One of my non-goals this year is to once again lose the 15 lbs that stands between me and well, a healthier trimmer person. I'd like to have my body fat lower and my strength up. I'd love to get rid of the last of baby chub (just in case I decide to do this baby thing again, I can start with a clean slate) and I'd love to have a flat tummy and nipped in waistline....it makes shopping for jeans so much better. Right now, according to the measurements on several online stores, my...

Did you know that if you have 20 sheets of drywall in the back of a half ton pickup truck and the guy who loaded them says, "Don't worry, they won't shift."......they will? Did you know that they will shift at the worst possible moment? More specifically, Did you know that they will shift right when you accelerate to turn onto the access road to the highway? (with LOTS of traffic headed your way) Did you know that if you have a 4 wheel drive, you can whip into the grass, turn around...

Did you know that if it takes about 15 minutes to disconnect acomputer, monitor, camera, keyboard, mouse, printer, scanner, and camera? Did you know that it takes signifigantly longer to move said computer and reassemble it? Did you know that if you forget that you installed a separate video card several months agao, you will have 2 video connetions? Did you know if the new one is really low and set in a bit, you will probably only see one, and get really frustarated when you can't ...

*Those stupid bulletins and/or emails that you get saying, "Your account will be deleted if you don't repost this/send this to 37,000 people!!! Blaaaahhh!!" If MySpace/MSN/Hotmail/Yahoo--whatever--was going to delete my account, they wouldn't depend on YOU to send me the bulletin/email, okay? Anyone who actually believes this crap is an idiot. If that ever were to happen, MySpace or your email provider would send an official notice and it would be on eNews and all kinds of crap. It's not goin...

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I finally did it. I told my mother that she is no longer welcome in my home. There will be no phone calls, letters or other contact. . I talked to my sister afterward and she gave me some interesting advice. She has a list she wrote at 16. Somewhere between a nervous breakdown and a hospital stay, she was crying about non other than good old mom. My dad suggested she write it down and get out all her pain and frustration. So she did and it helped. But now it's helped he...

Things you never knew about vomit that you probably wish you didn't. A phone covered in vomit will stop working.....and even if it didn't, the smell makes it unusable. A 22.5 lb baby girl can vomit 10 lbs of puke in four days and only lose 2 if you keep pushing fluids. Vomit must be washed out of hair immediately. If you miss a tiny spot of vomit, it will dry and form a cement-like bond with the hair that will not wash out with soap and water. Screaming too long can induce ...

This morning started very early. 1 am early. I was awakened by the sounds of a barely 2 year old girl sobbing. I found her sobbing between barfs. After a carefully timed rescue/clean up mission, we sat (on several layers of blanket) on the couch. I just tried to calm her down. Vomit smells bad, feels worse coming up and is a frightening way to wake up. We go through the barf, remove top layer of blanket routine a few times before it looks like the worst has subsided. (ps It hadn...

I've been noticing the kitchen and living room are noticably warmer than the rest of the house. I don't hae the heat on yet, and usually this only happens when I cook. The cooking has been pretty minimal as of late.....I'm eating lots of leftovers, although I'm running low. (Time to cook the other turkey) I woke up this morning and had a revelation when I turned on my tree..... It's the lights. Each strand of lights doesn't put out much heat, but I lost count this year and have be...

Actually, I put my Christmas tree up 2 days ago. Since HW isn't here, I don't have to wait till the day after Thanksgiving to put it up. So I decided to take a week to decorate. I put the tree and lights up....and a few nativities....not too much yet. I also bought a tree for my kids' bedroom. Connor picked out all red lights but I nixed that idea and suggested HW's favorite, multicolored. So this weekend we are putting it up and then during break, we will be making stars and string...

Today, my plans changed. Instead of running errands and grocery shoping, I scaled the semi-steep peek of my addition and learned to be a roofer. It's not as complicated as it looks, but it is hard, back breaking labor. It's dusk right now and there isn't enough light to work, but floodlights arent' as effective as they will be at full dark. So we used that as an excuse to take a break and get some food. I ate breakfast at 7 this morning and I've been busy ever since....the job doesn't ...

I really wanted to blog today, so mcuh is going on. The roofing crew is here...hopefully the slideshow will work....

Due to OPSEC, certain features and items have been censored. (but it really is him!)

http://www.treatthetroops.org/ is an organization that bakes and mails cookies to our soldiers overseas. Dupont has volunteered to pay for postage based on how many people register to participate in the Great American Cookie Swap. Go to Link to register. If you don't know who to send cookies to, I can give you the addresses of the 1Cav units that deployed at the end of October. Please participate in supporting our troops!

As you may have guessed by the title....Matt called! I have such a happy glow. **BIG GRIN** I saw the phone ring and flash "Private Name and Number", but being the good Army wife, I answered it to find....a bit of happy! Connor and Madeline were just getting into bed and I let them stay up a minute to talk to their dad. Unfortunately, he asked me to call back so I wouldn't use the minutes up on the borrowed phone (THANKS AMSTUTZ!) But when I called back, I got a foriegn message foll...