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In Detroit, a manager of a self-storage business opened up a unit that was being rented by a woman who stopped paying her bill. In the unit, he found thousands of pieces of unopened mail. You might think, “Maybe she had a bad filing system?” Nope, it’s worse. She was a mail carrier who was […]...

We don’t have cable tv, but I watch some of my favorite shows online – I even watched the Inaugural Address online today! I love to watch “Lost,” “Desperate Housewives” (yes, it’s true), “Scrubs,” “Private Practice,” and “24” (the newest one available online). I didn’t like Kiefer Suthe...

….I had no idea who the main characters on “Blue’s Clues” were or what “Wiggles” was….I couldn’t continuously carry 20 pounds of weight in my arms all day long….I never even thought of buying chicken dinosaurs and a bottle of ketchup would last a few months….I had never experienced heartburn….I could lau...

I love Fridays – always have. When I was younger, it was the last day of school followed by two days of sleeping in. When I was working outside the home, it was the last day of work followed by two days of sleeping in. Now, it’s the last of day of work for my […]...

We have a group of women that meet once a month for a book club. We have a great time and I’ve had a chance to read books I normally wouldn’t read. For January 2009, we are reading “Plenty: One Man, One Woman, and a Raucous Year of Eating Locally,” by Alisa Smith. Feel free […]...

Hi All! I hope everyone is having a great year so far! Here in Seattle, we are getting TONS of rain. I love going to sleep to the sound of the rain, but I’ve gained new perspectives on what others must be going through – with floods and so forth. The 520 (floating bridge over […]...

I love ebay – for both buying and selling things. Sometimes I feel guilty when I auction an item off and it sells for more than I would pay for it, but that’s just the way things go. But then there are other times when an item sells for less than it should, so I […]...

FINISH My word for what I want in 2009 is “finish.” Often times, I start projects and don’t end up finishing them because I end up changing diapers, nursing babies, preparing dinner, doing laundry, etc, etc, etc. I want to finish some of the projects I’ve started, such as my kids’ scrapbooks (get caught up […]...

Last night, we decided to go to Barnes and Noble. George wanted to pick out some guitar learning books, so he took the baby in the stroller and I headed over to the kids section with the two other boys. They read through some books, played with the Thomas the train table, and looked at […]...

It’s the last day of the year! The day you spend (or at least part of it) thinking about the things that happened during 2008 and setting new goals for2009. I’ve thought about and made some New Year’s Resolutions, including: 1) Spending more time playing with the kids (whether it’s playing with little people or […]...

Tonight, George and I played a game of monopoly. The last time we played Monopoly was before Dallen was born and now I remember why. He won by…… A LOT! We had the “Mamma Mia” soundtrack going while we were playing the game. I enjoyed the music at first…..and then I started to lose – […]...

We recently rented “Mamma Mia” on dvd and really enjoyed it! For Christmas, George bought me the cd and the dvd (soon to arrive). We’ve listened to the cd for the past couple of days and we all love the songs! Who doesn’t love Abba? There are some good ones like “Dancing Queen,” “Mamma Mia,” […]...

We had a partially white Christmas this year (the closest I’ve ever been to having a white Christmas). There was still snow (or slush) on the ground and some wet snow fell, so I’ll count that! Every year, we have a tradition of buying a permit from the Department of Forest Services for $10.00 and […]...

George and I have been married for 9 years now and I’ve never had a White Christmas (in my entire life). For the past 2 weeks, it’s been snowing in Seattle and the kids and I have been indoors due to bad road conditions. The boys throwing snowballs at each other It just started raining […]...

Last night, we had some guys from George’s work over for dinner. We had pizza – not just any pizza, but a 28-inch pizza. It was huge! I had a hard time getting through the doorways in our house – trying to get it to the kitchen! Here are some pictures just to show how […]...

Last night at around 9:30 p.m. there was a knock on the door. George and I were ready to go to bed and the kids weren’t even close to falling asleep, even though they were in their beds with the lights off. We had no idea who’d be knocking this late at night. George asked, […]...

You have to check out hulu.com if you haven’t already. They have tons of free tv shows (and movies) you can watch online, including a lot of old ones. On the homepage, they had an ad for He-Man, so I had to check out She-Ra, Princess of Power, and THEY HAD IT! Here is a […]...

I am SO EXHAUSTED! The culprit: baby Sam – don’t let the cute smile and cute face fool you! I thought I was so lucky for a while because Sam was actually sleeping through the night. Not now! He thinks it’s great to wake up at 3:00 a.m. and play with his toys and crawl […]...

Yesterday, school was canceled because of an expected snowstorm. Here is the snowstorm – 1 day late! Looking out our front door Our backyard My car is under the snow We spent today at home. This morning, after I put Sam down for a nap, Brian and I “tried” to build a snowman. It turned […]...