You won scrap bribing!!! I can’t wait to see what you do with all these goodies!

My young cousin does a lot of babysitting for us in the evenings when we have church activities. She’ll be here tonight, again, watching not only my kids but the children of another couple when we go out to see Narnia. I pay her about $5 per hour for the girls, give or take, and [...]

When I first moved to Iowa the most difficult thing for me was to give up my season tickets to the Wild. I cried when I sold the tickets. And, as they went to the Stanley Cup playoffs I watched every game from home and hated the person I saw in my seat.
As it turned [...]

And they will give me 2 million 440 thousand dollars…

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So… I’ve begun keeping a food diary. Just to see what I’m eating. And, overall, it doesn’t look too bad to me. Sure, there should be more fruits and veggies but I don’t think I’m overeating.
I’ve also begun dragging my butt out of bed and exercising in the morning. It’s easiest when it’s not raining [...]

The weather radio went off just a little while ago. We are, again, under a tornado watch. The weather is bringing me down. I just need a complete day of sun… All these clouds are making me tired.
I just couldn’t bring myself to get much done today. Oh, I walked [...]

It’s political season. Every day more yard signs appear. Big ones, small ones… Ugh.
I look at them differently now, though, since Doug’s run a couple of years ago. Those things are freakin’ expensive. I don’t even want to remember what we spent out of our own pockets. [...]

I come from a family of 4, my mom comes from a family of 5, my dad from a family of 4. I have 12 cousins, and more second cousins than I can think of…
Doug comes from a family of 2, his mother is one of 5 and his dad has only a sister. Yet [...]

After a long and terrific day we are home from my grandparent’s (the girls’ great grandparent’s) farm.
Calves were petted…Flowers were picked…Home cookin’ was eaten…Stories were traded…
And after the girls have their bath I will be settling in to my bed with a much loved novel (based in Ireland- yes, I’m already thinking of returning) and [...]

After a very busy weekend…
No camping but we did make it to the park on Monday…
We learned the good thing about mice…
And the rain let me share packing tips and hotel booking tips since it was too lousy to be outside…
The girls as I are heading to my grandparent’s farm. There are calves being [...]

I was booking a hotel for an upcoming trip and was given information that I was sure was not correct.
After a bit of research on my part and a couple of phone calls the issue was resolved and I got not only the discount I initially asked for but another $20 per night off the [...]

From Reuter’s updated 12:04 p.m. CT, Tues., May. 27, 2008
TOKYO – One of the travelers who arrived at Tokyo’s Narita airport over theweekend may have picked up an unusual souvenir from customs — a package ofcannabis.
A customs official hid the package in a suitcase belonging toa passenger arriving from Hong Kong as a training exercise [...]

I’m always a bit skeptical about new “all natural” products that promise amazing results. Mostly you see this with diet pills- I especially love the one that says “And we couldn’t say it on TV if it wasn’t true”. Yeah, whatever… And all the news in unbiased…
So when I saw this ad [...]

If you are you’ll want to be careful- scammers are after your money! Doug received an email today with the return address : Internal Revenue Service
Here’s what Doug has to say about it: The web address is in machine code. Only hackers like doing that. Also the “Document Reference” is that same machine code that [...]

Last Christmas we gave digital frames as gifts… Because we want to update the photost I also purchased flash drives for everyone with the idea that we could update photos on the drive and exchange them every so often.
Ummm, yeah. I sent out the updated drive a while back with the instructions to [...]