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Monthly Archives: April 2007

No need to thank me

Today is our seven-month anniversary. In its honor, I offer seven helpful tips I have learned since being married. 1. If you’re going to be sick on your honeymoon, make sure its someplace with a king-size bed and room service. 2. Don’t forget that your bathtub faucet doesn’t automatically drop the pull-up-for-shower thingy when your [...]

Springtime for Katie in Portland

It’s spring here now. On Friday, I went into work early, which meant that I walked, and on petal-strewn paths, no less. It was nice being out when the birds were up but the city was not. (In the fall, these same paths are strewn instead with acorn caps, and you would not believe how [...]

Whatevs, y’all

I have this problem lately where I keep saying “whatevs” because, frankly, it’s hilarious. I have this other problem where whenever I watch America’s Next Top Model with Cenaida and the judges send everyone out of the room so they can deliberate, Cenaida compulsively blurts, “debilerate!” Also hilarious, but the problem is that I just [...]

A Very Merry Unbirthday to Me

In a little over the two weeks spanning the end of March and beginning of April, we celebrate my brother’s birthday, my husband’s birthday, my father’s birthday, and my parents’ wedding anniversary. We’re supposed to be having dinner or hiking sometime soon in celebration of these events, a dinner or hike at which I am [...]

Katie Wins Again

My most favorite game lately is one that I invented, in which Stephan tries to prove that I don’t know him as well as I think I do. But I almost always win, because I know him better than he knows himself. It’s very simple: 1. Stephan asks Katie some trivia question related to him [...]

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