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In northern Michigan we do have snakes and spiders but they are tiny, non venemous, and few and far between. We do have one venemous snake here and that is the Missisauga rattler which is so rare that a natural biologist I know spent years and years actively looking for one and never could.

DH is a huge sports fan.....of all the sports. Seriously, sometimes I think it's all he watches. But I digress. I am not a sports fan. With the exception of the Olympics and perhaps checking the score of the Michigan/Ohio State football game I do not watch sports at all. DH did have the...

Yup. Everyone comments on how expensive Disney World is. Every time we go almost anywhere else it is really quite comparable in price when it is all said and done. Five years ago DH had a business trip to Nashville and I tagged along. I went to 3 museums that day and spent $75 on admission...

I can't believe it is a whole month shorter than last year. I wonder why that was.

We live in a resort area and are also desperate for affordable housing. One local township apparently passed an ordinance banning new builds less than 2000 sq ft. That's not helpful.

Last fall DH's best friend got married to a lovely Latina and they had a super casual gathering for friends and family to celebrate. Her family, I think they were all born and raised in the US but they had extended family still in Mexico, made traditional Mexican food for lunch and holy wah...

About 30 years ago now we went on an extended family trip to Disney World. I think there were about 15 of us. We had done a few group trips before but this one sticks out in my memory. At Typhoon Lagoon someone talked my aunt into going down Humungakowabunga. I don't know how they did it but...

We were on a Mediterranean cruise a few years back and made friends with a lovely Scottish couple. At one point the man was talking about how they vacationed in Wales once and it was lovely but how long it took to get there from their home in the Borderlands. I was curious and asked how far it...

We live just beyond the border of our school district so they could ride the bus but I would have to get them up earlier and still load them in the car to drive them to a bus stop that is actually in the opposite direction of their school which just seemed.....stupid. So I drive them...

I'm about 25,000 a year. My summer job is about 30 miles away from my house so if I'm driving directly from my door to work it isn't too bad. If I'm driving kids all over the county to various child care situations, school, and activities and such it adds up really quick. My winter job is...

I love my job overall. The upper mangement, owners, and atmosphere are all fantastic. My immediate supervisor is......a little difficult. She has a tendency to play favorites with the staff and her communication skills are absolutely terrible. For example, there are two of us who are, or...

Things that annoy me at my house: 1. When DH gets home from work he decompresses by scrolling on his phone for a half hour and then goes downstairs to exercise for an hour. DD13 hides in her room messing around on her phone. Meanwhile, I'm in the kitchen making everybody dinner, doing...

At the Crab Shack on Tybee Island they have small gators you can feed. They sell little bags of food for a couple dollars and you can feed them with cane poles. I did not try it out.

We split a week long trip between Savannah and St Augustine last fall and it was wonderful. Savannah is much larger than St Augustine. I would say, on the whole, St Augustine is more touristy but still lovely. Both historic downtown areas are super walkable with great restaurants all over...

We are going to remodel both bathrooms this fall. It is desperately needed and we're looking forward to the end result but we are not looking forward to the process. It's a full gut in one bathroom and new floor and shower in the master bath. The demo on the current master shower will be a...

I guess I should have clarified. I do not go to WDW to wait in line for coffee either. The only place I have Starbucks is at home when DH sneaks a bag in. Or in our DVC villa when he does the grocery run and sneaks a bag of Starbucks in rather than the Gevalia I prefer or even just plain old...

Starbuck's coffee tastes burnt. DH says I'm nuts but I will go to the mat on that one. He sometimes gets a bag of Starbucks coffee and will make a pot on a lazy Sunday morning or something like that and when he hands me a cup I can tell with the first sip. Don't know why he thinks I'm nuts if...

Tilapia with lemon butter sauce, farro pilaf, and roasted asparagus.

Right!?!?! "Oh I couldn't stand not knowing. How do you plan?" Plan what? The baby does not care what color it's bedroom walls are or what it wears the first few months. Just get some gender neutral outfits and onesies, paint the walls yellow or green or white, and pick out 2 names and...

I didn't find out with either of my kids before they were born. It just didn't matter at all. We chose a girls name and a boys name, packed 2 going home outfits, and waited to see which one we needed. It was interesting how upset some people got over that. Some were borderline angry we...