Fuchia be Damned but Bring on the Strippers
Honey and I have yet to find a new car, so we plopped ourselves into his diesel-sipping truck for the 3 1/2 hour trek down to Hilton Head, SC this weekend. A friend of his watched the house and puppies...
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There is a magical connection between a child and a camera. Cameras, like a smile, break all language barriers.While traveling in Laos, my friend Casey and I decided that a 5 day treck/2 day kayak trip...
View ArticlePretty New Car from Across State Lines
Yes I have a new car! And I hope to not have to shop for another one for...well forever if I can help it. I picked out a 2008 All Wheel Drive Honda CR-V. The fun thing is that it has all the bells and...
View ArticleThe Bread Monster
For anyone who has known me long, or has tried to give me a plant, you know I am absolutely horrible at keeping things alive. It is truly amazing that I have 2 dogs that live and thrive. Possibly...
View ArticleThe Weird Sisters
I started and finished The Weird Sisters so quickly but now it has taken me weeks to write about it...typical, right! The Weird Sisters by Eleanor Brown was sent to me by my lovely aunt who works at...
View ArticleRant of the Week
Beware, most of this post is a rant and probably not politically correct...maybe I'm a bit hormonal but things have been BUGGING me over this last week. These are the top 3.1. Zumba I admit, I have not...
View ArticleCan you be Addicted to Cities?
Best store ever!This last weekend I made my monthly jaunt up to the Raleigh/Durham/Chapel Hill area. I haven't really been to the main part of any of these cities but I have been to important places...
View ArticleHeathy Food Fail
I try to eat healthy. I try to make my own meals with ingredients from scratch, or mostly so. I pin those great sites I find on Pinterest that tell me how I can eat unprocessed food for 100 days and...
View ArticleBet You Haven't Seen Dogs do This
My puppy, Lucy, has a very weird habit. I promise I did not teach her this, nor did anyone else in my family. I have only seen anything like it once while watching some kind of documentary on...
View Article2012--New Puppy, New Car, New Job? New Baby?
So I know I have been slacking on writing lately. I have several excuses. And not any of them involve, aliens, supernovas, or Kirk Cameron.1. My parents came to visit us for a week. I showed my parents...
View ArticleWhat Did She Say?
Living in the South, I have learned a few new phrases. Most of them I have learned at my job as I work with good Southern folk that have lived in Fayetteville many years and are from these parts in...
View ArticleStick Figure Families and Chocolate Between my Legs
Pet peeves are funny. They really evolve with you as you get older. I am trying to remember what I might have listed as my pet peeves when I was in school...probably "people that talk behind your...
View ArticleWow I'm Huge...and I Killed the Bread Monster
Wow, it has been way too long since my last post. Definitely time for some updates.1. I killed the Bread Monster. Let's face it, we all knew it would happen and personally I am extremely impressed I...
View ArticleYes, There are Stupid Questions
In every customer service related job there are certain questions that customers ask over and over and over again that drive you freakin batty. While the question must seem totally logical to the...
View ArticleFabulous New York
I know many couples take "Babymoons" before the little bundle of joy comes (which we totally plan to do) but I think a "Mommymoon" is also necessary. So my Mommymoon took place in New York a couple...
View ArticleThe Nursery...Paint is Done!
So over the last...well, forever...we have been working on painting the nursery. Personally I think I have looked as forward to this as to actually having a baby. I LOVE painting, but usually live in...
View ArticleWhat the South is Missing
I may be making an overreaching statement here. After all I have lived in only one place in the South so this may be a problem with the area I am in rather than the whole South, but I think it is a...
View ArticleViola! Changing Table Makeover
So if you read my post about painting the nursery, I promised you I'd show you the changing table makeover. Here is the changing table before. And you can see sitting on it the lovely product I used...
View ArticleMy Manly-Man and His Candied Walnuts & Diaper Covers
For those of you who know my husband, he tends toward the manly-man side.He loves guns. Hates musicals. Loves getting dirty. Hates the Kardashians. Loves wrestling with the dogs. Hates shopping for...
View ArticleNursery's Ready...Come on Baby!
The final touches have been completed on Baby Gannon's Nursery...just in time for his due date, which is today...Too bad he's not yet here to enjoy, but it gives me time to post the pictures!So I know...
View ArticleA Doctor's Revenge
Hello Again! Yes it has been a while since I posted...having a baby is kinda like putting your old life on pause and slowly adding all the things you did before back into the fold. Well something so...
View ArticleTake a Breath Already
Sometimes life moves at a snail's pace...and sometimes it feels like you are drinking from a fire hose. Such is life. The first thing I hung up in our new home! Love Italy!As many of you may know, life...
View ArticleValentine's Day--The Good, the Bad, the Ugly
I think most women have a love/hate relationship with Valentine's Day. At least I do, so I generalize my feelings to most woman :)One of my first real Valentine's Day celebrations involved a plastic...
View ArticleIf Only I Was Jennifer Aniston in Cute Undies...
This morning I felt like I was in a movie...of course if I had been I would have been played by Jennifer Aniston and would have had on a very cute matching panties and bra set...Probably in purple...
View Article34 Year Olds Can Have Temper Tantrums Too! At Least I Have Rock of Ages and Wine
The last couple of weeks have been full of ups and downs.Down:Last week I had a full-on, three-year-old-style temper tantrum. I couldn't find my keys. Now typically I put them in the same...
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