Archive for January, 2009

Management 101 + Nickelback

Posted in January 29th, 2009

My last Manager/Big Boss/Dude-In-Charge shared this with me and when cleaning/moving my home office downstairs to its new location, I found it in a folder. From time to time, I will share one of these little nuggets of wisdom from this folder . . . . in between my recipe segments . . . usually [...]

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Birthday For My Baby

Posted in January 28th, 2009

by Donna in Bloggin', Rememberin'

Some things in life you never forget. . . your first bicycle, your first boyfriend, your first car, your first apartment, your first baby, your second baby. . . you get my drift. Well, twenty-three years ago today, my second baby was born, and for sure, it would be a day like none other not [...]

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Monday Madness + Chicken Burritos

Posted in January 26th, 2009

by Donna in Cookin'

This was a Monday ALL DAY LONG! Things at work are INSANELY busy all of a sudden. I accomplished so much today that I even impressed myself. . . and I’m a tough judge. I’m not complaining, so don’t get me wrong. I’m grateful for the work. . . especially since [...]

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Fresh Start – Friday Funnies

Posted in January 23rd, 2009

by Donna in Bloggin', Laughin'

One more thing I’ve decided to start doing as part of my Fresh Start series is to designate Fridays to Friday Funnies. Friday Funnies may also be switched with Friday (F)Photos. . . . or any other F’ing thing I might think up.
Today’s Friday Funnies series premier is really cute. It came in [...]

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Fresh Start – Day Four

Posted in January 22nd, 2009

by Donna in Bloggin', Redecoratin'

SleepDeprivedMomma sure got my motor running with her suggestion on how to organize my disasterous cabinet. She said, “Put things you only use once in a while down there and rearrange cabinets that aren’t at back-breaking-stooped-over level so you can access your day-to-days.” Such a simple, basic concept, yet it eluded me for [...]

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Fresh Start – Day Three

Posted in January 21st, 2009

by Donna in Bloggin', Redecoratin'

My oldest boy moved out last July leaving me with a spare bedroom and in a quandry about what to do with it. The first time he moved out, I moved the pool table from the living room into the bedroom. He painted the room RED, put CDs all over the ceiling (for [...]

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Fresh Start – Day Two

Posted in January 20th, 2009

by Donna in Bloggin'

This is really Day One for America’s “Fresh Start” with our newly elected president. There’s Hope in the air for our country’s fresh start. A clean slate – if you can call it that. President Obama has really got his work cut out for him. But I have this amazing calm [...]

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Fresh Start – Day One

Posted in January 19th, 2009

by Donna in Bloggin', Redecoratin'

This week, I feel compelled to write about Fresh Starts. This month started a whole New Year and with that comes new goals, ideas, and even a new President. The last few weeks in MY house has been jaw-dropping with “fresh starts” and I thought I’d share. . . cuz I’m quite proud actually.
With [...]

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You Are What You Eat

Posted in January 16th, 2009

by Donna in Laughin'

What you eat – here’s the final word on nutrition and health.
Really, it is a relief to know the truth after all those conflicting nutritional studies!
1. The Japanese eat very little fat and suffer fewer heart attacks than Americans.
2 The Mexicans eat a lot of fat and suffer fewer heart [...]

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Lewis Black + Milk + Water

Posted in January 14th, 2009

by Donna in Laughin'

First off, I spoke too soon about my computer at home. It was running so great last night, but somewhere in the night, something happened. NOW it’s looking like my hard drive’s bad. I’ll have to deal with it when I get home. Until then, I thought I’d share something funny [...]

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