1. popcornopolis. i’ve never been a professed popcorn fan. can’t stand movie popcorn – i’d rather lick the bottom of my shoe AFTER walking out of the movie theatre – that stuff is NASTY (and it was nearly a deal breaker with my now in-laws). however, i L-O-V-E caramel corn. for some reason it’s 1,000,000 [...]
Entries from June 2009
June 20, 2009
my mini home makeover.
i’m addicted to hgtv. it’s always on. i love watching the professionals come into people’s homes and spice things up – they make it look so easy! and while i don’t have $5,000 to pay someone to give us a makeover and i don’t have all the power tools to do something fancy, i DID [...]
June 20, 2009
where do i get these ideas??
i’m sure my crazy ideas were something that i inherited in my genes. my mom is so creative, so i must have gotten some of it from her. so here were my ideas this week:
#1. my boss’ birthday is today (saturday) and i wanted to give him something as a funny/smart-ass birthday gift. he enjoys [...]
June 10, 2009
weekend with mom (part two).
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my mom and i did the nike women’s fitness festival 5k on sunday and had a blast! we’re both pretty fast walkers and even though we don’t get many opportunities to walk together, we have almost the exact same pace. our goal was somewhere between 40 and 45 minutes since we [...]
June 9, 2009
weekend with mom (part one).
my mom came into town on saturday morning and it was non-stop wonderful times with her. she’ll go do whatever i want to do and is a totally good sport about it. so i had this idea to go strawberry picking and everyone thought i was nuts because strawberries grow ON THE GROUND, so you [...]
June 5, 2009
30 Quick Ways To Improve Your Marriage:
It’s the little things that mean the most
People are always looking for ways to improve their professional careers, parenting skills, and home organization. But what about the most important earthly relationship you have—your marriage? Marriage requires work, whether you’ve been married for 6 months or 40 years.
Here are some ideas for you and your spouse [...]
June 5, 2009
flashback to 1990.
ms. chapman-locke was my 3rd grade teacher. she was one of my favorite teachers growing up. for many reasons. here are a few:
1. she had a rubber stamp collection that could rival all rubber stamp collections. every day we came to school and had completed our homework from the night before, we’d get a stamp [...]