June 2007

Sleek, Sophisticated and Sparkling Clean

June 30, 2007

The week before last was pretty wretched for us mechanically. The Passat was in the shop on Tuesday, the Fox went in for repairs on Thursday and then on Friday the unthinkable happened:
Our washing machine broke.
Technically, it wasn’t our washing machine that broke. This is the washing machine that came with our house when [...]

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Just a Little Rambly Update

June 26, 2007

So I am in San Jose. I’m here for work for a week and I’m staying in a hotel. That means not seeing my guys for a bunch of nights in a row. We’re talking on the phone of course, but it’s just not the same. I was doing OK until tonight and then I [...]

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Ratatouille

June 17, 2007

Wyatt’s Uncle Bon-Bon took us all to a friends and family screening of Ratatouille at Pixar tonight. It was terrific! We’re big fans of Pixar movies around these parts so it’s probably no surprise that I liked this one as well, but it really exceeded my expectations. I knew it would have a great [...]

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Possibly the Funniest Thing I’ve Read in My Entire Life

June 8, 2007

I first read this in Mountain Man Dance Moves at Christmas and it still made me laugh until my stomach ached tonight:
Errors in Communication Between My Hairdresser and Me, in the Form of What I Said and What He Heard
…via McSweeney’s

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Things I’m Digging

June 8, 2007

Cupcakes – my new obsession. Did you know people devote entire blogs to cupcake recipes and take beautiful pictures of them? Go here and tell me that you don’t want to lick the screen.
Lily Allen — thanks to Allison for turning me on to her. My favorite song so far is the very funny Alphie. [...]

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The Oil Crisis

June 7, 2007

Boy howdy — this has been a crazy week! I know I say this all the time, but dang…when it rains, it pours.
Monday morning, Zach and I both woke up sick. Zach was worse off than I was, but we were both feeling pretty miserable, so it started the week off on the wrong foot. [...]

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