i’m stealing this post concept from a blog LK referred me to. it’s a good concept.

1. i learned that you should wear LONG, THICK pants and SAFETY EYEWEAR when weed whacking the lawn. stones hurt when they are hurled at your shins and thighs and face at high rates of speed. also, have many extra string cartridges on hand because you can go through 2 cartridges easy when you are string trimming pavement.

2. i learned that when there is no dogpoop in the backyard when you mow it, she is exclusively going in your laundry room.

3. i learned that you can’t fix a DVD player by “slapping it, NES style”. Good thing Best Buy sells cheap DVD players, and they take travelers checks, bonus!

4.  i learned that if you have a large number of people (8) you will wait for about an hour  for breakfast at stellas, then another 1/2 hour for your food to be ready. better grab a snack before you go.

5. i learned that you should keep tabs on things you buy online at drugstore.com. cause sometimes even though UPS tracking system says they were delivered, you still don’t have them. i also learned that they will resend you your order 1 time free of charge to a different address… lets hope it makes it to my work address.

6. i learned that patty will eat all but the last knot of a mini rawhide bone, everytime… wtf patty. there are starving dogs in mexico, i’ve seen them with my own eyes!

7. i learned you can get cute, cheap dress up clothes at thrift stores for your nieces to play with. if EBH has a boy, the dress up clothes are more limited…. he might need to wear some princess dresses. ;)

8. i learned that the rotting odor coming from my non perishable food cupboard was “perishable” onions. apparently if you place a bag of yellow cooking onions in your cupboard in a basket in february, they are liquefied and full of maggots by the end of august.. word to the wise.

9. i learned that you should scope out the attendence at a sketch comedy show in a shopping mall before you commit to the $10 ticket, otherwise you might end up with your own private show. literally.