We're going on vacation at the end of March. Andrew and I are heading to Houston to visit my family and childhood friends. I'm excited about the trip! Can't wait to see mom and dad--my nieces and nephew and all my cousins. It has been a LONG time since we were in Houston, at least two years

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Shawn, Andrew and I were hanging out at an indoor park this weekend called Adventure Peak. Being in Minnesota you GOTTA get those kids out of the house, especially in the winter time--they need to run around--be free--burn off that energy! But that's difficult to do when there's snow on the ground and Jack Frost is nippin' at your butt! So Shawn, being a good momma (cause I'm really good for nothing) a couple of months ago did some research and

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he'll be a single man by the time the next season starts. Foolin' with him and his friends not only did I miss the last Superbowl game (which was the BOMB) but I also didn't get to watch the championship playoff game between the Minnesota Vikings and The New Orleans Saints! I enjoy football too much to be entertaining company during big games. I like to see the action, hear the commentary and feel like I'm down on the field playing defense when the score is on the line--I pretend to kick fiel

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Have you been inside a Starbucks lately? I don't usually go in, I get it and go. The one I frequent has a drive through so I don't even get out of the car. I place my order like it's a Big Mac, roll around, pay for my cup of overpriced coffee with the shot of caramel and keep rolling to my destination.
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I went to the bank to make a deposit before Andrew's school came a'callin' for their tuition! I walked into the Wells Fargo on University Avenue in St. Paul and I thought I was at the Metrodome for a Major League Baseball Game. I thought perhaps my home made cigarettes had me hallucinating again. I mean, I had a check in my hand with a deposit slip--I had the right address of the bank--I mean I'd been there before begging for forgiveness for NSF charges--so I know I was PHYSICALLY in the right p… Continue

This is the best birthday gift my husband could have EVER given me. A cake from my favorite bakery Sweet Sylvia's!