Tonight I am having a scrapbooking party after I drop my son off at baseball practice.  We will probably scrapbook until late. Tomorrow morning my son has a baseball game and then I am having a "Game Widows" get together.  My husband and a bunch of friends are getting together for "Game Day" which means they all agree on a multi player game, get together where they can all have computers, and have a virtual kill fest all day. I like to have the ladies (widows) over to hang out ...

I don't know if anyone out there happened to watch the TLC special "Half Ton Man" but I caught quite a bit of it and was absolutely boggled how any human could become quite literally a big pile of fat.  This man weighed over a thousand pounds.  His wife kept feeding him even though his skin had stretched beyond what it could handle and he was leaking his bodily fluids onto the bed.  He also couldn't move or wear clothes.  He couldn't be on his back because his own weight woul...

I'm not saying there is ever a wrong time to give someone roses, but getting them just because you are loved and appreciated is the best.  My husband brought me two dozen red roses today for that very reason.  Not because of a birthday, anniversary or Hallmark holiday.  He didn't need society to say "Today is national "Good Husbands Buy Flowers Day". A lot of people who don't know my husband, and even some who do, give him a hard time because he doesn't usually do a lot on thos...

I didn't really take note of this until after having dinner out with some friends from the Netherlands, but every single time my husband and I go to a restaurant, they sing some form of a happy birthday song to someone.  Of course they can't sing the actual "Happy Birthday" song due to licensing issues so each restaurant has its own annoying version.  Every time we are in a restaurant! We have heard Spanish, Italian, Middle Eastern (La Shish) and even Korean versions.  The...

Like most, my day usually begins with the sound of an alarm clock.  Sometimes that sound repeats depending on how many times the snooze button gets hit.  Then comes grumblings from my husband about how he is dying.  Seems he is dying every morning The sound of the shower running is usually the first really awake sound that registers.  That is my signal to go start breakfast and pack my man a lunch.  Cooking and showering sounds are soon accompanied by the radio and ...

To my blogger friends who read of my illness woes, I wanted to let you know that I got over my virus + strep throat in time to have my grandma have a heart attack and require triple bypass surgery.  Luckily I was healthy and able to take my mom up to be with her.  Grandma lives about 5 hours away. So, I am currently healthy, grandma made it through open heart surgery with flying colors and I am caught up on laundry   Life is good right now.  My only complaint is the first...

First my 8yr old got sick.  He had a fever for almost a week and was one sick little guy.  The pediatrician said it was a virus that would just have to run its course but unfortunately, we would probably all get it.  We thought we were too smart to get it and once his fever was gone and we were all feeling fine, we thought we got through it....wrong! A day or so after it looked like we had our 8yr old back to normal the 4yr old started having a fever and his eye got all re...

I had a funny incident the other day.  The phone rang as I just exited the shower.  I was in a good mood and answered with a cheery "Hello?!"  The woman at the other end asked "Hi sweety, is your mommy there?"  I almost burst out laughing but had an urge to play along. "She's not here, may I take a message?"  The woman informed me that she was calling from our lawn service and would call back later.  "When might I catch your mommy or daddy at home?" she inq...

I Personally find Sir Pete amusing at times but if a woman takes him seriously at all, they tend to get perturbed. Here is a guide to help: Do: Read Sir Pete's stuff if you don't take him seriously and are in it to play along and have a good chuckle. Egg him on so he will give outrageous replies. Give raspberries to anyone who gives you guff about egging him on since you have as much right to do that as anyone has the right to pander to him. Delete his comments to your own articles sin...

I just reported this problem but wanted to let the people know who have been commenting on my blogs, I have been wanting to respond but can't.  Every time I try to respond, my comment won't get submitted.  So, I'm not ignoring my articles, I just can't add a comment!  I appreciate those who can and do though.

I am feeling blue for a couple of reasons.  A) My hubby is away on business for a week (but I can't complain) I seem to have some sort of flu or cold that has me achy and exhausted; and C) I got a very bad hair cut. I went to the stylist with spiral permed hair that was about to the bottom of my shoulder blades.  It was almost all one length but with long layers.  I hadn't had a trim for about 3 months so it was hard to tell I had layers at all. I told the stylist how l...

I'm afraid I didn't catch the name of the author or the book but I heard a TV program playing in the background the other day talking about the key to happiness.  They talked about the differences in twins when one was a generally happy person and the other wasn't.  One phrase stuck with me, "Attitude of gratitude".  They were saying that feeling grateful for what you have rather than always wishing you had something else is the key to happiness.  I can understand how tha...

I have a theory about why people use drugs:  They are trying to return to their days of childhood TV shows.  Have you ever seen the show "Yo Yo Gabba Gabba"?  What a trip!  It looks like something right out of the late 60s or early 70s.  It totally reminded me of how "groovy" some of the shows I watched as a small child were (like the Electric Company). ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Is it just m...

Here I am in my new outfit at the Michigan Renaissance Festival.  Brad and I are attending a medieval themed wedding at the end of the month so I figured a new outfit was in order.  It was a chilly day so the cloak was a nice thing to have. Michigan doesn't take it's festival as seriously as other places.  Most people don't dress up and not many at all play along with the language and character.  I know other places won't allow vendors to stray out of period and atten...

I have recently had the daunting task of shopping for a formal outfit.  I am a full figured gal but have usually had good success in finding things that fit nicely off the rack.  I think perhaps having that third baby rectified that for the moment. I found a beautiful black skirt that I loved so I bought that figuring I could find a top in pretty much any style to go with it.  Since dragging the baby store to store to try stuff on hasn't been all that much fun, I figured I woul...