…except that it means that half of you all are off, gallivanting around on the warm sunny beaches of the world while I’m stuck in The Neverending Winter. I’m pretty sure God typoed and selected “Alaska” instead of “Alabama” on the pull-down menu when he put in our Weather Order for this year. But back […]
I’m Officially a Fluzy.
Ali and I have The Flu. Swine? Maybe or maybe not. I’d rather not know. The term Swine Flu brings back memories of my missions trip to Cyprus where I had the unfortunate timing to walk around a corner just as the doors on a meat truck were swung open to reveal a dozen gutted […]
Was Too Skeptical To Buy Milk and Bread. Going to Die.
So remember a few weeks ago when it had been below freezing for decades and there was actually ICE where water usually was and I totally believed them when they said it was going to snow and it totally didn’t? Well, the disappointment was just too great to risk again, so I convinced myself that […]
Country-Fried Birthday.
Today is my Mom’s Birthday (Happy Birthday, Gramamma!). And something about gifts and the preferences of Birthday celebrations really reveals the stark difference in my city-girl self and my country-girl Mom. When I called her yesterday to ask if I could take her to lunch today, she told me that she was on a romantic […]
Eye Shopping
So my eyes have been really annoying lately. They’ve been dry and burny and extraordinarily sensitive to light and computer monitors (which isn’t very helpful in my overly-geeky lifestyle). I’ve been seeing an Eye Doctor and she’s been trying things to get them back to normal, which has included some uber-expensive steroid drops that I […]
12 Things Learned From The Newlywed Game.
At our Small Group New Year’s Eve party, we played The Newlywed Game. It was way too much fun, or at least way too much fun for our kids to sleep through (I think our constant laughter MIGHT have had something to do with the also-constant stream of children coming back downstairs). I highly recommend […]
Random Factual Roundup
Fact One: If a two-year-old and a thirty-three year old both receive Legos for Christmas, the thirty-three year old is likely to be the most excited. …especially if they are his childhood legos, filled with other childhood mementos like Diamond Jim Arcade Tokens. (Somehow I don’t think that those rusty, archaic tokens have any redeeming […]
It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas…
1. The Christmas Calendar This was my FAVORITE holiday tradition as a child, and my Mom was so sweet to pass it down this year, or rather, pass it down to Ali. It’s a quilted Christmas tree calendar with a pocket for each day in December up to the 23rd. It gets filled up at […]
When a Two Year Old Cooks Thanksgiving Dinner…
As we were hosting Thanksgiving dinner at our house, I put Ali to work using her new cooking skills. Cooking with a toddler creates many opportunities for great conversations. Ali: “What are you doing?” Me: “Peeling the onion so I can chop it.” Ali: “You’re peeling off the chocolate?!?!?!?” (a minute later…) Me: “Ohhh…the onions […]
Blogwebs, Cobwebs.
So my mind is apparently already on a Thanksgiving break. I am seriously having trouble putting sentences together… Maybe I’ll actually take a day or two off as a bloggy break for Thanksgiving – something I’ve actually never done. I know, I’m too obsessive to COMPLETELY break. If I do, I’ll leave you with old […]