The Costume Crusade

Leave it to me to wait until the LAST minute to get my Halloween costume together. As already mentioned, our friends Carrie and Marc had a Halloween party at their house Friday night. Mikey and I were excited to get double duty out of our costumes this year, and get to have a “trial run” [...]

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Worst. Week. EVER.

It’s official. Do you ever have a day where you can almost see the black cloud that’s following you everywhere? This whole WEEK has been like that. I apologize in advance for any swearing I may or may not do in this post, as I have reached the very boundaries of my sanity and I [...]

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Hitting my Head on the Couponing Ceiling

I just got bit by the couponing monster. And it pissed me off.
I’m having a really frustrating time with this couponing stuff. It seems so simple and yet I’m still feeling like I’m paying more for items I thought were free, or for pennies, etc.
 
This morning I went to Teeter before work. It’s the beginning [...]

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Case of the…Thursdays?

So last night I was attempting to prepare for a small grocery trip for the second night in a row…procrastinating…I hate grocery shopping, can you tell?
Mikey got home and told me were heading off to our buddies Jeff and Stephanie’s for a cookout and Fantasy football drafting. (I don’t know anything about all that, but [...]

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It looks like I’ll need a chaperone in public places for awhile.

To preface, two things that SUCK right now:

My clumsiness
My tendency to burst into tears without reason.

 
I tell you these things, because both symptoms came into play yesterday evening when I had a harrowing and traumatic ordeal at the gas station.
 
Mikey and I decided to walk Gunnar, like we do any other ordinary night. We needed [...]

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GUNNAR GOES SWIMMING!!

This past weekend we decided to make good use of the beautiful weather and take the boat out on the lake. We decided it was time for Gunnar to have his first swimming expedition.
Up until now, the only water this little guy’d been around was the water in his bowl, the bathtub, or the hose [...]

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Packrat Protest

The dreaded time has come.
Earlier this week Mikey said the words I feared most as we were taking Gunnar for his nightly walk.
“Remember to bring home some boxes from work, because Saturday I’m boxing in the office.”
 
By “boxing,” my husband didn’t mean going a few rounds with Mike Tyson. He meant the time has come [...]

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We’re not in Kansas anymore!

It was a dark and stormy night.
Okay – it wasn’t stormy, but it was definitely dark as hell. Mikey, Heather, and their three friends pack the truck and hop in to begin a leisurely evening drive to the mountains. They stopped at Mikey’s parents to drop off Mikey and Heather’s dog for the weekend, [...]

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When the Cat’s Away…

…the mouse will freak out and think everything she owns is about to be burgled. Sigh.
Mikey went away this weekend for a fishing trip with his buddies. He goes once a year to the Outer Banks and has a real guy’s weekend. They’re in the middle of nowhere, with nothing to do but watch movies, [...]

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not-so-smooth criminal

I have such a guilty conscience and I don’t know why. I’m an incredibly horrible liar, and I worry and overanalyze every last little thing sometimes for NO reason. This is why NO ONE should ever consider me as a partner for a bank or casino heist. Just so you know. Don’t even ask.
 
I [...]

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