It’s been a super-busy day and I have about 10 posts floating around in my head (and I have to do a meme I was tagged for by Melissa too!), but if I don’t get off the computer in five minutes I will have no “down time” before bed, so I’m keeping it short… Yay! I finally got a CD full of photos that I’ve been waiting for since July 2007. What’s so great about these photos? They were taken by one of the other two adults who was on the boat with us for our Boy Scout High Adventure trip to the Bahamas last summer. Yes, I took almost…
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Brothers Who Make Me Giddy
This is so adorable. (Note to Katie: pay close attention…they’re from your fave place!) I wonder what they’ll be like about 12 years from now? Oh. Maybe something like this: (*Note #1: I am suddenly a little saddenned by watching this. The twelve-year-old’s voice is SO low now, and this was shot less than a year ago…ugh.) (*Note #2: Yeah, those are my laundry baskets. No, I DON’T fold clothes as they come out of the dryer. Sue me.)
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Getting All Giddy About Foreigners
I was going to title this post “Why Foreigners Make Me Giddy”, but I’m not sure if I know exactly why they make me giddy. Maybe some of you, my trusty blog friends, can analyze this and tell me why! Here is the rundown on my foreign connections, starting way back in the days of my childhood: 1. In 5th grade, a set of twin girls from Germany (I still remember their names: Claudia and Corinna Heine!) came to my town to stay with their Grandma for the year. I befriended Corinna and spent lots of days at her Oma’s house, learning all kinds of stuff about German language, baking,…
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Happy Birthday, Mom!
It’s the birthday of our (mine and Julie’s!) mom today! Can I get a Holla! from all over the world, please? I have some photos to share, of course, dating from 1968 to now. I also have childhood photos of mom, but didn’t have time to find them. That’s right, FIND them. I will now type one of mom’s favorite sayings: They’re here, SOMEWHERE. (I say it all the time, too!) I’ll get to the pictures in a minute. First, because we always give Mom a hard time, I want to get some of the funny facts about her out of the way at the top. Funny facts about our…
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The Best Thing Ever, When You Like a Quirky Murder Mystery
I wanted to spend a short post to promote one of my family’s favorite new(er) shows. It’s called “Life”, and it’s on NBC. The first season just finished a couple of weeks ago, but it looks like the network is running it again, from the beginning, starting January 19 at 9 p.m. (I think that’s Eastern time) We LOVE this show. The lead character, Charlie Crews, is a cop who was convicted of a double murder that he didn’t commit and put in prison for 12 years. The show picks up upon his release from prison, after he gets a HUGE settlement and an apology for being the wrong guy.…