My winter swap box arrived yesterday. Such cool stuff! Click here for a larger image. Christy sent: heart shaped bath confetti, sampler pack of International coffees, my favorite white mocha Ghiradelli cocoa, these awesome super soft slipper socks, yummy smelling hot chocolate scented candles, a beautiful journal, raspberry scented hand wipes, funky leopard print tissues,…

I’m such a sucker for a cool techno gadget. A friend at work labeled me a gadget girl- and I think she’s spot on. My latest love is the can opener my sister gave us for Christmas. I know, I know- how lame and domestic to be excited over a can opener right? But it’s…

J and I are really digging this whole Ebay thing. We’re constantly checking it- “Did we get another bid?”. I’m going to clean out my closets and see what else we can put up. We were so excited when we got a 2nd bid on our bobblehead. We felt like real Ebay sellers then. Thank…

Yesterday J and I went with my mom to look at some more houses. We were checking out “For sale by owner” houses this time. You can sometimes get a better deal this way- no realtors fees. We’ve made a decision to definitely buy an existing home instead of building one. We can just get…

It’s been a busy couple of chilly days. We still have most of the snow on the ground, which is really odd for the south. Usually it’s all melted by the next day. Thursday we went out sledding- so much fun! That evening I cuddled up on the couch and read a good bit of…

Nelson the snow puppy Our snowy back yard Look how it’s all piled up on the table! 6 & 1/2 inches! Looking out the front of the house:

Last week’s snow was nothing like this! My digital camera’s battery is charging, but I’ll post photos later today. We woke up to 5 inches in our back yard. 5!! We haven’t seen this kind of snow here in years! No work for me today- at least I’ll have time to read my book for…

I missed American Idol last night. And I’m going to dinner tonight with some friends so I’ll miss it tonight too. Drat! It just amazes me that there are people in the world who sing worse than I do and 1) don’t know it, and 2) perform in front of strangers. I also missed the…

Monday I went out looking at houses with my Mom and her realtor. I swear I think we saw something like 14 houses. We started at 9:30am and I didn’t get home until after 7. Long day- but I just love looking at houses, especially the ones that people are still living in. It kills…

Saturday J was getting ready to go to work when he heard this strange popping noise and saw Nelson acting all interested in something out the window. So J peeks out through the blinds and sees our next door neighbor kid, M, and his next door neighbor kid D, shooting paint balls at the oak…