Hey, Mom. Since your Mother’s Day gift is already late, here’s a list of reasons I love you (basically I’m hoping this shiny post *hey, look over here!* will distract you long enough to forget the fact that you haven’t gotten my present in the mail yet . . . too obvious?): + You still answer my phone calls when I’m in the grocery store and can’t … Continue reading wooden giraffes and Cabbage Patch cakes

I have the taste buds of a six-year-old. I lived on pizza, nachos, eggs, and cereal for the last several years before I married the Picture of Health (aka Chris) who started conning me into eating things like asparagus and beef and broccoli and oranges and–what is this thing you call coffee? I won’t divulge the details but when my sister opened my fridge last … Continue reading the aldi effect

I came to a few revelations in the past year. Some dealt with world peace, others with the government’s intrusion on the church. But mostly I just realized that my parents broke all manor of child labor laws when it came to me. It wasn’t the bean walking. (Although that is sort of like a midwestern girl’s rite of passage. ) It wasn’t the hours of endless … Continue reading i’m just asking