The Great iPhone Debate

Me: “I want an iPhone.” Dave: “How can you be such a slave to technology?” Me: “It’s cool and it takes care of many of the things I want to do in today’s wireless world. After all, my current cell phone is on the brink of death and if I lose it, I not only … Read more

Now That’s What I Call CLEAN!

Hi! Let me catch my breath… “Phew!” The photographer just left — she was here to take pictures of our “staged” house for the MLS listing. So now we can mess up the house again! Just kidding… I will admit that I feel like if I BREATHE too sloppily, the house will get messed up … Read more

Stoopid Tired…

I’m stoopid tired again. It started with another yard sale this morning. So once again I was up at 6am on a Saturday. It was lousy this time around: $20 in 3 hours. Compared to $300+ in 6 hours last Saturday. We ended up giving away our two largest items — Dave’s old model train … Read more

Wax On, Wax Off!

Today I was continuing to prepare for our house to hit the market by applying Olde English oil to all my wood furniture. I guess this was the first time I had ever oiled all the furnishings at once, for I realized, 90 minutes later, that we have a LOT of wood furniture. All of … Read more

"Where’ve You Been, Woman???"

Okay, so I fell off the scope for a bit. This week was pretty darned busy for me, so a couple things had to fall by the wayside, the blog being the first thing. Photographs of my life were next. Then paying attention to my boys, the poor babies. This past weekend I had a … Read more

Whole Wheat Chocolate Chip Cookies

“WHAT???” Whole Wheat Chocolate Chip Cookies “Eeewwww….doesn’t that defeat the purpose of chocolate chip cookies? Sinful bliss?” Well, does it HAVE to be so sinful? Okay, a little truth time here. I had everything to make chocolate chip cookies for the family, you know, that recipe on the back of the bag of the 12 … Read more

Get It Sold!

Need a house? For those unaware, I’ve been going crazy since early March getting our house ready to sell. Unlike in Florida, where we didn’t have to do jack squat for the house to sell in summer 2005, this time around we’re making this place look like a museum, new paint all around, repairs, powerwashing, … Read more