lots of hours? All of us girls had worked, ran around like crazy people, and been walking laps around the track. I think we look hot; literally hot because it was toasty outside. Sadly, the cute firefighters had to go rescue a house and didn’t see how hot we looked on their fire truck! Otherwise, we might have gotten some dates!

Exhibit B:

At 2:00am we felt the sudden urge to sing Celebrate to hundreds of screaming fan. Ok, fine not hundreds of people, but a large crowd and yes we had screaming fans. We were so good that everyone got up on their feet and started a Congo Line. This is just more training for my future job- Rock Star.

2 post for June

Blogger World, guess what? I’m going to be on the Food Network!!!!! Ok, not really. Actually, I didn’t even go to the casting call. I KNOW! I’m a slacker and I let you down. But it is a good thing I didn’t waste my Saturday on the casting call. Today I had this email waiting in my inbox.

The subject: CORRECTION for Casting Call.
Al Roker Entertainment, Inc. is coming to Oklahoma City in search of overweight individuals and families who are ready to join Mayor Cornett's Weight Loss Challenge. If you know of someone who has not yet joined, please pass on the following information.
So see…it’s a good thing I didn’t go.

In other news….
Last weekend Sister #1 and I took a stab at catering. We actually did pretty well. Here’s a picture of the food we made for a friend’s shower. I guess you could call it a success. No one became deathly ill after eating our food, and everyone seemed to really like the food that we made. We just did the food, not the cute cupcakes.
In other other news…
I’ve decided to challenge myself this month. This idea was stolen from Sarah. So thanks Sarah! Last month she posted a blog everyday. Well I have decided the month of June will be my month. I pledge to try to post something everyday this month. I’m not promising literary greatness, just a post. I’m calling it the….”Post a Day After May” challenge. Catchy huh? I think so.
EDIT- I rethought this whole challenge. I’m going to be realistic and admit I probably won’t post on the weekends. I now pledge to post everyday… M-F.

My famous friend

Soo this is my famous friend Lucas. He's on lots of commericals here in OKC and he was eve on Jay Leno. Jay interviewed him because he's the son of a bee-keeper. Really his dad does make honey, and it's really good.
If you need a good pick me up, check it out.