Archive for March 2007

Yellow snow in Alabama

Yellow snow?! Ewwww! Ok, so it’s not exactly snow, but, that is the first thing that comes to mind when thinking of trying to describe what’s floating around in our air and blanketing our cars right now!It’s pollen! Massive, massive amounts of pollen! It’s allergy central around here! It’s unbelievable! I have never seen anything [...]

Meet Mark, Mr. Prepared

That is one very impressive thing about my husband – he is prepared for just about anything! I’ll never forget when my sweet and young and dumb self first saw his ‘never get locked out plan’ – I thought he was pure genius! He has the truck key in one of those key hider things [...]

A fun way to get cash and goodies

…is by doing market research. The kids and I have really had fun with this over the last few years. I haven’t really done any in several months, I’ve been too busy blogging, but, I am still getting emails every day from various companies. And I haven’t signed the kids back up to the kids [...]

Rotten, evil children

They’ve stolen all of my ink pens! All but one, that is! I found these really great pens one year, I think when we were school supply shopping. They are just so nice and smooth and I really like how it feels writing with them. So I asked Mark to get me some for Christmas. [...]

Losing weight can sure be hard

I know, I’ve been working at it for several years now. People who have never dealt with obesity often have simplistic ideas about what they see as a simple task. And maybe for some people it is simple – simple, but, not easy. Just like we say in AA. And sticking to something that is [...]

Fruits, vegetables, and flowers…oh my!

I have got to get my act together on my gardening plans! I always plan to start in March, but then, somehow, March turns into April, and well – you know how it goes. And this year, with funding low, and with no car – it’s even harder! I have, however, found some great online [...]