OK, this is a bit of a rant...BUT I am a little perturbed by the government officials who are supposedly trying to protect us. Now they are saying that we are moving towards a Level 6 Pandemic with the Swine Flu (oops, I mean "H1N1 influenza A", don't want to offend those swine), that could destroy the economy and kill millions yet we leave open the boarders and possibly let 1,000's of infected people into the country everyday! This just does not seem smart. Ha! Even Joe Bid... Read Full Story

Well the dog is gone. In case you haven't been following along we got a Beagle puppy yesterday because my daughter loves dogs. He was adorable and when we got him home things seemed to be going well...until about 11pm. I am an Asthma sufferer, I have been my entire life but I mostly have my symptoms under control. I have also been a dog owner but have not had one for about 20 years. Since my Asthma has been fine I foolishly thought that I could handle a dog. Wrong! I had a full blown atta... Read Full Story

Read my lips baby...I now know how to text message. I may be 39 years old but I am finally keeping up times and learning a new valuable skill. So now I can message my husband inane details of my day, see what's happening on Facebook and upload photos of myself driving to my friends. I rock. So CUA! Read Full Story

After watching hours and hours of Inauguration coverage today I'm trying to be optimistic. I like Barack Obama. I think he's a good man, a good father and a good person. He and Michelle would be great neighbors. I'd love to play Trivial Pursuit with them, although I am sure I'd lose. He's a charismatic speaker with a passionate voice and he moves people which is good.But what about running the country? Can he find sense in the mess that we've created for ourselves. The... Read Full Story

Well from where I'm sitting it's about 7 degrees. Now that's cold! How cold it is in your neighborhood? Is your mail box frozen shut? Is your tongue sticking to a metal pole? Do your feet freeze walking to your car? Tell us how cold you are right now!The proceeds from this lens are being donated to...what else! Polar Bears InternationalHow cold is it in your town? Start a Twitter Storm to find out! Read Full Story

Lose the baby weight - OK, my baby is now 2 but I really want to lose those 15 extra pounds that seemed to have creeped up on me since I got pregnant. I also need to get into better shape. So I am doing 2 things. I joined the "Y" and am going to swim and I also have a Wii Fit which I need to actually use. I bought it for myself last April with the intention of using it every day. Now my husband uses it everyday! Well he'll just have to share now! Make more money working at home... Read Full Story

My Tree is not Marilyn Mason ugly, just unsightly ugly. It didn't start off that way. I actually got a really nice (or so I thought) new pre-lit tree from BJ's. It was the 1000 light jobby for $169...I splurged big time this year. It went up right before Thanksgiving because we had a big party that weekend and I wanted to attempt a festive atmosphere. When this tree first went up it looked great, things have changed. About a week ago the top string of pre-lit lights went out. AGH! The... Read Full Story

I'm thinking "No". However JCPenny seems to disagrees. They have this nifty one here (see photo to the right) for a mere $129.99. It's even on sale. Save $170 off the original price. WOW, $170, that's a lot of donuts! It's called the Dough-Nu-Matic, now that's a cool name. Ok, back to me...do I really need a donut maker? Probably not, I only eat about 3 donuts per year and they are usually the Dunkin' variety. But this is tempting. I'm kind of a kitchen g... Read Full Story

A friend of my is hosting  "The X-Files" Double-Feature Charity Screening Event in LA on Dec. 6th. So if you love the X-Files and are in LA consider attending this super cool event. It's for a great charity (Neurofibromatosis, Inc.) and is sponsored by the  "Inspired By Gillian" team, in association with 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment. Read Full Story

Did you vote today? It took my nearly an hour to vote and we live in a very tiny commmunity of under 10,000 people. We need better organization at the polls. How did it go in your town? Take my voting poll: 2008 Presidential Voting Poll Read Full Story