I find growing up to be a strange thing.  Although parts of my childhood are fuzzy and dim, I vividly remember a lot of details, even back to when I was only 3 years old.  But one thing I will always remember is the feeling of being little, being tinier than the world, feeling blocked […]

I’ve never had heartburn before. In fact, when I woke up Monday night with it, I thought that I had something lodged in my chest and drank some water to try to wash it down. Little did I know… This has been severe and on-going now for over 5 days. I went to the doctor […]

…She had too many children, she didn’t know what to do. Sometimes I get really worked up about things.  My current issue is the birth of the octuplets.  I am not so much worked up about their birth, I guess, as their mother.  I think she is crazy.  Say what you will, but any person […]

I thought this was interesting in a nightmarish kind of way.  I can’t even imagine all of the wedding stress multiplied times four.  On the other hand, better to get them all out of the way at the same time, I guess.  Hah…good for them. I told Kevin yesterday about what I am dreading most […]

It’s official.  We have a place to live come March 1st!  I was thrilled to find a brand new condo building for rent in North Liberty with tons of availability.  After a showing, Kevin & I submitted our applications and today we were approved and get the keys March 1st.   I, of course, am […]

Next week, it will be T-minus 2 months until the wedding.  In celebration of that, here’s some interesting facts about outrageous weddings that set wedding world records. The biggest wedding cake ever was the towering cake baked by a team of 58 chefs at Connecticut casino Mohegan Sun in 2004.  It was a 7-tiered cake […]