Monthly Archives: September 2009

Finer Things Friday- Good Neighbors

Yesterday morning did NOT start off well. Matt found his precious hamster, Tilly, had passed away in the night.  (After I comforted him and sent him to school I put a pillowcase over her cage till my hubby got home ’cause there was no way I was touching a dead rodent)    Tilly lived a…

Make-up Clean-up

  I am one of those gals that wears make-up most days (that I leave the house, which is most days)  I look much better with make-up (covers up the dark circles under my eyes, mascara makes my eyes pop- you know the drill)  However, my least favorite aspect of wearing make-up is getting it off,…

Linking me up

I decided to start giving you gals (or guys, if any of my readers are of the male persuasion) links to the other places I am once a week- don’t want all my writing to go to waste LOL Organizing the Fridge My weekly post on onlineorganizing.com Organizing the Bathroom My weekly column at Pink…

Wifey Wednesday- The Honeymoon

The hubby and I didn’t have a honeymoon to speak of. We had a 13 1/2 month old and I was 6 months pregnant with Matt so we couldn’t really afford one. We did go for a week to my grandparents house on the bay. It was the first time my husband ever seen the…

Blog Hop- Baby Pictures

This week’s Blog Hop theme is “BABY PICS”. Post your favorite baby pic(s) of yourself, your kids or any baby pic you think the blog hoppers would love to see. Should be a wonderful blog hop. See my example here: http://mcklinky.blogspot.com/2009/08/blog-hop-baby-pics-8312009.html …STOP This is the sweet baby (my best friend’s youngest girl) that I get…

Back Talk

One thing that is driving me batty about raising adolescents is the “back talk”. If you haven’t had the pleasure of parenting a thirteen year old yet, let me fill you in on how a conversation goes. Mama: “We are going to so and so’s after dinner tonight” Child: “I know” (mama finds this very…