This was probably the funniest email I’ve read in a very long time (and I also never read forwarded emails).  Ask Kevin; I was laughing for nearly 10 minutes (and crying and choking), then started laughing again later.  He thinks I’m on drugs, but I swear, it’s only this story.  Something about it just completely […]

For my niece’s birthday, I took her to Annie.  It was an absolutely wonderful experience!  I love theatre so much and I was very impressed with this production of Annie.  I’ve always been impressed with Cedar Rapids’ theatre.  They turn out some really great stuff and today’s performance was no exception.  I was especially impressed […]

I rarely shop at Wal-Mart.  There are several reasons for this decision of mine, but it’s primarily because I just don’t like the store.  It’s dirty, the parking is terrible, they have those “greeters” at the doors who look like they were dragged there by their wives who were tired of having them home all […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]