Eggnog Lattes and Holiday Cups! Woo hoo!

My day started with a phone call from Elise (who currently works at Starbucks)
“Mom, I just thought you would like to know, Egg Nog Lattes are back and so are the Holiday cups!”
Hooray for the little things in life.  I got myself ready in record time and buzzed on up to her store to get [...]

It’s official…

…Rob and I are “empty nesters”.  It’s definitely a life transition, but not in a bad way, just in a “wow, this is different, now what?” kind of way.
In the spring of this past year, our house grew fuller, Robbin moved home to save money.  It was the first time in several years that all [...]

Awkward Family Photos

 
 
 

…hmmmm, don’t even know what to say!
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I probably could dig in my vault of photos and find a few that would probably qualify for submission, but none as creepy weird as the one above.
Enjoy the laughs, and thanks, Kevin, for letting me know about this website.

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 [...]