Shelly Mazzanoble / Writer

The other day Bart and I were at a store in our neighborhood looking at picture frames for the Star Wars prints he bought for the baby’s room. (I was under the impression we were going with a classic Pooh theme but as it turns out, Pooh and Darth Vadar actually look pretty good together.) [...]

I walked into my office/Sadie’s bedroom this morning and saw something weird on the floor. It was light yellow-ish in color. Oh no! Did I leave my computer on? Did Sadie have another accident? Did a UFO land in our backyard?* And then I realized it was the sun. So weird. It’s gone now but [...]

So we haven’t moved in yet (next Friday!) but we’ve I’ve already done quite a bit of shopping for the new house. Bart is very excited for two things: 1. He gets to see his stuff that’s been in storage for almost 2 years. 2. He gets a mancave. The mancave is important to me too. [...]

Jeez. Is this thing on? What a jerk, right? Oh I have things to update you on. I have stories. But rather than try to write it all down in one long post, how about just the (mostly) inane highlights of the last two months? Saw about 4,927 crapstastic houses for sale and about 12 [...]

Here’s a fact: There are no 2 bathroom homes in Seattle for under a million dollars. For real. That’s a fact. And just to clarify, when I say “bathroom” I don’t even mean a “full bathroom.” A stand up shower would be divine. A powder room would be lovely. A little built-in hut for the [...]

I admit, every now and again I might not make the best choices when watching TV. My DVR is riddled with things like Say Yes to the Dress, The Real Housewives, Operation Repo (thanks, Dad!) and my recent discovery, Big, Rich Texas (thanks, Mom!) Every now and again I might find myself channel surfing and [...]

You’ve probably seen the website Text From Dog. It’s pretty freakin hilarious. If you haven’t seen it, go ahead and click that link and catch up. Go on. I’ll wait. Today a friend (ironically Zelda’s ex-daddy. Remind me to tell you that story another time) said he thought I should “teach Zelda to text” and start [...]

Today I was watching Revenge on Hulu while in the gym. Do you watch that show? Such drama! But I digress. A commercial came on for CiCi’s Pizza– a pizza franchise I’m not familiar with– but I was immediately drawn to their advertising. Why? Because it involved personified pigs. If there’s one thing you should [...]

Monkey’s are just plain funny. I can’t help but see them in those Career Builder commercials and just laugh my face off. I know their not supposed to make me want to work with monkeys because they’re acting like such pains in the ass but I don’t care. Monkeys are funny. Especially monkeys in business [...]

It is the eve of my birthday. A big, fat milestone birthday and one I’m not afraid to brag about. I’m about to turn 40! Yep. The big 4-0. Sporty 40. The new 20. I’m soooooo excited for my birthday it makes me excited for your birthday! That’s how much I love birthdays. I get [...]