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Archive for August, 2009

Despite my occasional brushes with law-enforcement (generally related to either my lead foot or my crazy ass neighbor), I am not much of a criminal.
I know that is hard for you to believe.  But I have proof.
This is a bit of graffiti that has been on the fence at our office for close to a [...]

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I do not recommend driving around town without a left blinker light.  You will get honked at a lot.  A whole lot.
Which reminds me of a story about my youngest sister.  She has a friend who is the sweetest girl, but is not mechanically inclined.  Her blinker went out so my sister told her she [...]

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Show of hands … who has been frantically refreshing my blog in hopes of a new post?  32 people?!  Wow!  That’s awesome!  (Sometimes it’s good to have conversations with oneself; it can be a real boost to the ego.)
Anyway, my sister has been pretty sick and in and out of the hospital.  But she seems [...]

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I found this moth on my back deck this afternoon.  To give you some size perspective, the post it is attached to is a 4×4.  I would guess that this thing’s wingspan is a full 4″ or very close to it.

Can you see in the 3rd picture how he has 2 sets of wings?  I [...]

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This probably falls under the heading of “Too Much Information”, but you sort of need to know it for this craft to make any sense.  My husband and I wrap towels around ourselves after we get out of the shower.
Our child loves to do what we do and her newest thing is to want to [...]

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Speak Up!

When I was a kid, my mother used to say, “If you want to talk to me, come in here.”  I never could figure out why I just couldn’t holler from the living room like a normal person.  But, as I get older, I’m starting to understand.  Exhibit A: the conversation I had with my [...]

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In the spirit of summer-time family vacations, I want to share with you this postcard I found at a garage sale a couple weeks ago.

Here’s the back.

No, Wren, the front explains nothing!  Where the heck are you?  I mean, based on my experiences in this area, I have to guess that you were on a [...]

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