Posted by Carrie on 20 Jun 2010 | Tagged as: Pictures and movies, Reminiscing
Happy Father’s Day, Eric. This morning, we gave you breakfast in bed, prepared by Gabe and me, and a colorful card that Sam made himself. (GABE: “Dad, did you like my card? Sam did most of the work, but I wrote my name.“) We’re all a bit beaten and exhausted from Sam’s birthday trip to [...]
Posted by Carrie on 24 Apr 2010 | Tagged as: Familial things, Reminiscing
I’m reading Getting In right now, and it’s a really good read. It’s also making my stomach hurt. See, it wasn’t that long ago that I was panicking and frantically searching for hoops through which to jump in order to make sure Sam got into the “right” elementary school, whether it have been magnet, charter, [...]
Posted by Carrie on 14 Jan 2010 | Tagged as: Items of Interest, Reminiscing
Apparently, it’s National Delurker Day. So, come out, come out, wherever you are. I’ll even give you a question to answer in a comment, to make it easier! Just something that’s been brewing in my head since I posted a group picture from my high school graduation, and a friend commented how we “thought we [...]
Posted by Carrie on 03 Jan 2010 | Tagged as: Familial things, Reminiscing
Ugh and oof. I really do prefer to come home from a vacation/trip to an at least somewhat tidy house, and there is nothing quite like returning home to a house that was apparently bombed with Christmas and then hastily abandoned for a couple of weeks. I sort of want to cover my head and [...]
Posted by Carrie on 17 Dec 2009 | Tagged as: Reminiscing
Not a lot of time tonight; I’m getting ready to head to a small gathering with my discussion group from MOPS. For some reason, I volunteered to bring an appetizer instead of wine or a dessert; I’m not an appetizer cook, but thankfully Eric was able to save my tail and whip up some of [...]
Posted by Carrie on 13 Dec 2009 | Tagged as: Reminiscing
I used to be such a night owl. Now it’s not even nine o’clock, and I’ve been watching episodes of Doctor Who with Eric on the computer, drinking a couple of glasses of Rioja, and I feel absolutely done in. Last night, the family got in from shopping around 6:45, and I packed us all [...]
Posted by Carrie on 11 Sep 2009 | Tagged as: Reminiscing
Some days are so routine, you could probably get through them without ever even opening your eyes. You know what’s coming, you know how you’ll react when it does, and nothing unexpected musters the energy to crop up and surprise you. Today isn’t that day for me. For starters, it’s only Gabe’s second day of [...]
Posted by Carrie on 24 Feb 2009 | Tagged as: Reminiscing
Are you making them tonight? Are you heading to IHOP for their free pancake deal? Are you mystified, not knowing what I’m talking about? Back in West Virginia, when I was an undergrad, our composition professor was also the choir director at the Episcopal church where Eric and I would eventually be married. We weren’t [...]
Posted by Carrie on 28 Dec 2008 | Tagged as: Familial things, Pictures and movies, Reminiscing
Individual memories are so numerous and scattered that sometimes it’s easier to sum up a year by reflecting on what struck me as important enough, in the moment, to capture visually. If a picture is worth a thousand words, here is the year 2008 in 12,000 words. Read more… or Read more right here… » [...]
Posted by Carrie on 10 Dec 2008 | Tagged as: Reminiscing
Until I was dating Eric, I had never seen “It’s a Wonderful Life,” not even once. I still haven’t seen “A Miracle on 49th 34th Street.” (Whoops!) These things just never happened to appear on my family’s little television during my impressionable years, so it took my college friends to introduce me to Clarence and [...]
