It's 4AM here, and I figured since I'd just "written" an entire post about Snoring in my head... I may as well just get up and WRITE it. (That, and the fact that the sun's coming up soon... and I've gotta take those covers off all the plants in a few minutes!)

I love my husband, but after 3 nights in a row of restful sleep, we're back to "sawing logs" in the bedroom...

If any of the neighbors spotted me late last night poking around our yard and playing in the flower garden... they must've thought I was crazy!

It looked as if I got a late-night urge to do some gardening.

Truth is, last night's "frost warning" sent me scurrying to protect our recent $200+ investment of flowers!

How I know that NONE of the people that I work with are really my friends...

Because, when I got home from work late the other night -- after spending 7 hours straight with these people -- I realized that I had a HUGE piece of Basil from my spaghetti lunch stuck square between my two front teeth.

AND, by the time I got home and saw it, it had been several hours since I ate lunch!

AND, we were even on TV that day!

Yet NO ONE managed to point it out to me.

I just want you, my real friends, to know this...

We camp A LOT. Actually, we used to camp much more when we lived in Florida (and we could even camp on the beach sometimes!), but we still have a lot of fun camping in and around Tennessee nonetheless.

Truth be told, I am SOOOOoooo thankful for my many years of experience as a solo camper on all those biking trips!

(And, yes I still consider myself a "cyclist", though I'm not nearly as diligent about it as I once was...)

Anyhoo, here are our best tips for surviving your first (or your next) camping trip.

Believe it or not I'm NOT the member of the household who likes to take baths! I mean, I USED to be. But lately, I've switched to showers cuz they're quicker -- no time for baths anymore.

JIM, on the other hand, takes a long, hot bath every week or so! Mostly because of his aching muscles after softball or a hard day at work.

He's always been a fan of the Mr. Bubble, but I think he's going to like this new bubble bath I found...