celery

When panting from heat... there is nothing quite like a crunchy stick of celery kept chilled in a bowl of icy cold water in the fridge. Absolutely addicting!

Wet Shoes

When you leave your shoes out in the rain a hair dryer works really well to dry them.

men and food

I think there is a reason that the word for man in Spanish - "Hombre" is so close sounding to the word for hungry - "Hambre".

Christa! I miss you!

You tell me...

So... is it a good thing, or a bad thing... if people tell you that you are not like any other American girl they have ever met. Or that you are definately not an average American girl? hmmm....

You gotta go up to get down

peanut butter

Just a heads up.... Peanut butter in the eye is both sticky... and painful to remove... try to avoid at all costs.

toilet trained?

ummm... any ideas on motivation for to get a 2 1/2 year old boy to poo in the toilet instead of his pants? I would really appreciate it...