Oct 28
Can you believe it? It actually snowed here in Chicago yesterday. I had to actually put the kids in their winter coats. It’s only October, how crazy is that! Granted, it lasted all of 15 minutes. However, it made for a very slippery trip to the chiropractor. To make things even more crazy, we are suppose to have a high of 68 on Thursday. Then you wonder why all of us in the Midwest get sick in fall. Could it be our crazy weather?
Oct 27
Friends are like butt cheeks.
Crap might separate them,
But they always come back together.
Send this to all your butt cheeks 
Oct 25
On a more funny note, I have weird children. I really do. most kids, you cannot get them to eat their fruit and vegetables. My kids, on the other hand, would rather only eat their vegetables. Will, my 16 month old, won’t even eat fruit unless you make him! I know, very odd. My daughter, who is 4, will pick through her food and your food too for vegetables. She loves bananas, fruit cups, anything healthy for her. I know, most people would kill for this.
On the flip side, they both have hair fetishes (can’t wait to see the search engine traffic I get on that choice of words). However, I really can’t call it anything else besides a fetish. Madison sucks on her hair. It is a bad habit that, I think, took us over a year to break. She never ate it (and we know this because when she was 2 the doctor had an x-ray done of her belly to see if she had hair in there. This would look great on an employment screening — I’m not a doctor I just play one at home doctoring up my kids. You have to love my technical terms like belly. LOL). Will, on the other hand, actively seeks out hair to eat. If he sees a brush, he’ll start pulling out the strands of hair and try to eat them. It is sooo gross.
So, as you can see, I have really weird kids.
Oct 24
As a mom, how often do you hear this question? At my house, this is a daily question. I never grew up with pets. My husband grew up with a ton of them. Right now, we use to have fish (and we are getting a little fish tank next week). That is the only pet Madison has known.
She asks all the time for a dog or a cat. However, she does ask if we can keep the rabbits, squirrels, ants, chipmunks, and pretty much anything else she sees on the ground. If she’s sees a commercial for an animal on TV, she has to have it. She’ll even go as far as pausing the tv (we have a dvr, so she can do that) to make sure we see it! Yes, I think she needs a pet. However, we are often gone on the weekends which does not make our house too pet friendly. I am also allergic to both cats and dogs (not a bad allergy, but one nonetheless).
What kind of things do your kids want as pets? What do you have as a pet?
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Oct 15
I love Lands End. They have some of most stylish clothes at a good price. They even have plus size items that look good, so they score 2 thumbs up in my book. I also love that they have a virtual model on their site. All you have to do is put in your height and weight (there are othere things you can customize too like eye shape and hair color). You then can pick up clothing to put on your model, and know how that looks on you. You can exchange out colors, sizes, and pretty much anything else you want. I could literally spend hours just playing with that.
Now, if you are interested in shopping there for yourself or Christmas, use this coupon code:
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