Google is Being a Douche

My site didn't disappear but it was down for quite a while today and I was ticked. It was a google error - they've been having a lot of them lately. I have a real love/hate relationship with the big G. Yes, I was so ticked I found and image of a douche box and altered it.

Anyway....I'm off work save for 2 hours tomorrow, then off all day Monday and I'm so happy! Promise to post more, I've just been kinda busy lately.

What do you have planned for Sunday? I don't even know who is playing in the Super Bowl as of yet but I think we are going to our friends' to watch it. Well, they will be watching it and I'll entertain their 2 year old.

Google is Being a Douche

Photohunt: Furry

This week's theme for PhotoHunt is furry. This one was simple enough. Here are my 3 favorite furry things (be grateful I did not post the furry chicken nuggets that I had forgotten in the back of the fridge)

Kaleb


Rose


and Teal'c

Photohunt: Furry

My Bloody Valentine: Wonderfully Craptastic

The hubby and I went out a few nights ago to watch "My Bloody Valentine." I wasn't expecting a cinematic masterpiece by any means, but thought that there might be some scary moments and figured that seeing it in 3D would be cool because I've never seen a movie in 3D before. So...off we go.

We arrive at the theater and are almost inside when the hubby asks "are you showing it in 3d?" because we weren't given any glasses. She tells us that no, they are not showing it in 3d. Well, crap! It's ok, it's ok, there are still probably some scary moments, right? It couldn't be too bad.

I was so.very.wrong. It was craptastic. The plot is absolutely ridiculous - a miner who goes around killing people while wearing the mining gear. Kinda like an even dumber version of "Jason" with his hockey mask. I grew up in mining towns and none of it seemed realistic at all. The acting was just terrible. And laughable. Moreso the latter. There were so many awkward moments where they were going for the 3D effect in the shot, so there's no real purpose in it. This would have been obvious even if I were mesmerized by 3D if I were watching it in that, but it was even more blaring without the effects. For instance, when the old guy (don't remember his name) comes out, points a gun and says he's "aiming at shadows." He just swings the gun from right to left (or left to right) while the camera is zoomed in on the barrel. They do the same with the miner's axe that the killer is using on everyone.

I was laughing during the entire movie which I don't think would be quite the effect they were going for. And let me tell you, I'm a bit sissy when it comes to scary movies. I love them but I also scare the beejeezus out of myself when I watch them, too. I just couldn't stop laughing at how silly the lines came off, the ridiculous "twists" int he plots, and just the idea of it all in general.

But here's the real kicker...amidst my laughter, I still scared myself. About half an hour before the movie is over, the hubby says he has to go to the bathroom. It went a little something like this:

Him: I have to go to the bathroom
Me: *eyes wide* No, you can't!
Him: Are you serious? I really have to pee.
Me: No, don't leave me in here alone.
Him: Why?
Me: What if *he's* in here?

He rolled his eyes and made a few more attempts to go to the bathroom, all of which I thwarted. I know, I know, I said the movie wasn't scary. And it wasn't. However...I always imagine that there is going to be some psycho freak in the theater that I am at who is mocking the character but really on a killing spree himself, know what I mean? I was expecting, at any moment, for a crazed killer to jump out of the shadows dressed in full mining gear with an axe ready to dig it into my skull. I'm not even joking, I have serious fears of these things happening. I love/hate watching horror movies in public for this reason.

So friends, I give it a C for being craptastic and an A to myself for being scarier than any gorey film without a real plot ever could be.

My Bloody Valentine: Wonderfully Craptastic

You Look More Like Your Mom

I downloaded Yahoo messenger again after boycotting it for years because I use MSN messenger for work and just didn't want to deal with 2. Anyway, after downloading it and having myself available for a few minutes, I get a message from one of my ex boyfriends. And when I say ex boyfriend, I'm talking "dated" in junior high ex boyfriend. I started dating my now-hubby in my freshman year of highschool, so don't have any real exes. I digress.

This guy hits me up on yahoo messenger. The conversation goes something like this:

Him: Hey remember me?
Me: Yeah, how are ya.
Him: Good, I heard you got married.
Me: Yeah about 3 months ago.
Him: Do you have a pic?
Me: Yeah, one sec. (displays lovely pic of me and hubby together)
Him: You look really pretty. Actually, you look more like your mom, too.
Me: *clicks IGNORE*

Buh-bye. I knew there was a reason I dumped you for my now-hubby the same night I met him. Way to charm the women.

You Look More Like Your Mom

The Day My Blackberry Died

Sometimes I have a little bit of a temper. OK, I have a bad temper. Sometimes. Hardly at all. A few months ago, prior to our wedding was one of those times. I know we all say we don't care when the groom says to do whatever we want, but it was so FRUSTRATING deciding everything (except the food) for us. My nerves got the better of me and one day I blew up. I'm not even sure what we were arguing about, but being the drama queen I am, I got the perfect idea.

For dramatic effect, I will hurl my blackberry at the wall. This was a split second decision, of course, so hurtling towards the wall it went. CRUNCH, SPLAT. Me, eyes wide with terror go over to the wall to see this:



Then i pick up my blackberry and try to turn it back on but it won't work. The screen is totally black. I immediately burst in to tears declaring my love for the phone and now it's dead because I'm stupid, stupid, stupid. I go to our bedroom and collapse on the bed in a sobbing heap to bemoan the death of my dear gadget.



Although hubby-to-be was truly annoyed and said I was childish, he left for work and came back that night with a shiny new red Blackberry Pearl. Though I still miss the old one, the new one had a cam so I got over it's death quickly. And my hubby to be still married me a few days later, even after my tantrum. And we all lived happily ever ever. Except the wall. Honey, you still need to fix that.

The Day My Blackberry Died

Photohunt: Chipped

The theme this week for PhotoHunt is chipped. Sure, I could show you loads of my chipped dishes (I'm prone to dropping them quite often), but I thought I'd show something more interesting. See how time, weather, erosion, whatever you want to call it has chipped away the entry to this old church found on the Jamestown Settlement.

Photohunt: Chipped

Just a quick one

I am ready to go to bed (been up all night working and such), but before I do I'll tell you about the tv programs I have been enjoying with my cat the last 5 minutes. Right now she (Rosie) is lying on the remote and accidentally pressing the buttons. So far, we have listened to the Hit List music channel, watched our local Gospel network, listened to a minute or so of country music, and now we are watching cartoons on the Noggin network. Now that's variety.

I've been putting off going to bed because in the hour I slept last night I had nightmares. My friend Tammy and I were just talking about this; how we have to stay awake a few minutes afterwards or we will fall right back into the same dream. Most of my nightmares are the various ways I can be killed. Car wrecks, being burned, being chased or hunted by someone, getting a serious but fast moving illness, and the most common one - falling to my death usually happen about once a week or so. I'm not sure why that is because I very rarely think of of dying, save for my dreams. I know it will happen and I've dealt with death plenty in my 26 years; it just seems odd that it should be the topic of so many of my dreams. Or maybe I've had so many deaths in my family and that's why it happens. Not sure.

Yeah, I'm rambling. I'm tired. In keeping with my randomness, I've been editing our wedding photos that were given to us by his aunt on cd. The ones from the photographer are the serious ones so since his aunt (who's a pretty good photographer herself) took hundreds for us as well, I've been using those to do all sorts of interesting angles and effects. The one below was not a good pic of me but I didn't have any of my dress detail (the train which so many people loved), so I just edited out the parts i didnt like and voila, a gorgeous pic of my train appears. The wet spot on those boards...I was just nervous. Haha just kidding. It had rained all day up until about half an hour before our ceremony and we got married on the porch of an 1800s cabin at our local Pioneer museum. So it was a little leaky in some spots.



P.S. Now the cat and I are watching the local news. Good stuff.

P.P.S. I'm not sure why when you clicked on the dress before it was taking you to a pic of some bananas I took...but I think it's fixed now. Very strange.

Just a quick one

Why hello there

Have you all missed me? I'd like to think so. I've been busy, busy, though. Firstly, the other day, I made my friend Tammy's easy beef vegetable soup recipe because it sounded, well, easy. So, I went to the grocery store to buy all the ingredients. I forgot the mixed veggies (because I didn't have a list). And I couldn't find canned beef chunks, but my dad always put corned beef in his veggie soup, so I did that. I also added some peas, since I forgot the mixed veggies and some onion because that's just how I roll. Gotta have onions. Oh yeah, I added tomatoes too because I like my beef veggie soup a little tomato-y. The thing is, though, I accidentally bought tomatoes with green chilies so it was a tad spicy. I took pics, though!

Here are the ingredients (what I used is 2 cans diced potatoes, 2 cans green beans, 1 can of peas, 1 can of corn, 1/2 onion chopped, 1 can diced tomatoes, oh and a big thingy of V8 that I forgot to include in the pic). Note the careful yet subtle blend of brand name and generic foods:


Then I put it all into a pot and let it simmer for an hour. Here's what it looked like all in the pot. I forgot to take a pic of it once it was done, but trust me, it was essentially the same, just with steam coming from it.



It was good, easy, and fast. That's my kind of cooking!

So...inspired by how easy peasy that was, the next morning I made us breakfast. Sausage, gravy, and biscuits. Here, I'll give you my delicious biscuit recipe:




Next, I browned the sausage. It was bought from a local farmer so it wasn't shaped into patties or links and I wasn't about to do that myself so it was just...browned and in bits and pieces. I was going to put it in the gravy but then, I thought not because that's an additional step that wasn't needed because the gravy, you see, is very simple:


So...open up the biscuit, place on plate. Top with browned sausage bits, then ladel gravy onto it. I would have fixed eggs, too, but I forgot to buy some. Ladies and gents, there you have it. I know that learning culinary skills comparable to mine is going to be a challenge for you, but with some practice you may become just as good.



Also...in honor of the importance of today, I obamified my cat, Teal'c. You can also make yourselves, your pets, or your loved ones into obamicons, if you take the notion. Just go here.

Oh wait - before I go and because I was feeling artsy-fartsy, here is a picture of the trees I see on the mountainside when I look out my kitchen window. You can click on it to biggify it to see it in all of its awesomeness. If you are a professional photographer, please don't, because I know it's not that great. But of all the ones I've taken so far, it's one of my faves.

Why hello there

Goats are Filling in for Me

Sorry I've not had time to post today. I worked this morning, slept a few hours, and then went to a birthday dinner that my sister had for my hubby. We then went grocery shopping and afterwards I had to do my nieces bidding and upload a gazillion photos for her. Anyway, here are some of my sister's goats to keep you all entertained. I'll catch up on all my comments soon, too. I promise.

Goats are Filling in for Me

Photohunt: Hat

This week's theme for PhotoHunt is hat. This guy was walking around Colonial Williamsburg. I felt a bit rude snapping his picture just because of his clothes, but they must get that all the time, right? There are loads of people walking around in dress from that period; it's very cool. So...in keeping with the theme, what do you think of his awesome hat? ;-)

Photohunt: Hat

Jeepers Creepers, Where'd You Get Those Peepers

I'm having way too much fun playing around with the camera and then of course, applying effects to some of the photos. I know they say a good shot doesn't need effects, so I guess mine aren't that great. But effects are fun and I like 'em, so there.

Another Kitty pic because our supper tonight was a la McDonald's, so I don't have anything domestic-y to post.

Jeepers Creepers, Where'd You Get Those Peepers

More Awards YAY!

My ego is very inflated now because, you see, I have three more awards. I am also neglectful and rude because I should have posted 2 of these a couple days ago and I forgot. But in my defense, I was very busy yesterday and it was hubby's birthday and he didn't even get a cake. Don't feel too badly for him though because I'll be getting him one this weekend. Can't give more details than that because he reads this. ;-)

Ok, on to the awards before I get played off the stage like they do at the Oscars (I hate that by the way, so rude to turn up the music when someone is talking).

Firstly, cherscrap23 gave me two awards on her blog Pancakes to Pearls, which has lots of giveaways posted, so if you like to enter contests you should check her blog out - it's great! These are the awards she gave me:



So thank you, cherscrap23!

I'm passing those along to:
1. The Misadventurous Mommy
2. Stacy's Random Thoughts

I think I was supposed to pass it along to 10 people but that's a lot of work, so I picked two because..well, just because. :-)

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And then...the Misadventurous Mommy gave me another award. I think she secretly loves me because this is my second award from her too. It's all good though, she's smart and funny and posts loads of cute things about her kids to keep us all entertained.

This award is called the Honest Scrap award. Unfortunately I have to reveal some of my Honest Truths in order to accept the award, so you'll probably think I'm even more neurotic after I post these than you did before. The honorees are to: A) first list 10 honest things about yourself - and make it interesting, even if you have to dig deep! B) pass the award on to 7 bloggers that you feel embody the spirit of the Honest Scrap. Here are my 10 Honest Truths (this would be easier if I hadn't posted my 100 things about me):

1. I should have been a meteorologist. I am obsessed with weather related things and could seriously watch the weather channel all day long if I had the spare time to.
2. I think I am that crazy cat lady. You know how if you have one cat, it's cool because you have a pet. If you have two, it's because your cat needed a friend. If you have three, you're that chick with too many cats? Yep. The third one isn't my fault, though.
3. I am one of those weird people who feels like they are meant to do something great. I don't know what it will be yet but, I'm pretty sure I'll do something awesome. Stay tuned, I'll let you all know when I do.
4. I hate the post office. With a passion. I send hubby to mail absolutely everything and he's a sweetie and does it. I don't know why I hate the post office so much, though, I've never had any bad experiences with them. It's just one of those things, like going to the dentist, that fill me with absolute dread. (P.S. This is also why Jessica at Bella Valentina photography hasn't received that Red Lobster gc yet...I swear I'll get it out to you soon! LOL)
5. I don't like to drive. I mentioned this before but the reason is that from a very young age I dreamed that I would die in a car crash, and at the time I was driving it. I mean, I still drive when I need to; I'm not a freako who refuses to drive because of a dream, but I don't like it, nonetheless.
6. I imagine people in the blogosphere - what they look like, I mean - and when they post their pictures, it almost never matches what I thought up in my head. I wonder why that is?
7. I want to rescue every animal that I see on the Adopt a Pet segment on the local news. I also want to pick up every stray dog and cat and bring them home. If only I had a farm...
8. I want a farm. Not really a farm, I don't guess, but the little farmhouse with lots of land, some horses, and cows just because you can't really have a farm without cows. No chickens, though. Those things are nasty.
9. I'm very flighty and hardly ever finish projects. I will start one thing and be overzealous about it for a few weeks. Then I quickly become bored and drop it like a hot potato and move on to something else.
10. Now that song "Drop it Like It's Hot" is stuck in my head. I need to download that to my mp3 player while I'm thinking of it.

I'm passing this award along to (because they are all funny and I want to see what their answers are):
1. My friend Tammy at mandatorybloghere
2. UndermedicatedMama
3. Cathy (the cool chick who designed my blog) over at her personal site, Me and My World.
4. Christine at Housewife WOM
5. The Chatty Chica
6. Dear Flabby
7. Cygnus

Thanks again for the awards and the blog love! :-)

More Awards YAY!

So, It's here.

I am still super excited but...silly me, I thought this camera took regular SD cards. I didn't read the product description carefully enough, really just thought that they were trying to get me to buy accessories. So, I can take only 4 pics till hubby gets home with the Memory Pro Duo card. *sigh*

Anyway, I think I need some human subjects or, at the very least, nature or inanimate objects. My cats found out my game real quick and have now begun running every time I come after them with the camera. Party poopers. I'll get them though. I'll get them. Since I can't take a bazillion pics, here's a couple I took without the memory card. Not quite a professional yet. Haha.

So, It's here.

I'm So Excited...

And I just can't hide it...

Enough of the Pointer Sisters. But I really am excited because today I get my NEW CAMERA! I'm already dreaming of all the awesome, artistic shots I'll get with it. Now if I could only learn some major photographic skills in the next few hours, I'd be all set. I really want to sleep but I also want to stay up to make sure I get it.

Those mail delivery people are fickle. Sometimes they will knock or ring the bell and other times, I swear, I don't think they do either one. I usually think that when I've missed a package and I get that horrible note on my door or in my mailbox saying that they'll bring it back the next day. I HATE that. It's the absolute worst to wait and wait for something only to know that you just missed it and have to wait another 24 hours. If that happens, God have mercy on that man's soul because I will hunt him down. Alright, that's dramatic, but I will be super pissed if it is not in my hands today.

I can't even remember what time the UPS guy comes around. Will it be this morning, will it be 5 pm-ish like it was at the old place? It will suck if I have to stay awake till then since I've not been to bed yet. I don't think that Full House and Family Matters are going to keep me awake enough till then, either. Woot I just checked the status again (for the 20th time already this morning) and it's out for delivery.

Prepare to be amazed, people.

I'm So Excited...

Winner of the Blog Makeover

The winner of the blog makeover is Marybeth at BabyGoodBuys!

Congrats, Marybeth! Please email me at lazyhousewife@sonotdomestic.com and I'll give you further details.

Thanks to everyone who participated in the contest - I had a great time reading why you started your blogs. :)

Winner of the Blog Makeover

Here's the Plan

OK, enough messing about, I suppose I should get to some housewifely stuff sooner rather than later. Is housewifely a word? If not, I call dibs. Anyway, I have a plan. Forgive me if I deviate from it, though (read: forgive me if I get too lazy/distracted to actually implement it). I bought myself a snazzy new camera; I don't have it yet as it's coming from Amazon.com but since I spent kinda a lot on it, I'll put it to good use. You can expect:

-Pics of my house (dear God hopefully it will make me keep it cleaner)
-Pics of cooking/recipes (yes, I actually do know a few). This will be ala Pioneer Woman's Cooking blog but way cooler - because I'm cooler. OK, I'm not, and I am totally and completely in love with their land (and megabucks), but I'll give it my best shot.
-Umm, just more pics in general, I guess. Oh yeah, and more domestic type things to show you all what a major klutz I am.

It'll be fun!

What are you guys and gals up to this Sunday? We are going to see the in-laws again; hubby is installing a screen door for them. Last night I went to my nephew's 17th birthday party and we had an absolute blast; his friends are a riot. And this is coming from someone who doesn't even like kids/teenagers most of the time. Hope your weekend has been a good one!

Here's the Plan

Photohunt: Aftermath

I've joined the photohunters where every Saturday a theme is chosen and you use a picture that you take or have taken to represent the theme. Today's theme for PhotoHunt is Aftermath. This is a picture of the Ambler House, one of the houses whose ruins are at what was the Jamestown Settlement in Virginia. This house was built during the late colonial period, when Jamestown was primarily a private estate for two families, one of which was Ambler. It eventually burned (I wish I could remember when from the trip we took back in the summer, but this, is obviously the aftermath - just fragments of the grandeur that once was there.

Photohunt: Aftermath

A Lazy Housewife by Any Other Name...

So, I think I've mentioned before that I've only been married a little over 2 months, but we lived together for years before that (sorry for anyone who doesn't approve). Anyway, so we did the whole wedding thing (it was awesome by the way, the cutest little country chic wedding you've ever seen) and the preacher did the whole "I now present to you Mr. & Mrs...."

except...

Umm, I STILL haven't bothered to change my last name. It just didn't seem like a very pressing issue what with the holidays coming up. Now that they're over, though, I just feel like it's a plain lazy thing to keep putting off. So I guess I'll have to get around to it. Is that a very involved process? I'm not sure why all the fuss, it should be automatic or something. Like when you apply for your marriage license, they should have an option "check here if you want your last name changed to his after the wedding." That would be SO much simpler for everyone. Less paperwork, less hassle, and more time for the more interesting things like staring at your wedding pics over and over.

A Lazy Housewife by Any Other Name...

Root Canals are Fun

Image via WikipediaIn light of the *wonderful* news of needing another root canal (insert eye roll here), here's a little preview of the last root canal prep that I posted on a forum not one year ago, after my last one. Hopefully there will be no more root canals after this.

I've had this toothache for um...nearly 3 months probably and just today went to the dentist. I know, I know, that's awful of me, but I have a fear of dentists because the one I had during childhood would threaten us with more shots in the mouth and had the biggest fattest hands you've ever seen and would hurt your mouth with how much he'd have to open it up to get his fat fingers inside. Ok...moving on.

So I wake up this morning in so much pain that I am crying. Let me tell ya, it takes a LOT to make me cry when it comes to pain. You may hear a slew of curse words...but almost never crying.

I call the dentists office and ask for an emergency appointment and they could get me within the hour. SWEET.

I thought they would give me antibiotics and pain meds and THEN have me come back like in a week or so after the abscess is gone. Nope. He says "we can either extract it or save it". Umm save it you old git, I'm 26 and don't need to have "windows" in my mouth like a 4 year old.

He numbs me...or so we think...and 10 minutes later he starts with that insufferable drill and I yelp. "Oh does that still hurt?" Umm yeah. Another round of shots...he comes back 10 mins later and tries again. Again PAIN so more shots. He starts again and this mofo does not stop. He tells me that because the filling I have is in the way and he can't numb the nerve directly, he has to drill through it. I am white-knuckling that chair and in so much pain my WHOLE body is trembling, I am crying, and I feel like I'm gonna puke.

Finally when I feel like I'm gonna pass out they have drilled through the tooth and give me another injection and it's fine. He shoves an antibiotic pellet up in there, does some scraping and poking and seals it up. I am getting prepped for a root canal, you see, and this was the pulpotomy.

He gave me a prescription for Loritabs and it's not even putting a dent in the pain. I'm not kidding, I can feel every pulsing and throbbing just as well as if I'd taken nothing at all.

So for $220 today, I got a lot of pain and suffering which he says will last for 3 days. THEN I have to schedule my root canal which I'm told is going to be another $800 or so. This tooth will cost me $1000+ and the worst pain of my life.

Thanks for listening...Can we have a pity party for me now? Pain meds would be a welcome gift.

ETA: Stop drinking diet soda. He says it's weakening my teeth and the acid is eating away at my enamel. He also said that diet sodas with the artificial sweeteners are worse than regular for this.

Root Canals are Fun

Why Me Grocery Shopping is a Bad Idea

Ya know how I hate to vacuum? Well, the other thing that I absolutely hate is grocery shopping. I'd rather stab my eyes with pencils and then pour acid on them than go to the grocery store. Last night, I had to go. I shouldn't be allowed to go, though, because this is what happens.

1. Forgot to make a list.
2. Wondered aimlessly through aisles for 1 hour.
3. Got lots of this and that, trying to pick healthy foods but didn't see anything really appetizing.
4. Still got a few junk food items.
5. Finally went to check out and realized...
6. I have nothing for a complete meal.

Yep. I have noodles and sauce but no meat for the sauce for spaghetti. I have lettuce, cucumbers, etc for a salad but no dressing. I bought pancake mix but no syrup. Sandwich stuff for the hubby's lunch, except no cheese. I'm not even kidding. I do, however, have a smorgasbord of fruit. So, I have to go back out today to get the missing items. This time, I'll make a list. Let's just hope I remember to take it with me.

Why Me Grocery Shopping is a Bad Idea

The Inlaws

Actually, I wouldn't want TP like this for my mother-in-law; I just thought the picture was funny. Yesterday we visited my hubby's parents and I realized how lucky I am, actually. As I think I've said before, I dated the hubby for nearly 12 years before we got married 2 months ago. So I know his parents quite well and I have to say - I have no complaints. Isn't that lucky?

His Mom is the sweetest woman ever. She may talk a little too much for some people sometimes, but that's just because she enjoys the company. His dad - well, he's great, too. I wasn't sure about his dad when we first started dating just because it seemed like he left the room whenever I entered it. But apparently, he does that with everyone at first. I'm closer to them than I am with my own parents.

I feel guilty, actually, because I got his awesome parents as inlaws and he got my wacky family in return. It wasn't a fair tradeoff, I feel like he should be compensated in some way. Like a consolation prize - a lifetime supply of Prozac or something to help him deal with all the drama when we visit. Lucky he has me and that makes it all worth it. Haha.

The Inlaws

Another Award Yay Me

Patricia at Subjective soup left me a special surprise in my entrecard inbox - a Proximidade award! I'm so flattered (and love getting awards), so thanks so much Patricia for your kindness.


I am sending this award on to eight bloggers (and their blogs) whom I recently discovered through comments on my own blog. I chose these for being funny, witty, charming, or all of the above.

Here are the rules for the Proximidade Award:

"This blog invests and believes in PROXIMITY--nearness in space, time, and relationships! These blogs are exceedingly charming. These kind bloggers aim to find and be friends. They are not interested in prizes or self-aggrandizement. Our hope is that when the ribbons of these prizes are cut, even more friendships are propagated. Please give more attention to these writers! Deliver this award to eight bloggers who will choose eight more and include this cleverly-written text into the body of their award."

Done! Here are my eight choices:

1. kathulhu
2. Misadventurous Mommy at Misadventures in Baby Raising
3. growingupartists
4. Pinay WAHM
5. Christine at The Power of Housewife Word of Mouth
6. It's Just My Thoughts
7. Eli at My So Called Blog
8. Sherry at My Loonyverse

Another Award Yay Me

Cabins

I've always loved cabins and seem to be obsessed with them since we got married at a local museum/pioneer park. I'd love to have an old house like this, but I'm not gonna lie, I'd do some updates to the inside. The outside is positively charming, though. These are from the 1800s...this is where we got married. I'm also partial to plantation houses. What kinds of houses do you like?

Cabins

Anything You Can Do I Can Do Better

So...
Every month on the 15th and 31st (or 30th depending on how the year ends. or 28th in February. 29th some years), I have to help hubby sort out his paperwork at his job. I know you may be thinking, "why are you doing his paperwork when it's his job?" You weren't thinking that? Oh, my bad. That was me. Anyway, God love him, he says things in his papers the same way he would say them in life. That's fine if you're telling a story but not so good in writing up professional papers.

What happens is, he writes me a rough draft or even a summary at times and then I take the rough draft (which is VERY rough, I might add) and polish it. If it's a summary, I elaborate. Normally this is fine and he doesn't bother to double check me because I'm perfect and don't make mistakes. Or, he's getting it in at the very last minute and has no time to. That's usually the more likely scenario. Today, he decides to double check my work. That pisses me off. I know I make mistakes but I don't do well with constructive criticism from certain people, my hubby being one of them. If it's someone that's better than me at something, ok fine. If you're not better than me then, sorry, but keep your thoughts to yourself.

It went a little something like this:

Him: On this one here, I didn't say that at all.

Me: Yes you did.

Him: No, what I said was this...(insert comparably poorer phrase here)

Me: Yes, and that's what I said.

Him: No, not really

Me: Well, I just said it much better.

Him: Hm. Ok, well here, you made a mistake...

Me: *Interrupting him mid-sentence* Let me just stop you right there. I am doing YOU a favor. If you wanted things said the way you would say them, you should have done it yourself. I do it better. That's how you became supervisor. Remember the glowing reviews on your paperwork? Yeah, that was all me, baby, so HUSH, puppy. (I'll admit here that he's great at his job so the fabulous write-ups aren't the only thing that got him his position. But they sure helped.)

Him: *Staring at me with a blank face, clearly showing he was not listening* As I was saying, please just fix this one thing here.

Me: No.

Anything You Can Do I Can Do Better

My First Award...and My Nominations Go To...

Woohoo! I got my very first blog award from the Misadventurous Mommy over at My Mommy Said...the Lemonade Award! She's got a great blog and adorable kiddos, by the way, so you should check out her blog. :)

There are some rules in getting the award, too. First you have to give props to the person who bestowed the award upon you in the first place (see glowing review above). Second you have to nominate 10 bloggers that you'd like to give the award to. It's that easy.

1. Mama Bee at Mom to Bee because she's absolutely hilarious and as I told her adoringly on her blog, "witty". *Insert Dreamy Sigh here...*

2. Emily at Blah-zay because her blog is anything but.

3. My friend Tammy at Mandatory Blog Here because I'm her mini-me and we think a lot alike so of course I think she's uber clever.

4. Brittany at Not Your Everyday SuperGoddess because I love the way she writes. She's very funny, too, and smart.

5. Cathy at My Design Workbench because y'all know how much I love her designs (see contest post below this one...she's awesome).

6. Daisy the Curly Cat. I don't think cats like lemonade, but my cats and I love her. Sorry Daisy, next time maybe it will be the "ball of yarn" award.

7. Kristine at Teletwenties because being a 20-something telecommuter myself, I think it's a fab idea and very informative.

8. Stacy at Stacy's Random Thoughts. She's already received the award but it won't hurt her to get it one more time ;). I love reading her blog.

9. Karen at 4 Cats Make Me Crazy. Finally someone more cats than me. I wonder if she lives with a vacuum in her hand like I do?

10. Jen at The Geek's Girl. I love that blog name lol in my case, it would be that my hubby is the Geek's Guy though. This chick is funny; check her out.

My First Award...and My Nominations Go To...

Contest for Bloggers - Win a Blog Makeover! :) - COMMENTS NOW CLOSED

This is a contest for all you bloggers out there...it's a New Year and perhaps you want a new look...for your blog. I am giving away 1 blog makeover; the talented Cathy at My Design Workbench (same gal who did my blog) will be doing it. She's really wonderful and gets things just right. So head on over to her site and take a look around...have a design in mind just in case you win! :)

I'm curious...why did you start your blog? Was it to make extra cash? Did you just plan on keeping a diary of sorts? Just have a lot to say?

For me, I have always wanted to write in some capacity. While I hated the "forced" writing assignments in school, I loved journal days where we could write about whatever we wanted (junior high) and the "free" writing periods we were given in high school - about 15 minutes, again, of writing whatever we wanted while we listened to whatever song our fab English teacher had to play that day.

Ever since I was a child, I devoured books, articles, short stories, etc. The only thing I never really got into was poetry; I still don't much care for it but that's probably because I have no talent in writing it. I always felt like I had things to say, too. Everytime I sit down to put pen to paper, though (or fingers to keyboard in this case), my mind goes blank. All the amazing ideas I had that came to me in the middle of the night...that catchy phrase that came to me while I was out shopping...the clever plot I thought of in the shower...it just disappears. So, I thought that maybe writing on a more regular basis will keep the ideas flowing. Whether or not I'll ever write more than this blog; I don't know. But I do know that I'll at least get some enjoyment in getting my ideas out there; however big or small they might be.

Tell me your story in the comments for a chance to win a blog makeover from the talented Cathy at My Design Workbench.

**PLEASE NOTE**
Your blog must be a blogger blog (ie, cannot be wordpress, drupal, etc).

Here are the rules/Ways to Enter:
1. Post a comment in this post telling me why you decided to start your own blog. (gets one entry)
2. Post about this contest in your own blog. You can use the graphic below in your post, if you like. (gets one entry)

<a target="_blank" href="http://www.sonotdomestic.com/2009/01/contest-for-bloggers-win-blog-makeover.html"><img border="0" width="125" alt="So Not Domestic" src="http://www.vulomedia.com/images/74630snd_125contest.png" height="125" /></a>

3. Tweet this and tell me your twitter id in the comments (gets one entry)
4. Subscribe to my blog via feed or email (let me know you did in the comments)
5. Go over to Cathy's site and tell her how awesome she is lol (earns one entry)

All of the entries will be assigned a number and I will use a random number generator to select the winner. This contest will end on Sunday, January 11, 2009 at 11:55 pm EST. All comments will be closed after that time. Good luck!!

UPDATE: Comments are now closed as of 11:56 pm 1/11/2009 EST. Thanks for entering; winner will be announced soon!

UPDATE AGAIN: Marybeth at Babygoodbuys won the contest. Congrats, Marybeth! Details here.

Contest for Bloggers - Win a Blog Makeover! :) - COMMENTS NOW CLOSED