Archive for March, 2010

In which you like tomato and I like tomahto

Thursday, March 25th, 2010

There is this young married couple at church.  They don’t have any kids and they just bought their first home.  We’ve never hung out with them outside of church functions and even then we rarely have had the chance to really talk to them.
The wife is very pretty (The King really thinks so).  She has [...]

In which I get with the times

Friday, March 19th, 2010

I get e-mails all the time that say something like:
“You’ve got to see this video. It’s the funniest thing I’ve.Ever.Seen! It will change your life forever.”
And then there is some random YouTube link.
Or this:
“Check out the pictures of my new baby on Facebook. I haven’t posted them anywhere else. You’re gonna [...]

In which I’m not sure where the line is

Wednesday, March 17th, 2010

I have this friend who has had fertility problems right from the start. (And by “friend”, I really mean a friend of mine and NOT ME.) Kasey and her husband did some low impact fertility stuff and were able to conceive and have a little boy over five years ago. Sure, Kasey had to take [...]

Overheard in the lunch line

Friday, March 12th, 2010

Things that the very handsome and very well dressed young business men in line behind me at Chipotle talked about:

using self tanners (”it messes up my hands”)
how they vote on American Idol (”the girls were on last night”)
Gossip Girl (”its easy to love to hate it”) (”you can’t DVR it or you won’t be able [...]

In which I don’t hike to the top of Mt. Rainier, but I get pretty close

Wednesday, March 10th, 2010

As a teenager every Easter weekend was spent camping at Zion National Park.  My family had a favorite camp ground and a favorite camp spot (near the water, under the shade, close enough to walk to the bathrooms/showers).  Yep, that’s how we camped; toilets and showers were a must.  (It must be noted [...]