Jessica

I LOVE Old City!!! Well, I live in Burlington Township, NJ. My neighborhood is not as interesting as the actual downtown area - home to NJ's Oldest Pharmacy, sheltered such historical figures as Ben Franklin and is home to "Witch Trees" where those who were accused of engaging in the craft were hung. There's also Burlington Island which is NJ's first recorded murder location. There's also a Friend's Meetinghouse as well as a schoolhouse which I'm dying to visit. There's just a lot of historical Quaker history. Anyway, as far as my actual neighborhood, I live right next to the Delaware River. My house backs up to the woods, but The next block over backs up against the Delaware River. There are a lot of boating houses in the area. There's an Odd Fellows Cemetary a couple of blocks away. I live fairly close to a highway that is a porn lovers paradise! There's so many dirty video stores and strip clubs. Haha. I live like 3 minutes off of the highway and it's total suburbia... but with a quick drive you can be amongst all the naughtiness.

LOL. That is a freaking awesome way to get married. Congrats!!

There's so many of them that I don't think it's that big of a deal (for customers anyway) to be able to find another one. They just opened another new one near me. Crazy!

Yeah, the shower curtain thing was terrible. I think the yellow plastic gloves just put it way over the ugly line... he totally should not have added those.

I don't get it either. Brian is always trying to get me to dress up... and believe me, I love lingerie... but I go through all the trouble of dressing up, he takes a nanosecond look and tries to rip it off. Then it turns into me saying "I paid $80 for this! DON'T RIP IT!!!!!"

Laura, everything looks so beautiful! Your wedding was amazing! Love EVERYTHING. Rayden looks adorable!

any specific sellers that you like?

Stacey! That sounds cool. It's like one of those money chains, haha. I LIVE in flip flops, however being on the east coast, I have about one more month where stores actually carry them so I'd be out of luck unless I order online.

LOL. Yeah, they do replay it a lot and my damn DVR records it every single time! The guy who said he was an established designer on the verge of a big breakout... Jerry, was voted off. Project Runway: Bios - Season 5 - Official Bravo TV Site

Anyway watch?! I just finished watching the first episode (thank god for DVR!). I didn't think they could have an artsy-er looking bunch than last season, but they have managed to! No favorites yet, it's too early, but Kelly seems pretty cool and I liked her vacuum bag dress.

Is she really?! That's funny. That seems like a match (for now) though.

More than a month after a Canadian TV station revealed that a third season was coming, VH1 has officially announced the renewal of Bret Michaels’ Rock of Love, thanks to his break-up with Ambre Lake. The new show is called Rock of Love Bus with Bret Michaels and will debut next year; it will be filmed on a bus as women “[vie] for Bret’s affection while traveling across America following Bret on a month-long tour. The contestants will face new challenges to see if they can handle the rock star life on the road,†according to a VH1 press release. The network says Bret and Ambre “really tried to make it work and although they still remain close friends, between his tour line-up and her work schedule there’s no time for a relationship.†Ambre said in a statement, “Bret has been very upfront and honest about how difficult maintaining a normal relationship may be for a touring rock star. He’s right, it’s absolutely an insane lifestyle and neither of us had the time to make it work.†But there is time for a third season! Clearly, that takes less work, effort, and time than maintaining a relationship formed on TV. What a shock, what a shock. You know, if he clearly doesn't have time for a relationship, why the hell is he looking? Don't get me wrong, I love the entertainment, but I love how these people just won't admit "I don't want love, I want a career boost and some booty in the process." I'd still watch!

Quote: Originally Posted by Nrvsbride Welcome to my world! I swear James buys a DVD every other day. If he buys one more DVD I am going to cut his hands off. Hamurabi's code is going to come back into full effect in my house. LOL. LOL. As I was writing that I thought... I know Glenda can relate!

There's also the mooncup and the keeper. There's also washable pads (Lunapads is a good brand). I hate pads on a daily basis but I do have a couple of lunapads though that I use occassionally when my flow isn't heavy enough where I think I need a tampon overnight. I ended up buying disposible pads after Aiden was born because I couldn't keep up with the washing of the Lunapads I have. They are cute though! I use Seventh Generation Tampons just because I could never get into the cups.

I try not to let it bother me. Although I'm always sort of stresed financially just because Brian is soooo not good with money. We had a nice emergency fund in our joint savings and he managed to plow through it all in a month (it was about $10,000) and needless to say that caused a MAJOR fight with us. I've tried to take over the financial aspect of the household, but it's hard because it does all go ino the joint account (although we also both have our own seperate accounts) so Brian can easily transfer funds to his account. I like to have my own safety net with my own account, but since not working (but still having to pay credit card bills) that net is pretty close to nothing. So that definitely stresses me out although it has less to do with the economy and more to do with Brian's loose spending habits. However because of his spending habits (he tends to blow money on crap we totally don't need) things like rising gas and food prices, etc are becoming more of an issue. He has good job security but you never know. I always like to have a backup and that's sort of been hard to do when you have a spouse who's totally irresponsible with money. And yes I've tried to put him on a budget!

Oh! And booksharing!!! I do that. I use bookmooch.com to trade my old books and get new ones as well as do booksharing/bookswapping with friends, etc.

Other things I thought of: - i don't use teflon pans - we try and buy organic dog food as much as possible. Our pup also has a hemp leash and collar. - old or unused clothes, toys, etc are donated. - i don't take baths and my showers are only 10 minutes - we use ceiling fans and not the AC (unless it gets super hot and I only turn on the AC because of Aiden...) - we grill in green friendly ways - damaged/stained clothing that can't be donated is recycled into cleaning rags - we use a resuable coffee filter - use rechargable batteries Also, the whole green thing has become a huge trend lately. I think it's awesome, but there's unfortunately some companies who want to profit on this trend and market themselves as "green" when they are not. So be aware of greenwashing and do your research with companies that promise green products. Some of them are not!

I like the everyday flip flops deal... or maybe some cute earrings (or necklace or bracelet), a cute purse or wallet, cosmetics bag, hmmm... idk what else!

I have!! **SPOILER ALERT** Renny is f-ing nuts, but I do hope she stays around for the entertainment factor. I'm glad they got that sneaky guy (Brian?) to go up on the block. Dan also annoys the hell out of me. I hope he's not too far behind out the door. It was funny how quick Ollie turned on his alliance though. He better watch out. Other than that I don't have opinions on the other cast members just yet. Can't wait to see tonight's episode.

Oh yey! Glad you got it Christa! I always am wary of the post office.

*We use cloth napkins instead of paper. *No paper towels, we use cloth rags for cleaning. *Wash all our clothes in cold water. *Line dry our clothes in warm weather. *I'm already vegetarian, so I eat meatless dishes, drink soy milk, have some vegan clothing, use non-animal tested products, etc. *I don't use dryer sheets (they have toxic chemicals) *I make Aiden's baby food using organic, locally grown vegetables *I use a combo of cloth and disposible diapers. *I make some of my own cleaning products *I use a power stip to plug in everything so I can cut off the power to things I'm not using (i.e your cell phone chargers still uses energy when plugged in to the wall even if your phone isn't attached). I'm sure I have more, that's just off the top of my head...

Birth control pills are the only things that ease my cramps.

I pretty much said this after Aiden was born: Wife: Oh, you're getting a vasectomy, next week. Or, I swear to GOD, I will cut it off while you sleep.

FIRST TIME PARENTS: Wife: Honey, look!!!!!! Husband: OH MY GOD!!!!! THERE'S A BLUE LINE!!!!! WE'RE GONNA HAVE A BABY!!!!! Wife: I think I'm gonna cry..... Husband: Me too..... SECOND TIME PARENTS: Wife: Uhhhhhhh.....You might want to take a look at this..... Husband: I'm not touching that.....You peed on it. Wife: There's a blue line..... Husband: Is that the good one? Wife: No. Husband: I'm gonna go buy another one. Wife: Get TWO!!!! ----------- FIRST TIME PARENTS: Wife: YOU are going to be the best dad ever.... Husband: And, YOU are going to be a terrific mom.... SECOND TIME PARENTS: Husband: Well, I guess we're going to have to start investing in more wine, so that you can....uh....relax your nerves, huh? Wife: Yeah, and let's try and remember to NOT put the baby in the dryer for a....What was it?....RIDE? ----------- FIRST TIME PARENTS: Wife: This is amazing. Husband: It's a miracle is what it is. We weren't even trying. SECOND TIME PARENTS: Husband: You stopped taking your pill, didn't you....That's how THIS happened. Wife: Really? Do you think? 'Cuz, I was leaning more toward the "HUNDRED CONDOMS FOR A BUCK" sale, at the Dollar Store, that SOMEONE got so excited about. Husband: Hey!!! MOST of them weren't torn. ---------- FIRST TIME PARENTS: Husband: You get more beautiful with every passing month. Wife: I love going to sleep in your arms. SECOND TIME PARENTS: Husband: I'm gonna go sleep in the other room. Wife: Good idea. You MIGHT actually wake up alive. ---------- FIRST TIME PARENTS: Wife: Honey.....Wake up....I think it's time. SECOND TIME PARENTS: Wife: Get up, Bonehead....I'm not driving myself. ---------- FIRST TIME PARENTS: Husband: You're doing great, honey. Just keep pushing.....You're doing terrific. SECOND TIME PARENTS: Husband: Can we speed this up, at all? Wife: GET..........OUT............ ---------- FIRST TIME PARENTS: Wife: Oh my God!!! He looks just like my father..... Husband: He's beautiful!!! SECOND TIME PARENTS: Wife: God, they ALL look like little old men when their born. Husband: It's hard to look at. ---------- FIRST TIME PARENTS: Husband: You're gonna be daddy's little quarterback, aren't you? SECOND TIME PARENTS: Husband: You're gonna mow the lawn on the weekend, so daddy can sleep in, aren't you? ---------- FIRST TIME PARENTS: Wife: I'm gonna take you for long walks, all around the neighborhood, so that everyone can see my little man. SECOND TIME PARENTS: Wife: Crap.....It's gonna be 15 years before I'll be able to sleep past 8am, on a weekend. --------- FIRST TIME PARENTS: Wife: I want to have a hundred more kids with you. Husband: And I want to have a thousand more, with you. SECOND TIME PARENTS: Husband: Uhhhh......This is the last one, right? Wife: Oh, you're getting a vasectomy, next week. Or, I swear to GOD, I will cut it off while you sleep.

I have only seen snippets here and there but it is funny to see someone more anal than myself! I need to watch this more often. Ohhh. And as a former barista, there's LOOOOT's of customers that fit that profile. So freaking annoying. I used to want to say "Make your own freaking coffee you asshat!" when they'd start giving me detailed instructions on how they wanted their drinks made.