Archive for the 'shopping' Category

Thinking about gifts

Friday, July 4th, 2008

My grandparents are really hard to buy gifts for because they always say that they have everything they need and there is nothing that they want.
I was thinking of getting them a framed portrait of DH, the kids and me. To them, family means everything and the walls in my grandparents’ house are filled with [...]

Wish Lists

Friday, June 13th, 2008

It’s around this time of year that I start asking the kiddos what they would like for Christmas. It’s usually the same sort of stuff each year - phone credit, PS2 games, clothes and makeup (for the girls) and money (for the boy). I usually write a list of my wish list as well so [...]

So where are you sleeping tonight?

Thursday, June 12th, 2008

When Oscar first joined our family, he was the cutest little fur ball I had ever seen. He was meant to stay small and be my “hand bag dog” (but that’s a whole other rant post).
We went shopping and it took me ages to pick out the cute little pet beds. The ones we looked [...]

Not happy!

Thursday, June 5th, 2008

A few years ago I had a lady approach me asking if I wanted to have a jewelry party at home. It was like a party plan thing where she would bring all the items to my house, put it on display, take our orders and deliver it to us a few weeks later.
She assured [...]

Emphasing the wrong word!

Wednesday, May 28th, 2008

When I first read the title “Big Ass Fans”, I immediately thought these people were fans of big butts *blush* I couldn’t have been more wrong! Big Ass Fans manufacture ceiling fans ranging from six to TWENTY FOUR foot in diameter! Now I can understand how appropriate their name is! Check them out if you’re [...]