The Gift of Giving

I believe there are no coincides in life, but that everything is divinely, beautifully orchestrated by a loving God. Sometimes God brings people into our lives not so we can be blessed, but so that we can be a blessing to others .That is what I believed happen to me recently.Read more »

Damask Candle Set

Black White, Damask & Sparkle!Mother's Day Gift Idea # 4    Timeless black, white and damask add a touch of class and sophistication to our budget savvy candle set!This gift idea is sure to please even the hardest to shop for!This is what you need for this project. Read more »

Amazing footage of the Tuscaloosa F4 Tornado

This is a gorgeous wedge tornado, an absolute monster.



And the aftermath...

Mothers Day Jewelry

Mothers Day Jewelryhere are some of the cheap mothers day jewelry which can be gifted to your mother.

Australia Mothers Day

Australia Mothers Dayevery year the second Sunday of the month May is Mother's Day in Australia.here are the dates of Australia Mothers Day:1. Year 2011 - Sunday, May 8, 20112. Year 2012 - Sunday, May 13, 2012

Mothers Day Date

Mothers Day DateThe mothers day date in the United States:1. 2009 - Sunday, May 10th2. 2010 - Sunday, May 9th3. 2011 - Sunday, May 8th4. 2012 - Sunday, May 13th5. 2013 - Sunday, May 12thremember its different in other countries.

Mothers Day 2011

Mothers Day 2011I am celebrating my mothers day 2011 with my whole family.we live in UK and traveling to US for mothers day.till now we are keeping it secret to our mother.

Mothers Day Brunch

Mothers Day Brunchwhat are your cooking for the mother's day brunch?is there any plan of yours?tell us and share us over here.

Mothers Day Baskets

Mothers Day BasketsThe perfect mothers day baskets required for the special gifts and flowers.i find them very attractive.don't they?

Edible Arrangements

Edible ArrangementsMy favorite edible arrangements containing Fruit Baskets, Gourmet Gift Baskets, Fruit bouquets and many more.

This amuses me to no end

 Unbelievably crushed?... 

THE CHOCOLATE IN MY MOUTH... sucka! 

This does, however, explain my sizeable ass.

 Apparently Baby Jesus is the first person you should tell when you have dreams about Killrclown. I mean who doesnt know that?

 Those damn recipe stealing coworkers!!!! 

My vote is cake. Just sayin. 

 Snowing in your ass DOES sound kinda painful, but so does eating shit for lunch. Painfully disgusting actually

 I don't wanna know what 'muttering fucking' is... sounds painful too

 Cause we've all vomited in our slow cookers. More than once.

 Anyone that can perform anything at 445 am 

deserves an annoyed WTF?!

A Boy's Easter Garden Party {Part 2}

A Boy's Easter Garden Party Part 2We love the thought of a boy playing out in the garden and finding a fallen birds nest on the ground, only to rescuse it and carefully set it inside his baseball glove! Read more »

Free Printable Fathers Day Party Invitations

Click on the free printable Fathers Day invitation template to see it full size. Download it by right-clicking (PC) or control-clicking (Mac). I'm rather partial to this Father's Day party invitation template, because it was so much fun to make. It's kind of funky/shabby chic, yet it has some nice colors that I think are appealing. I love the montage of leaves, string, buttons and tags that

A Boy's Easter Garden Party {Part 1}

A Boy's Easter GardenWe are so excited to present to you this years Easter party!Our theme this year was "A Boy's Easter Garden" and our vision was what a boy would have, find and play with in his garden at Easter time. Since there are so many pictures, we will break this into two posts.We hope you enjoy the party pictures!Read more »

Izabel Goulart

For the Kids Friday #9

So.... I'm trying to pack for our first trip to China.  We are leaving in the middle of the night to drive for 12 hours to Gramma and Papa's house so the kids can spend time with them while we are exploring our soon-to-be home.  Instead of getting ready for this trip, we've spent this last week getting our house ready to put up for sale.  Needless to say, this week has been insanely busy!Because

Lessons. Sort of. I still fuck up. Regularly.

When I first started this blog I didn’t always consider the ramifications of what I was writing. I mean, it’s just the internet y’all, I’m safe. The big bad world isn’t going to hold ME responsible.

It took quite a few times for it to really sink in that, yes, people read this Carmen, and yes, they’re going to hold you accountable for what you write. Clearly it takes me awhile to see the writing on the wall, errr blog. Whatever.

One such occasion came to mind the other day randomly, so I thought I would share it with you since I now find it absolutely hilarious what an idiot I was. I actually lost a job over it people. I.Am.A.Dumbass.

(Mind you, it wasn’t a very good job and in hindsight was a good thing.)

I got the job through one of those placement agencies. I was in between work since the company I had previously worked for downsized exponentially. I was desperate, so I took the first thing that was offered, even though it meant an hour long commute in the morning and an even longer commute home. I must mention that I am a maniac in traffic. I do not handle it well at all, and should probably have a big yellow sticker on my driver’s license and rear (possibly front as well) window letting everyone on the road know this. My drives home consisted of the following:

Me: (on my cell phone) My dear god someone please save me

V: (best friend) You are going to be ok…

Me: No! No!!!! This is insane! Asshole just cut me off. I am going to kill this asshole

V: Carmen, don’t do anything rash

Me: Fucking asshole just gave me the finger, I am going to rear end him!!!!

V: Carm…

Me: Aaaaaahhhhhhhh

My dear friend V looked forward to these daily phone calls I am sure.

Regardless of my absolutely terrifying commutes (for me or the other drivers on the road, that is still to be argued) I took the job and began my decent into absolute boredom. A front desk person/admin bitch really isn’t brain surgery, so despite my total enthusiasm at the beginning, I was pretty much left with about 2 hours of work to fill up an 8 hour day. This is where my blog came in.

I am one of those chatty office types that like to make the most of her time at work since we spend more time trying to support our family then we do actually with our family. Why make it even worse for ourselves by spending 8 hours to ourselves? I tend to make friends easily, and lose them just as easily I might add, so call me silly but talking about my blog at work didn’t seem like such a bad idea at the time.

(This is foreshadowing, as if you didn’t already know. I just like to insert bracket comments in my blog posts. Deal.)

One such person that was aware of my blog was the Office Controller. A bit of a hag-lady who thought she was your friend even though she talked to you like you were piece of shit most of the time and had her nose placed squarely on the Presidents ass. We had our ups and downs (mostly downs) but for the most part I found her demeanor kind of funny. It added some much needed entertainment throughout the day when I would get emails from her complaining about how much perfume one of our co-workers was wearing, or how loud she talked on the phone, or just plain bitching about anything. Now that I think about it though, I wonder if that other coworker was getting those same emails about me.

Regardless, she knew about my blog, and I completely forgot about it.

One day I decided to write about her. I aptly named it “Office Bitch” and proceeded to rip her to shreds. In my defense though, I did say I liked her.

But I am sure she didn’t really see that part.

That post remained up on my blog for quite a long time before it was brought to my attention that it was known. And it was brought to my attention by the President himself as he sat me down in his office to ‘let me go’. Not going to lie, I cried and blubbered like a big baby. And when I left that office, all eyes were trained on me doing the walk-of-shame to my desk to pack up my things. A few said good byes but most hid out in their cubicles to spare me more embarrassment.

And Office Bitch? She was front and center to give me a hug and wish me well. 

I could lie and say this was my final lesson... but I bet a twenty I will do it again. 

Vintage Tray & Sweets Cups

Something pretty for Mom!Mother's Day Gift Idea # 3If you read our previous post, you will recall our Dollar Store Happy Birthday Treat Tray project! Here is our second tray, perfect for your Mother's Day sweets! If you are hosting a little Mother's Day gathering for mom, serve her some sweet treats and then gift her the tray afterwards!Read more »

Sophie Ellis Bextor