the kind of waiter they all should be

So, I have to tell this story:
This evening my brother and I went to eat at one of the local spots – it has a burger madness on Sundays, so you can eat a good dinner really cheap. They also have the best veggie burgers ever! And yeah, I know that sounds like an oxymoron.
Anyway, [...]

Valentine’s Flowers

I’ve been wanting to put this on for a week now . Andrew got me flowers for Valentine’s Day. It was a really sweet brother move – thanks Risa!! No really, thank you, Andrew.
I didn’t even have a vase to put them in, so even though I didn’t show it in the picture, they are [...]

shelter makeover

Last night on my local news I saw how two high schoolers were trying to get the word out about this shelter makeover competition. Our local shelter REALLY needs a makover. It’s pretty pitiful.
I know it’s annoying, but if anyone who reads this can register with the website and put the Central Missouri Humane Society [...]

In the Garden

I’ve had gardens on the brain lately because I’m hoping to get one of the community garden plots this summer. I’ll turn my paperwork in next week and see if any are available.
I found this great website to help me plan everything out. It’s called www.growveg.com and it’s got this really neat program that helps [...]

clean… and refreshing!

I’m on an email newsletter from Method with is a environmentally-friendly company that supplies mostly cleaning products, but there are a few other things as well. There are a few things of theirs I really love like the dryer sheets and the hand soap. I’m very concerned about what gets put down our drains because [...]

laboring over highlander… hehehe :)

What a good labor day weekend. Mom, Dad, Andrew and Risa were in WI cooling off at the lake and I stayed in Wentzville to watch the dog and meet with friends.
Peg came out to the house and stayed with me Friday thru Monday and we had a great time. Saturday we met Sonia and [...]