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Celebrating the anniversary with a porno
2008-11-15 22:21:00 For our anniversary last night Lee and I did what we do every year. Not that, pervert. We went to dinner and a movie. And like every other year it didn’t go quite as planned. It wasn’t bad. Just not exactly how I envisioned it in my head. I was craving steak so we headed to ... More About: Anniversary , Ruby Tuesday
Do you think is what she meant by suffering?
2008-11-14 22:19:00 Nine years ago I was standing as Maid of Honor at my best friend’s [first] wedding when the preacher said something that almost made me burst out laughing. She was going on about suffering and how each partner had to suffer a little. I have no idea what she was babbling about but she asked ... More About: Suffering
A love story, part 4?and they lived happily ever after, or something like t
2008-11-14 03:16:00 After our first kiss Lee finally called me. In fact I think he called me that night, but I honestly can’t remember. (Aren’t these stories just riveting with me not being able to remember half the details. I know. I should win some kind of award for great storytelling.) In any event, we talked on ... More About: Love , Story , Happily Ever After , Part , Love story
A love story, part 3?Finally, a kiss
2008-11-13 02:15:00 I make it sound like months have gone by with no call from Lee when in reality it was actually only about a week. But when you’re young a week is a really long time. A lot can change in just one day so you need to act fast. The first weekend in June Andre had ... More About: Love , Kiss , Story , Finally , Part
A love story, part 2?He still didn?t call
2008-11-12 02:48:00 Days went by and I never heard from Lee. I was starting to think he just asked for my number because he felt obligated. The old “I’ll call you tomorrow” trick boys pull on girls in an attempt to be nice rather than honest. I wasn’t exactly heartbroken. It was a fun group date, but ... More About: Love , Story , Part , Call , Love story
A love story, part 1?I?m just his type
2008-11-11 04:44:00 This Friday Lee and I are going to celebrate our 11th wedding anniversary. So I figured I’d spend the week telling our sappy love story. Of course, I was only 18 and Lee was just 23 when we met so there was actually less sap and more beer. A couple of years ago I gave ... More About: Love , Story , Type , Part , Love story
Sunday Linky Love: Election Edition
2008-11-09 19:54:00 So, did you hear we had an election here in the States last week? Backerella reminded us to vote with patriotic cupcake pops. She makes the most amazing things in that kitchen of hers. I can’t even make chocolate chip cookies without burning the bottoms of at least a dozen of them. Before the election, Neil explains ... More About: Love , Sunday , Election , Linky , Edition
Take this homework and shove it
2008-11-09 06:08:00 Besides my photography class, I am also taking Introduction to Mass Media Industry this term. It is a class about, um, the mass media industry. Specifically we are learning about the laws that apply to mass media, the ethics in mass media, and the history of mass media. Therefore we have a law textbook, an ... More About: Homework
Showing off my mad Photoshop skillz
2008-11-07 23:07:00 One of the best things about being a college student is…being able to buy the Adobe Creative Suite for around $400 instead of the full $1200 price. Ok, sure there are other good things about school. There’s the learning. And sense of accomplishment. And the fact that a degree helps you get a good job. ... More About: Photoshop , Skillz
Love Thursday: Music
2008-11-07 05:17:00 There are so many things I love about Skyler, but one of those things is her creativity. Put her in a room with a pad of paper and some markers and you won’t hear from her all day. But when you check on her she will have filled that notebook with beautiful pictures and be ... More About: Music , Love , Thursday
On the path to change
2008-11-06 05:12:00 Yesterday we elected the 44th president of the United States. Elections are always exciting. Will your candidate win? How close will it be? What weird thing will CNN do? [Holograms? Who would've guessed?] But this election had even more historical importance than other elections in my lifetime. Up until yesterday we have always elected old, white ... More About: Barack Obama , Change , Path
Waking up tomorrow to a new?wad of cash
2008-11-05 03:40:00 While much of the nation will wake up to news of a new president (although it’s looking like we won’t need to wait until morning to find out who it is), Caleb couldn’t care less. He’ll be waking up to a one dollar bill. Under his pillow. FOR THE VERY FIRST TIME! Yep, Caleb lost his ... More About: Cash , Tomorrow
Tuesday Tantrum: Gay Marriage
2008-11-04 21:04:00 With my pledge to blog every single day in November I’m doing some brainstorming to come up with ideas to keep me on track. I’ve thought about participating in some memes or regular features again to get back in to the groove. For example, I brought back the Sunday Linky Love (which I found to ... More About: Marriage , Gay Marriage , Tantrum , Tuesday
Bring on the toe sock photos
2008-11-03 17:52:00 It’s November. And you know what happens in November, right? Well yeah, Thanksgiving. But you know what else? NaBloPoMo. Yep, this is my third year with NaBloPoMo and I intend to win a damn prize this year. Every year I post every day in November, but I never win a prize. But this will be my ... More About: Photos
Sundy Linky Love: The Halloween Edition
2008-11-02 20:23:00 You may have noticed the Sunday Linky Love disappeared a few weeks back. I have a list of excuses as long as my left arm as to why, but that’s neither here nor there. (How many clichés can we use in one post?) But don’t fret, ’cause it’s back. (At least for now.) So let’s ... More About: Halloween , Edition
Trick-or-Treat
2008-11-01 17:04:00 Trick-or-treating went much better this year. You may recall I had to basically force the kids to beg for candy trick-or-treat last year. But this year was a totally different experience. First, it was beautiful out. I really expected snow this Halloween considering how flippin’ cold it was last Sunday. But it was so far from ... More About: Trick , Treat
Happy Halloween!
2008-11-01 05:29:00 © 2004-2008 The Bean Blog - All ... More About: Happy , Halloween
You might be a blogger if?
2008-10-31 03:17:00 Skyler has a little rash spot on her neck. I’m pretty sure it’s ringworm. It’s been there for about two days so this afternoon I consulted our doctor WebMD in search of a picture of ringworm and how to treat it. The picture on WebMD looks almost exactly like her rash so I’ve put on ... More About: Blogger
Breathing never felt so good
2008-10-29 05:15:00 It’s been an exciting couple of days for me. And by exciting I mean totally crappy and awful. I spent the last three days gasping for breath, hacking up a lung and sucking on to an inhaler. Good times. It was so bad on Sunday I almost went to the ER. But I decided against it ... More About: Felt
Starting new Halloween traditions
2008-10-27 05:45:00 We’ve really been slacking on our Halloween responsibilities this year. Halloween is only five days away and we were still pumpkinless. Every year we make a big deal out of the family trip to the pumpkin patch. We spend a couple of hours there going through the haunted barn, riding the go-karts, and petting the ... More About: Traditions
Wearing shoes to bed
2008-10-24 04:37:00 I have this thing about my feet. I don’t like people to touch them. I’m almost obsessive about it. I know. Me? Obsessive? Never. Normally it’s not a problem. I usually wear shoes so very few people ever actually have the opportunity to be near my feet. But there is one place where the foot issue ... More About: Shoes
Hatin? Halloween
2008-10-22 07:24:00 It’s no secret I’m no fan of Halloween . I don’t see the point. It’s no longer a religious holiday. Now it’s just a day where you spend ridiculous amounts of money on an outfit you’ll wear one day a year just so you can beg strangers for candy. Every year I say we will just make ...
Latest teen hair fashion
2008-10-20 07:27:00 Keaton and Justis got new hairdos. (Are they called hairdo’s on boys? Or is there some more manly term?) They are the latest in teen fashion. The Fro! And the Mullet! Oh, I kid. I got them these wigs for Halloween. I don’t buy them costumes anymore, but we were at the Halloween store buying costumes for ... More About: Fashion , Hair
Parenting magazine reads my mind
2008-10-19 00:37:00 My Parenting magazine came in the mail today. It is my final issue. I chose not to renew my subscription because I feel like I’ve outgrown it. My kids are no longer breastfeeding or potty training. I don’t need tips on how to soothe my infant or what food to introduce first. Instead I need ... More About: Magazine , Mind
Are some people too stupid to vote?
2008-10-16 03:38:00 Last week 20/20 had a segment on voting called Maybe It’s Your Civic Duty Not to Vote . The first half of the segment asked twenty-somethings some questions about American government. Things like “how many states are in the United States,” “how many senators are there,” and “what is Roe v. Wade?” Some of the ... More About: People , Stupid
This first grade classroom is going to the chapel
2008-10-15 06:50:00 Some first grade students in San Francisco went on a field trip. Ok? So what’s so exciting about that? First graders go on field trips all the time. Well this first grade class went on a field trip to city hall. To surprise their teacher at her wedding. Her wedding to her same-sex partner. As you can ... More About: Chapel
Just say no to sleepovers
2008-10-14 00:16:00 As you know Skyler & Spencer recently turned 9-years-old. I was really hoping to get out of the whole birthday party thing. I was hoping they would just be happy with a small party with family at home. We also went out to dinner with my mom, grandma and aunt and uncle. Plus Lee took ...
Like a hole in the head
2008-10-13 01:40:00 Do you notice anything different about Skyler? How about now? Or maybe now? She got her ears pierced today. It was completely unplanned. We were at the mall for a dinosaur presentation and Skyler had a gift certificate for Claires. She’s had this gift certificate for about a year and we’ve never used it. We hardly ever go ... More About: Head , Hole
Hiding from sex
2008-10-12 00:27:00 The kids and I were watching Forrest Gump earlier when it got to the part where Jenny and Forrest have sex. The scene is actually very tame. It just shows the two of them kissing really. Jokingly I said, “Close your eyes.” All three of the little kids plastered their hands over their eyes. Caleb took it ...
Politics at the age of six
More articles from this author:2008-10-08 04:19:00 Just before Caleb went to bed I had the debate on television. Barack Obama was talking about something (it was on, but I wasn’t really listening) and Caleb said, “Is that Irock Obama?” I was shocked he recognized him (and almost said his name right). He’s only six-years-old after all. I’m pretty sure I had no ... More About: Politics , Cain 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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