A Barrel of Nelsons

Someone on a forum recently said she bookmarked my blog and couldn’t wait to read it. So I figured that I should probably post or something like that, eh? (Also, welcome any new readers… and old readers, regular readers, infrequent readers, readers who know me in real life, and readers who Googled something and ended [...]

Oh readers, again I’ve had good intentions, and again I haven’t followed through. I have a half finished meme in my drafts that someone was kind enough to tag me for, but I just haven’t gotten to finishing it yet.
Unfortunately, I’m not coming here today to be up beat. I’m coming because I’m dealing with [...]

I don’t know V. I’ve never met her. Other than the stuff I’m about to post about and the basic information in the church records, I know very, very little about her.
Her mom is one of the more influential women in the church. Both her parents and her younger brother are talented vocalists, and [...]

You know the one that two guys walk into, but the third one ducks? Yes, I know. It’s a terrible joke.
Anyways. Believe it or not I don’t come across “Adoption-Related” stuff that much in my job. But when it does, kinda like that bar, I feel a bit smacked upside the head.
I’m not saying that [...]

My birthday weekend wasn’t bad. Jeff cooked which is always delicious. We went to Feast of the Hunter’s Moon here in the Lafayette/Tippecanoe County Area. Then we drove up to Michigan to Jeff’s Aunt Martha’s resort/retreat.
This morning at work was insane. We got a memorial bequest (of the large monetary variety) so the deposit was [...]

I keep meaning to talk more about my job, well I keep meaning to post more in general, but I’ve been running around, and that’s not even really done and there’s GenCon this weekend, and we still aren’t unpacked and I’ve got to get out the invites of Sara’s Baby Shower and…
Whew! I think you [...]

I have some real issues expressing myself sometimes. I naturally want to please people, to make friends, to not offend friends that I’ve made. However, I also have a very deep stubborn streak and a tendency towards passionate and somewhat ugly anger. I hold grudges, sometimes long after they should have rotted away. And I [...]

I haven’t attended church in over a year. My faith has been rocky for at least a couple years more than that.
But something nagged at me to maybe consider attending again. And I talked to Jeff about it… and surprisingly enough we’re looking to possibly do just that.
Now of course we have to find a [...]

Warning: For at least a portion of this post I’m going to talk in “ideals.” Things that happen in worlds where life is fair, it never rains on your parade and nobody is really out there to double cross you. This is also the place where fairies and unicorns runaway to hide.
I took a risk [...]

I was raised in a semi-Republican Christian home. I’m pretty sure that my parents are pro-life. They haven’t really discussed it with me. I don’t think that they really believe I could feel differently.
I am Pro-Choice. I have been since High School. Not that I think it’s a choice to be made lightly. Personally when [...]