give a little…or a lot i just read on usatoday.com about the coolest site. there’s a man named keith who lives in tennessee who gives roughly 12% ($400) of his gross monthly income to people who need it. he does it through a website he just launched a couple of months ago. it’s called modest…

scenes seen: on the street that intersects with mine. there’s currently a glass top coffee table in the front yard of a house with a sign taped to it that says: FOR SALE $30. (the $30 is scratched through but i don’t know how to do the strike through thing.) it’s now been marked down…

carnival i have to talk about shoe carnival. i’d never been to one, so the other night i popped in to see if they had any wedding appropriate silver shoes. this place is nuts. if you don’t have one in your area it’s set up like a rack room shoes. where everything’s out on the…

mixing it up my sister gave me this cool mixer last weekend. it’s all retrofly. i love that it’s stainless steel. it’s actually a hand me down from her m-i-l to be who gave her a cool mixer for a shower gift. it works great though and still has all the parts and accessories. i…

shoe be doo be doo last night after work i had to do some emergency shoe shopping. i’m seeing the alterations lady tonight to do my bridesmaid’s dress so i needed my shoes quick, fast, and in a hurry. i found a pair by chinese laundry at dsw thank goodness. it is not easy finding…

my spot according to this quiz the perfect place for me to live would be baltimore, md. that’s ironic since we’ll be visiting baltimore in august and we’ll be meeting up with rachel who lives there now. who knows, maybe we’ll love it so much we won’t leave! thanks to jish for the link.

sports night last night was major sports night here. husband was flipping furiously between the red wing’s game vs. the carolina hurricanes and the braves vs. the twins. he’s from minnesota so he was rooting for the twins & the red wings who both won. i went to bed around 10:30 only to be woken…

flora our home was landscaped 2 years ago by the previous homeowner. spring and summer has brought all sorts of blooms where we didn’t even know we had flowers. every day it seems i walk outside and there’s something new blooming. i’m so psyched that what was a bunch of dead looking sticks when we…

jipped! last night husband and i watched curse of the jade scorpion. it was cute with good dialogue like most woody allen movies. then, with just 15-20 minutes to go…the dvd freaks out! all sorts of weird colors across the screen & it got all pixalated looking (if that’s a word). then it started over…

superstar saturday i worked some overtime til 4 then hit the mall to run some errands. while looking for husband’s hair gel i found this awesome stuff. beauty product alert! it’s called superstar by tigi bed head. it is supposed to make your hair all thick and big but keep it soft and it does!…