I wrote my grandma's obituary tonight. Her death is getting more real, but still just a weird thing that happened. But it's getting to the time when we talk about random memories of her. Like tonight, we were referencing Waterworld,... Continue Reading →
My grandma is dead. It was a Saturday, around lunch time. (In my family, we tend to measure time by the meals, not the hours.) She looked like herself, just hooked to machines, and there was one that wouldn't stop beeping,... Continue Reading →
Well. This is a doozy. My grandma Susi was a teacher, my grandma Jackie was a librarian. My mom and aunts are avid readers. This family looooves to read. I remember staying up with a light under the blankets to... Continue Reading →
A while back I started this "challenge" to help me keep up with my blogging during the school/work year, when I am reading and writing so much that to blog becomes either an escape that keeps me from doing the... Continue Reading →
I'm old! I had me birthday last week...it was an extended celebration of great magnitude. Lemme splain. No, there is too much to splain. Lemme sum up. (Name that movie!) I had tickets to my favorite band of all time,... Continue Reading →
1. Haha - Make me laugh. More than anything, make me laugh. I am funny. You should be, too. I don't want the hottest guy in the world, I want the funniest. The one who keeps me listening because I... Continue Reading →
Today is April Fool's Day. And in 28 days, on April 28th, I will be 28. No fooling. I never, ever, thought I would be this old. Ever. When you are growing up, you tend to think of the next... Continue Reading →
I've learned a lot about what happens when you lose someone unexpectedly in the last few years. Death is an ugly word, but something we go through more and more as we get older. The beauty in it is watching... Continue Reading →
on tuesday night, i can tell you almost exactly when our worlds changed. there was a funny text from my sister at 8:30 something in reference to my little brothers and a picture my stepmom had taken of them at... Continue Reading →
We went to a sneak "hunger games" last night, because my aunt and uncle got the hook up. its pretty sweet - free happy hour at cheesecake factory and then see a movie before anyone else can? yeah...yeah i think... Continue Reading →
Tryouts are over, the volleyball team has bees chosen, I feel good about my choices, I'm sorer than I've been in a year. Holding tryouts knowing youll cut half the girls in attendance is rough. They sprinted and wall sat... Continue Reading →
1. my favorite flowers are sweet peas. neither sweet nor peas. talk amongst yourselves. 2. my favorite food is cottage cheese. plain, right out of the carton, with a fork. 3. im scared of horses. i blame summer camp of... Continue Reading →