Normally, on an average day of evening blog reading, my Google™ Reader “inbox” will have around 30 updated posts. Last night when I went to sleep, my Google™ Reader looked like this: Eighty—bad, right? Tonight, as I lay my aching head on the pillow of my sister’s guest room bed, my Google™ Reader looks like [...]

This trip has been utterly exhausting—I don’t remember the last time I felt well-rested. Oh wait, yes I do: Grand Cayman. Ahhh…those were the days. According to my calculations, we returned to Mesa exactly three weeks ago today.  It seems like three years.  Was it really not even a month ago that I was walking [...]

Despite the fact that I’ve been painting so much for the past three days that I haven’t even had the time to shower, and I’m really starting to smell…my sister and I haven’t seen much progress in the kitchen project.  Most of our weekend was spent scavenging for good deals, and we’ve been painting those [...]

Image from here. Bristol Palin, 18 year-old daughter of Alaska Governor Sarah Palin, recently told People Magazine that “if girls realized the consequences of sex, nobody would be having sex…  Nobody.” Umm…duh?  No kidding, Bristol.  That’s what sex ed is all about; maybe you missed that day of science class in fifth grade…and sixth…and seventh, [...]

My sister and I are on a quest to revamp my parents’ kitchen/dining room/great room.  We’re doing it (our decorating part, at least), on a $500 budget, so a lot of things—okay, pretty much every thing—we’ve sourced has come from a yard sale or thrift store or Craigslist.  We spent over 12 hours a day [...]

We’re off like a shirt on a hot summer day. I’m going yard saleing in 65 degree Mesa, Arizona weather.  (It’s a freak accident that it’s 65 degreees right now, but I’ll take it!)  My sister and I are on a quest for all things amazing—and cheap—for my mom’s mothers’ day gift. Stay tuned for [...]

***Posted in conjuction with Sprite’s Keeper’s Spin Cycle, the subject of which, this week, is pets.  Swing by this post for more of the most pettingly pet stories on the internet.*** Sampson was our one—and only—family pet.  {We know the biblical Samson’s name is spelled sans “p,” but our dog just…needed a “p” in his [...]