tag:typepad.com,2003:weblog-11448 2009-07-10T11:05:28-04:00 Better Living Through Sarcasm... TypePad tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341caa7653ef011571ed1fc4970b 2009-07-10T11:05:28-04:00 2009-07-10T11:05:28-04:00

Oh hey. I'm just sitting around on Vieques having my mind blown over and over and over. I'm lifting my head out of my Midwestern Mouth Gaping (Lizards? Bats!?) to announce the winner of the Sandisk Slot Radio contest. The...<br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/> <br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/> <a href="http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=d00db8ee7a3fcd6dacb89877f6a03cd6&p=1"><img alt="" style="border: 0;" border="0" src="http://ads.pheedo.com/img.phdo?s=d00db8ee7a3fcd6dacb89877f6a03cd6&p=1"/></a>

Melissa Summers tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341caa7653ef011570b059be970c 2009-07-07T10:00:00-04:00 2009-07-07T10:00:00-04:00

Remember last month when you told me all about your dads? It's time for my second Sandisk Slot Radio Giveaway. The slotRadio™ player is a small, stylish, portable music device that comes bundled with a slotRadio™ card preloaded with 1,000...<br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/> <br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/> <a href="http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=3c53cea58552093cf8c358aeb41afed3&p=1"><img alt="" style="border: 0;" border="0" src="http://ads.pheedo.com/img.phdo?s=3c53cea58552093cf8c358aeb41afed3&p=1"/></a>

Melissa Summers tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341caa7653ef011571a44c41970b 2009-07-02T14:07:13-04:00 2009-07-02T14:07:13-04:00

Please see Volume 1 and Volume 2. 1 Take an annual picture of each of the kids with some sort of prop or cool setting, starting this year. (I need to think on this more.) 2 Go horseback riding (This...<br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/> <br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/> <a href="http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=e53c9b45849a5fd7412c1b44cc4f6171&p=1"><img alt="" style="border: 0;" border="0" src="http://ads.pheedo.com/img.phdo?s=e53c9b45849a5fd7412c1b44cc4f6171&p=1"/></a>

Melissa Summers tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341caa7653ef0115709a0cb1970c 2009-07-01T08:00:00-04:00 2009-07-01T08:00:00-04:00

On Saturday Logan and I went with our friends Joe and Cari on a Taste-full Tour to explore Ann Arbor. We explored several spots in Ann Arbor, this picture was taken at Everyday Wines in Kerrytown. ("For days ending in...<br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/> <br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/> <a href="http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=7c28461daa813f834de130dbd8ea2ad5&p=1"><img alt="" style="border: 0;" border="0" src="http://ads.pheedo.com/img.phdo?s=7c28461daa813f834de130dbd8ea2ad5&p=1"/></a>

Melissa Summers tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341caa7653ef0115718970f0970b 2009-06-29T17:48:34-04:00 2009-06-29T17:48:34-04:00

Growing up my sister and I had this friend, Julie Naylon, who was very entrepreneurial. She didn't just have a Lemonade Stand, she ran a Lemonade Corporation. She didn't just babysit, she offered "Babysitting Club" involving several kids, crafts, games...<br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/> <br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/> <a href="http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=be04027f083b42cc19a1a37ded4ff034&p=1"><img alt="" style="border: 0;" border="0" src="http://ads.pheedo.com/img.phdo?s=be04027f083b42cc19a1a37ded4ff034&p=1"/></a>

Melissa Summers tag:typepad.com,2003:post-68483607 2009-06-25T10:30:10-04:00 2009-06-25T10:30:10-04:00

Since we last visited the topic, I have collected $1569 of the $2030 our ex-landlord owes us. It has not been a terribly traumatic process for those of you arriving here after googling, "Ex Landlord is holding my stolen money...<br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/> <br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/> <a href="http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=ff832393ba5842cb923e2a6e85820722&p=1"><img alt="" style="border: 0;" border="0" src="http://ads.pheedo.com/img.phdo?s=ff832393ba5842cb923e2a6e85820722&p=1"/></a>

Melissa Summers tag:typepad.com,2003:post-68380939 2009-06-24T00:00:00-04:00 2009-06-22T21:38:14-04:00

Okay so most of us are in agreement, entertaining kids for 12 weeks straight is kind of a drag and some of us really love all those weeks and want more and then others of us would like you to...<br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/> <br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/> <a href="http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=0b7809678b11a30ce40dbf80eeb956f4&p=1"><img alt="" style="border: 0;" border="0" src="http://ads.pheedo.com/img.phdo?s=0b7809678b11a30ce40dbf80eeb956f4&p=1"/></a>

Melissa Summers tag:typepad.com,2003:post-68386805 2009-06-23T09:00:00-04:00 2009-06-23T09:00:00-04:00

As part of a media buy on Suburban Bliss, The American Cancer Society asked me to write about one of the ways cancer has affected my life. Unfortunately cancer has come into my life in many ways, but this one...<br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/> <br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/> <a href="http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=f06b837a4d061c3c0c16062de3dd2aa2&p=1"><img alt="" style="border: 0;" border="0" src="http://ads.pheedo.com/img.phdo?s=f06b837a4d061c3c0c16062de3dd2aa2&p=1"/></a>

Melissa Summers tag:typepad.com,2003:post-68186689 2009-06-16T22:01:02-04:00 2009-06-16T22:01:02-04:00

Okay first of all.....Sweet Lord. Are we still under the impression that I'm going to stop being annoyed by the 24/7 job of taking care of the kids? If that's a make or break thing for you reading this website,...<br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/> <br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/> <a href="http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=0e7e02237af2dfd9e42c1850a3c49f6b&p=1"><img alt="" style="border: 0;" border="0" src="http://ads.pheedo.com/img.phdo?s=0e7e02237af2dfd9e42c1850a3c49f6b&p=1"/></a>

Melissa Summers tag:typepad.com,2003:post-68147575 2009-06-15T23:09:37-04:00 2009-06-15T23:09:37-04:00

Today was my last day of freedom before summer vacation. I think those of us who have glimpsed the horror that is me during summer vacation understand why this is momentous. Yes, I'm planning some things to do with the...<br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/> <br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/> <a href="http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=6c8a999134f652866aa5780b950d463f&p=1"><img alt="" style="border: 0;" border="0" src="http://ads.pheedo.com/img.phdo?s=6c8a999134f652866aa5780b950d463f&p=1"/></a>

Melissa Summers tag:typepad.com,2003:post-68020295 2009-06-12T08:56:04-04:00 2009-06-12T08:56:04-04:00

I loved reading your dad stories. I sat outside laughing, in the car laughing, in my living room laughing. So many excellent Dad Gags™. Only occasionally would I read one and start to cry a little and not at the...<br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/> <br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/> <a href="http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=15e39de3e1517e25da3ee02606365b27&p=1"><img alt="" style="border: 0;" border="0" src="http://ads.pheedo.com/img.phdo?s=15e39de3e1517e25da3ee02606365b27&p=1"/></a>

Melissa Summers tag:typepad.com,2003:post-67950247 2009-06-11T09:00:00-04:00 2009-06-11T09:00:00-04:00

This is a repeat, because you may have noticed, I haven't been cooking very much for my family. I don't know why exactly other than I've been feeling uninspired. Possibly because I keep thinking we could eat for 6 months...<br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/> <br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/> <a href="http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=e4f0064c2652c9c33e3be492c266a6af&p=1"><img alt="" style="border: 0;" border="0" src="http://ads.pheedo.com/img.phdo?s=e4f0064c2652c9c33e3be492c266a6af&p=1"/></a>

Melissa Summers