We leave soon. 🙂 So soon. Some helpful people will say things like, "Let me know if I can help you pack, OK?" Thing is, on the Camino the goal is the least amount of weight you can carry. I don't really have everything I need yet, but here's a PAPER DOLL to show youContinue reading "Packing for Spain. Now with BONUS Paper doll!"
Baseball Time
My dad gets really excited around the first of January because he knows it will be a new year and one of his favorite things to do every year is to take our family, our extended family and select friends to the baseball game. And then he talks about it all the time until it'sContinue reading "Baseball Time"
Father’s Day Monday
Yesterday was official "Father's Day" on the American calendar. Only, most of my family was out of town so we postponed to tonight to celebrate padre. I'm not about to wax poetic because it's not who we are, man. Side story: I volunteer at a youth group. Most of the kids I work with areContinue reading "Father’s Day Monday"
Friday thought-vomit
--- 1 --- If you didn't know what Spider Monkeys were and someone was like, "I'm thinking about getting a Spider Monkey for a pet"...does that not sound like the most terrifying animal? Spiders on their own are creepy, I think most of us can agree on that. We're conditioned to think that monkeys areContinue reading "Friday thought-vomit"
How we picked out the Kiwi
May marks one year that we have had our little guinea pig, Kiwi. We picked her out of the pet store one week after the wedding of my oldest brother, David. Things had finally wound down (a bit) from the wedding excitement. It was a Sunday. For some reason, only Paul, Josh and I wentContinue reading "How we picked out the Kiwi"
June Crafting Challenge!
Remember how, in May, I made a bow tie and it was a lot harder than expected? And the same held true for April's craft? I decided that, for June, I was going to take things simply. Simply and beautifully. Lucky for me, June was dedicated to a young woman anyway (girls are way easierContinue reading "June Crafting Challenge!"
I just want to sit and stare at a wall
I feel like I just want to sit and stare at a wall, you guys. I drove into work this morning, reviewing my week in my head and said to myself, "Self. No more things until after the Camino." The Camino is essentially the month of July by the time you figure that the post-CaminoContinue reading "I just want to sit and stare at a wall"
May Crafting Challenge!
Way back in middle school I knew a dude named "Gabe," and he signed up for the Crafting Challenge! (For May. I did complete this in May, by the way...just didn't post until now). Now, I don't really see Gabe around all that often...but I did run into him at the family's Snowball in JanuaryContinue reading "May Crafting Challenge!"
What song would you sing at the Visitation?
This week. Hit a few bumps on the let's-take-twenty-people-to-Spain road. Over-committed to too many things (and therefore frustrated myself because I couldn't accomplish all of them and emerge a functioning human being). Didn't learn my lesson, though, and continued to say "yes"! This is me. So I go to confession all, "Hi. I'm really goodContinue reading "What song would you sing at the Visitation?"
What I Wore Wednesday Girrrrrrrrl
I take selfies, K? And in this one my head is cut off...which is kind of a shame because I just got a really cute haircut. Like Peter Pan. Anyway! I LOVE these shoes. They're pretty new, but like walking on a cloud and therefore I predict I will live in them. They were onContinue reading "What I Wore Wednesday Girrrrrrrrl"
Seashell Nell 