Which I suppose means that I won, in the end, but we'll get to that. I'm an inherently lazy person. Yes, I've just admitted that to the entire blogosphere and all of mankind. But it's true. I have to fight my natural tendency toward lethargy if I want to get anything done. Even the things that I love doing, like writing and decorating my house. Read more about my struggles to get to the gym.

Is it just me, or is everyone else measuring everything in gallons of gas these days? That latte? That'll set you back 1 gallon of gas.The free-range, natural chicken I considered buying for a millisecond? A whopping 2 gallons of gas. Per. Pound.Those shoes? Better start saving, because they're a full tank.And a pound of strawberries? At about a half-gallon, they seem like a steal. Get used to it, I tell myself.

A few days ago, I drove by a gas station down the road from me that closed a little over a year ago. At the time, they made the price sign read $3.49 for a gallon of regular gas. I assume this was an attempt to keep people from accidentally driving in for gas, only to find the pumps turned off and the store darkened. But now it has the exact opposite effect. Who would have thought that $3.49 would be considered a steal just a year later? Read more

It's the final day of my BlogHers Act Donation Challenge and I'm begging you to please stop by and comment. I still need 70 comments to reach my 100 comment goal and donate $100 to one of the BlogHer-supported maternal health funds. I've been noticing plenty of traffic on my blog over the last few days, but not an increase in comments, so please, if you visit, take a moment to comment. Every comment counts toward my donation total.

We're getting down to the wire for my BlogHer Acts Donation Challenge and I need to get 73 more comments to reach my goal of 100 comments. (Remember, only one comment each day per unique visitor counts toward the total.) Please stop by and leave a comment before midnight EDT on Friday, May 9th. The more comments I get, the more money I'll be donating to one of the maternal health causes supported by Blogher Acts.