a few tips

If you go out to eat at a sit down restaurant, for the love of everything sacred, don't sit and eat and drink with your friends and let your kids sit in the next booth and do whatever they want. It's really annoying.

And while we're on the subject - if you go to this same type of restaurant and plan to sit and hang out for awhile - the polite thing to do is tip your server as though you are eating. You're taking up space that someone else would eat and tip from.

My list of pet peeves has grown since working at a restaurant. :-)

for anna

I'm officially calling off the blog break. Not that I feel I have a whole heck of a lot to write about, but my friend Anna today reminded me that blog posts aren't meant to change the world, and even the best of bloggers often spend hours writing the "perfect" blog post. Perfect I'm not, but we'll see how it goes from here :-)

taking a break

okay friends - I'm taking a break from blogging for awhile. Not that it will be much different than it is now, but still. Enjoy the blogs from my friends off to the right side!

people DO exist!

My aunt just sent me this website...you can FINALLY get ahold of a human, rather than automated machines. Major kudos to whoever created this site!

http://www.gethuman.com

gotta love Coach Nutt

favorite line from The Blind Side:

"There are lions, bears, and tigers, but there is only ONE Razorback!"

dang straight there is!!! woooooo pig soooooooie!!!

I want a Hippopotamus for Christmas

Okay, so the video itself isn't the point here....you HAVE to listen to this song. It's absolutely hilarious, sung by an 11 year old Gayla Peevey in 1953. It might be my new favorite Christmas song - listen and enjoy!

giraffe manor

I was reading with my 4th grade girls today about giraffes. In the article, a place called Giraffe Manor was mentioned. We were curious, and decided to google it. It's an ultra-cool place that I'd really like to visit someday. Check it out ::