My Dad’s idea of friendly conversation… *edited* Jun 26, ’07 11:00 PM for Mel ‘s friends, Mel ‘s family and Mel ‘s online buddies  Dad – What do you want for dinner? Mel – Doesn’t matter. Dad – Do you REALLY mean that? Mel – OMG. No!!!! I take it back. Dad – (laughing) Mel – Dad. DAD! … More My Dad

A jabillion pictures! (but not the good ones yet!) Jun 23, ’07 11:34 PM for you So, Kristi arrived yesterday a little bit after noon. She came bearing a gift for me! Ok, it was a gift for HER too. CL and Kristi’s daughter B got to play for a little over an hour, and … More Picture Blog – Kristi

  Me and my beeee-ee-e-est friend! Jun 21, ’07 11:12 PM for you Five years ago, in an attempt to escape the hell that was living in Oklahoma, we moved to KS. When BB interviewed here (in Kansas), the head of HR and his wife took us out to dinner. I remember very few things … More BFFs

  The Pros and The Cons Jun 19, ’07 11:09 PM for you THE CONS Squawky birds and barking dogs that vocalize WAAAAAAY more often than they should. Line-dried towels that have exfoliated the top five layers of my skin thus far. The amount of hours spent convincing my mother the internet is NOT the … More The pros and cons

  Margarita Monday Jun 17, ’07 11:55 PM for you Woo-hoo! Two margarita wine coolers and my headache has gone bu-bye! Yay! As I wrote yesterday, I dropped CJ off at space camp. First we got him settled in his dorm room….   Then, we had some time before orientation to read his handbook for … More Margarita Monday

  I almost killed my neighbors….. Jun 12, ’07 11:46 PM for Mel ‘s friends, Mel ‘s family and Mel ‘s online buddies But, in my defense, I didn’t realize that I was.   The neighbors came over to visit the other day. They are an older couple, even more Yankee than me. I think that … More That time I almost killed my neighbors…

In 2004 we moved to the country to a log home on 20 acres in Kansas.  I’ve always been the type of person that has LOTS of animals… and so, it wasn’t long before I got some ducks, chickens and a few more dogs. Then in 2005, we got a goat. He was an interesting little fellow … More The Electric Fence Story

The Paddleboat Picnic! Jun 5, ’07 11:19 PM for Mel ‘s friends, Mel ‘s family and Mel ‘s online buddies  The picnic started out on a low note. When we got down to the paddleboat we realized no one had cleaned it since last season AND I had forgotten to get BB to tip it … More Paddleboat Picnic

  TMI Tuesday? Jun 4, ’07 11:01 PM for Mel ‘s friends, Mel ‘s family and Mel ‘s online buddies Errrrr, I kinda feel like EVERYDAY is TMI day over here. Every blog I write probably includes Too Much Information. So, ahhh, here is what is going on over here. Remember my belly button ring? … More TMI Tuesday

  Bow Chicka BOW WOW! Jun 2, ’07 11:24 PM for Mel ‘s friends, Mel ‘s family and Mel ‘s online buddies  Hey Innernets! Remember this???? In case you missed it, that was some white snail on black snail lovin’ going on in the pond a few weeks ago. TODAY?!? We were cleaning out the … More Snail babies!!