Archive for June, 2008

A Goode and Schwedde Give Away

Monday, June 30th, 2008

It may seem like just a T-shirt giveaway…

But it is really so much more…

Goode and Schwedde – Active Wear For The Common Man

These are my friends, Dave and Katie who moved away a few years ago and left me and my family desolate and without hope.

On a recent visit, they handed out t-shirts emblazoned with [...]

The Maggot Covered Countryside of the Good Samaritans

Saturday, June 28th, 2008

Part #1 The Kitten

Today, as I running errands with my two oldest boys, we saw a small furry bundle trying to cross the road in front of us. As we drew closer, we realized it was a kitten and it seemed to have broken it’s back leg. I stopped the car and watched [...]

Mother Fails To Wear Appropriate Fan Garb to Son’s Games AGAIN!!!

Friday, June 27th, 2008

My eldest son had a basketball game tonight.  Evidently, four boys playing baseball is not enough so we had to throw in one more sport.  I had to take him to his basketball game, which was very hard on me as I am still weak and shaky from his birth thirteen years ago, but somehow… someway… [...]

Like The Best Chocolate Chip Cookies Ever!

Thursday, June 26th, 2008

To make the best chocolate chip cookies ever, first you have to have lunch at the Bluestem Bistro in Aggieville in Manhattan, Kansas…

Wait…

No..

First you have to buy a new purse…

Wait..

No….

First you have to obsess about buying a new purse for a long, long time.  

A really long time. 

Months and months and months.

Look all over the [...]

We Weren’t Always This Glamorous

Wednesday, June 25th, 2008

My sister and I were not always the glamour queens that you see today.

We started out as simple small town girls…

It takes years of perseverance and strain and hard work and dedication and lying on the sofa with a box of stale Nilla wafers on your stomach while yelling at your kids to 

BRING ME [...]