“Respect the Turkey”

My husband came home and shared a funny little story with me.  There is a couple who attend our church who have taught their kids to yell, “Respect the Turkey!”  everytime they see a place where Christmas has exploded before Thanksgiving has even come.  Gave me a good chuckle…plus it’s fun to yell out the [...]

Food Envy

I am cursed with Food Envy.  I cannot go to a restaurant and just order what looks good. I MUST hear what everyone else is ordering, just in case I haven’t thought everything through.  Rob knows this and sometimes refuses to order until I do, just to spite me, at which case when he does [...]

Acorn knowledge is a sign of your intelligence, apparently.

Today at work my co-worker Todd was planning activities for the fall after school program for elementary students.  One of the activities requires the use of acorns.  As he was looking through the supplies the question was brought up:  “Where do you buy acorns anyway?”  My common response to similar questions is:  “GOOGLE it!”  …which [...]

Planning a wedding is kind of like being pregnant…

So, I’m learning that working on planning a wedding (Robbin, our oldest daughter is getting married on August 1st, 2009) is kind of like being pregnant.  What I mean is this:  everyone wants to tell you their “labor story”.  I have heard many wedding horror stories which usually start with, “Oh, here’s one thing you’ll [...]

No more!

Warning:  This post may offend a certain clientele of a certain restaurant  which is named in this post.  My apologies in advance to those of you who frequent this establishment.  May you continue to enjoy your time there. 
Today a few folks from the office asked if I’d like to join them for lunch.  [...]