You know that “I’m not being recognized for my efforts here” feeling you get in the pit of your stomach. It could really be in any part of your life- friends that ignore your nice guestures, bosses that deny the fact you’re doing good work, boys that refuse to like you even though you’re clearly in … Continue reading
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Unsolicited Advice for My Sister #2: Put that Bridezilla away.
I only had two Bridezilla moments before my wedding. At least that’s all I can remember. Birth control was pulsing through my system and so I may have had moments where I transformed into a hulking green bridal monster and ran through brick walls slicing through innocent bystanders’ arteries with my incisors. Maybe I did. … Continue reading
Why I Follow Jesus
Remember that summer I spent working with those two kids while I was in high school? I forgot to mention, among all of the potty talk, that I also fielded about er, 2000 questions a day. Every direction I gave was accompanied by a “Why?” Every little move I made I had to explain what … Continue reading
{Unsolicited} Advice for My Sister #1- Enjoy the Moment
So, my sister got engaged on Sunday. It was really sweet. Her boyfriend/now-fiance, Tyler, called me last week to tell me. I tried to help him out, but really I just did annoying things like send cryptic text messages about biking to communicate what time we were getting in to Abilene so that Leah wouldn’t read … Continue reading
Anatomy of a Zumba Class
A few years ago, I dragged a neighbor to a zumba class at a rec center. “It’ll be fun,” I told her. How could it not be? Our teacher was this middle-aged redhead who must have taught Shakira how to shake her hips. Sarah and I had so much fun laughing at ourselves. While our … Continue reading
T-Shirt Series #4: Shut Up and Listen
{My younger sister went to Thailand to work at an orphanage this summer. You can read about her adventures here. She apparently found a t-shirt salesman who made t-shirts in English. Some of them are hilarious; some make no sense at all. She brought me 4 amazing little gems and I will blog about each of … Continue reading
Today is My B-day
Yep. That’s right. I turned the big…..Wait a minute. I’m not going to put my age on the internet (collective sigh from the identity thieves who are following my blog- searching for clues to cheat me out of my pocket change). Let’s just say that if you rounded my age to the nearest ten, it would … Continue reading
Scary-oke
I had a new life experience last night. I sung “This Kiss” by Faith Hill with my sister in front of a crowd of about 12 juior high kids and drunken college students and a few people that know me. It was mildly mortifying. The worse part was getting up the nerve to do it … Continue reading
T-Shirt Series #3: Eat More Rice, Barf Eater
{My younger sister went to Thailand to work at an orphanage this summer. You can read about her adventures here. She apparently found a t-shirt salesman who made t-shirts in English. Some of them are hilarious; some make no sense at all. She brought me 4 amazing little gems and I will blog about each of … Continue reading
You Can Depends on Me
My family is notorious for playing pranks. Okay, when I say family, I mean, father. I leaped into my bed until I was…..(Doesn’t matter. All that matters now is that our mattresses are sitting directly on the floor.) Moving on, I jumped into my bed so that the serial killers hiding under it wouldn’t grab my ankles … Continue reading
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