Man v. Beast

This battle could also be called husband v. dog.  Or Lewis v. Emmitt.
 Emmitt is our little black pug. He’s the sweetest dog ever. Mostly because he follows *me* around wherever I go.  If I’m sitting at the kitchen table (like right now) he is under the table at my feet.  If I am at the [...]

Tonight, things are different around here…

My wonderful husband started a new job today. And for now, it looks like his hours are going to be NORMAL – closer to mine…Monday-Friday, home for dinner.  In the past, when he would “get out early” it meant that the kids might see him before they go to bed at 8:30.  I still had [...]

MySpace – my latest addiction

So, not too long ago, I asked about MySpace.  I’m thinking I’m too old for this nonsense, but I need to know if anyone in the over-30 set participates.  One of my friends said, “Just create a page – I’ve connected with some old friends from high school through it. I check in once a [...]

The funniest story I’ve heard in a long time

A friend of mine (I’m going to call her Esmerelda because I don’t have a friend named Esmerelda) has her mother visiting for a couple of weeks. Yesterday, while aforementioned friend was at work, Mom decided to tidy up the house. This sounds fabulous, right? You’d think. My friend knew that her mother would [...]

DH is off for two weeks…

My wonderful husband is currently in between jobs.  This is not a euphamistic way to say he’s unemployed, he really is in between two jobs – he starts the new job on the 27th .  He was going to take one week of vacation, but since it is Thanksgiving and all, he decided to take [...]

Roadkill

I usually get sad when I see Roadkill.  It is a little reminder that we have completely taken over the land where animals used to roam freely.  It really is THEIR space, and we came in, built homes and roads and made them hide in trees.  All they want to do is go jump in [...]

Now what do we do with all of this candy?

Now that I’ve eaten all of the inside-out Reese’s peanut butter cups…
(Yum, by the way!)
Seriously, I can’t let my kids eat all of that candy.  They’ll climb up the walls of the house with that much sugar coursing through their little veins.  They just can’t handle the rush that comes with the sugar high without [...]

Halloween with Moats’ Style

We had an awesome costume party to attend on Saturday night. After going back and forth with ideas, darling husband and I decided to go as Harry Potter and Hermione Granger.  Now, he can look a lot more like Harry than I can Hermione, but I’ll go along with it. 
He really just wanted to speak [...]