Thursday, Dec 11 2008
Yesterday afternoon I went to the doctor to find answers for the back spasms that I’ve been having. The first episode was in late September, here and gone in a painful, scary night. The spasms didn’t rear their ugly face again until early November, but again they were over within a night. The past week [...]
Categories: Daily Grind, Health -- Tags: Brian, Family, Friends, MichelleThursday, Oct 30 2008
Last night, Brian and I boarded a massive, double-decker jet and flew halfway around the world to Israel.
This tiny scrap of land about the size of New Jersey is celebrating its 60th birthday as a new nation this year. Ever since its rebirth, Israel has been a political and religious battleground. Enemies within the country [...]
Categories: Travel -- Tags: Brian, Israel, Jesus, MichelleSaturday, Oct 18 2008
My grandparents used to take my mom and uncle to Nelson Ledges in the fall when they were young. My mom carried on that tradition with my brothers and me, every fall if possible. We typically started our day in the picnic area, enjoyed a lunch together, and tossed around a football or frisbee in [...]
Categories: Blog, Childhood, Daily Grind -- Tags: Brian, Family, Masthead, Michelle, Nelson LedgesThursday, Sep 25 2008
My friend’s water broke last night, another friend is going to the doctor today and may get induced, and about a dozen other friends and family members have due dates set for late 2008/early 2009. With all of the birthing around me, especially the one(s) this week, I’ve begun to wonder what kind of phone [...]
Categories: Daily Grind, Parenthood -- Tags: Brian, Friends, MichelleTuesday, Sep 23 2008
A week ago Friday, Brian and I were invited to a dinner party. The hostess, Paula, is an English woman and relatively new faculty member in my department. She had lived in the United States for only a few weeks before the ‘07 spring term began. For the ‘07 and ‘08 spring semesters, Paula facilitated [...]
Categories: Daily Grind -- Tags: Brian, Friends, MichelleTuesday, Sep 02 2008
A couple weeks ago, my husband barreled down the stairs and across the living room, stumbled over the over-sized ottoman, and then collapsed onto our over-sized chair. Brian is both coordinated and athletic, but occasionally around the house he carries himself with this sort of lazy, bulky (not to be confused with Balky) [...]
Categories: Daily Grind, Marriage -- Tags: Birthday, BrianWednesday, Aug 20 2008
Last month my husband and I celebrated our ninth wedding anniversary. When I sat down an hour before our dinner date to write out a card for him, I had wished that I would have written the note a couple days earlier when I was in more of an appreciative, lovey dovey mood rather [...]
Categories: Marriage -- Tags: Brian, Michelle, Wedding