Great Expections

Crazy New Car

2010-06-15T16:38:00.001-06:00

So I went from this... To this... from Friday to Saturday. Now I can go from 0 to 60 in 2.5 seconds.

Halloween ReVisited

2009-10-24T16:57:00.003-06:00

I'm not much into creating new blog posts lately, but click on the title of this post to see my Halloween posts from last year.

Steel-Toed Boots

2009-04-08T19:26:00.007-06:00

The #1 advantage to wearing Steel-Toed boots while operating heavy equipment which has the potential to cut off your toes. . .Zachary "still" has toes.However, we will have to invest in another pair of these toe-saving boots.

Happy Spring!

2009-03-20T14:15:00.004-06:00

I am glad that it is finally Spring! The weather is even cooperating! Hopefully, I can get outside this weekend and dig around in the dirt, clean up all the dead stuff, and get my yard ready for Summer.

This is Me . . . FAT

2009-02-24T13:57:00.006-07:00

This is Me...telling the whole world that I am not happy with my weight. Everyone who know me, knows that my happiness depends on the size of my pants. And right now I am terribly unhappy. So what is my plan? I don't know. I need a plan. I don't want to do anything, I just want it to go away.Maybe just admitting that there is a problem is my first step to recovery.Oh, and by the way, you can't

My Happy Place

2009-02-13T13:19:00.013-07:00

I've decided that I really like decorating & changing my blog, but I hate to write stuff. I've mentioned before that my life is so boring that there is absolutely nothing to blog about. And when I do write, I agonize and stew over every word and punctuation. However, my blog is my "Happy Place." My little piece of the World Wide Web that I am in charge of. I have little clicky things that take me

I've Decided. . .

2009-02-02T12:19:00.004-07:00

. . .That I really don't like to write on my blog. I have nothing to write about. My life is boring. I go to work, I come home from work, I do the laundry on Saturday, I've given up on trying to keep my house clean. I'm pathetic.

I Finally Finished Decorating my Tree

2008-12-23T20:30:00.009-07:00

It took me two whole weeks--but I finally finished decorating my Christmas Tree! And the reason I finished it was because someone was coming to my house. Yes, I had to have a reason, a deadline, to make me finish it. Otherwise, it would still be in a state of semi-decoratedness. Here is a picture of it BEFORE I tipped it over.I thought that I could crawl under the piano to get behind the tree

Christmas is Coming

2008-12-07T21:41:00.001-07:00

Get this widget!Ready or not, Christmas is coming. And no, I'm NOT ready. I'm not a big fan of Christmas. Our tree has been in the Living Room for 2 days now, and I haven't even got the lights on it yet. I just don't feel like getting out all the mess. It is different now that the girls are grown and gone. Last year

Halloween is Over

2008-11-09T22:55:00.007-07:00

(Thank Goodness!)Halloween was crazy this year. The weather was unseasonably warm and daylight savings time kept the sun from going down an hour earlier. We had a record number of trick-or-treaters, approx. 350-400 based on the candy we didn't have left over.I got the inside of the house cleaned and decorated just in time. MaryAnne was a lifesaver and tackled the mountains of junk mail and other

The Flying Witch

2008-10-26T21:56:00.020-06:00

Yesterday, was a beautiful October Saturday. We spent most of the day outside setting up more Halloween stuff. We even got the flying witch set up. Usually we don't put her up until the day before Halloween because she is a "fair-weather" witch, meaning that if the weather is windy or rainy or, heaven forbid, snowy, she is just no fun to have on top of the roof. But the weatherman says clear

The Halloween Decorating Continues. . .

2008-10-21T20:19:00.026-06:00

This is when I start to go crazy! We drag out all the boxes of Halloween crap and dump it out all over the house. Every year, there are always a few more headstones to paint, skeletons to assemble, ghosts to hang, dummies to re-stuff; you know, the usual. It always seems to take forever to get everything all tidy and lookin' good for the big day. Watch this to see what else we do. . . Don't

The Halloween Process has Begun. . .

2008-10-17T22:47:00.022-06:00

The other night, when I got home from work, Gene had started setting up the Halloween mess. I inwardly groaned, then ran inside to get the camera so I could take pictures to share. I was finally able to get Zachary to show me how to get the pictures "out" of the camera and "into" the computer. Setting up the headstones is just the first step. We will add a little bit each day, until Halloween,

Halloween at Our House

2008-10-15T18:00:00.002-06:00

Everyone who knows us, knows that we go nuts at Halloween. I don't remember why or even when it all started, but our Halloween display has grown in leaps and bounds over the years. It all started at least 12 - 15 years ago, when we thought it would be fun to make a few dummies out of old clothes and masks. That year, during the month of October, it wasn't unusual for these dummies to appear in

Halloween 2007

2008-10-15T11:38:00.008-06:00

These are the only pictures I could find of Halloween 2007. (Some of them are really dark and hard to see) It looks like I just took pics inside. This year I plan to take pics and document the whole Halloween process at our house. . . Stay tuned for more!

You Know It's a Bad Day When. . .

2008-10-07T15:00:00.004-06:00

. . .Your Dog Throws Up IN Your Bed!Yes, you heard me right. --In My Bed. Last week, Koda, my 2-year-old miniature American Eskimo was sick. He kept coughing and sounding like he was choking, he wouldn't eat anything, and the choking sound was quite disturbing. After listening to him struggle through the night, we figured that something must be stuck in his throat; and not knowing how to extract

"Enough" Already

2008-10-06T13:20:00.007-06:00

I have decided that I would rather play with and change my blog design rather than "blog."So with that said, I will try to leave "well enough" alone (meaning my blog design--but tell me what you think--Do you like it?), and I will attempt to actually post some of the ideas and thoughts which have been wandering in and out of my brain for the past few weeks.

Another "Time Waster?"

2008-09-23T18:20:00.005-06:00

So I have decided that this blogging business is just another "activity" to cause me to waste more time. Now don't get me wrong, I enjoy wasting time. I am the Queen of wasting time. I have been having lots of fun changing backgrounds and colors and adding widgets and searching for fun stuff to make my "Blog" cute.The problem is . . . I could spend mass quantities of time making cuteness, but I