Before and After

Dear Neighbors,

Please notice the sign in our yard. Your concerns have been heard and yesterday we spent several hours landscaping the sign that welcomes folks to our neighborhood. We realize we may not have done exactly what you asked us to do and we certainly did it on our own time frame, but the good news is that the sign is done.

We pulled up the two dead evergreens and several dead/dying boxwoods. We also planted 4 mums of varying colors which should bloom within the next month. We also mulched (notice we did not lay the white rock as previously had been requested).

Next year we’ll get rid of the pine tree. Pinky promise.

(P.S. I erased the name of our subdivision to keep some privacy up in here).

Before:

After:

September 2nd, 2007 Posted by Jessica | Life | 2 comments

W.W.O.D.

I’ve purchased my bracelets and I’m ready to embark on this journey. I’ve seen many people go through a transformation after discovering the power of O.

Nearly every day, something I do is influenced by O.

Jennie, the mothership and mothership-in-love, Stew— they all use the O to their benefit.

So I, too, shall begin asking myself “W.W.O.D?”

What Would Oprah Do?

Not a day goes by when I ask a question and someone answers with “Well, Oprah says…”

Seriously, you’d think Oprah was omnipotent; apparently, she knows something about everything!

Me: “Oh, my stomach hurts.”

Jennie: “Is your Poo S-shaped?”

Me: “Excuse me?”

Jennie: “Is your Poo S-shaped? Oprah says your poo should be s-shaped.”

When we first got Coop, everyone had advice for us, but mostly people referred us to Oprah. Apparently Oprah has on this dog expert that knows it all.

Well, we watched Cesar and using some of his training, we have successfully taught Coop not to bite.

I think about the careers that Oprah has shaped. She introduced the world to Dr. Phil, Rachel Ray, Cesar Millan, and Dr. Oz.

She opened an amazing school in South Africa.

I could learn a thing or two from this lady.

I’m going to start Tivo’ing Oprah every day. The biggest challenge will be finding the time to watch the shows. I barely watch TV as it is, but hopefully I’ll be able to set aside time to keep up.

Her season premiere is September 10th, so I’ve got a few weeks to rev up for the big event.

I’m psyched about the O!

September 2nd, 2007 Posted by Jessica | Life | 3 comments