Archive | November, 2008

Happy Holidays!

Posted on 30. Nov, 2008 by melissa in Celebrations, Featured Articles, Jonah, Mi Familia Loca, Zachary

We’ve had a busy month, which explains why I’m so behind at getting pictures uploaded and displayed. I’ve even lost more credits at dotphoto since I keep forgetting to go and order my pictures. I’d better head over there and do that before midnight! I just uploaded a gazillion pics to Flickr and am in Read it!

Out of the mouths of babes

Posted on 29. Nov, 2008 by melissa in Featured Articles, Mi Familia Loca, Zachary

Kids say the funniest things. Want to know what tree mates, content lobsters, and tentacles have in common? Read on!
During our window shopping on Black Friday, the boys were so good. We spent about 2 hours at IKEA. At the end of the “experience,” while looking at a picture of a tree alone in a Read it!

Happy Thanksgiving

Posted on 27. Nov, 2008 by melissa in Celebrations, Featured Articles

Today is Thanksgiving, and I have much to be thankful for. I have a wonderful family, great friends, a nice home, food for my table, clothes for my kids, and so much more I can’t begin to cover it here. We had such a nice day today (except my mom wasn’t here ) Read it!

So many things to do

Posted on 27. Nov, 2008 by melissa in Other Stuff

Today is a day of many posts. Sorry to inundate you all, but I’ve gotten behind in some things and I’m trying to catch up. One of those things is calling our insurance company. My rate keeps fluctuating every month because of some changes I made in our coverage to lower our rates. I don’t Read it!

Change is good

Posted on 27. Nov, 2008 by melissa in Featured Articles, Web-Betty Blogs

Well, it had to be done again. I didn’t have time to make the last blog theme my own by changing the layout. As a result I’ve seen many blogs in the past few weeks that look just like mine. I love this theme, but I’m not willing to “share” so to speak. Besides, as Read it!

Don’t put that in your mouth!

Posted on 25. Nov, 2008 by melissa in All Me

For some of you, those words will sound familiar, since it’s the title of my weight loss blog. (My pervy friends are all disappointed now!) For those of you who don’t know, I’ve been taking medication to help with weight loss since May. Things went really well—I lost 35 pounds without even trying! Things are Read it!

Because I’m a W-O-M-A-N

Posted on 20. Nov, 2008 by melissa in All Me

I find myself being very self-deprecating lately, when something in our household goes wrong. I can often be caught saying “Oh well. Guess I’m not getting that ‘Mother of the Year’ award.” or “Sorry honey. There goes my nomination for ‘Best Wife’.” Seriously. Why do I do that? It’s not like I’m sitting around all day eating bon-bons and watching Oprah!

Bloggers Unite for Refugees

Posted on 10. Nov, 2008 by melissa in All Me

According to the 1951 Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees, a refugee is a person who Owing to a well-founded fear of being persecuted for reasons of race, religion, nationality, membership of a particular social group, or political opinion, is outside the country of their nationality, and is unable to or, owing to such fear, is unwilling to avail him/herself of the protection of that country.