Dear single friends- I know. I know what you’re thinking. You’re thinking that I got married when I was basically a toddler and what on earth could I possibly know about being single and I should just shut up already. Well, joke’s on you, because I have 21 years experience of being relationship-obsessed and a … Continue reading
At one particular sleepover in middle school, the girls around me decided to get all dressed up, put on make-up, and do their hair. I probably didn’t participate in this activity because 1) I had already combed my hair once that week, 2) it’s highly probable that there wasn’t a dress that I could fit … Continue reading
You know, when I was younger, I had some strange ideas about birthday parties. When I was 18, a small group of friends and I donned eighties prom dresses climbed into Methuselah, an ancient RV that my parents had co-bought with some family friends, and we drove to eat dinner at El Chico in the … Continue reading
My local library has a clearly delineated teen room, with black walls and disco balls and neon posters on the wall. The room also hosts several LOUD signs indicating that only humans of the teenage variety can sit down in that room. If you are over the age of 18 and you had a heart … Continue reading
Okay. Sit down and shut up. I’m going to tell you a little story. Once upon a time, there was a man called King Nebuchadnezzar but everyone called him King Neby because saying his really long name sounds like you sneezed while making up a word…and you have a cold. (Actually, if you called him King … Continue reading
Alex and I only have five pieces of furniture in our house that were never owned by someone else. 1) Couch 2) Loveseat 3) Our mattress 4) New mattress we just bought for a kids room 5) The bar stools that sit at our kitchen bar That’s it. Everything else has been pre-owned. The dining … Continue reading
I still remember the phone call that I made to my parents in the Spring of 2006. “Mom? Dad? I think I want to go to Syria over Spring Break.” My church was taking a “fact finding” trip and they needed people to go meet with the missionaries there and then come back and get … Continue reading
Let me be clear. The first time I made this, it turned into a solid in the bottle and so you would have to squeeze it for about 3 minutes and then it exploded like a cannon out of the bottle and splashed every surface, including your face, within a five mile radius. My kitchen … Continue reading
I’ve been perusing my old xanga site, where I blogged all through college and the beginning of my marriage. How fun it is to have a record of my thoughts going all the way back to high school (where all my friends blogged at diaryland). I was reading some stories that I had written about … Continue reading
Every year, Alex and I trade off doing a surprise trip for our anniversary. Last year, Alex took me to San Antonio; the year before that, I dragged him up to Oklahoma. Would you like to know what we did today? We bought $80 worth of socks and underwear at American Apparel and then we … Continue reading
welderbeth 