We are not venturing from the house this weekend (except to possibly get a x-mas tree). Weekends are crazy traffic wise here and well, we don’t want to deal with crazy consumers and retailers. Instead we are taking care of some errands around the house and are phasing in our boxes of holiday decor as […]
Did you "Black Friday" shop?
We set the alarm for 3:45am last night. When the alarm went off we both reached for our laptops and pulled up them on to our laps while we sat in bed. We hunted for the products we wanted, we pulled up the sites offering the products, we refreshed the pages waiting for the sales […]
Happy Thanksgiving to you!
Hopefully everyone is having a wonderful Thanksgiving! N and I are still in bed and it is 11am. We are watching the Macy’s Day Parade while having coffee and doughnuts. Two of my favorite performances were by: One More Time Around Again Marching Band and the Florida Special Needs Colorguard. I woke up this morning […]
Turkey day is tomorrow, do I have the flu?
I am feeling a bit off today, like I might be getting sick or something. I am trying hard to kick it by eating well, drinking tons of water and resting. Hopefully I am not getting the flu or something. N is thinking the fact that I ate subway might have something to do with […]
Yay Amigo!
Remember when I mentioned that our only car (the poor amigo) was getting a new soft top? Well, the soft top arrived yesterday and N got it installed today. Hurray for keeping the cold air out of the moving vehicle! This is a huge deal for us considering it has been about 4 years since […]
Good morning all, got a flood? We do!
Look what we had the pleasure of waking up to in the basement of our rental… It rained most of the night and thank goodness our neighbors warned us about the leaky basement as we were moving it. Apparently our basement has some major leaking issues and today we get to witness them first hand. […]
Crazy vintage sewing patterns! Thanks Freecycle!
N snagged me some sewing patterns off Freecycle to keep me busy and with the hopes that I could make myself some maternity clothes. Check these out! I wonder if the really old ones are worth anything. They are all pretty old. I mean they even have the $1.00 price still right on them. Now […]
Making ladyfingers from scratch
Earlier in the week N wanted to make up a batch of ladyfingers. The goal was to make homemade Tiramisu, one of his favorite desserts but you need ladyfingers to make it. We searched high and low for ladyfingers in the stores last weekend, nobody sells them. Being the baker that I am I suggest that […]
Black friday here we come!
I am surprisingly very excited about turkey day and “Black Friday”. Don’t worry I have no intention of actually shopping in stores the day after Thanksgiving, that would be pure madness! I am using a great online sale website that is designed specifically for just Black Friday. In past years we have had a blast […]
Homemade holiday gifts are IN, what are you making?
My top search terms right now are homemade gift ideas. There is no doubt that the economy is impacting the way people are thinking about holiday shopping. People would rather make things to give as gifts because it saves money. I personally like creative homemade, do-it-yourself gifts because they are more from the heart than […]
Bullet point Wendesday, with photos!
Pregnancy has caused this birthmark looking thing to appear on my back, it was never there before but my brother has a birthmark that is the exact same shape on his side. It is probably hyperpigmentation caused by the pregnancy huh? Well I thought it was strange… Can everyone see on my new baby widget […]
Preparing for turkey day and such…
Over the weekend we finally found a turkey that was not injected with hormones and various preservative solutions. Can you believe that nobody sells turkeys locally here? We looked high and low for one and were sorely disappointed! Then we figure we would settle for one that was at least hormone/ solution free. The kitchen […]
Milk breath sucks… I miss coffee.
N went of to work the day shift today, that means he’ll be home earlier that midnight for dinner. It also means I am spending my morning alone today. These days my morning beverage has gone from coffee to milk. We tried some decaf coffee for about a week but it just tastes all watery […]
Oh no! Keep the mac safe! (and other musings)
Last night I had an awful dream about my poor Mac. You see the white plastic case is getting hairline cracks for no apparent reason. It is kind of sad so I searched online to see if getting the plastic casing replaced was an option. Turns out most people had to send in their precious […]
Could it snow today? Weather man says it might!
N and I are headed out for a day of getting stuff done. We have a mystery shop all sorts of things to do today. We are going to the book swap place with some of my old, already read books, we might do some holiday shopping and we have grocery shopping to do. Plus […]
Stale cigarette lady has been here, again.
I don’t know if ghosts can actually make a room smell or not but I am convinced that is what we have been experiencing in our bedroom lately. Being newly pregnant means my sense of smell is off the hook. I notice everything, including the stench of stale cigarette smoke sometimes when I enter the […]
Need some pregnancy advice guys… TMI alert.
Okay, I am dying to relieve the pregnancy bloating and gas and am having no luck. I know many over the counter medications are not safe during pregnancy so I am looking for some tried and true remedies if you have any to share. Common mommy bloggers I am depending on your expert knowledge… Before […]
Watch Freebirthing on Discovery Health next week!
The Discovery Health channel will be airing “Freebirthing” several more times next week if you are at all interested in alternative birthing practices. Freebirthing is basically unassisted childbirth, women who usually have low risk pregnancies learn about the birth process and carry it out on their own without doctors or midwives. They simply tune in […]
Lookie what I got…
Just wanted to share the gorgeous soap I just got in the mail today from Maiden53. It is a bar of fresh and energizing tangerine soap, yum! I love handmade soap for a number of reasons. The main one is because homemade soap is usually more natural and it leaves my skin feeling so nice. […]
Fleas make me a crazy lady!
In an attempt to tackle the flea population we bought everyone a flea collar and we spent the weekend bathing our pets. We have the flea carpet powder, the dog has been treated with those flea drops and now we have introduced the flea shampoo and the flea collars. If the flea aren’t gone after […]