1. They’re outside sunning their butts in their backyard while i’m in my backyard busting my butt trimming shrubs. 2. They have these cute little palm trees (yes, they’re real!) in in their backyard – anyone who knows me knows i LOVE palm trees! 3. They have a pool. 4. My backyard is TEN times…

Why does Home Depot even give you the option to “speak with a Customer Service Representative” when you call? ARRGHH!!! I have been on hold for 24 minutes and 51 seconds, according to my phone. For pete’s sake!!!!!! All i want to do is find out if they carry our brand of water filter for…

Last night just before dinner, i was getting ready to change our fish, Dorothy’s water. I noticed that i didn’t see her swimming around so i looked closer. She was bent on her side and down by the little plant that we had put in her fishbowl just a few weeks ago. We haven’t told…

I am in a weird sort of nesting mood today. I have always had a thing for changing out light switches and putting dimmers in for some reason. In general, i enjoy doing little projects like this which david thinks is kind of odd. Today I took the dimmer out of Nathan’s room which, incidentally,…

What is it about crossing off things from your “to-do” list that makes you feel so great? Why is that? I feel so good to have crossed off 3 things today from my massive list. They’re not the biggest or most important 3 things, but nonetheless, it’s nice not to have to think of them…

I’ve been doing my daily reads of blogs, but have just felt too tired and overwhelmed lately to post here on mommypalooza. I do have some interesting things to chat about and great pics, so perhaps i’ll muster up the energy to post a little later. Plus, with 20 degree weather like today, all i…

I've had a TON of applicants (mostly male) that have NO experience behind a bar that are applying for a bartender position at Green Tea. One that comes to mind was particularly confusing. The guy has worked for T-Mobile sales, the Social Security Administration, and Progressive Insurance. He is applying for a BARTENDING position. I…

I picked up For Laci today while at Wal-Mart and am looking forward to delving into it today. My heart went out to Sharon Rocha, Laci’s mom, who was on The View yesterday for a brief moment to talk about the new book and how hard these years have been for she and the family.…

baking cookies with n8 working on a special “project” for someone special for Christmas! wrapping Christmas gifts trying to keep the house orderly entertaining N8 checking my email moving slow because of my belly which incidentally grew overnight!