Four years ago today I was in Oceanview, DE curled up on a couch with a handsome guy. I was hoping it would lead somewhere. I mean, he was cute, smart, ambitious, and a Terps fan. Jackpot! We've been through so much together over the years: deaths, sickness, graduating from college, being apart for weeks at a time, first jobs, car accidents, buying ( Read more... )

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We were in Orlando Thursday through Monday. It was 85 degrees, sunny, and palmy tree-y (yes that IS a word because I said so ( Read more... )

So tonight I had a unique and absolutely lovely encounter with a young man. Let me explain ( Read more... )

Everyone does it, right? It's not taboo, right? It happens all the time, right ( Read more... )

What currently resides in the backseat of my Jeep:

-crutches

-one sock

-two umbrellas (one broken)

-an empty cd case

-a few pennies

-one pair of black dress shoes

-one christmas blanket

-a breadmaker

No, not the Tupac song. But changes to my layout. I'm trying something new because I have the day off and the dog is sleeping peacefully at my feet in a wide band of sunshine using Garrett's shoe as a pillow. It's lovely. I'll take pictures ( Read more... )

I am:  whole and loved

You are: reading my blog which makes me wonder what on Earth I could possibly say to entertain you

We can: throw water balloons at midgets as they jump on a trampoline with three elphants wearing argyle socks

She didn't: know how to smile without letting the whole world know her secret

They knew: that the map would lead them to ( Read more... )

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"Sir? I think we have a bad connection."

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"Sir? I'm going to hang up now, call me when you get better service.OK?

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"Ok. You have a good day too. "

-Now that's what I call customer service

"It was 1952. I was in the Capitol at a beer joint with some of my Marine buddies. We were home from Korea for a little while and were catching up over drinks. I don't remember much about the night but the next day when I woke up I heard that UFO's had been spotted above the White House. I looked for them days after that but I never saw one. I saw ( Read more... )