Have and Have Nots

Yesterday, an ad popped up showing some white Keds shoes decorated with red laces like you would see on a baseball.  I immediately wanted them.  After all, my eight-year-old son is playing baseball this year, and it could be his last.  (It's just not his bag, baby.) So, I did what every good little consumer …

Back in the Saddle Again

Well, Hello there, stranger!  I see it's been almost a year since I've written.  Look at me and how simple my life is!  Ha ha!  Well, things have slowed down to a nice crawl since both of my kids finished up basketball season, but look, here comes baseball and track!  Things aren't necessarily simple, but …

Wal-Mart Grocery Pick-up Review + $10 off code

When I was in college, I shopped at Wal-Mart religiously.  Everything I needed was right there, so why waste the extra gas?  As I grew older, my discretionary income grew as well as my intolerance for long lines and lack of customer service.  Wal-Mart was pushed to the bottom of my list as favorite places …

Avalanche

I said in my last post that I wasn't going to tackle my closet for awhile.  Well, one awesome side effect of the Ketogenic diet is extra energy.  So, at 4:30pm, I tackled my closet and put away my summer clothes...in February. The image on the left is after I started bringing items out of …

Hello World, Again.

Wow, I can't believe it's been almost a year since I last blogged.  I've been formulating posts in my mind, but I think life got in the way.  Also, I don't keep a working computer at my house anymore.  The computers stay at my office, and it has really helped with keeping family time for …

Visible Change

Why, Hello there stranger!  Apparently I've been very busy living life for the past month and fell off the blogging bandwagon.  It happens.  Never feel guilty about it. Today's post is inspired by nothing.  I'm talking specifically about the amount of space created when nothing occupies it.  This morning I was looking in my bathroom linen …

Spring Not Break the Bank

  Happy Monday to everyone!  Whew, we had quite the lazy Spring Break here last week.  It was chilly early in the week and quite warm this past weekend.  My father and I worked to get our property fence line cleared early on in the week.  I slept like a baby on those days! On …

Imposters

What do you call a fake noodle?  An Impasta! This week, actress Viola Davis said she feels like she has imposter syndrome.  Impostor syndrome (also spelled imposter syndrome, also known as impostor phenomenon or fraud syndrome) is a term coined in 1978 by clinical psychologists Dr. Pauline R. Clance and Suzanne A. Imes referring to …

Then, There Was a Sale

I, ahem, had a bit of a setback this weekend.  After not shopping for the sake of shopping for what seemed like a year (more like a few months), I received a phone call from a relative that the Amazon/Target returns re-sale store he managed was closing...in two days.  So.many.bargains.to.be.had. I bought seven kites among other …

An Honest Obit

Mr. and Mrs. John Q. Public died in an unexpected car accident this past Friday.  They were wholly unprepared to die said family and friends.  This was evident by their lack of a last will and testament despite being in their 40's.  They leave behind three children, an underwater mortgage payment, numerous credit card bills, and three …