Let’s talk shopping. Because I’ve just fallen back in love with it. Um, can I just tell you how FREAKING AWESOME it is to go the your average shopping mall in average Knoxville, TN, and walk into any average store and know that there will be something — MULTIPLE SOMETHINGS — that will fit? I CAN tell you how awesome that is because I just...

Domestic Disturbia is hitting the big time! Check out my guest post today over at A Family Village. I’m trying to solve the mystery of boredom when one has a house and yard full of toys, but a little boy who finds them lame. *eyeroll* And speaking of A Family Village, don’t forget to enter to win $250 from A Family Village, me(!), and 24 other awesome...

So part of being a blogger these days is taking part in giveaways, so I am taking the plunge in the spirit of MOTHER’S DAY!!! Here at Domestic Disturbia, I am excited to collaborate with A Family Village to celebrate YOU or your Mom. We have teamed up with our closest 25 friends to bring you a fun cash giveaway! One lucky winner will win $250 to be deposited...

I am well aware of my strengths and weaknesses. I have many of both. Well, some of both. I have at least one strength. But one of my definite weaknesses is anything art related. I cannot draw or paint anything ever. Hell, Paul wouldn’t even let me paint the walls in our house, but he did permit me to paint part of the doors of an old china cabinet we have, and...

This week, I reacquainted myself with one of the greatest tools I have in my weight loss arsenal: my lapband. I mentioned in my first post about losing weight that 6 months after my wedding, I underwent lapband surgery, also knows as Laparoscopic Gastric Banding or Adjustable Gastric Banding. I realized this week on my way to my appointment with my bariatric doctor...

A MAJOR decision has been made this weekend. It’s taken months of research, experimenting and head-scratching, but finally, FINALLY Paul and I looked at each other, nodded, and said “Yes. That’s it. That’s the one.” We picked paint colors, ya’ll. Seriously, when we bought our house back in August, the No. 1 thing I was SO EXCITED...