Author Archives: The Daring One

Thoughts on a Flat Back

Since my back’s been bad, I’ve spent a lot of time alone. Alone with my bed. Alone with my thoughts. Alone with my current choice of natural deodorant. I’ve sworn off aluminum in an attempt to detox my body and … Continue reading

Posted in all about me, poser in granolaville, scaring the neighbors | 29 Comments

Speed Walking Glory

Dan supervised the kiddie festivities with mildly-annoyed resignation while I walked a 5K in the mud behind some of my running girlfriends. My joints are fairly bad and I once had a physical therapist tell me not to become a … Continue reading

Posted in all about me, around town, aspirations, save me from myself, weather, world domination | 29 Comments

Land of Eternal Winter

The sky is blue outside my window but I have trouble believing it. It’s been so gray and dark all day, all week, all YEAR. We have little bursts of sun and then back to weeks and weeks of oppressive … Continue reading

Posted in all about me, around town, brains, family fun, weather | 24 Comments

To Do

I wrote a post at Parenting today about how Laylee seems to follow in my footsteps. Well here’s a big fat peek into the world of Laylee’s mom. That’s me. What kind of a person must I be if my … Continue reading

Posted in parenting, unbearable cuteness | 30 Comments

Daring Reads — The Host

Have you read the vampire books by Stephenie Meyer? The teen vampire werewolf romance books by Stephenie Meyer? Me neither. Okay. I did read them. A bit. Because they’re set in the Northwest and Ms. Meyer went to BYU so … Continue reading

Posted in I can read, Reviews | 33 Comments

I Heart Tasers

For Dan’s 30th birthday I trashed his office like so: and I bought him this shirt after following an ad on g-mail for funny shirts. Yes, Google advertising executives, some people actually click through and purchase. Their name is Me. … Continue reading

Posted in fun, fun, fun, tasers | 14 Comments