Monthly Archives: November 2009

What I Learned from Ziploc™ Bags

Poor Kyle’s parents are out of town and the first thing I did when their tail lights were out of sight was break into their house (I had a key) and steal two forty-count boxes of name brand gallon-sized Ziploc™ … Continue reading

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Poor Kyle and I utilised this weekend to engage in marriage-strengthening activities like catching the latest 3-D movie playing. Image from here. (We saw A Christmas Carol, and I totally recommend it.  Though I will warn you that if you’ve … Continue reading

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Him and Me and Then and Now

***The following is something I wrote to submit in a writing contest.  I just emailed it to the judges five minutes ago.  I am only admitting this now so that if slash when I don’t win, I can refer back … Continue reading

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One Giant Crapshoot

Today I waxed my own eyebrows.  (At the encouragement of my friend Genevra, without whom I would’ve never even CONSIDERED taking such a huge leap of faith in myself.  Thanks, friend!) Here’s a really awful before-and-after comparison. {You’ll be a … Continue reading

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The Gimme Kid is Ruining My Life

So how was all ya’ll’s Halloween?  Did you get a visit from The Gimme Kid? What?  You’ve never heard of The Gimme Kid?  Oh, I’m sure you have—you just didn’t know that was his name. This is just one of … Continue reading

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