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The Smandersons Come to Town

I must say, Internets, summertime is a horrible time for blogging. I will not apologize for my delinquency, however, because I know this to be the very height of rudeness: I read in an etiquette book once that one must never apologize for not responding earlier to a letter, as this implies that one is [...]

Best Road Trip Ever 2007: Day 3

The saga that continues. As it is now ancient history, I offer you the highlights: 1. Drying oneself off with Bounty paper towel after a brisk campground shower, having left all of one’s towels at home. This is because one is awesome. 2. Breakfast at Tim Hortons, or, as Cenaida insisted on calling it, “Tom [...]

Best Road Trip Ever 2007: Day 2

Once upon a time, Cenaida and I embarked on Best Road Trip Ever 2006. This road trip took us down Highway 101, through the redwoods, across the Golden Gate Bridge, to the campus of UC Davis, and past Crater Lake. On the first or second day of this trip, Cenaida expressed her interest in stopping [...]

Best Road Trip Ever 2007: Day 1

On the “morning” of Thursday, June 28, Cenaida and I set off on Best Road Trip Ever 2007. First stop: Seattle and Pike Place Market. Avoidance of exorbitant parking garage prices and a pound of Rainier cherries later, we were on our way to Canada. Incidentally, I just found out that I’m very glad I [...]

All This Week on eptivity.net

Tune in for the rest of the week for posts regarding Best Road Trip Ever 2007. Featuring: What Canada Does Right Canadians Who Are Nice English to Canadian Translator Indebted to the Queen How To Survive a Bear Attack You Make Up in Your Head The World’s Three Greatest Inventions I’ll sell you the whole [...]

Can a Monkey Do Your Job?

One of my new library books is A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius. I’ve only read the (lengthy) Rules and Suggestions for Enjoyment of This Book, Preface to This Edition, Acknowledgements, and Incomplete Guide to Symbols and Metaphors, but I haven’t been this excited to read a book in a long time. I haven’t read [...]

I Made Up This Title So I Could Go Read

About as good a day as possible with Stephan out of town. First, though, there was sadness at work because I listened to sappy music from our reception list on the iPod this afternoon. And it turns out that Stephan is the meaning in my life; he is my inspiration. But then it was Library [...]

Here I Am!

I have returned from doing absolutely nothing for the entire fabulously 3-dayed weekend. We did make a list Saturday morning of things that needed to be done, but it involved things like “read” and “watch Happy Feet.”* We meant to climb Dog Mountain today, but that somehow turned into baking a lemon chiffon cake with [...]

Nalani

Those of you who have been glued to the comments–and, really, who hasn’t–may be curious who this “Nalani” person is. This is who: The orange and camo one with the hot dog. It’s her fault that I’m married: she introduced me to Stephan. This picture was taken on an illegal camping weekend (mixed company with [...]

Rocky Mountain High

Here I am, Internets! After a super fabulous mini-vacation to sunny Boulder, Colorado. Where several things happened. I ate the most adorable gummy bears ever. Check out those tiny paw pads!

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