I like to look at the small closets in my house as a good thing. At the very least, they force me to keep the extra stuff to a minimum. Right?* The problem is that even though I love to get rid of things, I still have more stuff than closet space. If things are…
Weekend Revisited and Rollerblading Glory
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…
Strawberry Salsa-ish Chicken
I’m just going to write about food a lot. Let’s face it, I think about food a lot, so that makes sense. Today’s food excitement was a carry-over from yesterday. I mentioned a recipe that I love a week or so ago, Scott not so subtly hinted that I should make that sometime soon, and…
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. …
Maybelle the Marvelous: What is in a name?
Someone (you know who you are) expressed frustration at my lack of recent blog posts. To humor said person, here is a wordy post. Next time, maybe you should specify what you want me to write about. Once upon a time, there lived a fruit fly named Maybelle. You might wonder how a fruit fly…
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…
Small, but valuable. 