Posted in the ones about friends, the ones about merriment on September 24, 2008 | 14 Comments »
So as I was saying, I’m falling for autumn or at least this autumn.
The past week and half the temperatures have hung lazily at 75 degrees.
Each day promises to be the last of sundress weather.
And I am powerless to the beckoning of sunshine. I can no more stay inside than I can go outside when [...]
Posted in the ones about friends, the ones for fun on August 22, 2008 | 9 Comments »
So remember when I threw down my cell phone in shock and horror?
Well, I haven’t exactly replaced it. For the past few weeks, I’ve been pretending it’s 1996, except I live with Nate and not with Shanel.
And honestly, I don’t miss the phone much. Except the fact that my favorite Shanel is about to disown [...]
Posted in the ones about friends, the ones about hungryman, the ones about merriment on August 8, 2008 | 6 Comments »
Remember when I told you about how HungryMan was flinging our friend, Johnny through the water like Indiana’s bull whip. I witnessed this harrowing event through the lens of our video camera. The jetski-dragging-tubing-fool footage has been hiding out our computer for weeks due to the very poor camera work (me).
What can I say? I [...]
Posted in the ones about ava, the ones about friends on August 7, 2008 | 3 Comments »
I know that many of you have been following the story of little Stellan, the unborn son of my friend MckMama. Thank you so much for praying for them. There were amazing answers to prayers today, and while the road to recovery is still long there is more hope on the horizon. Please continue to [...]
Posted in the ones about friends on July 30, 2008 | 6 Comments »
Tonight little Stellan, the not yet born son of my college roommate, is fighting for his life. His little heart is beating so fast and so irregularly that it can’t survive. He needs a miracle. We are praying that the Great Physician will touch little Stellan’s heart and save him.
If you would like to join [...]
Posted in the ones about ava, the ones about friends, the ones about merriment, the ones about the blog on July 14, 2008 | 16 Comments »
Goodbye Online Dating. Hello Online Play Groups.
After months of reading about sweet Julia and thinking, “Oh, that sounds just like Ava” or writing an Ava-antic and receiving a comment about how “Julia does the same thing,” the pint-sized virtual friends met.
My pal MckMama and her sister threw an all-out birthday bash inviting seasoned friends and [...]
Posted in the ones about friends, the ones about our travels on July 4, 2008 | 4 Comments »
The ice cream lovers have left the city in search of the perfect cone.
We packed the four scoops in Heather’s van with HungryMan, baby Ilsa and more than our fair share of luggage.
We’re headed south to more lake county in search of new adventures.
Preferably adventures that end with a crispy cone and not a emergency [...]
Posted in the ones about ava, the ones about friends, the ones about hungryman, the ones for fun on July 3, 2008 | 14 Comments »
Remember when little Rapunzel was locked in the bathroom tower?
Thankfully, the Great Knight was on hand to scale the ladder and rescue the frightened princess.
Today, the nefarious bathroom captured another young victim and there was no Great Knight or even a ladder to help the poor, distressed child.
So, I did what any good mama would [...]
Posted in the ones about friends, the ones about merriment on July 1, 2008 | 5 Comments »
Back in the day when I rode northbound for twenty-four hours in the back seat of my parent’s station wagon to visit my Minnesota cousins, my Aunt was always looking for ways to keep us here a little bit longer. And she was brilliant at it.
My dad would have just finished playing tetris with our [...]
Posted in the ones about friends, the ones about surprises on May 8, 2008 | 4 Comments »
On Cinco de Mayo, we celebrated Shanel’s birthday with a New Mexican fiesta. Ava taped up balloons and wrote out name cards, while I rolled enchiladas and smashed up avocados.
As I was smothering the corn tortillas with red enchilada sauce, I thought about the first time I brought New Mexican fare back to the [...]
