It's gettin' hot in here

(AP Photo/Ben Margot)

This picture says it all!

The World's Ugliest dog, Elwood, looks the way I feel. I'm not sure it can get much more humid today in Joliet. I'm not complaining, though...

Yahoo! Gone mad with ads....

Alright... I think I've had enough now!

It was OK when Yahoo! added ads to my home page. It was annoying at first, but they only took up one little corner of the page, so I got used to it. I was willing to give them a corner...

BUT NOW they've gone and taken up half of my email page with ads too. They have a big box in the middle and about 3 or 4 boxes down the side. I can barely see my folders anymore! That's a bit much people.

I know that I could switch email accounts, but I really generally like the set up that I have. So I guess that I'm just venting... I did write them an email, though, and complained... probably won't do much good. They probably just read those emails and laugh...

Does anyone else get tired of ads?

I'm feeling a bit bombarded!

No offense, mom....

Yesterday I was sitting at my kitchen table eating lunch with my son who's sitting directly across from me. He says, "No offense, mom..." and starts pointing to my eye. I thought he was trying to tell me that I had food on my eye, so I start wiping. Again he says, "No offense, mom... but you have ahhh... crow's feet." And, then, without skipping a beat..."You know they have cream for that, right?" Gotta love them! Good thing they're so stinking cute...

Summer Vacation Has Started

I love summer. Summer is my favorite time of the year (as I've said over and over again ad nauseum). I love warm weather, flowers, sun, swimming and just the whole undisciplined manor of the season.

I love having my boys home too. No homework, lots of playing and swimming, late nights and bon fires. Lots of fun doing pretty much nothing really. But that's the beauty of summer, isn't it? Lots of time to take it easy.

I think all of us need a little bit of down time and I think summer provides that. Even if you work all summer, at least the days are longer. There just seems to be more time to live our lives and slow down a little bit. To stop and smell the roses, if you will.

What does summer mean to you?