I just saw this ad on tv and had to go check it out (hoping it was a joke of some kind). Yikes! This is horrible.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mZLjwhEp7nU

It isn't going to stick, but there are honest to goodness white flakes falling from my Louisiana sky!

Do you know where your gas meter is?

How lucky you are...

Yesterday morning it occurred to me that my increased headaches and the general feeling of icky that Joe has been experiencing could be attributed to the occasional smell of gas from the old heater in the bathroom next to our bedroom. We thought it would be a darn good idea to get it checked out and so Joe got on the phone with the power company ( Read more... )

*sigh*

cnnwire.blogs.cnn.com/2009/10/09/obama-wins-nobel-peace-prize/

I miss you very much.

Neither of them even close to what we want, but negotiation attempts are in progress.  Hopefully our house will sell within a time frame that allows us to negotiate.  Two offers in less than two weeks though, I'm not terribly upset over that.

We have arrived in Shreveport safely and with no real excitement along the way that was unsolicited.  I'll post pictures of the trip and the new house some time in the next few days, but for now I shall just relish the feeling of sitting still.

We are on the road.  We made it to Spokane tonight.  To anyone I was supposed to see before I left my most profound apologies, time was just too short for me to see everyone that I wanted to.  There will be future visits and there's always the web.  I'm going to miss all of my friends in a crazy way.  Special thanks and much love go out to Mimi who ( Read more... )

Several years ago, as many of you know, Joe and I were preparing to move to Florida.  In the process of that packing I lost my engagement/wedding ring.  The monetary value was non trivial, but much more disheartening was the sentimental value.  I cried for weeks.  I looked for months.  There was much speculation:  did it get thrown away by accident ( Read more... )