mils & fils after stacy left we watched everybody loves raymond. i sooo identified with last night’s episode. i identify with poor debra more than you know. my mother in law is just like ray’s mom. it’s almost scary. so i totally understood when debra had a hard time calling her “mom”. jon says “that…

our 1st official dinner guest last night stacy came over for dinner. aside from our house warming, she’s our 1st official dinner guest. we broke out the candles & ate in the dining room instead of the bistro table. stacy & i met in the new members class when i was joining covenant presbyterian. jon…

fun things i love the website jenny pointed out where you can build yourself in legos. so cute. beauty product update i’m in love with this new stuff i found. i’m not sure if it’s a new product or just new to me. it’s john frieda’s beach blonde. it smells yummy like coconut and makes…

i love power tools this was a good weekend in a laid back homeowner sort of way. saturday husband and i slept in a little then headed out to qdoba for lunch. we stopped in to dean & deluca for some bread then went on a mad search for maggie moo’s ice cream. it was…

victim it’s finally happened. my poor little computer has been hit with a virus. it’s a sneaky one too. i’ve run norton anti virus and it doesn’t find anything. this virus came from my friend stacey’s 85 yr old grandfather who got hit with it. he sent it to her and she sent it to…

friday five thanks to heather 1. What are your hobbies? painting, scrapbooking, reading, making hand drawn note cards, crochet, just about anything crafty. and since we’ve bought a house i have 2 new hobbies: gardening & decorating (remodeling). 2. Do you collect anything? If so, what? matchbooks from restaurants & magnets from each state, major…

missed it by this much i finally broke down yesterday afternoon and went to belk to stock up on clinique. i was desperately low on my yellow moisterizer and i had run out of touch base (creamy eye shadow). so i thought i might be able to sneak in under the wire with the free…

drama at the teeter mart rachel’s boyfriend is not the only one getting screwed out of vacation time. husband’s company has “restructured” their vacation time. instead of going by tenure with the company they are now going by full time tenure. so even though jon’s been with them for 12 years they’re only counting the…

lucky a friend of mine, amy, is going to aruba…for free! our local radio station 107.9 the Link is doing a trip a day giveaway and a co-worker of her’s won it and is taking her. for a week! so fun. it’s just not fair though because you can only qualify between 9-5 and well,…

drinks with madonna’s brother….or is he?? friday night my sister sara and i met up with my mom and her friend carol for drinks at guytano’s. mom’s been friends with carol since sara and i were really young so she’s like a member of the family. mom’s also friends with guytano ciccone the owner of…