You know when you’re driving along and you see someone walking their dog and you think, ‘dang, that woman looks exactly like her dog?’ I’m afraid that’s happening to me - except I don’t have a dog and it’s gone past looks.
We realized this month that since getting married I have gained a few pounds. [...]

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In order to celebrate passing ordination exams and surviving the first half of the semester, Adam and I went on a date night. We went to a mall, did some shopping, went to a very nice dinner at Macoroni Grill (yum), and then went to see The Prestige, which was very good. It was a [...]

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I’m not sure that I’ve ever laughed this hard online. Apparently I’m a late-comer to the joy that is strongbad. But, I will make up for it now. If you haven’t seen yet, I recommend this one. Enjoy.

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It’s reading week here at lovely Columbia and I am celebrating by doing lovely things. Like sleeping in, and baking bread (all by myself) and repotting plants, and enjoying this wonderful new magazine.
Having called recently to unsubscribe myself from all unnecessary catalogues and such (for the good of the trees), I felt okay about subscribing [...]

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We went flying this weekend. Safely, of course, strapped to a seat, connected to a track, superman style. We were at Six Flags and we got to fly Superman, which is my favorite rollercoaster. I have something of a love/hate relationships with rollercoasters. I love them when I get off and hate them when I’m [...]

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Dawg joined us in the living room tonight (we should probably give him a change of scenery more often). After darting to and fro taking in his new surroundings, he has been floating calmly in the water. Sometimes I think he’s sleeping, but then it turns out we’re having a staring contest and he loses [...]

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Our season of grieving deepened today as we learned one of our professors has begun her hospice journey. She has fought cancer valiantly and lived to see remission and the gift a new lease on life can bring. But the monster has fought back and her cancer has spread. She went home today with the [...]

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It is true in our marriage that many of our gender roles are reversed. Adam is a much better cook, while I can more easily assemble furniture and use my tool set. I don’t generally have a problem with this. I eschew many feminine roles and enjoy the challenges of assembling and fixing broken things, [...]

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