Last year, Chris and Ali debuted their first Nativity Scene made from Legos. This year, they started earlier, planned better, and enlarged their panorama to encompass the entire city of Bethlehem. However, Lego isn’t exactly a religious company, seeing as how they have custom sets for every possible historical and fictional setting, but not a […]
My Griswold.
The following events transpired on the Sunday before Thanksgiving, long before the Christmas Police would approve. Suspects are now in custody. There’s Clark… There’s Clark’s Assistant… There’s Clark’s Wanna-Be Assistant… (And Admirer) (And Taste-Tester) There’s plenty of time to waste while Clark works. Climbing trees… Getting stuck in trees… Swinging… Jumping in giant leaf piles… […]
An Unexpected Undertaking of the Camping Variety.
Saturday Night, 6:51 PM: I. AM. SUPERMOM. The overwhelming emotions of victory and exultation washed over me. At a time when I should have been exhausted and comatose, I was instead cheering for myself with gusto and pride. It all started last week… 10 days ago: Ali randomly popped out from the backseat, “I want […]
A Burlap Birthday.
Since discovering the rebirth of Burlap to Cashmere, Chris and I have been living on their music in anticipation of our concert experience. On one of these particular listening occasions, I found myself alone in the car, stereo system blaring, bass turned up, knowing that my car was thumpin’ the surrounding traffic with the insanely […]
Meanderings About 30.
(Alternately titled: A Completely Self-Indulgent Egomaniacal Post About Nothing But Me.) A few weeks ago, upon meeting someone in real life for the first time, they told me, “Wow! You look so much younger in person than you do in your twitter picture!!” Thanks! Hey waitta minute … how old have I been looking??? Is […]
The Euphoria of Burlap to Cashmere.
I had a moment of indescribable elation this past Wednesday. I was on my way to get my hair cut, enjoying one of those solo car rides I just talked about with my Pandora blasting music, and I was loving every song it was choosing. Thumbs up, thumbs up, thumbs up. Then a very familiar […]
Why I Run.
Chris here, guest-blogging again. I like to run. Not fast. More jog than sprint. More wander than race. I’ve been doing this, on average, twice a week since 2003. Sometimes longer distances or times, sometimes inside on the treadmill when its hot, cold, dark, or wet. It has become my favorite “me” thing to do […]
Tiny Bits of Grace.
Ali has an absolutely precious Sunday School teacher named Miss Bobbie. She is about my parent’s age, has grandkids the age of my kids, and is currently undergoing chemotherapy. …yet she still has the energy, somehow, to wrangle and teach a group of four year olds every other Sunday – and constantly be bubbling over […]
A Seven-Decade Hand-Me-Down.
1954: Pop (my Dad), Two Years Old, in the days of hand-tinted blush – either that, or babies wore makeup back then. 1980: Uncle JC, One Year Old. (Apparently, Pop lost his belt sometime in the wild 60’s. And, hopefully, the liberal makeup usage.) (JC required rehab after those old man compression socks were pried […]
Yard Bunny
We have, despite our suburb-dwelling ways, what Ali calls “A Friendly Outdoor Pet” named Yard Bunny. YB can be seen in our backyard, side yard, and occasionally even front yard nearly every single day. We have a beautiful symbiotic relationship with her – we love watching her, she loves eating our weeds-that-are-pretending-to-be-grass, and she acts […]