The End of Emily?
According to the Social Security Administration, Emily has been the top name for baby girls since 1996. But it only came in third on our list for 2008, with Isabella and Ava snagging the #1 and #2 spots, suggesting the reign of Emily may be over. Isabella and Ava are also popular names with celebs (Isabella was chosen by Tom ( Read more... )

My brain feels like one of those juice machines you see in 7-Eleven. The ones where the juice is being persistently pushed up to the top of the container and drizzling down the sides. You know what I mean.

I'm tired this morning, but I need to get out and walk as well as sit down to some studying when I get home. Hopefully the walk will wake me up ( Read more... )

This weekend I made this recipe: http://recipes.sparkpeople.com/recipe-detail.asp?recipe=140181. Combines navy beans, smoked sausage, onions, and some spices. Was awesome, but HOT. I think there may have been a typo on the recipe on how much black pepper to put in it. It calls for a tbsp and that seems like an awful lot (next time I'm putting just ( Read more... )

Yesterday we had a nice surprise... Our child is now Houdini Junior.  Bill and I were downstairs playing WarCrack while Jared was "supposed" to be napping.  He was making the usual babbling noises he makes before he goes to sleep, then he started fussing, and then... he started making happy noises... but they were happy noises that sounded ( Read more... )

It's what I'd like to do, but I seem to be productive in any way that doesn't correspond with the long-term goals I've set for myself.  Why is that?  I will spend gobs of my energy on things that don't really matter to me and then whine that "I don't have enough time"!  Oh yes, and it's everyone else's fault that it's this way, too.  You know...

Coming into the close of another work week and I am getting sleepy and am VERY hungry.  Guess I'll eat my yogurt, though what I really want is a nice, fat, greasy McSkillet burrito.

I keep drinking coffee hoping it will wake me up... but I'm now at the "if I drink one more cup of coffee I'll hurl" point though.  This coffee is worse than Lil' Chef ( Read more... )

Happy New Year all!

Our New Year got off to a poor start.  All three of us had the flu New Year's Eve night and New Year's Day morning.  Good thing we have two bathrooms or we would have been screwed!

Today I fell on my butt walking on the sidewalk into work.  I was walking real slow and still fell... :P~~~  So now my butt and arm hurts.  I fell on ( Read more... )

I was driving to Blockbuster to return a movie last night before work and I happened to glance over at the huge, scrolling marquee sign for the plastic surgery shop.  Yes, you heard correctly, the plastic surgery shop has a scrolling marquee sign.  This sign proudly advertises all of their wondrous products 24x7... "Botox your Butt!  Right Here, ( Read more... )

I'm so glad to be back from vacation...

Today we are supposed to be traveling to PA to visit Bill's family.  I keep looking at the Winter Storm Warning that talks about freezing rain and heavy snowfall.  Thursday is supposed to be better and I feel we should wait until then.  We'll see how well I can persuade Bill to think the same.  lol

In a way I'm not looking forward to "going on ( Read more... )