Archive for October, 2006

My own private haunted house

Tuesday, October 31st, 2006

My parents moved into their house the summer between my freshman and sophomore year of college. They moved only two towns away, but in farm country that’s pretty far. The house isn’t anything fancy or special. It’s just a typical ranch house. My parents didn’t buy the house because they liked [...]

Please stay on the line

Monday, October 30th, 2006

This morning I wore my winter coat for the first time this season. I was even able to button it up. Which is more than I could do last winter. You know, since I was hugely pregnant. I headed to work with a spring in my step.
I love my coat.
I was also [...]

The King would like to hear from you

Friday, October 27th, 2006

Today we bring you The King’s latest post. We missed him last Friday. (He was too sick to post? He doesn’t yet know that us bloggers sacrifice our bodies for blogging.) If you missed his last post, go here.
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we’ve got a pretty limited budget, and about 5 nights on our hands [...]

Safety orange can melt your eyes

Wednesday, October 25th, 2006

Let’s just say that I live near a major construction site, okay? And this said construction site is not only loud, but is blocking my parking garage. And let’s not even (hhypothetically) talk about the temporary handicap ramp which has a slope of about 52%! (That’s high. Trust me; I used the [...]

You get what you pay for -or- cheap hair cuts aren’t so bad

Tuesday, October 24th, 2006

I can’t smell the cat pee in the apartment. The King could still smell it this morning.
The King: Sniff around the place and see if you can find any more pee from Preston.
Isabel: (mouth drops. Thinking to myself:) does he really think I’m going to walk around and sniff out the cat pee? [...]

Cat pee smells like…well, cat pee

Monday, October 23rd, 2006

I woke up Sunday morning and stretched my legs in bed. I immediately felt something down by my feet. It was wet. It was cold.
It was cat pee.
Preston, our sweet cat, had decided to not pee in his box for the first time in 6 years (not counting the times he has [...]