To Katie on Her Eighth Birthday

Dear Katie,
You are eight years old today, and you are amazing. When I look at you, I no longer see the chubby baby, alternately fussy and funny as she solemnly examined everything and everyone in her world, or the energetic toddler, legs pumping as she tried to keep up with her daddy’s giant strides, or [...]

Holding Back Time

No time for a long post today. I’m baking birthday cake for my soon-to-be eight year old and wondering how in the world two thousand nine hundred nineteen days slipped by when I wasn’t looking.
I’ll post more tomorrow. Tonight, we celebrate! Bowling, cake, ice cream, presents, and lots and lots of [...]

80’s Gold

Take a good look at these songs. I need them for my iPod. And I will have them, all of them, even if I have to buy them two or three at a time out of the grocery money. You just can’t put a price on good music. (Well, I guess iTunes can.)

There’s always [...]

You Gotta Fight For Your Right to Potty!

The good news: Caleb is starting to use the potty fairly regularly, even without reminders.
The bad news: He has discovered the hidden power of the phrase “I have to go potty!” and is abusing it with regularity, using it to extend his bedtime, to get out of sitting still and quiet in church services, and [...]

Spelling Queen

I was the 7th Grade Spelling Bee Champion of Gwinnett County.
Naturally, I don’t talk about it much. The last thing I need is a cadre of adoring fans following me around and the paparazzi using telephoto lenses to take pictures of me on my exotic vacations to Multnomah Falls and Farragut State Park.
Of course, I’ve [...]

If Chicks Made Kung Fu Movies

Another strange YouTube offering:
SALE
I think it was even better the second time I watched it. (It really is a groovy tank top.)
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Night at the Supercenter

I’m not sure how the conversation started, but I do know what it was about. It was the undisputed subject du jour all over campus. Our small college town had just acquired its very own glowing beacon of capitalistic perfection—a Wal-Mart Supercenter. It had everything we had come to expect from Wal-Mart—bedding, light bulbs, toilet [...]

Excuses

I really intended to blog about my Wal-Mart all-nighter today, but I have a huge headache and I just noticed that my hands smell like celery. It’s all too distracting.
Monday, for sure.

Make Some Noise!

January 18th is National Crank Up the Stereo Day, people! I hope you celebrated in style. I, myself, contributed to the world’s musical education with the latest Thousand Foot Krutch album and a tasteful selection of eighties classic rock.
There’s still forty-five minutes left. Go out there and multiply the beat!
Happy Crank Up [...]

See Me, I Command You!

I’d like to think that I’m not much of a complainer. You will probably never see a post on this blog entitled “My Top 25 Pet Peeves and the Horrible People Who Commit Them” (although I did once create a scrapbook page called “100 Things That Bug Me,*” so clearly I do have some issues.)
Tonight, [...]