http://www.bratshannon.com In her unexpected chaos Wed, 07 Jan 2009 21:52:37 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Is Ann Coulter on crack or is she just an idiot?  Firstly, you all can blame me and every other single mother out there for all of the problem's in today's society. The prison population, teen pregnancy, rapists and murders?  All my fault. Now the current state of our government?  Well, ... http://www.bratshannon.com/2009/01/07/hey-ann-kiss-my-ass/ Ok so Target screwed up with the pricing of Britax Marathon car seats. They mis-priced something on their website. God forbid, a human being goofed. Either it was supposed to be save $42 and $59 or it was supposed to be priced at $242 and $259. Either way, I am sure ... http://www.bratshannon.com/2008/11/18/its-really-been-way-too-long/ We survived "winter blast" (as it was dubbed),  but we didn't fare too well. Friday, the 40-80 mph winds started and we lost power around 8AM.  I left the house around 7:15 to take Alex to daycare and feed/let out a friend's dogs.  By the time I got home at 8, ... http://www.bratshannon.com/2008/01/06/whew/ Things have been unbelivably crazy busy!  I am truly hoping that now the holidays are over and I can get back to being on a normal schedule!  Christmas was really nice.  Alex and I both got a lot of great presents.  Alex loves his kitchen, I got a new coat ... http://www.bratshannon.com/2008/01/02/grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrowwwwwwwwwwwl/ I need to get a new ISP. I am not thrilled with the one I have but the house I live in is so old (think 1950's) that I am not sure if fiber cable has been laid in the area to support the provider I want to switch ... http://www.bratshannon.com/2007/12/23/on-the-to-do-list/ Wow. Its been awhile. We got hit with Rotavirus the week before last and since then it has been a game of playing catch up and clean up. After 4 days of toddler puking, a day of me puking... well, the house was thrashed. He ... http://www.bratshannon.com/2007/12/23/holy-no-update-batman/ You know its bad when your child goes through 4 pairs of pajamas in one night puking You know its bad when you pray for just 1 hour of nothing to clean up You know its bad when you are excited about getting to go to work on a Monday morning. We got ... http://www.bratshannon.com/2007/12/17/you-know-its-bad-when/ I put my resume on Monster a long long time ago. I reactivated it when redeployments were happening with my company. Lately, I have been getting so much spam mail with everything from owning my own real estate franchise to running a vending machine route. I was ... http://www.bratshannon.com/2007/12/12/spam-mail/ I talked to a dear friend today. She and her husband are in the process of selling their Wilmington NC real estate. He got pretty sick last year as being self employed, the medical bills are killing them. Say a prayer or 2 for them. They ... http://www.bratshannon.com/2007/12/12/prayer-request/ My poor baby was throwing up all last night, this morning and into early afternoon. He couldn't even keep water down. I feel for the little guy. He would get so scared when he threw up. You would think by now he would be getting used to it. ... http://www.bratshannon.com/2007/12/12/sick-again/ One of the downsides to being the only female in our lab is that frequently I am asked where things are. Not major things but it gets sort of old pretty fast. When you are constantly asked where a certain piece of equipment is or where the ... http://www.bratshannon.com/2007/12/11/lab-rant/ One of the guys at work is an intern and well, being a full time student most of the time and taking a semester off to work has left him pretty poor. We were talking and I guess his apartment is typical college guy type thing. You know ... http://www.bratshannon.com/2007/12/11/silly-boys/ Wine has a huge part of history. It was turned into water by Jesus, it was a a source of commerce (and later, politics) in many of the European countries. Its at old as time and revered by many. I had the opportunity to partake in a wine tasting ... http://www.bratshannon.com/2007/12/11/wine-tasting/ It was a good weekend overall.  Alex's out of town godmother came to visit and we had a nice time.  I am worn out and so is he but it was fun.  He is definitely a flirt! http://www.bratshannon.com/2007/12/09/a-good-weekend/ Since Alex is getting so big, I have been all over the web looking at furniture stores for the perfect toddler bed. I want something inexpensive but nice but not too fancy and not too girly (obviously). I finally found one that fit all my criteria. I ... http://www.bratshannon.com/2007/12/04/toddler-beds/