How is it that some people have dogs that get incredibly fat? It isn’t like the dog can open the fridge and grab a snack. I watched this woman walking a dog that was so fat it just waddled along looking completely exhausted. The poor dog seemed to be saying “Can you just get me the best diet pills on the market and stop this walking business right now!” If people are punished for starving their pets it should be just as wrong to feed the poor thing until it looks ready to explode. I know there are always medical reasons this could happen but this isn’t an excuse in every case.

Popularity: 2% [?]

I cannot believe that my youngest son is just about to turn two years old! I found myself looking at birthday invitations today and thinking about party decorations. It seems like just yesterday that we brought him home from the hospital. With potty training and temper tantrums on the horizon I can only hope that I enjoy the coming years as much as I have the first two years of his life. In the midst of one of his meltdowns today I quickly reminded myself how blessed we are to have him. The world would be quieter and so much sadder without the little man who is presently screaming his lungs out for no apparent reason other than he can’t will the television to turn itself on.

Popularity: 2% [?]

My oldest son is eight going on nine years old. In the last few weeks he has been getting a pimple about once a week on his cheeks. It just seems way to early for this to be related to puberty. I suppose I better just concede to the fact that he is growing up and looking into the best acne treatment for young teens. His skin is pretty sensitive and he has allergies so I think I will need to find a special product for kids like him. Maybe it is a fluke and we won’t be facing the whole adolescent scene for a few years. A parent can dream right?

Popularity: 2% [?]

If you haven’t heard it already I just want to say for the record that my neighbors are slobs. They leave trash everywhere and they never mow their lawn. I have to giggle when I look out at the field that is now their yard and can only see the very top of their garden decor sticking out above the weeds. Now that we have critters dying in our garage, which is joined to theirs, I have to wonder what is going on over there. We thought about throwing the dead skunk over in the weeds but then we would have to smell it while it rots amongst the weeds. I probably could call the city and report them but there is only so much time in the day right now.

Popularity: 2% [?]

I went out to the garage today to get something and got the shock of my life. Prior to taking a step I happened to glance down at my feet and spotted a skunk. Thinking it was asleep I slowly backed up and went inside the house. While I thanked my lucky stars it didn’t spray me I began making phone calls to see how to get rid of it. When it didn’t move after an hour it was pretty clear it wasn’t going to. A friend came over and boldly poked it with a stick. The only thing I could picture was him getting a face full of skunk stink and then having that mess to deal with. Thank goodness it didn’t spray him because I have no idea how we would have gotten my house free of the stink. A person could be gotten somewhat clean in one of those walk in tubs or a shower but do you clean a garage? Needless to say the skunk is now in a box and headed for a proper burial.

Popularity: 2% [?]

For the last 3 years my husband hasn’t really gotten to enjoy his hobbies because he has been working so hard on our house. Now that the project have neared completion he is once again pulling out his golf clubs and practicing his swing. I am thinking about checking out some Cobra golf equipment as a gift to surprise him. After giving up every weekend and vacation for 3 years he really deserves some “me time”. Don’t tell him that I said that or I will become a golf widow sooner than I planned.

Popularity: 2% [?]

It is really sad to say but I feel pretty strongly I can see the future. This isn’t to say I have suddenly decided I am psychic but in this case the future is all to clear. The teenage girls who live next door are very much on a path of self-destruction. In the past few weeks the truant officer has been frequenting our neighborhood and lurking up or down the street waiting to find them. Based on the interactions we have had with them anyone can guess their lives are headed nowhere. It is pretty pitiful that at 15 and 17 it wouldn’t really surprise anyone in the neighborhood if they ended up in jail or drug rehab.

Popularity: 2% [?]

The guy who used to live next door stopped by this weekend. The only reason he did this was to show us his new truck. We really cannot stand this guy and had hoped to never see him again. How he can afford a new truck every couple years is beyond me considering he never works. When he did live next door all we ever saw him doing was polishing the hub caps on his truck. It wasn’t even a truck that warranted spotless hub caps. If it had one of those fancy Ford grills then maybe I could understand wanting spotless hub caps. What I really wanted to see was him get off his butt and get a job. How exactly do people without jobs afford $35,000 trucks?

Popularity: 2% [?]

There have been so many things going on in my life that staying fit has not been a priority. Between getting ready to move, starting a new business, and preparing to home school our son I haven’t had a minute to myself. When I am not reading up on what exactly a “Business valuation” involves I am trying to decide on a curriculum to use next year. My life should start settling down in the next few months but that doesn’t help me right now. I haven’t gained weight but I certainly feel less fit.

Popularity: 2% [?]

When I am stressed I can usually count on two things happening. The first thing that happens without fail is my skin breaks out. This 37 year old woman is graced with the skin of a pubescent girl when the world around her is going crazy. The other wonderful thing is that my right eyelid will twitch. The acne I can deal with by watching what I eat and stocking up on acne treatment. There isn’t much you can do for an involuntary eyelid spasm. Duck tape really isn’t appropriate. Creates a great image in you mind doesn’t it? A 37 year old woman with horrible skin and a nervous eye twitch.

Popularity: 4% [?]

Our house stinks. I mean it absolutely stinks of vanish. There are few smells I hate worse than the smell of vanish. It seems to hang on for days if not months. I am sure that these fumes are eating away at my brain cells. Tomorrow there is no doubt I will wake up dumber than today. This is all because I wanted pretty floors that might makes someone think this was the place they would love to call home. Now my brain is sitting here rotting away like a nasty virus chewing up all the ram on my computer. Did that make sense? I can’t really tell at this point because the fumes are making me light headed. If point in the previous post was not clear it should be now. Laminate is your friend and vanish is the work of the devil.

Popularity: 5% [?]

If you have ever thought of refinishing hardwood floors take my advice and think again. We had the smart idea to refinish our floors prior to listing our home for sale. What seemed like an easy project from first glance turned into a nightmare of uncontrollable sanding equipment, dust, and fumes. This doesn’t even begin to cover the expense of this project. As I sit here aching from head -to- toe and wishing I owned a memory foam mattress there is but one thought in my head. That thought is best summed up in one word- laminate. Do yourself a favor and don’t trust Bob Vila head straight for the laminate section of your hardware store and never look back.

Popularity: 5% [?]

I am a firm believer in the saying that beauty is in the eye of the beholder. That goes for my so-called beauty also. There are things that I will do to “take off some years” such as simply coloring my hair and putting on make-up. I have considered a tummy tuck later in life but it is not something that I have to have to feel pretty. When I see women augment their body to the point where it is hard to remember what they looked like before I get a little sad and wonder how insecure someone has to be to get the collagen treatment, orskin whitening, or something like breast augmentation. If it were for some sort of medical reason such as reducing the size of your breast to help a bad back then that I can get behind, but to do it to make yourself out to be something you are not is not for me.

Popularity: 10% [?]

The man in my life is having a rough night. As much as I would like to give him a present I can’t right now. What I can do is give him a nice big hug and remind him that tomorrow is his day off. A three day weekend is as good as getting one of those fancy new pocket watches right? Hopefully, he can rest a bit and enjoy the sunshine and forget all about the wacky people he runs across in his weekly journey’s around town. Poor guy doesn’t even have a nasty vice to help him cope throughout the week making a day off all the more relaxing.I take that sentence about the vice back because right now his arm is up to the elbow in the candy bowl!

Popularity: 9% [?]

I know someone who works a very frustrating job dealing people with mental illness. In overhearing the conversations she has with her clients I have gained a whole new appreciation for her patience. If it were me doing that particular job it would be about 6 months before I would be sending out cover letters to everyone on the planet. Between the neediness of her clients and the manipulative behaviors I would loose all patience very quickly. Give me a couple of screaming toddlers any day of the week. There is no way I could put up with it all for very long.

Popularity: 8% [?]