Twas the weekend before Christmas…

And I still don’t have all my danged presents bought! Some people are just really hard to shop for, like my Father-in-law. He has to be one of the most difficult people on the planet to shop for. I’m convinced the only year I had a great present idea for him was the first year…

And the stockings were hung by the chimney with care

Or in my case, on the TV stand haphazardly. Stocking stuffer time! I have to buy most of my own stocking stuffers. If M gets me jewelry, he usually hides the box in the tree somewhere and I have to find it. So I just get myself a bunch of little things and call it…

Shoes, Shoes, Shoes

Alternately titled “Every Husband’s Nightmare” Ha Ha Ha! When I first got the crazy idea into my head to start running, I tried to dive in head first with a marathon. I had no real concept of what running 26 miles was. I only made it to 19. Could not finish and could barely function…

Twas a Week Before Christmas

And I think my debit card might be melting… I don’t know if I ever talked about it at all, but I had a plan. A Christmas shopping plan that included buying a present or so a month so that I could have everything done before the craziness set in. Not like I do every…

Menu Planning Like a Boss

Now-as much as I love cooking, sometimes I hate trying to come up with something to make for dinner on a whim. So I started literally planning dinner out for an entire month, using a calendar that I found on Microsoft Office. We don’t always stick to it, and I do sometimes have back up…

All I Want For Christmas

Sometimes I find it really hard to believe that Christmas is only a little over a week away, and that it’s nearly 2013. Time seems to have flown by this year, it honestly feels like just yesterday it was a million degrees out and the 4th of July. But that was 5 months ago! It…