Wine Please

When the baby is screaming and the toddler is shaving the cat: Wine Please

She Made It!

Colleen | October 22, 2008

I never thought she would live to see 100,000 miles! That poor 2001 Chevy Cavalier of mine made it 100,000 miles, despite my grumblings, despite the warning from some mechanics, despite have several major (read: expensive!) operations, like the water pump, timing kit, body control module, replacing ignition coils, and not to mention all the [...]

Can I Bid on Some Money?

Colleen | October 21, 2008

So, is it just me? Or is everyone in their brother selling all their worldly belongings on eBay? Or possibly items from their neighbor’s trash? Like coupons for toothbrushes. Or used shoes in “trashed” condition. Amazing. Besides all the selling on eBay, what is even more interesting is the seeming lack of buying there right [...]

I’m Not Technical…

Colleen | October 20, 2008

But this doesn’t look so good: Here, look closer: Yeah, that was my first clue last week that the hotel had wireless internet service. Nothing in the Guest Information book or on the desk about it, let alone pricing info (had to call the desk to find out from an overly perky and condescending clerk [...]

Can I Come Over? I Promise I Won’t Ruin the Carpet

Colleen | October 19, 2008

Tootsie Farklepants at Vintage Thirty tagged me with this meme a while back. I had been keeping it in my draft for a rainy day. Not exactly rainy, but since I had family visiting this weekend, this has come in quite handy for ensuring I continue my daily posting for Downs Awareness. Four things you [...]

Tasmanian Toddler

Colleen | October 18, 2008

We have a baby gate separating our main floor in half. On one side we have The Pit of Despair, consisting of dining room, living room, bathroom, basement steps and steps up to the bedrooms; the Safety Zone areas of the kitchen, family room, and den/library/toy storage facility are on the other. We got home [...]