‘Snap! I’ve been jonesin’ to go there!’ my presumably intelligent, 35-year-old cousin said to the preteen party guest. I could only assume that she meant she really, really wanted to go there. The place she had been ‘jonesin’‘ to go is a store called Ikea. Apparently, it’s a totally groovy place. (groovy as in cool, not full of grooves.) I… View Post

‘Sometimes you want to go where everybody knows your name.  And they’re always glad you came.’  It’s a great feeling to walk into a place and know that everyone knows you and is genuinely happy to see you.  For Sam, Norm, Cliff, and Frasier, that place was a bar called Cheers.  For hubby, that place is Blockbuster. He has secretly always wanted to be… View Post

He first arrived back in January; a cute, but extremely noisy Puggle with a bum leg and a strong tendency to run into the busy road.  Since we already had a dog I told the kids we couldn’t keep him, but they secretly named him Maxx and fed him right along with the other animals. That was when the strange happenings… View Post

I’ve known for years that I fall into that category of people known as Generation X, but I’ve never given much thought to what it means.  So, like every good Gen X-er, I did a little online research.  Apparently, I missed a few key things that should have taken place in my life like listening to grunge rock (did people really do… View Post

A couple of weeks ago I issued a weight loss challenge to the entire county.  So far we?ve lost a total of eighteen pounds.  Eleven of that was from my extremely motivated sister-in-law.  The rest of us seriously stink at this.  Come on, y?all! I?ve seen your fat behinds waddling around out there and I know you would like to lose some of that… View Post

I’m getting old.  Not ancient, mind you, just old.  I’m older than most of the teachers I had in elementary school, but not as old as dirt or fossils. Although, when I was six, my 24 year old teacher seemed as old as dirt. I probably feel older since I’m pregnant.  Most of the pregnant girls around me are just that.  Girls.  They wear low… View Post