I really find the theme of the week offensive. I know it's meant to be funny, but it mocks an aspect of my church

3 years ago I went to this hole in the wall pet shop and bought the best hamster. She was cute, friendly, never bit anyone, just precious. Unfortunately my son left the hamster cage open (my fault, I should have doublechecked) and the hamster crawled out onto the table and then the dog jumped on the table and knocked her off. She didn't make it. My son decided he wasn't responsible enough yet for a hamster, but that was 3 years ago and I think we're all ready to try again. I am going back the pet shop on Saturday to see if he has more hamsters. The weirdo that owned the place told me he breeds them himself. Fingers crossed the shop is still there and that freak is still breeding hamsters.

I did NOT SMOKE last night! Or this morning! And you know what I feel pretty good! I had a terrible headache last night and felt a little dizzy. But this morning I NAILED my workout and I feel great. I don't know if it's in my head or what but I felt like I had more endurance this morning than usual. I didn't even have any e-cig in the car this morning! So far so good.

Spring break has been awesome! I truly needed this break after the last few weeks of trying to teach 30 fourth graders with spring fever. We only have about six weeks of school left when we return, and then it'll be summer vacation. I can't wait!

FB friend, I like you, but I wonder if #100daysofhappiness is too many.

Ever have your chestbone pop/adjust/crack? I felt like it was tight and needed to be popped so I extended my arms over my head and gently stretched back and pop! my chest went. It felt good and now I feel like I have energy!!

I have an old patio set I inherited from my parents. My parents got it when I was about my son's age, so it's probably 35 years old. You know the kind with the vinyl straps? That kind. They had it powder coated and repainted one time. That was I don't know how long ago. Last summer one or two of the straps broke, so I put cushions on them. Well this year that isn't going to cut it. Four more straps are broken. I've looked at the cost of new patio sets and the cost of having the chairs re strapped. I finally found an online store that will sell me a kit to repair it myself for $169 dollars. The paint on this set still looks good, because it was powder coated. Every decent patio set I've looked at is more than a thousand dollars, and I don't think any of them are going to last 35 years. I think I can do it. Wish me luck!

Also want to add that I know my husband didn't like those pictures, as to him it brought back pain but he didn't tell me the truth about what happened to him as a kid until a little later so I didn't know what to think. The therapist also told me that she doesn't believe he has any unnatural tendencies.

Apparently I found out that my husband was sexually abused as a child. I didn't know about it until I found some links to a horrible website and then to the CIA. Apparently, he was facing depression really bad and was suicidal (I didn't know, he never told me) and thought that as a kid he was asking for what happened. He went on a website and found illegal images and reported them, in his words it was like attacking the people who attacked him. I found the history and freaked out. We have been seeing a therapist who says that this is normal, to lash out at people but I was also afraid that he went on that site and saw those pictures for himself (that was my first horrible thought even though there is no past history) we have been seeing the therapist together but I still feel like I have been betrayed and it will take a while for trust to come back. I love my husband and am proud that he finally told his family about it. I know he didn't deserve what happened to him as a kid but that first shock of finding out hurt a lot and the thoughts I had before he told me the truth.

Lately, I've been cheapening my recipes a bit by substituting meats and other ingredients. DH has started to notice and I don't think it's in a good way. I either need to find some new recipes or tell him the grocery budget's got to go up if he wants to keep eating the way he does.