Living Large In Our Little House

That was appro­pri­ate for the funny say­ing on my dog cal­en­dar on Monday. You see, some­time in the early morn­ing hours of Monday, I heard a Thump!

And then I felt one.

After a cou­ple of swear words from me that are not suit­able for this forum and an “Are you alright?” from my hus­band, I heard him laughing.

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Indian Meal Moth

The other night I saw a moth in the house and about freaked out. You see, it was about this time last year that we found we had an infes­ta­tion of Indian Meal Moths. The one the other night was the larger moths found out­side (he was promptly relo­cated back out), which was a huge relief.

My mother always kept a sparkling clean house and we never had a prob­lem with bugs. That explains why I didn't know what a cock­roach looked like when I took my first full time job, which hap­pened to be in apart­ment man­age­ment.
I won't say my house is clean all of the time, but dur­ing our 23-year mar­riage, we have man­aged to keep our house clean enough to keep pests away.
There's almost noth­ing I hate more than a bug in my kitchen.

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I'm cut­tin' up, but I don't think credit card com­pa­nies are funny

It’s a bold new credit world out there and I’m learn­ing very quickly that I don’t like it. Last week, I can­celled our Sears store card because they had raised our inter­est rate to over 25 percent.

I’ve had this card for nearly 3 decades, and I have to admit, cut­ting it up felt a lit­tle like los­ing an old friend, albeit an old friend with whom I shared a dys­func­tional relationship.

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I had to draw another win­ner for "The Complete Idiot's Guide to Vision Boards," as the first per­son I drew did not return to col­lect her book. Remember read­ers, when enter­ing a draw­ing,  you must return to col­lect your win­nings!
Moontreeranch, you are the new win­ner! Please email me by Thursday, 3/4 with your address so we can send your book to you! fivecoat@​ozarkmountains.​com