Thank god THAT'S over!

Oh dear what a whirlwind 5 days THAT was. We have officially driven to Columbus, packed up our entire condo, storage unit, and ALL the wedding gifts we STILL haven't used from my mother in law's house, loaded up the UHaul, drove back to KC, unloaded everything into storage and managed to stay married. Whew. Glad that's behind me. I may just live in my parents house forever...cause the thought of loading all the stuff back up and moving into a home makes me nauseous. Screw the smallish starter home....wherever we finally end up is where we are staying FOR-EV-ER. Haha. Can you tell how much I L.O.V.E to move?!?

Here's a short list of things NOT to do on your next move.

Do NOT trust U-Haul's website recommendation on what size truck you need. A 14 ft truck will NOT hold an entire one bedroom condo and small storage space and wedding gifts as promised. Instead splurge for the 26 ft semi truck. Even though it claims to hold enough for a 4 bedroom home, it will be just enough. Apparently I squeeze a lot more stuff into my home than the average joe.

Do NOT get a 14 ft truck and then decide half way thru filling it there will not be enough space. If you do this, you will need to spend hours....in the rain.....trying to get the 26 ft semi mentioned above so you can then undo all the hard work already done to transfer first truck into second truck.

Do NOT get a storage space at the final resting place that is also too small. Take the hint that the small truck didn't work...neither will the small storage space.

Do NOT speed in a 26 ft UHaul. Cops will not take pity on you for driving such a monstrosity down I-70. They have no problem pulling you over for going 72 in a 65.

Do NOT pull over behind your husband when you see him get pulled over in a 26 ft UHaul....by the police. You will get the stink eye from the officer who will immediately call his buddies to come barrelling across the highway to instruct you to kindly move.

Do NOT forget how long 26 feet is when filling at a gas station. If you cut the corner too close you will be buying a nice man a new bumper and back tail light for his now scarred car.

And there you have it. My list of things NOT to do on your next move. Hopefully I saved you all a ton of time and heartache!

A day (or 6) late but I finally have a winner!

Sorry for being so tardy with announcing my first official giveaway winner!

As you can see above, the last few days have been a bit hectic.

I put all 78 entries into a random generator and pulled lucky #22, Christina from These are a few of Christina's Favorite Things.

Ironically...now she's the winner of one of MY favorite things!

Here's which one she picked! Enivious? I know I am! I don't even have one yet! Congrats Christina and thanks to all my fabulous followers who entered too!!

Some many things....so little time!

Hellooo! This weekend proved to be quite the adventure and it's not even over yet for me! One more day of moving and unloading....joy. I will be back with all the scoop, in the meantime to satisfy for your cravings my usual wit and humor I will direct you over to Tracy's blog, Then I got to Thinking. She's off on her wonderful honeymoon and I got to do my first official guest post! Check it out!

Oops!

So please forgive me....i forgot to post the winner yesterday! It was kind of a whirlwind day where we decided to leave for Columbus last night instead of early this morning. So needless to say I totally forgot about my giveaway! Oops! After what promises to be a crazy busy weekend consisting of packing, moving, hauling and basically no fun....i promise to be back on Monday with a winner. Happy weekend lovelies!!

ps. I'm posting from my phone....this is a first for me!! Internet on a cell phone....thats crazy talk!

Call screening

Let's be honest. We all do it. Every time that phone lights up, you automatically check to see who it is...and depending on your mood, perhaps hit ignore and send them straight to voice mail. I've done it. I'm guilty. Maybe I'm right in the middle of my fave show and even with the invention of pausing live TV, Gossip Girl might just be more important. Horrible right?? Well at least I will admit to my selfish ways.

Enter problem.

We get no cell reception in our current home. None. Zilch. Zippo. We basically live in the black hole of cell phones. Luckily we have a land line. Did you know those still exist?? Well here at Casa EyeCanSee it's a must. We got the basic, cheap as you can get phone line that shares time with the fax machine. We did not get Caller ID. Now when the phone rings, it's like a 1980's guessing game.

Sometimes I wonder how we all lived before some of these technological advances. I grew up in a time before the Internet, cell phones, caller ID, DVR...the list goes on and on. I appeared to have lived a very fulfilling life before all these came about, I've seen pictures, I was always smiling. So why is it now I can't seem to function without them. I curse you technology for spoiling us all rotten!

Doggy Day Care

I think it's fair to say, that with the invention of Doggy Day Care, Americans have reach an all time low of pet spoiling. I am guilty. When Kasey was a pup he had a bit of an attachment problem which led to chronic barking and mass destruction when left alone. For about a year, two days a week, I took him to daycare. He loved it. He came home exhausted and slept for the next day. I was happy. Life goes on. I was in my early 20s and had nothing better to spend my money one. However, once I bought my first place and the burden of a mortgage and new car payment came into play...daycare was the first thing to go. By this point Kasey was older anyway and was more than happy to spend the day sleeping away in his comfy crate. I still took him for boarding when I was out of town, but the day visits stopped. Where we went was a simple place. Nothing over the top, but it was clean and the people were super nice to the dogs. When we moved, I was heart broken to be leaving such reliable care behind.

Fast forward to last week.

We're going back to Columbus to officially move out of our condo and poor Kasey needs somewhere to go. My parents suggest we look in to Camp Bow Wow, the creme de la creme of dog care. So I call to set up the reservation and discover we need an interview. Seriously?? You have to size up my dog, make sure he's worthy? Well ok. So last Wednesday we show up to make sure Kasey doesn't bite anyone's head off. Boy oh boy is this place De-luxe! I think I wanna stay there! Probably be way more fun than packing boxes and driving a U-Haul truck for 10 hours. They have indoor and outdoor play areas. Nap time. Snack time. Camper cams so you can watch your dog from home. When I picked him up I was greeted with a happy dog and a full report card including a picture of his first day. I was such a proud mama that Kasey had passed with flying colors and got 5 out 5 "tail-wags" for the day. What has this world come to. At least you won't catch me pushing my pups around in a doggy stroller....I draw the line a premo day care. Ha!

Why. Just Why.

Every morning I let the dog out.

Every morning I am fully dressed for work.

Every morning I do this, I never see a soul.

Not one person.

So why today do I let the dog out.

In one of my infamous mumus....with no bra.

Crazy morning hair.

Unbrushed teeth.

Do I see not one, not two, but three people!?! One of which decides to try and talk to me about the beagle she had growing up and how much she loves them.

Yeah lady thanks, but my breath is kickin and this mumu is borderline inappropriate right now. My dog just wants to do his business and I want to run for the hills...so be gone now.

Kthxbai.