View image | gettyimages.com When I don’t want to do something, I have a really hard time starting.  When I’m stressed.  When...

I’m in the midst of planning our twentieth reunion.  From high school. As in, I graduated from high school twenty years ago.  Two th...

I am a maniac when my mother-in-law comes over to our house.  Certifiable. Sue, you should probably stop reading now. Regardless if it’s...

The cashier at Target called me ma’am.  Have a good night ma’am. Not anymore, Young Chippie who has yet to understand what wandering...

I’ve been to a lot of concerts.  A lot.  The Beach Boys when I was five or six was my first.  I thought that all concerts had blow up beach ...

Weird things make me smile.  It is probably why I am friends with all of you. Our house is filled with quirky little things.  There is art...

I decided Sunday night that my wrapping theme this year {brown paper packages tied up with string} looked terrible when it came down ...

I don’t know about you, but I believe the Universe works in mysterious ways.  It can bring two people together.  It can gently remind us thi...

This is what thirty-five looks like.  {It is also what 29 weeks pregnant looks like.}  I thought it would feel somehow older, more mature ...

When I was a kid, I used to make my sister Lyndsey and my cousin John play like we were poor and had to fend for ourselves.  My Meme had an ...

Joy.  Lots and lots of joy.  We are expecting July 4.   I took this photo on October 22.  That is a long time to keep quiet for a loudmout...

I read this fab post from Amy at Bitchin Wives Club and decided I had to try Live Writer.  So, I say to Dave, ummm can you help me with ins...

Today I want you to step outside the box, leave a comment and tell me something about YOU.  Really. Tell me who you are.  Tell me why yo...

Saturday, April 17th, it's my birthday.  Yep, just a week from now, I will be a year older. There will be lots of giving, but not to ...

The 99 cent store. Awesome.  You can get crap for 99 cents.  Sometimes good crap.  Sometimes bad crap.  It's the gamble you take. 99...

I'm going to type a bunch of stuff and none of it is related or will probably make any sense. Enjoy! Bunny's baby arrived and I ...

THIS is what I want for my birthday in April.  Well, this and a Cricut Expression machine, but mostly this.  I am going to make it happen....

Once, when Lyndsey and I were little, she shoved American cheese into my Strawberry Shortcake Blow Kiss doll.  You have no idea what I am ta...