Ben: OK, say “Hi Aunt Meg”

Piper: Hi Aunt Meg!

Ben: Now say “this is Piper”

Piper: (garbled mumbling)

Ben: Hi Meg, Piper wanted to call you. She’s grinning now. We’ll see you tomorrow morning when we pick you up from the train station. Do you want to say “goodbye,” Piper?

Piper: Goodbye Piper!

last night my Nana was sighing over the fact that she doesn't have her usual pounds of cookie dough all mixed up and waiting in the freezer to be baked for holiday guests, last-minute potlucks, and Christmas festivities ( Read more... )

 such a small town life we're leading

went to high school production of Annie last night
i seem to have been the only one who noted the irony of doing a Depression-era musical right now
but a surprisingly good show in general

thursday night was the Frederick County Bird Club Christmas Party
buffet dinner, weirdass restaurant, over-the-top decor
then a ( Read more... )

 Bold = the things I haven't done
. . . .
1. Started my own blog
2. Slept under the stars
3. Played in a band
4. visited Hawaii
5. watched a meteor shower
6. Given more than I can afford to charity
7. Been to Disneyland and/or Disney World
8. Climbed a mountain
9. Held a praying mantis (just a couple weeks ago!)
10. Sung a solo (ah church choir... good times)
( Read more... )

i am LOVING the satellite radio in my mom's car
there's a grateful dead channel! live dead, 24/7, on demand - there is a god!

pineapple-scented does not equal pineapple-flavored...

i used to say that galesburg is my spiritual homeland, but walkersville is my familial homeland
i just love this place, it has a strange light about it at night - there aren ( Read more... )

 hilarious ( Read more... )

so my grandparents live in Walkersville - a small town about 2 miles from Frederick ( Read more... )

the name is lame, but I think it's a nice idea
making goals, dreaming dreams, plan for the future, start early...

anyway here's what i've got so far -

1. Visit every continent on the Earth (and any on other planets that become reasonably accessible in my lifetime ;)
2. Eat at a 3-star Michelin restaurant
3. Learn to fly a plane, preferably a Stearman ( Read more... )

 So I've been doing a lot of baking lately and I found this cool explanation on the purpose of the ingredients in cookies on one of my foodie blogs - The Accidental Hedonist

I find this fascinating because i'm hoping to be able to start messing around with cookie recipes and inventing my own delicious morsels!
My FAVORITE PART is THE SALT!

"The Dry ( Read more... )

 *moaning*

substituted in pre-K today, pure chaos
nobody told me it was "wear your pajamas and bring a teddy bear to school day!"
cute, but insane

now home, starving
dealing with my mother still holding my youthful indiscretions against me
exhausted

drinks for emilie's bday tonight (5 days early)
v. excited about that

tomorrow night 2 more bday parties
and ( Read more... )