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Always watching
2008-05-20 00:00:00
I have been watching, no I?ll admit it, it?s much more like obsessing over the available real estate in our area. I was just telling my sister yesterday as we drove through our city that I can tell you which houses for sale are nice in side, which have been on the market for a long time and which have just recently sold. It?s turned in to quite the hobby for me. It all started about five or six years ago when my husband and I began talking about selling our first home and I had the idea to look on line. The internet is a great tool for a fast home sale. webuyhouses.com is a great and easy web site to use that helps you the seller hookup with an investor and get your house sold. Going to webuyhouses.com makes it possible for you to sell your own house which saves you the costs of a real estate agent and open house hassles, or just help you to sell your home fast for cash. It?s always amazing to me when I see a house sell in matter of days of hitting the market when another home on t...
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Memorial Day parade
2008-05-20 00:00:00
The sun was out some of the time but it rained and the wind blew pretty cold during our parade today. But we didn?t let it stop us from having a good time. Allison?s Brownie troop marched and sang and cheered on through our city. Allison & Papa He was one proud Papa to be walking in the parade with his granddaughter and I am sure his granddaughter felt the same way. As I left them at the line up, I heard her say ?this is my Papa? at least three times to her little Brownie friends.
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Even better
2008-05-20 00:00:00
A few years back Gerry and I took the girls to Florida to visit my parents and spend a day at a theme park. It was our fist trip down there as a family and boy did we learn a lot of do?s and don?t. Now that we are talking about going back this winter we are keeping those lessons in mind. Like first of all if you are going to use a car rental place, make sure you call the right company. Like Advantage rent a car, they offer loads of specials to help accommodate you and your family. Even better, they are the first major rental company to commit to going 100% green!

Begging for no rain
2008-05-20 00:00:00
My daughters Brownie troop is walking in a Memorial Day parade this afternoon. The troop leader asked the girls to invite a member of their family that has severed in the military to walk along side each girl so Allison invited her Papa who was in the Army. We also have a few armed forces men and a white hummer with our troop today. The girls are so excited! So far the weatherman still says rain and a high of 55 - 59 degrees. I am praying the rain will some how miss us. No I am begging God or Mother Nature, who ever can hear me for no rain this afternoon. After all the hard work that went in to this parade, it wont be much fun to walk in the cold and rain.
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Break time, Hair & The Office
2008-05-20 00:00:00
I am on a Diet Coke and chips & salsa break. Gerry and I had to give blood this morning to complete our wellness exam for our new insurance plan. After that I tossed in some laundry and cut the front grass. Now I am on break for some fuel and caffeine. I did try some thing new with my hair last night but I am not so sure I like it. We?ll see after I shower and play around with it later today. Hopefully this afternoon I?ll be feeling the love enough to post a photo. Now, I am off to be lazy for a little while and watch some of Thursday night TV off the DVR. OMG, did any one watch The Office this week? I had to rewind and watch the first five minutes a few times, I love it when Jim harasses Dewight. Funny, funny stuff!
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Sweet Friday
2008-05-16 00:00:00
After tossing and turning and stressing at night instead of sleeping this past week, I finally got some real sleep last night. Making Friday feel just a little bit sweeter. To top off my good mood, I have a hair appointment this evening after work. I am trying to decide if I should just trim it up or try something a little more fun. Right now I am leaning towards fun but the day is early. 
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Love Potion # 9
2008-05-15 00:00:00
On the bottom of the Lolita Martini Glass I bought my step mom for Mother?s Day; ?Love Potion #9? Martini Recipe: * 2 Parts Hpnotiq Vodka * 2 Parts Watermelon Liqueur * 2 Parts Raspberry Ginger Ale * Cherry Garnish Does that sound yummy !

Pet Insurance
2008-05-15 00:00:00
With Roxy having her own blog I have had a few people over the last couple of years email me and ask me if we carry pet insurance on her or our other pets and if so, who we are with and if having pet insurance saves us money. Well, to be honest we are new to the idea of pet insurance. It?s some thing we talked about a few times when we brought home our cat and then when we first brought Roxy home but not until recently when we had to charge a few high cost emergency vet bills to our credit cards have we put in the time to really research and learn about pet insurance. At first looking around online I couldn?t believe how many companies there are that offer pet insurance and for every kind of pet, dog, cat, horse, rabbit or even a more exotic pet. I was really surprised. After doing some searching I found Money.co.uk, an easy to use comparison site featuring pet insurance services for any type of pet owner. They offer the best pet insurance quotes right on their web site. They even...
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Wordless Wednesday #36
2008-05-15 00:00:00
Sarah Jessica Parker & Chris Noth?s sexy Vogue photo shoot! ~
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Our pretend Mother?s Day
2008-05-15 00:00:00
Because the weather was so crappy on Sunday we had our pretend it?s Mother ?s Day BBQ at our house last night. It was great having my mom and step dad over. Everyone seemed to have a good time. Getting all of us together is some thing we don?t do enough of. I hope to change that over the summer.

An easy choice
2008-05-14 00:00:00
Nothing starts my day off more wrong then when I sit down to eat my breakfast and check my blogroll and my site is down! When it happens too often or when I start to think I might be paying too much every month it?s time to start shopping around. This time I found a web site called web hosting chioce. If you are looking for a free research guide to help you choose the right web host for your personal or business site then Webhostingchoice.com is a web site for you.  Besides their awesome customer service, they have an easy to use chart right on their home page to help you compare the highest rated web hosts that are available. Each were rated on affordability, reliability, uptime and tech support. Because web hosting chioce knows what is important and is there to help. 
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Guess who’s mom
2008-05-13 18:08:00
Guess who’s mom was at Kinko’s until after 10:30 last night? Guess who’s mom will never ever help her daughter again with a seven page project the night before it’s due? Especially when such daughter had a week or more to work on the project and forgot ! Guess who’s mom will need lots of caffeine today to get her through her work day? But guess who’s mom BETTER come home to a clean house and she damn well better come home to some real sucking up and thank you kisses from her daughter!
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Still stuffy
2008-05-12 21:45:00
Gerry and I are still all stuffy and feeling crabby. I was feeling better Friday evening and most of the day Saturday and then I got all stuffy again and it moved in to my ears so I feel like I am under water all of the time. It’s really pissing me off. I did still have a nice weekend and a nice Mother’s Day. I spent the day Saturday with Rebecca who is now crawling and getting in to everything. We had a nice day and sat out side for most of it. After she went home and Allison went to a friends house for the night I was able to talk my husband into a nice quiet dinner out, just the two of us. It was so nice! I had steak and crab cakes, it was wonderful! Of course my Mother’s Day was also very nice. It was the opposite of quiet for the most part there was even living room pillow fights in the afternoon which I did not win. I never win, both my husband and daughter are too vicious. In the evening Gerry and Allison cooked me a delicious spaghetti dinner and then se...

Pretty awesome kids
2008-05-12 00:00:00
"Aunt Jenny? that is what my pretty little niece calls me. She has the sweetest little voice when she says it too. I ended up taking Rebecca and Allison over to my
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Weekend trips
2008-05-12 00:00:00
Gerry and I love to get away for the weekend. With both girls and my mother in law in the house we have a real need to get away for some peace and quiet and a real need for privacy. There has been a few times when things were getting just a little too crazy and stressful around here and we didn?t even take the time to plan ahead. What worked great for us was planning a last minute trip to Florida online. It was wonderful and so relaxing. The best three day weekend ever! It had to be my favorite vacation yet. I can tell you from experience that web sites like Dialaflight.com are awesome. Looking at Dialaflight.com I see all the information we will need to book our next getaway. Um, can some one say Boston? I can see us on this flight to Boston! No matter if we are searching flights to Florida, Boston or flights to Toronto, Dialaflight.com offers every detail from the flights, hotels and rental car information to many travel ideas including weekend breaks, beach holidays and eve...
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High on meds
2008-05-12 00:00:00
Gerry and I both have been sick with colds the past few days. Yesterday I was so sick I was back home in bed by 11:00am and slept until almost 2:00pm. I got up and soaked in a hot bath for a while. That seemed to really do me some good. I think I am finally feeling better today. Of course I am higher than a kite on cold meds right now but I really think I am better. I guess we?ll see when I come back down.
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Out with her dad
2008-05-08 00:00:00
Allison?s class just finished reading The Spider Chronicles with their teacher and this evening they all made plans to meet at the dollar show to see it on the big screen. Allison was so worried she wouldn?t be able to make it because it started at 5:15 and most days I am home from work just about that time but lucky for her her dad was home in time to take her. I hope they are having a good time. It?s been a while since she has been out some where with just her dad. It makes me smile at the thought of them standing in line for popcorn and Allison introducing him to all of her little girl friends.

Wordless Wednesday # 35
2008-05-07 00:00:00
My beautiful daughter Allison, she?s growing up so fast. ~
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Making it a good one
2008-05-07 00:00:00
I woke and decided to try and shake off the bad day I had yesterday. It?s a beautiful morning and a new day and I am determined to make it a good one.
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Booze before Brownies?
2008-05-07 00:00:00
This has been a real shit day ! It started with the alarm going off an hour late because we forgot to set it last night and it hasn?t gotten any better. To make this day last even longer I have to take Allison to a Brownie meeting this evening from 6:30 to 7:30 and I have no way of getting out of it. Not when my daughter is this weeks troop speaker and has plans to talk all about her trip to Europe. I guess it would make me a pretty bad mom if I made her miss that because I am having a bad day. How bad of a mom would I be if I showed up at Brownies smelling of booze? Would that be any better? Nah, I guess I can suck it up and race home and get my self together, splash some water on my face and throw some jeans on before her meeting. She only has one more meeting after tonight and then the troop is done for the year.
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Everything and everyone
2008-05-06 00:00:00
What is wrong with people today? Has everyone loss their mind ? Myself included.

Bethany?s first Mothers Day
2008-05-06 00:00:00
I really want to get my daughter Bethany some thing special for her first Mother?s Day. She is also just about to move in to her first house so I have been trying to come up with something that will not only be a nice gift but maybe some thing she can use. Over the weekend she gave me her very long wish list of things she needs and wants for the house. On it is a throw or blanket for the back of their couch. So, I am thinking instead of just any plain blanket or throw I should order her one of those really cute photo throws for Mother?s Day. We all know I have enough beautiful photos of Rebecca to chose from. In fact I think buying personalized photo throws as a gift is such a great idea that I am thinking of buying my mother one as well. Since I have been giving my husband hints that I would love a photo throw featuring both of my girls for at least three years now, I just might go ahead and order one for myself while I am at it.
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Feeling Sexy
2008-05-06 00:00:00
Check me out. I went and got all sexed up for my birthday! Thanks to my super sexy web designer and friend Mel at
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A full house tonight
2008-05-06 00:00:00
Bethany and the baby are here for the night and so is my nephew. Making our house pretty full. We picked up a stack of movies, some thing for everyone and then this evening we ordered pizza for dinner. It?s been a great time. I love these kinds of weekends. I even bought Jiffy popcorn to pop on the stove burner. Remember those, the ones you shake? I thought they would be fun for the kids. Well, I was wrong. Allison was too scared to hold hers and I had to pull my nephew back from placing his face right above his about a dozen times. It took about ten minutes and we finally heard a little sizzling and then they just burned. It was the worst smell. Oh well. I had good intentions.  Lets hope my plan for homemade pan cakes goes better in the morning.
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Not a headache any more
2008-05-06 00:00:00
Here in our office we just started to do a lot of heavy hauling between us here in Michigan and some areas in Canada and Mexico. For years we having been making heavy machine parts for mostly the automakers here in the US. Recently we have been doing some research into using a new freight company after using the same local company for over ten years. It would be nice to change over to a company that has more experience in out of the country trucking and heavy hauling. Not that the company we have been using doesn?t do a good job when we ship ?local? but when it comes to shipping to Mexico, it?s been one big headache. I think it is time to make a change. I think we need some one like LGI (Logistics Group International Mexico). A company that is established on both sides of the border.  LGI also provides ?door-to- door? service. This provides a worry free, single bill and that sounds great to me right now. It also includes customs brokerage fees. Sounds like a good change to me.
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The Hills of stupidity
2008-05-06 00:00:00
My daughter Bethany is really in to watching The Hills . After less then ten minutes of being in the room while she is watching it I have to say it has to be the most stupid show I have ever seen. 
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STP on Jimmy Kimmel
2008-05-02 00:00:00
Not much to blog about today so I thought I would share these couple of videos of Stone Temple Pilots performing on Jimmy Kimmel . ?Trippin On a Hole in a Paper Heart? ?Vasoline? The 90?s were a great time for me personally and this music really takes me back. Takes me back to my 20?s. Right back to the many fun nights I shared with
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More birthday gifts
2008-05-02 00:00:00
I can not get over what a fantastic birthday I have had this year. I have never felt so lucky or so loved. Now as a gift from my husband I am doing some shopping online to help spruce up our living room. First on my list is new Window Blinds. We have a large picture window that faces the front of the house and I have always wanted to add vertical blinds to it, like these. They look so nice and can really add a great look to our living room. They will be the finishing touch after we paint. I am so excited !
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Thursday Thirteen # 22
2008-05-01 00:00:00
Thirteen Things about Jenn 13 awesome movies from the 70?s 01.Young Frankenstein 02. American Graffiti 03. The Rose 04. Saturday Night Fever 05. Taxi Driver 06. Halloween 07. Godfather Part II 08. Animal House 09. Carrie 10. Jaws 11.Grease 12. Up in Smoke 13. Dirty Harry It?s so hard to pick only 13. Get the Thursday Thirteen code here! The purpose of the meme is to get to know everyone who participates a little bit better every Thursday.  Visiting fellow Thirteeners is encouraged!  If you participate, leave the link to your Thirteen in others comments.  It?s easy, and fun! Trackbacks, pings, comment links accepted! View More Thursday Thirteen Participants
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Stay safe
2008-05-01 00:00:00
Do you or members of your family have I.D. protection? It?s some thing that a lot of people need and yet don?t think of, until it?s too late. It?s also a crime that is happening everyday to thousands and can cost you, the victim hundreds of dollars and years of your time to straighten out. Identity theft can happen anywhere to anyone. This has happened to my dad so I know what I am talking about. Even though he was a grown man, thieves tend to target kids and students often because their personal and financial activities often aren?t closely monitored. This makes them a much easier target. But now there is help. Real help by a company named lifelock. They even ensure their service with our $1 Million Service Guarantee! Just knowing that lifelock is there and is on your side if this should ever happen to you or your family is a good piece of mind. Knowing that they are there to fight on your side with no mercy for the thieves and always with great integrity and knowing that they alwa...
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