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Do you ever find yourself wondering if anyone actually wins those prizes from McDonald’s Monopoly and contests like that? Well, I always love to play the Monopoly game. I don’t know if it’s because I like the little game pieces, or if I just think it’s fun to collect stuff, but I always wondered if anyone really ever won anything. I wish that I could say I was a $1,000,000 winner, but if I was, I would probably be shopping right now instead of writing a blog. No, not the millions this time, but I did win a $50 Shell…

I know that money can’t buy happiness. I know that there are more important things in life than material wealth. But here’s the thing. I already have found my happiness with G, and he will be there, money or no money. I don’t have to have material things to be happy, but is it so wrong to wish for some of those things that might make life more enjoyable or just a little bit easier? We saw a commercial the other day on TV for the Biltmore House. If you have never been there or never heard of it… it’s…

Believe it or not, I have actually stuck with a blog long enough to have made it to my 200th post!! I realize this blog isn’t about anything in particular, but I have loved writing it every morning. It’s always good to have some kind of outlet where you don’t have to be afraid of what others will think, and you feel free to express yourself and your thoughts. For me, it has always been journals, but after I hit my mid-twenties, I found it harder to actually finish a journal that I had started. When I was younger, I…

I have been talking about steam cleaning the carpets in our house for months now. We have two dogs, which in itself, makes carpets dirty. In addition, the carpets haven’t really been cleaned that thoroughly for many years. Sure, we vacuum and we spot clean, but we wanted to try steam cleaning. We went to the Harris Teeter around the corner and rented a Rug Doctor. They cost about $25 for 24 hours. Then, there were all these bottles of cleaner. Wanting our carpets to be super clean, we bought just about everything there was to buy, loaded up the…

Why is it so hard to get back into your routine after an interruption? I was really getting into a groove before I went home to Georgia. Jazzercise every Monday, Wednesday, Friday. Reaching my writing goals. Keeping the house clean and organized. Then I went home and my routine that was so hard to get into was practically destroyed overnight. Since I got home, I haven’t been to Jazzercise once. I have felt super tired and have been lacking the energy I had before I went. What the hell happened to me? Why is it so hard to just pick…

Ahhhh!! Last night was so scary for me! G and I went to bed around 1:30 and it was raining with a thunderstorm alert, but I usually can sleep right through that sort of thing. At 3:30 AM I was still awake, holding onto G for dear life. It sounded like the storm was right outside our window, crashing into our back yard. I had the blinds closed, but the sudden flashes of lightning were still visible through the cracks. It was a rough night. This morning, G doesn’t seem to remember me snuggling up to him at all. I…