The Jungle

We’ve had some of the coldest days here in Minnesota in years. It leaves me thinking about the people who lived a hundred years ago, without the technology of Thinsulate or central heat at home orĀ  work. How hard it must have been to have to walk miles to work in sub-zero temps in shoes read more »

Gotta Love Twitter Spam

Because I don’t tweet very often, when I do, I must show up on the “sucker” list because I get these gems every once in a while. I was generally curious if they did use protection. I also want to know if this guy will end up on The Maury Show. I can image the read more »

Teachings

Christmas came and went pretty quickly this year. I always have good intentions of getting tons done because I usually get a good chunk of time off work (it’s much needed too). But this year, with being pregnant and then eventually sick, including everyone else in the house, I only got a couple things checked read more »

19 Weeks

Next week I’ll be 20 weeks and at 20 weeks, you have the option of finding out the sex of your baby. Actually, this 20 week scan is more for the doctors to check everything out and IF you want to know the sex, chances are pretty good things are fully developed to tell. Since read more »

Extended Family

Everyone’s extended family is bonkers. So I thought I’d share why I think some of my extended family members are bonkers. Plus, it’s good blog fodder and I’m pregnant, so I tend to be a bit more snarky than normal. For example: I have a cousin, who for most of his life, was called one read more »

Not Everything is for Facebook

A year ago we weren’t in the same place physically. Justin was in the hospital, fighting some unknown infection which eventually required his appendix to be removed. Jules grew so much that last year he was still wearing 12-18 month clothes to now actually fitting – height wise – in 3t. He’s still a stick read more »

Truth (hurts) in Advertising

On my way into work I pass many billboards. Most are extremely annoying in one way or another. Too flashy, too wordy, doesn’t make sense no matter how many times I see it, etc. But some, downright fail. Take this from US Bank’s new Mobile Campaign Billboard. (I couldn’t find the actual ad online, so read more »