Sheriff: Woman Sat on Toilet for 2 Years

Now this is what I call stubborn...

WICHITA, Kan. - Authorities are considering charges in the bizarre case of a woman who sat on her boyfriend's toilet for two years -- so long that her body was stuck to the seat by the time the boyfriend finally called police.

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A few (more) of my favorite things...*

1) Edamame. What a great snack. One minute in the microwave and you've got practically an entire day's worth of vitamins. I love it so much, I've been buying it at Costco. That's a lot of beans.

2) Daylight Savings Time. It's 5:49 and still perfectly sunny. This is going to make the a.m. workouts a bit more difficult, but the evening sunshine is worth it!

3) Lazy days on the couch. I worked out a lot this week. Ate well. Went to church. Took my vitamins. Cleaned my house. And now that I have time to sit on the couch for hours upon end, I'm not feeling the least bit guilty for it!

4) My new kitchen faucet which has a hose that pulls out so I can water my plants without actually putting them in the sink, fill up the water filter, and get at all those weird angles of big pots and pans. I had no idea what I was missing!

5) Great customer service. Remember the horrid experience I had with my cell phone? Today I took the new one back to AT&T (because I found the old one) and they gave me a refund for the one I purchased, no questions asked. After all that headache, I didn't end up spending a dime.

* These things are subject (and likely) to change at any time with no notice.

Search for a culprit

I am on the hunt to figure out which member of my family put a bag of leftover pasta in my purse the night of my Grandma Cathy's 80th birthday party more than a month ago.

You can run, you can hide, you can try to pawn it off on others...but I will find you.

My entire office smelled like decomposing pasta on Friday afternoon when I finally stumbled upon this in a zipped section of my purse. On the plus side, I must give kudos to Ziploc. The darned thing never did leak!

Before & After

I think I can officially say that we are done with our kitchen! Chad did such a great job with the new countertops and I must admit that my painting skills are almost professional.

So here is a before-and-after shot of what our kitchen looked like when we moved in...and what it looks like today. (Yes, we still have the same stove.)

Checkmate

The writers' strike leading to a lack of TV options mean that we've been playing a lot of chess lately. I made a brainless move last night which made it possible for Chad to take my king with one move (and win the game).

Chad said he thought it was against the rules to put yourself in a checkmate situation. No, I said, it's not against the rules to do that. It's just stupid.

A life-altering conversation

I was unloading the dishwasher tonight and Chad's cell phone rang. I immediately thought for some reason that it was one of those phone conversations that was somehow going to change my life. Chad had said "Hi Eric," so I thought it was his old boss Eric whose wife just had baby #2. I was sitting there unloading plates and silverware wondering if Eric was calling to offer him a job in Florida, where they live. I immediately was trying to think if I wanted to move to Florida. It's awfully damn humid there.

Anyway, it was not Chad's old boss Eric; it was the husband of one of my very best friends letting me know that they had a little girl one entire month early! Her name is Cailey Nicole, which I think is just beautiful. I let her know that legend says leaders are born on March 4 and, regardless, she is happy and everyone is healthy. Life is good.

It was definitely one of those phone calls that will change my life. This is a little girl that I will be close to forever. Birthdays, Christmases, you name it. I'm a surrogate aunt.

But fortunately, at least for now, it was not a phone call that is going to relocate us.

Spring has sprung!

I'm pretty convinced that we subconsciously forget what nice weather is like from November through February. Hunker down and power through the cold and wind and general crappiness. But this weekend has shown me a few signs that spring is just around the corner!

It's still light out when I leave work, the air isn't terribly frigid, and there are buds on the trees. This morning, I woke up to this little dude singing away right outside my window. I actually had to do a double-take to make sure I was really hearing what I thought I was.


It's almost springtime!