Could You Schedule My Court Eviction for After 5pm?

I’m thinking about re-naming this blog to “Dumb Things That Tenants Say”.
Besides the occasional blog-hater comment (usually written anonymously by a past hot-head Tenant) that I receive and delete every so often, I usually get a really good response off this blog. Maybe it’s because I keep writing about the idiotic things I hear [...]

My Blogging Offspring

Okay, maybe it’s a little on the geeky side, but I’ve taught my 7-year old (Jake) how to blog.  Every first grader needs a blog, right?!
Anyway, check out Jake’s little tumblelog (yeah, it’s hosted on Tumblr…super easy for him to use).
On a side note, I really need to update my blogroll.  I need to show [...]

JDRF Tree

I attended the JDRF Family Retreat in St. Louis this last weekend and had a really good time. I had several meetings with the people of the St. Louis chapter. I helped out and learned a lot.
In a meeting I had with Marie, we talked about all sorts of things including where Springfield/Ozarks [...]

10 Years And These Dang Candies Still Taste Good

He “unofficially” proposed with one of these sweet little candies 10 years ago. (The official proposal with the ring came shortly after).  Ty and I are celebrating 10 years of marriage in October of 2008 and some days it seems like it was just yesterday. (Other days it seems like it’s 200 freakin’ [...]

I hate ice storms.

I hate ice storms.
The thing is, this one caught us by surprise over last year’s big ice storm. Luckily we didn’t lose power, but we lost several tree limbs. Ty and I live on 6 acres just outside the city and we have TONS of trees. Well, they came crashing down with 2” [...]