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Now I really have no excuse!

Blog and you shall receive. (Oh, hello, Frigidaire, I would love to be a Test Drive Mom, feel free to ask!!!) However, my granted wish may not be so full of the OOOOOHHHH, WHOA! factor, yet it does come with it’s own special brand of YAY! Because, I got boxes, yo!! Lots of boxes. Like, [...]

My final wishes

Sitting in a hospital tonight with my husband, listening to the sound of his father’s restless stirring and the mechanical beeps that are uniquely hospital-driven, it reminded me that I have already laid down the law on my funeral. And before you sit there and scratch your head thinking I’m really weird for having preferences [...]

At least my taste in beer and hair styles has improved

“Where you this interesting in high school?” I got this message on Facebook the other day from a guy I went to high school with.  I can’t say we were friends or that we even knew each other all that well. For a few weekends we hung out in a mutual friend’s basement and drank…kool-aid…and…read [...]

The view from under the bus

Movies have sparked many an interesting conversation between Peter and myself. In-depth Googling of historical events to see how far a film took creative license. Whether Chris Farley was funnier than John Belushi. Peter looking over at me with a leer and letting me know, “You should consider getting one of those outfits”, during the [...]

How to ensure your realtor will report you to Child Protective Services

*I would like to just preface this entire post with the details that the night before we went on this house-hunting extraveganza the kids got into bed at almost 12:30 in the AM and they were all feeling more than a LITTLE stab-y the next day during our precious time with the realtor.  After turning [...]