100 Trees

We got a letter in the mail the other day letting us know our Delta miles were about to expire. Uh oh! What to do with 11,111 points? What would that actually buy us? A pack of peanuts? An extra blanket? Maybe a drink on the house really paid by us?
Well, wouldn’t you know it, Delta’s [...]

I Love You, Costco

Dear Costco,
I’m writing to inform you of my new found devotion to you. Where have you been all my life? I mean, I know that you’ve been around, I’ve seen you around town, but why has it taken this long for you to introduce yourself to me?
From the moment I entered your presence I knew [...]

Proof of A-Retentiveness

We’re in the process of cleaning out all of our computers and backing up the info on external hard drives. So what, you ask? I just found some old information that made me laugh. I have mentioned that I’m no where near as anal and organized as I used to be.
During the good ole days [...]

Adventures in WiFi Searching

I’m free. For a couple hours. Du is the best father in the world because he has the girls on a Daddy/Daughter date. He likes doing those. Weekly. And now that we’re settled in after the move he can start doing those again.
I have designated Tuesday nights as scrapbooking night. Each Tuesday night I’m going [...]

Two Birds, One Stone

I’ve been raking in the awards lately. It’s high time I start passing them along. And apparently Jaci thinks I’m too busy to post a meme.
I have y’all so totally fooled. I’m not busy homeschooling or cleaning or playing with a toddler or running a business (wait, I’m really not running a business anymore…I’m in [...]

Visualizing My Blog

There are those who think outside of the box. There are those of us that like to stay securely boxed.
Wordle is thinking outside the box. Here’s a visual rendering of what my blog is all about: words.

Now a little word association:
time: The thing I’ve been struggling with the most lately.
blog: What I’m doing instead of…
read: What I [...]

Let’s Catch Up

Hi, I’m Vicki. You’ll recognize me once I start telling you about my life again. It seems I haven’t been posting a lot of current stuff that’s been going on around here. Today we’re going to do it Twitter style because, for now, I’ve stopped Twittering. And I’m not limiting myself to 140 characters.
*Ashlyn scares [...]

Bloggy Breakup

I’m reserving the right to not post a Friday 13 today. After all it is my blog. In an attempt to own it and not have it own me I’m posting something else today.
Today I’m officially breaking up with many blogs I read.
Baby, I’m gonna leave you…*
This summer I’ve let myself go. I’ve gotten lost in [...]

I’m SO Behind (and school hasn’t even started!)

Summer is great in so many ways. The long days, the heat, the relaxed attitude, no school. I’m realizing it’s a great lazy-maker as well. On that last day of school, before summer, I was planning how I could make the most of the summer days. You know, remain productive, keep a schedule, actually get things done. [...]

Earth Friendly and Generous

In the process of moving one tends to run across items that one owns that s/he cannot remember owning. Or that s/he regrets ever buying. Or his/her tastes have changed and there is no longer room in the new house and new décor for these items. There may be people out there searching for that specific [...]

I’m In The New JibJab Satire!

I jumped at the chance when the guys at JibJab offered me a head shot in their latest political satire. You can tell how excited I am by the grin on my face. Click the pic to view!
Time For Some Campaignin’

Overcoming: the Movers and the Stuff

They can beat me down and win the battle, but I’ll win the war. I hope. My first step in putting all this moving craziness and the crazy movers behind me was to tackle the play room. I did this yesterday and am pleased with the results so far.
BEFORE:
 
AFTER:
 
Our lovely MDF bookshelves and plastic bins [...]

Hard To Believe

Y’all won’t believe this…
I’m so into MySpace. You didn’t know that about me did you? It seems like my profile hasn’t been updated since Christmas…but you didn’t know about my alter-ego profile did you? If I’m not blogging then I’m twittering. And if I’m not twittering then I’m on MySpace. Many times I’m on all [...]

Maniacle Movers

Moving is stressful. Enough of you out there have done it a time or two so you can concur with me, right? Well let me tell you about my latest experience. I’ve never been so pleased with movers yet so ready to castrate them at the same time. Never before has a moving team worked [...]

That’s My Story And I’m Stickin’ To It

Welcome to another edition of Story Time: Interactive Style. I think I need to explain the directions a little more clearly (I must have slow readers).

I post a picture
You look at the picture
You think of funny/endearing/special/but mostly funny storyline to go with the picture
You leave a comment with that story. Don’t know how to do [...]