satc the new season of sex and the city has started! i know i’m late, but i don’t have hbo. luckily the other shannon at work gets hbo and she tapes it for me. woohoo! i’m really digging sara jessica parker’s short hair. this show is my weekly girly escape.

kitty got busted this is kenichi the amazing japanese fighting fish. he was swimming along minding his own bidness in his bowl on the mantle the other night when bad girl dabrie decided as soon as mommy and daddy left the room that she’d like a little snack. if you look closely at the picture…

friday night i collected morgan & nelson and we went to my other sister’s (sara) house for dinner and a movie. husband was working until midnight yet again. =( we watched some america’s funniest videos first while we had dinner then sat down to watch i am sam. let me just say that i’ve never…

it’s official i’m a suburbanite now. yep, we now have mini garden flags. this dragonfly one is in the back yard near the little pond and out front we have a mini american flag. husband resisted at first, but resistance is futile when it comes to cute accessories!

i wanna go on holiday! i abosolutely can not wait for our vacation to get here. i need one so badly. i haven’t had one since the beginning of feb, but we moved into the house that week. not exactly a week on the beach. so i actually haven’t had a vacation since last june.…

weird pet names rachel mentioned a weird pet name she saw on a dog license application and that got me to thinking about pets & their weird names. mine are weird. but there’s a method to the madness. some people think it’s silly to name your pets something other than max or whiskers, but we…

très délicieux last night i watched the dvd of amelie. absolutely a delight! audrey tatou is so adorable it should be a crime. the movie was witty, and sweet. and there are so many parts i loved. like the gnome and his travels. it reminded me of the gnomes jenny mentioned in her blog.. i…

my face hurts i am laughing so hard. i have a confession to make. i love america’s funniest home videos . love em, love em, love em. now, i’m not crazy about the hosts, or the witty banter. but i swear, i laugh so hard at those videos. maybe that’s not something i should tell…

toad-aly this is fernando our guard frog. and this is the little toad house i put out for him. not sure if he’s taken up residence there, but he comes out just about every night and sits like a little sentinal next to the front door. tonight jon went in and out the door a…

weekend babyfriday night husband and i went to qdoba for dinner then went home to watch the royal tenenbaums. it was really cute. very quirky. saturday husband closed at work (3pm-12am shift) so we got to hang out together in the morning. we went to space savers for a spice cabinet organizer & some gonzo.…