Shhhh. It’s Cheryl again. Hijacking Rhea’s blog. (Find birthday #38 and #39) I had such good intentions this year! I wanted to make Rhea’s 40th the first time that we’d meet “in real life”. Funny, I’ve felt as though I’ve known her for years- and I have! Isn’t she cute? She doesn’t look a day over 39! I worked my butt off to try to surprise Rhea for her birthday. But alas, the stars were not aligned this year. Maybe I’ll finally find one of those sugar daddies and surprise her then. Rhea up and left me for the real work world over a year ago and although I’ve gotten used to being all lonely and stuff during the day, something tells me I should take the leap and find my own big girl job. Then maybe I’d be able to afford the trip myself! Hey Rhea, since you have a big girl job now, maybe YOU should come see me!...

Trisha over at momdot is hosting a little bloggy hop and this week she asked, “what five things can you not live without on a daily basis?”  I figured since I am home with a sick kid, I might as well keep busy and play along…besides, you are probably tired of hearing only about my sugar detox! Caffeine.  It doesn’t matter if it is tea or coffee, hot or cold.  I NEED it.  First thing in the morning I fix myself something otherwise I have a raging headache by lunch.  I really need to kick this habit, but I’m not ready.  So there. My Computer.  Duh.  I have my own computer, no sharing for me, thank goodness!  I check in with all my favorite places each morning while I eat breakfast and then again when I get home.  I live in my computer.  It’s where my friends live, it’s where I go to school and it’s how I keep track of everything. The...

I can’t even believe I’m posting a picture of my messy pantry!  It started out somewhat organized.  I had can goods on one shelf, cereal somewhere else, baking supplies on top.  It was orderly and I could find things easily.  Food storage was a breeze and dinner time a snap when everything was in its place. Now days?  Not so much. I dig and dig and move things up and down and back around all trying to find something that likely ends up right in front of my face.  Or, I dig and dig looking for one specific thing only to find freeze dried food from 2008.  I was happy to find some pasta tonight for dinner only to see it expired last Christmas. *sigh* What’s a girl to do? As much as I want to be and as hard as I try, I’m just not all that organized.  I have dreams of organized pantries all fancy and neat.  With baskets and containers and labels, oh my! Source:...