Archive for August, 2007

Thursday Thirteen #1

Thirteen of my Favorite Songs
(in no particular order)

Somewhere in the Middle - Dishwalla
Bitter Sweet - Entwine
Thank You - Led Zeppelin
Hallowed be thy Name - Iron Maiden
Change - Candlebox
Bound - Disturbed
Imaginary - Evanescence
Beloved Wife - Natalie Merchant
It’s Been a While - Staind
Changes - 3 Doors Down
Fade to Black - Metallica
In Your Eyes - Peter Gabriel
Lost [...]

Test Strips

Grrr. My test strips have expired. I bought a ton last year. But they sat on a shelf and I didn’t even come close to using them all. This is because I’ve been a slacker when it comes to the diabetes. I’ve been trying to test more this week and getting funky results. Well, duh… [...]

The Guy who has Everything…

Continuing with the birthday/gift idea theme I seem to have going this week; Jack’s birthday is coming up in just under a month. We’ve been together 13 years now and it’s starting to get hard to think of something unique and special to get him every year. For Father’s Day, Christmas, and Birthdays in the [...]

Early Birthday!

Melissa wants to celebrate her birthday early this year. Five *months* early. You can’t blame her considering her birthday is the day after her older brother’s, and a week before Christmas. It has been difficult to have a successful birthday party during that time. Remember last year? Ice storm on her birthday! It turned out [...]

Boys and Their Toys

Today while I was looking for something totally unrelated I came across this site that is advertising their plasma cutter. When I think of plasma, I think of blood, or TV’s. So I have no idea what a plasma cutter is, but the site was neat, lol. I think this is for metal working? Or [...]

Afraid of the Dark?

Yesterday I stopped by Jack’s work during one of his and a co-worker’s break. Somehow we got on the topic of being kids and what it felt like to be afraid of the dark. I asked if they remember turning off the light at night then jumping across the room to hop into bed? I [...]

Just Call me the Bag Lady

Last year while at Costco, they were selling these canvas grocery totes. A portion of the purchase price was donated to a charity. (I can’t remember the charity). I knew about the concept of using your own grocery bags at stores but had never really thought about doing it myself. I hate [...]