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My husband Mark and I live in eastern Tennessee with our beautiful baby girl, Amelia. We also share our lives with a lab(ish) goofball of a dog named Shelby.
While I was making baby food this morning, I put Amelia on her playmat and she sat playing with her toys for about 20 minutes. After a while, I got down on the floor and started making goofy faces.
It’s not the best quality photo, but it’s my new favorite. When she’s thinks I am doing [...]
In preparation for tomorrow evening, a few of the locals set off a smoke/stink bomb.
In aisle eight of Food City.
Let me tell you – that was not one of my best shopping experiences.
Remember the Monster Bug? This is worse.
There was a BAT on the wall this time! You should have seen us – outside with Shelby at 11:30 PM and throwing sticks and rocks at our house, trying to get the darn thing to fly away.
No such luck – it wasn’t moving an inch.
After about 10 minutes [...]
I woke up at 3:14 AM and couldn’t get back to sleep. Want to know why?
Our new neighbors were on their back porch chatting away. Their porch shares a wall with our bedroom. I could hear just about every word of their early-morning conversation!
Me: [Whispering] Mark, do you hear that?
Mark: [Mumbling] I’m ignoring them.
[A few [...]
A few nights ago, Mark and I took Shelby outside to the bathroom before we went to bed. As we were coming inside, I noticed this HUGE bug on the wall right by the door. I screamed like the wimpy girl that I am, and ran back into the yard, almost knocking Mark over in [...]
Yesterday after work I was checking out at the grocery store, and I got a phone call from Mark.
Mark: Hey Honey, can you pick up some wasp spray before you leave the store?
Me: Sure, what for?
Mark: Well, Shelby found a nest of Yellow Jackets and they’re pretty mad.
He then went on to tell me that [...]