I’d be interested in hearing about your best moment of 2006. What stands out to you? A good moment, a funny moment, a touching moment. What is your best memory of 2006? I’ll share mine later this week. Read More →
Now, in the interest of full disclosure, I have to tell you we don’t celebrate Christmas. The reasons are too numerous to go into here. However, when my cousin sent me this Christmas message, I wanted to pass it along, so here it is: Dear children, It has come to my attention that many of you are upset that folks are taking My name out of the season. Maybe you’ve forgotten that I wasn’t actually... [Read more]
I’ve been working a new blogging project. So, head over and check out my new Natural Product Review blog. Be sure to let me know what you think. Or let me know if you have a product you want to see reviewed. Read More →
I’m almost embarassed to say that this is a Texas creation, but a man from Dallas has created… are you ready for this… FRIED Coke. Yes, you read that right– fried Coke!! I just can’t think of many things that could be worse for you. I’m trying to think of something that could be worse– maybe fried lard?– but I think fried Coke tops the list. ... [Read more]
And that’s why they don’t let you name your baby just anything in Germany. A couple in Mississippi named their baby ESPN. The scariest thing is there are three other known cases of couples naming their babies ESPN. What’s the thought process there? Read More →
This week’s question over at WAHM Blogger’s Network is about our blogging goals. I’ll be honest with you. At least 90% of the reason I blog is monetary. I’ve never been very good at journaling (you see from my lapses on this blog why), and I don’t know that I would really want to put a journal out on the web for everyone to read just because I felt like it. Now, for... [Read more]
Thanks to a fellow blogger’s website, I came across this site that blew me away. I never knew such a think existed. You can go there, and people will bid to loan you money. Regular people loaning money to regular people… what a concept. Read More →
It’s hard for me to narrow down what my first job was– would that be babysitting, mowing, helping my Dad set up mobile homes? Or do I consider my college on campus work-study job to be my first job? Or would it be my post-college days of waiting tables and working retail? Or how about my first salaried job teaching? I decided to share my top 10 lessons that I learned from an assortment... [Read more]
Blog spam. I log in, I see I have comments, I click on the comments… and there it is… blog spam. I’m not sure what the suitable punishment is for people who send blog spam, but it’s got to be worse than just deleting their messages. Any good ideas? Read More →
Over the years, you’d think that you’d learn to appreciate a lot of simple things. But I really had to think on this one. Nothing came to mind instantly. But then I thought about one of the recent changes we’ve made in our house– we bought a second car. It has been really wonderful to be able to run an errand without having to wait for my husband to come home. Forgot orange... [Read more]
I’ve been posting a lot today on my Natural Family News blog. Ironically, today I am equally annoyed with Wal-Mart and Horizon. Why is this ironic? Well, I’m always annoyed with Wal-Mart. But Horizon? I thought they were one of the good guys. Turns out, maybe not so much. I guess I should have known better. I have friends who really support buying locally. I think it’s a... [Read more]
I’m trying something new here– participating in a blog carnival. There’s a Work At Home Mom blog that posts a question of the week. This week’s question is “How do you stay fit mentally and physically?” So, here’s my answer. I have five children. When they’re not draining my brain power , I think they help me stay mentally fit. Not only do they... [Read more]
We all know that gas prices are ridiculous right now. And we know that not buying gas for a day, boycotting certain suppliers, etc. won’t really work. But there is a way to greatly decrease gas use immediately. Many companies have telecommuting policies, and many employees could telecommute, but for whatever reason, there is a stigma attached to telecommuting. So, managers frown upon it.... [Read more]
Today on Miss Spider’s Sunny Patch Kids there was an interesting modern take on the story of The Ant and the Grasshopper. For those of you not familiar with the classic Ant and the Grasshopper story, here is the original: The Ant and the Grasshopper In a field one summer’s day a Grasshopper was hopping about, chirping and singing to its heart’s content. An Ant passed by, bearing... [Read more]
I didn’t really go anywhere. But my blog did. I don’t know exactly what happened to it, but it crashed. Fortunately, my husband was able to fix it. Whenever I recommend blogging to people and talk about how easy it is, I always neglect to mention that it might not be so easy if my husband didn’t handle the promotion of my blogs and the technical part of setting them up and the... [Read more]
I’ve decided that I could really easily be a true media hound. I love it when people write about me– or even when something I write about myself gets prominently displayed. Like today, an article that I submitted about my blogging experiences is being featured on Problogger. Problogger is a website devoted to helping people make money from blogging (duh). It’s a really big site... [Read more]
I thought this was really funny. After dismal ratings last year, the Miss America pageant has chosen to go reality. Reality television and beauty pageant… aren’t those oxymorons? Do you think we’ll get to see the contestants without makeup and without their hair done? But it is a good idea and probably the only thing that could save the dinosaur pageant from extinction. Read More →
Rats. One of the last bastions of sanity in this country has fallen. Perhaps you didn’t even know that it existed. But most of Indiana has never followed Daylight savings time, choosing instead to remain on Eastern Standard Time for the entire year. For the first time this year, they will be setting their clocks forward. This is just sad to me, as I really deplore Daylight Savings Time and... [Read more]
If you’re French, I suggest you stop reading right now because you’re not going to like what I have to say. The French are nuts. First, they look down on everyone else because they think they’ve created this French utopia. Oh, yeah, utopia– except for the constant rioting. The latest rioting is all about jobs, or lack thereof. You see, IF you can get a job in France,... [Read more]
A Washington man was rushing to catch his commuter train and forgot his daughter in the car. Even though it was clearly not intentional, and the little girl was unharmed, the man will face charges of leaving a child under 8 unattended. I bet that no sentence the court can hand down will be worse than what his wife is going to do to him. Read More →