Still packing today. We’re supposed to close tomorrow on the house. Say a prayer and cross your fingers that it all works out, you know how these things can go. I hate packing, I hate boxes, and I just want to throw all this stuff away. Read more

Don’t you know that God gets a giggle every time he looks at this little fellow? I think we was just made up out of spare parts He had lying around. He’s a little smaller than I thought, about the size of a man’s hand, and the egg’s are thumbnail size. I don’t know why I always pictured him as being the size of a badger.Oh, and we googled him just to hear what kind of noise he makes. It... Read more

Silence is goldenduct tape is silver Read more

Empty hands are the devil’s playthings, or something… These people have to be homeschoolers. No one else could be so weird and so “smrt” at the same time. It’s only four minutes long. What else were you planning to do today? Read more

The more of our possessions go into boxes, the more I realize we can do without things. More than half of all we own is packed away and we still are doing quite well. That has me thinking. We my husband’s family came across the country in a covered wagon, all their household goods fit into a single wooden chest which now sits in his grandmother’s garage. The rest of the wagon was filled with farm tools and foodstuffs. How... Read more

Alright, we all know that I’m not going to do this everyday, but “Quote of Whenever the Heck I Feel Like It” just isn’t as catchy. If I were two-faced, would I be wearing this one?– Abraham Lincoln Read more

Everyday some loyal reader from Sao Paolo, Brazil (man, I hope I spelled that right) stops by to check on me. I just want to say “Thanks!” I would think you’d be at the beach instead of reading the marvelous, mad mental meanderings of an Oklahoma housewife, but that just makes me even more thrilled to see you here. I also see people from Ireland, Sweden, France and England on a regular basis. I’m honored that you keep coming back... Read more

Everything with our house purchase has gone so smoothly (please knock wood for me)that I just have to crow about the good people who are helping us meander our way through this maze of legal forms, paperwork and inspections. If you live in the Oklahoma City area, or are moving here, you should call them for help. Elizabeth Boland-our excellent realtor who gives us her “platinum service” and shows up for everything, calls me to check on my mental health... Read more

We made an offer on our second choice today. To be perfectly honest, it was the Computer Guy’s favorite, but we all know who got to make this decision. Don’t we? They countered and we accepted their counter offer. Bing bang boom, and we are buying a house. We close in two weeks. Two weeks!!! We must be crazy. That’s crazy fast, right? But I hate long drawn out good-byes, and I hate moving by myself. I’m funny that way.... Read more

Buying a house is the most confusing thing ever. (I promise to never write about it again once we’re done, but until then this is pretty much going to be it. Sorry.) We made an offer on the stinky house. They said, “It doesn’t smell that bad. Nothing for carpet or cleaning, and please pay more money.” We said, “We can’t take it the way it smells, so it must not be the house for us. Thank you for looking... Read more