Yesterday, my oldest friend in the world (not that of all my friends she is literally the oldest, but our friendship is the oldest) left me a voicemail announcing that she is having a baby girl; I will be having a niece at the end of August. She and her husband have gone through a lot [...]
Archive for the ‘Memories’ Category
The One Where I Fake Incredulous
Posted in Life Lessons, Memories, My Life, Yours Truly on May 6, 2008 | 18 Comments »
The One Great City!
Posted in A Traveling Girl, Memories on March 12, 2008 | 10 Comments »
Now see, what I did there was combined my new title theme with my old one. Anybody got the reference? You might not. Although I expect one of you to fully grasp it by the end of the story. And on to the post…
My mother and I are planning a trip to northern California. We [...]
Swallow It Down, Like a Jagged Little Pill
Posted in Memories on February 20, 2008 | 16 Comments »
Most people seem to have a love affair with Target. While I love it myself, I’m not so sure I would call it an affair. You see, the Target in my hometown was there as long as I could remember it. (It has since been torn down and replaced with a bright, shiny SuperTarget). In [...]
Daddy Issues
Posted in Holiday Time, Memories on December 19, 2007 | 8 Comments »
Amber’s post has inspired me to share a story from my younger years. I’m sure you all think I am obsessed with stories about me as a child. What can I say, I amuse even myself.
Every year, and to this day, my childhood house got some major Christmas-ification. When we were little, the decorations were [...]
I Was a Teenage Cheerleader
Posted in Memories, Yours Truly on August 5, 2007 | 16 Comments »
Many of my high school memories are marked by cheerleading. If they aren’t actual games or practices, or gatherings afterwards then they are of being with my friends who were cheerleaders, pep rallies, or wearing the “flashing gold and red” of Sibley High.
After two and a half years of cheering, things become ingrained and recent [...]
The Ann Girls
Posted in Memories, My Life on July 13, 2007 | 7 Comments »
Today I am driving through Wisconsin, on my way back to Minnesota for one reason: it’s my nephew’s birthday. And that one reason stems from an extremely important relationship, two of them, actually. We’re the Ann Girls.
I met Erin when I was 14 years old. I was at the homecoming dance [...]
Look It Up!
Posted in Memories, My Life on May 29, 2007 | 13 Comments »
The most widely used book in my house growing up was a world almanac. Eventually, any almanac that entered through the doors of our suburban ranch house ended up tattered and torn. The covers would begin to curl upward as the edges rubbed away to a fuzzy, soft end. The pages tore, [...]
Cute Little Smile
Posted in Memories, My Life on May 18, 2007 | 12 Comments »
I am, and forever will be, a lover of the camera. Sometimes they say a camera loves a person, well I love the camera right back. If someone pulls one out in my presence, my heart gives a flutter and I all but throw myself in front of the lens: smiling, grinning or [...]
