We just realized last night that for our past two anniversaries, Greg and I have taken photos of ourselves in a mirror. One year we were in Memphis and used the hotel mirror there; another year we were in a hotel in St. Louis. This year, we kept up the tradition, and before going out to Westport to celebrate...
Archives - March 2009
An Inadvertent Tradition.
Saturday, March 28 2009 - Family
Stealing My Thunder.
Thursday, March 26 2009 - Family
He beat me to it, below. I'm an early-to-bed kind of girl, and he's a night owl. You know, marriage is an interesting thing. Some couples get married for the right reasons and stay married for the wrong ones. Some couples get married for the wrong reasons but figure it out and stay married for the right...
Things that haven’t lasted 6 years
Thursday, March 26 2009 - Family
Any of our cars Any of the room colors in our home My workout regiment (that’s right, I called it a regiment) Your hair dryer Your flat iron Our dishwasher (technically still functional, but far from perfect) Seems in comparison to most other things, our marriage has staying power. Thank...
Busy, Busy, Busy.
Monday, March 23 2009 - Family
Okay, so we've been ratcheting up our activity lately, what with spring here and all. The past few days have been a whirlwind, but we actually remembered to bring the camera... ...to Laurel's trout clinic, where she caught her first rainbow, then felt remorseful about it when we cut off its head to clean...
Spring Break 2009 (to date).
Friday, March 20 2009 - Family
Okay, so you've read about Vegas, but then we returned home and I've had the whole week home with the kids. I know, you're hearing the theme from Psycho , right? Thing is, it's not so bad. I'm a pretty militant person, and brook no arguments from the kids, so we get along fine. The weather has been nice...
Three Returns.
Thursday, March 19 2009 - General
Each year, spring manifests itself on our land with three distinct returns: 1. Mama Robin: This is the name we've given to the mother robin who returns year after year to build her nest beneath our deck in such a manner that the kids can peer between the decking to watch her bear her young. For three...
The Vegas One.
Thursday, March 19 2009 - Travel
Having sufficiently recovered from our weekend in Las Vegas, I feel I'm able to post. A few months back we planned to meet Brian and Erin and Derek and Michelle (who we met, but didn't remember from Brian and Erin's wedding) in Vegas. Last Friday morning (that's Friday the 13th, for you superstitious...
Las Vegas -- A Preview.
Tuesday, March 17 2009 - Travel
We have a LOT of photos to go through before I can do justice to a Vegas post. So, as a teaser, here is a video Greg took of me playing a slot machine. I look just brilliant, right? hehe. Suffice it to say that I was completely overwhelmed by all the buttons on the machine, not to mention the graphics...
Oration.
Wednesday, March 11 2009 - Family
Last night, Laurel spoke to the school board to thank them for their support of gifted education, and PEGS in particular. She was a bundle of nerves all day, was bouncing off the walls, and by the time we left for the meeting, I'd had it. We barely beat an intense gullywasher, and in order to enter,...
An Interview With Laurel.
Sunday, March 01 2009 - Funny Stuff
The other day I was tagged in Facebook with an interview, which turned out to be entertaining enough that I wanted to repost it here. It's an interview where all the questions are about me, and all the answers are from Laurel's point of view. Enjoy: 1. What is something mom always says to you? -- "Go...
