It was a busy weekend. I drove to the mountains for a youth group retreat, ran around in a couple of feet of standing water in the mountains of Virginia (huge storm on Saturday), proved how truly awful I am at Frisbee golf, and hung out with some awesome people. Listened to some great talks…
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Oreo Cookies in the Workplace
I bought Oreo Cookies for our youth group snack a few weeks ago, then remembered that I wasn’t responsible for snacks that week. What I should have done at that point is put the cookies in my pantry and save them for the next time I did have snack responsibilities. Instead, I took the box…
Stinging, Flying Things
Yesterday at 3:45 PM, I was supposed to be making dinner for a weekly meeting, but instead, I found myself desperately trying to rid my house of stinging, flying things. I discovered two maybe wasps (not the right shape to be bees?) in my living room, trying their hardest to get out a closed window. …
McMessy McBrarian
It’s official, my desk is a mess, my brain is a mess, and the budget spreadsheet I’m looking at is a mess. I had to take a break from that to type in a nice, empty box. The spreadsheet isn’t really a mess. It’s actually very organized and color-coded, it’s just not connected to good…
Busy, Busy, Busy
I haven’t had much time to write lately, I’m sorry. Things like sleep and work have been more immediately necessary. Anyway, a few of those vital updates that I know you can’t live without: I discovered yesterday that if you wear loud enough earrings (literally and otherwise), no one will notice that you’re tired and…
Cheese Toasty Good
It’s Friday night, and I found myself with some free time, which is a lovely thing to find yourself in possession of. I bought a bunch of groceries today, but most of them are earmarked for things other than dinner tonight. That left me wondering what in the world would make its way to my…
Picture Week: Lavender
This picture has almost no bearing on my current life. Except that it’s stormy where I live today, and I have vaguely contemplated planting some seeds to get started on summer veggies. Other than that, it’s just here because it’s gorgeous.
Small, but valuable. 