18 (number of times I ran the dishwasher in the past 5 days) 11 (maximum number of people I had at any meal) 2 (pieces of new furniture I bought in the past week) 4 (pounds of meat that I turned into sausage & meatballs) 3.5 (pounds […]
Author: Laura
The difference in males v. females
why is it that when I have had too much to drink, I am somehow still capable of putting laundry in the washing machine, unloading the dishwasher, reloading the dishwasher, hand washing everything that didn’t fit in the dishwasher, wiping down the countertops, reorganizing the fridge, taking out the trash, moving laundry to the dryer, […]
Getting ready for company…
Brandon and I have spent the last few weeks semi-preparing for the family to come to our house over New Year’s weekend. I’ve been organizing stuff here and there, baking like crazy, and Brandon succumbed to my begging and painted the guest bedroom. But everything up until this week has been kind of mundane stuff […]
Running again
Brandon fixed the treadmill a few weeks ago. It’s been broken since about this time last year, so I had a few somewhat reasonable excuse not to run…. “it’s too dark when I get home” or “it’s too cold in the morning.” Since he fixed it, though, my only excuse was the one that the […]
Tour of Gymnastics Superstars Videos
My oh-so-amateur videos from the Tour of Gymnastics Superstars. Before you heckle my videography, be aware that I did not know until halfway through the show that my camera even has a video function. Also, our seats were so high up the lady next to me wouldn’t let go of the handrail far away from […]
Grace – Saving Jane
I recently came across this song on my iPod and truly don’t remember putting it there. I have a few Saving Jane songs, and have loved all of them. I probably just downloaded this on a whim and didn’t realize it, but its haunting melody has been following me. I can’t listen to it just […]
Winning the family lottery…
It is so easy to get caught up in all the stressful things in life, especially when you live in a constant state of stress. I was fortunate enough to be reminded this week of some of those awesome things I have that I take for granted when I’m busy complaining about the more mundane […]
Quick updates
After about 8 Diet Cokes this evening, my brain can’t turn off. Since I can’t sleep, I figured it was probably time to catch up on the blog. In my defense, I haven’t been able to log into my own blog for the past month or so… stupid technical glitch that Brandon just showed me […]
Gas – arrrrrrrrrrggh!
Today is my favorite holiday of the whole entire year – National Talk Like a Pirate Day. But instead of posting all my favorite pirate jokes, my “ARRRRRR” this year is not to celebrate the vocal genius of the pirate – it’s in frustration for the ridiculous fiasco I just went through to get gas. […]
The pain of loss versus the emptiness left behind
There’s a Nine Inch Nails song that was covered by Johnny Cash called “Hurt.” I couldn’t tell you who originally wrote it, if it was NIN or someone else, but that fact is irrelevant. What is relevant this evening is the first line of the song – “I hurt myself today/to see if I still […]