BAH. I've been saving up to get Brian a Wii for his birthday. Having enough stockpiled almost 2 weeks before his birthday I went to order it today, and THEY'RE OUT OF STOCK EVERYWHERE. Amazon has had them in for weeks, I've been looking since Christmas to see if I could find a good bundle deal, so I know I wasn't imagining anything. I saw one ( Read more... )

It’s been such a spectacularly bad morning that I’m not sure I even want to drive anywhere, because if this string of luck continues the car will either explode beneath me, or I’ll learn first hand that cerulean blue is not a warm breeze. (That means I’d get hit by a truck, if you don’t speak X-Files.) Here’s a list of why ( Read more... )

Nice job, Microsoft. There's no racism involved there at ALL, right?

Barfy's too tall for his bucket car seat. ALREADY. He's 4 months old, and he's too tall for the thing. I wasn't too happy about unplanned carseat purchasing, but he fits so much better that I got over my sticker shock pretty quickly. Also, I discovered yesterday that Chick fil A is a toddler mother's best friend. Ours is a stand alone store ( Read more... )

I don’t think there are any men on my f-list, but I’m putting this under a cut in case I forgot about someone. Or in case any of my female friends don’t feel like reading while ( I legitimately whine about breasts )

Some of you have already heard this story, but I've since done research ( Read more... )

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Okay, so I know the person on the other end of a customer service line doesn't know that I'm not an idiot. They have no way of verifying it. I understand that. Still, I hate being treated that way automatically ( Read more... )

Yes, yes, you measure your snow in feet. But we get FREEZING RAIN. Brian and I just skittered to the street to check things out, and there is a solid inch of perfectly smooth ice on the street. I can walk on the snow and not sink in, it's THAT thick. I know this because I chipped a hole in the snow and measured the ice ( Read more... )

We bought our house in June of this year with the help of Ameridream. As of October 1, 2008, they are no longer allowed to supply people with downpayment assitance. If we had signed our lease for another six months we would have been too late, and probably had to wait another 5 or 6 years before were able to afford to save enough of a downpayment ( Read more... )