Monthly Archives: November 2009

blind side

Ever since I first starting seeing previews for The Blind Side, I knew it would be a movie made for me.  I am a sucker for based-on-true-story football moves.  This includes (but is not limited to) We Are Marshall, Rudy, Remember The Titans, & Friday Night Lights.  I love true stories.  I love football.  I…

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oh christmas tree, oh christmas tree

We put up our Christmas tree last night!!!!  I have been looking forward to this for over a month now and as soon as we got back from Thanksgiving in Ankeny, we put it up.  (Kevin wouldn’t let me put it up before Thanksgiving.)  It’s beautiful.  Last year, I had gotten into the after-Christmas sales…

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thankfulness

Splitting up holidays is something we don’t have much experience with, being newlyweds.  All we know is that last Christmas was a nightmare trying to race from Des Moines to Coralville to Kalona trying to hit up all of the family gatherings.  Christmas was over before we blinked and we were exhausted beyond belief.  Our…

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giving thanks

It’s nearly 10 o’clock and I have yet to pack my overnight bag(s) for our trip to Des Moines this holiday.  I am procrastinating.  I went to Pi-Yo (combination Pilates and yoga) tonight at the gym.  I figured an hour of that will allow me a second serving tomorrow.  Then I came home and made…

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new yoga pose

This morning I woke up with a terribly tight neck.  Apparently, I had slept on it wrong which isn’t an abnormal occurrence for me.  Kevin has the day off so he was awake, but curled up in bed.  I got on my hands and knees and started doing “cat” and “cow” yoga poses (examples are…

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