For the last two Christmas’ I’ve attended a “Favorite Things” gift exchange with some of the ladies from church. This gift exchange works a little differently than others I’ve attended in the past. The assignment is to pick one of your very favorite things (priced $5-$8) and bring three of them to the party. You [...]
I’ve never thought of myself as a creative person. While taking my dad’s art class in high school I figured out that while I was totally capable of producing the assignments, I struggled with coming up with the initial idea. If someone were to say “Isabel, design a shirt with a rabbit wearing a wig.”, [...]
I remember a family reunion back when I was about eight years old. My mom’s cousin had just returned from summiting Mt. Everest. It seems like he had just come back home and went straight to the family reunion. Everyone was talking about it. I remember hearing “he was the first person to….Mt. Everest”, [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Remember how the only thing I asked for for Christmas was food storage?
The King hated this idea. He didn’t think it was any “fun”. When I told my mother-in-law that I would like some type of food storage shelfing system for our garage, he quickly thwarted the idea.
“You can’t get food storage items for Christmas. [...]