Cuddly Time Travel

tardis

  Question 1: What is this? If you answered Police Box, dummy. It says so right on it! Twice!, this probably isn’t the post for you. Perhaps you would enjoy listening to the theme song from Night Court? If you answered it’s a Time and Relative Dimension in Space, or T.A.R.D.I.S., dummy! Clearly its chameleon circuit is faulty, [...]

The Great Wedding Present Caper

Gwen

My sister Angie and her man Nathan finally got married! You may remember Angie and Nathan from our exciting adventures in Ecuador together a few years ago. They did the exotic travel thing, and then the “having a baby” thing, and then finally, Finally, they decided to go ahead and get married. The proposal happened last fall, [...]

Sleepy Bears & Secret Activities

SarahBear

Hrrmph. Growl. What’s going on? What time is it? What day is it? Month? And more importantly, WHICH ONE OF YOU POKED THE SLEEPING BEAR?!?!?! Just give me a minute or two to wake up. Y A W N ! STTRRREEETTCCCHHH There, that’s better. Now let me see…oh my! It’s April! When did that happen? [...]

Girl Meets Canada: Babies and Bloody Vikings

Alice and Me

Day 22 (Monday, May 31st) I made it to my Calgary friends, Vicki and Tim, and was immediately scolded for not calling them when I got into town the night before. Yeah, like I’m going to call a household with three children at midnight. What do you think I was, raised by wolves? Granted, I [...]

A Long Way Down

I love road trips. I really, surely, do. I like doing them with other people, but my friends aren’t as willing as I am to drop everything, quit their jobs, sell their stuff, and hit the road for an indefinite period of time in an unknown direction. They’re all Oh, I have to pay rent, [...]

Couch Surfing in Portland

Finally, after months of talking about it, and one failed attempt at doing it, I’m finally getting to use my van for more than cruising around town in the fast lane during rush hour. My good friend Bev is in Portland taking a class, and she made the mistake of inviting me down to visit. [...]