Entries Tagged as ‘dump truck’

March 19, 2008

if your life sucks, then hey, just sell it!!

that’s what this guy named ian usher who lives down under in australia is planning to do in a few months. he was so heartbroken over his failed marriage that he has decided to toss everything he owns-his car, his motorbike, furniture, jet ski and various other tidbits-online for an auction. a life 4 sale [...]

March 17, 2008

deadly nectarine…

last week i bought all kinds of fruit: canteloupe, grapes, grapefruit, apples, oranges, nectarines… just all kinds of stuff to keep me snacking at work in a healthy way ’cause remember i’m on my way to fly-i-vity!! and not only that, i also like to send dutch fresh fruit to daycare instead of always packing [...]

February 21, 2008

on being wifey in 1955…

housekeeping monthly ran an interesting article on the role of a wife in their may 13, 1955 issue. check it out:

The good wife’s guide

Have dinner ready. Plan ahead, even the night before, to have a delicious meal ready, on time for his return. This is a way of letting him know that you have [...]

February 13, 2008

toy rental? i don’t think so…

anyone with children knows all about toy clutter. what looks shiny and cute in the store soon becomes a big, cluttered mess in your home after a couple months. not to mention that children tend to have short attention spans and get over playing with certain toys pretty quickly so not only is there a [...]

February 7, 2008

need a typist?

’cause i can type 64 words a minute!!! woohoo!!
first of all, let me just say that i totally sucked in typing class in high school. i was one of those two finger peckers and it’d take me forever just to type a page. i got a little better in college since all of my papers [...]

January 26, 2008

bye-bye, karibu…

after 15 years, karibu books is closing its doors. if you live in the washington, dc area, then surely you’ve heard the news. and if you’re black or a lover of black writing, then it probably struck a little something in you. maybe it was sadness or maybe it was anger. but i’m sure you [...]

January 25, 2008

so what’s beyond the veil?

michelle mckinney, who just so happens to be a very good friend of mine, recently kicked off a newsletter titled, beyond the veil. is that a cool name or what? see, so many women get stuck on the wedding planning, but they tend to forget about the marriage. like, uhhhhhhhhh, hello!!! it’s about the [...]

January 10, 2008

the pink skirted boy…

sometimes i read things on the internet or in magazines and i just have to let out a big, loud…HUH??!! i mean, some things are just beyond my understanding. for instance, i recently received the current issue of cookie magazine in ye ol’ mailbox and after flipping through the pages i came across an article [...]

January 8, 2008

too much tv? huh? is there such a thing?

i was just checking out the babble boards and one subject discussed there today is “no t.v. before age two? are you serious?” reading some of the comments are just a hoot! there are some folks on the boards that don’t let their small children watch television at all. at all! i find that so [...]

January 4, 2008

cubicle convo…

co-worker 1: i’m going out to lunch. i need to stop and get gas first though. i’m like, on zero.
me thinking: wow, your car says “zero” when you have no gas? that’s interesting. must be a new car thing. i wouldn’t know. my car is a ‘98 and it just says “e.”
co-worker 1: i’m running [...]