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Our New Addition

Meet Lola:     She’s our new addition to the family. I’ve been looking around at pet rescues online, via Petfinder, for the perfect indoor dog. I’m not really sure why I got the urge to add to the chaos in our home. Maybe it’s a replacement for that third baby I’ll never have. That’s [...]

Snow in Texas!

We got some serious snow last week. I’m talking over a FOOT of snow. I know, I know, you folks in places other than North Texas are likely rolling your eyes, but seriously, it was a BIG DEAL around here. Check it out: We even had enough to build a snowman! The kids and I [...]

Happenstance Has Changed My Plans…

Are we having a run of bad luck or what? In addition to our plumbing problems last week, we now have one vehicle that has crapped out on us. The Taurus’ A/C started acting up on me last Thursday when I was on my way home from dinner with a friend. I turned it off [...]

Did you say you’re a plumber?

Hey, remember when I was complaining about the suckage that is our house?  Here are more reasons why!  My husband has been remodeling our master bathroom for oh, going on 5 months now.  And by remodeling I mean taking down wallpaper, texturing & painting  the walls and installing tile flooring.  In other words, I don’t [...]

House Envy

Hi, my name is Amy, and I have House Envy. See, our house is kind of a piece of crap.  Now don’t get me wrong, I like it, it’s the first house we’ve ever owned, our kids were born here (well, came home from the hospital to here), it could be much worse and all…but [...]