Friday, December 28, 2007

What's The Game Sensation That's Sweeping The Nation (or my mom's house at least)?


I was one of the scores of lucky people to get a Bobberball set for Christmas, and was intent on getting my whole family hooked. Success! I got a kick out of hearing things like :"Okay, I'm almost done. Just let me get a finesse."






I don't think that Ethan ever hit the ceiling, but he had fun trying.


This shot is dark, but I like Jen's blurry hand. She's a shark.



Wednesday, December 26, 2007

Sunday, December 23, 2007


Gladlig Lille Jul Aften!

Wednesday, December 19, 2007

Saltwater Glop


Here's taffy attempt number two with some youth group kids. The first time we scorched the batter-dough-whatever-you-call-it-goo because the pot that we used was too big. This time went much better, but the girls just didn't seem to have the muscle for it. They "pulled" it for almost an hour, gave up, then ate it off their fingers. Poor Sarah who offered her kitchen wound up knee-deep in sticky.


Holiday Shopping Can Be Stressful.

Some Of The Obstacles Thus Far



I've been brushing my teeth at the kitchen sink to avoid this (today is my fifth day living here- the rust is almost gone now).




This is the only thing that really made me freak out and have a short, crying anxiety attack during the move. You know how moving is usually a grueling, exhausting task for a group of movers that takes from sunup to sundown? Well, when you do it alone it takes six days. Josh helped me move all of my furniture on Friday, and fortunately for me, he was a tremendous mover. And he worked for diet soda. Brilliant. I was already kinda brain-dead from the pre-move, and he didn't get mad at me for not knowing in advance what furniture we'd move, and what would go to the dump. After we had gotten all of the big stuff in, I tried to get things settled into their permanent places. We ended up dropping a lot of stuff off in the living room of the Maple Lodge (which is not mine) so I decided to clear the boxes off of my dining room table and move it into place after I'd wrestled with the couch, huge chair and entertainment center (which, by the way, is a term that I hate- entertainment center- so pompous). It wouldn't fit through the door. After trying every angle, I used all of my remaining energy to lug it out of the building and around to the back door while trying to keep it out of the snow. I got it halfway through the door and started brushing some snow off of it and somehow broke one of the legs. I straightened it out, put it in its place then realized that the space was too small for the chairs. Cue the freakout.

The next day I realized that the refrigerator could be moved over about six inches, so it's tight, but they fit.

And this is the hole in the wall where lots of cold air blows in. I didn't notice it until my second night sleeping there, but once I taped it up there was no longer need to sleep in a hooded sweatshirt.

This Is The First Load Of Laundry I've Done Without Leaving My House In Almost Eight Years. So Happy!!

Goodbye #71!



No more coolio peacock screen door for me. On the 15th I moved the last of my things out and cleaned up shop.







On one of my last trips from apartment to parking lot I saw the Bensons getting their Christmas decorations out of a nearby building that I had never seen opened up before. It was an old shower house with cracked windows- a pretty standard defunct camp building. Leave it to me to find out on my last day at Tahquitz that each of us had storage lockers. I was consoled though by the thought that I could have had even more stuff to cart to my new place.

Wednesday, December 12, 2007

Monday, December 10, 2007

Happy Birthday Paul!!!!


Mmmm...Necessary Gluttony



The coconut cookies that we make are not delicious if they sit around for very long. They cannot be rationed throughout the week. They must be eaten within two days!

Friday, December 07, 2007

It's Off To Anaheim For Me

Acquire the Fire is tomorrow so we're headed out tonight to sleep on the floor of a church that I've not heard the name of. Then Sunday is my mom's annual slave labor-, uh, I mean cookie-baking, light-hanging, Christmas tree decorating party! I should really write a lot more so that turkey picture gets bumped further down the page, but I've got to go pack.

Saturday, December 01, 2007




I've added some stolen pictures, including the one snapped just as Erin and I had begun looking for her dropped olive.

Here's My Cute, Cute Jen Who's Having Baby Number Two!