Posted in Family on January 31, 2007 | 3 Comments »
As you might remember, last June my sister announced that she had a bun in the oven. Sure enough, that bun grew into a baby, causing a protrusion:
Also, it turned her innie into an outtie (Darrick took advantage of this by painting a likeness of their son over it).
Well, the time has finally come! I’m proud to say that [...]
Posted in Memories on January 30, 2007 | 11 Comments »
So after all our brainstorming, we decided on an icebreaker for small group. We chose:
“What’s the worst trouble you got into in school?”
It turned out pretty well, everyone seemed to have a good story to share. My personal favorite was Keith’s. I’m not quite sure I remember the whole story, but the [...]
Posted in Mélange on January 29, 2007 | 4 Comments »
How about those weekends, huh? Mine was notable for seven reasons:
1) I finally said goodbye to Christmas. The tree has been taken down and I now have 36 candy canes that I don’t know what to do with.
2) I watched My Girl again. Knowing my tendency to get emotionally attached to fictitious characters, I repeated this to myself throughout: ”You [...]
Posted in Asides on January 26, 2007 | 3 Comments »
Moments ago I had this conversation with my manager:
Manager: “Where’d you get those pens?”
Me: “I bought them. I was sick of having just two red pens.”
Manager: “You bought them? Do you know that we have pens?”
Me: “We have pens?”
Manager: “Yes, of course. Follow me.”
My manager and I begin walking to the mail room.
Manager: “I can’t [...]
Posted in Food, Memories, Running on January 25, 2007 | 10 Comments »
Easily the most humiliating time of year for grade school Christine was Presidential Fitness time. The athletic children lived for these prestigious awards, you couldn’t wipe the smiles off of their faces as they anticipated receiving their… What did they receive? Ribbons? Trophies? Pizza party? I certainly wouldn’t know.
Now, I did all right with the sit & reach, [...]
