Archive for June, 2006

Let there be paint

In Day 2 of Operation Renovate paint was applied. I picked out a beautiful sky blue color. However, I thought it was going to be a little bit lighter. Ok, I thought it was going to be a lot lighter. I so suck at this picking about paint thing. Is there a class I can [...]

Our dirty little secret

I’m going to share something with you. Something I’m not very proud of. But we’re all friends here. Right?
My house is a disaster. I don’t know if you’ve ever let five kids live in your house for an extended period of time, but when kids outnumber parents bad things happen.
When you’re in the shower or [...]

The evolution of being carded

In class the other day we were discussing demographics and target markets. Our teacher looked in my direction and said, “20? 21?” For a brief second I thought he was speaking to me and my heart did a little flutter. Somebody thinks I’m 20 or 21? Yippee! But then I realized he was talking to [...]

Being very proper at the boat regatta

We headed out to the lake to watch the Cardboard Boat Regatta this afternoon. We got a late start so we missed the first round. That’s where most of the sinkers are at. But we were still able to see a lot of the awesomely built boats.
We got there in time for the first round [...]