Well, we're finally in the home stretch in regards to Christmas shopping. The parents are coming down on Wednesday to finish up and have requested help from us. So, while we're out and about with them, we'll take the opportunity to buy the two presents remaining to us. Chances are very good that these two final presents will wind up being gift ( Read more... )

Interesting article on MSN about a small clause in your health insurance plan of which you may not be aware, and the tragic way one family learned about it.http://articles.moneycentral.msn.com/Insurance/

http://news.moneycentral.msn.com/provider/providerarticle.aspx?feed=AP&date=20071207&id=7918814Things could be a lot worse. I'm counting my blesses and thanking God that Jim no longer works for them full-time; however, this will have a definite impact on our financial outlook for next year. We had been counting on Jim keeping his part-time job with ( Read more... )

For the first time in my 31 years of life, my family decided to eat Thanksgiving dinner at a restaurant this year. Among the many and varied reasons for the change were my grandmother's increasing age and decreasing health, lack of adequate space for entertaining at anyone's home, travel distance required for us all to visit my parent's home, and ( Read more... )

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At a loss for words
About the basketball game on the television tonight
About my afternoon at work
About a lonely evening spent eating leftovers with the dog
About the crisp, cold smell of Autumn outside the door
Perhaps the words are frozen in my mouth
Still and motionless on the tip of my tongue
Silently awaiting the Spring thaw.

"Didja’ ever get one of them days, boy/
Didja’ ever get one of them days/
When nothin’ is right from mornin’ til night/
Didja’ ever get one of them days/
Didja’ ever get one of them days?"

-"Didja' Ever" as sung by Elvis Presley in the film G.I. BluesI had hoped to enjoy a nice, productive day off today, but that idea went to hell in a hand basket ( Read more... )

We finally got the first coat of paint on the walls in the spare room, and I think we're going to be pleased with the color choice. We hope to add the second coat on Wednesday, which will leave the trim and door work for this weekend. We're planning to head home to B-ville for the hometown festival the weekend of the 19-21. While we're there, we'll ( Read more... )

Remember to carry a few bandages in your purse at all times, because if you slice your finger on a tag while trying on clothes at Macy's, you'll bleed to death before someone will help you.

For those HP fans out there, two interesting tidbits of news.

1) Filming began today on Half-Blood Prince.

2) Jim Broadbent has been cast as Slughorn. (Squee! So, not only do we get to see him in the next Indiana Jones film, but now he's going to be in a Harry Potter film, too! Hooray!)

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