1. Pandemonium. Feeling proud of her innovative teaching methods, Katrina invited the spider monkey’s owner to bring him to class, revealing her deeply flawed understanding of both monkeys and first graders. Pandemonium ensued. 2. Cabal. The Strunkwhite Cabal was dedicated to destroying misspelled and mispunctuated signs wherever they occurred. Despite their 30 year reign of … Continue reading »
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10 Things My New iPhone is Good For
I admit it. I’d been coveting an iPhone for quite a while. However, we had been Verizon customers since time immemorial, locked into a succession of satisfying two year service plans, and since the iPhone is exclusive to AT&T, I had given it up as a lost dream. I spent a lot of time checking … Continue reading »
10 Things I Found While Cleaning Out the Garage
Paul is out of town this week, counseling at a Christian teen camp up in Northeast Washington state. I love what he’s doing, but I hate being apart. The house is too quiet, the bed is too big, and the ten thousand words I usually bestow upon him the minute he arrives home from work … Continue reading »
10 Home Projects We Still Haven’t Gotten Around To
When we were preparing to move into our first home, we made a list of things we wanted to do to it. Big things and small things all went on The List, and it got long quickly. We got some of the projects done (with help) before we moved in–painting, installing a garage door opener, … Continue reading »
What Would You Do-o-o for a Klondike Bar?
10 Things I Would Do for a Klondike Bar: 1. Wear a dress made out of duct tape. 2. Go to the grocery store in my pajamas. 3. Spend the night at Walmart. 4. Post a YouTube video of myself chair dancing awesomely to “Mai Ai Hee”. 5. Stand facing the wrong way in the … Continue reading »
10 Movie Quotes That Paul and I Use in Everyday Conversation
Bonus points if you can tell what movies they came from (without googling!) 1. “Maybe you should put some shorts on or something, if you want to keep fighting evil today.” Used on the person who is still wearing his/her pajamas at 2:00 in the afternoon, or when a family member attempts the naked dash … Continue reading »
10 Things I’m Probably Too Old For But Enjoy Anyway
1. Low-Rise Jeans. Maybe it’s the way I’m shaped (square), but before low-rise jeans came along, I was a woman-without-country in the denim department. The horrible jeans of the 80′s (designed by Gloria Vanderbilt and her ilk) assumed that everyone had curvy hips and tiny, nipped-in waists, a shape still celebrated in the present-day construction … Continue reading »
