Last weekend, the Browne’s were going on a hike up to Gregory Bald to attempt to catch the infamous Flame Azaleas at their peak. They invited us along for the ride, err hike, I should say and we graciously accepted being the mountain loving, hiking crazed fiends that we are. Hubs knows about every trail…
Archives for 2011
I feel the conflict within you, let go of your hate
WARNING: Uber-nerd-dom to follow: I am stricken with moral dilemma. September 16, 2011. That is the day that my childhood arrives on BluRay. Now, people may say they love Star Wars. I too, am one of those people. Those movies raised me. Quite literally. My earliest memories of film involve going to Box Office Video…
This post has “butt” in the title
Albeit pork butt. Which is odd. Why they call things what they do? Is it the pork butt? No, it’s the shoulder. Why we can’t just call it pork shoulder and be done with it I dunno. Anywho…Tuesday was our turn to host small group. This means feeding 8 people. This means feeding 8 people…
Camry? What Camry?
I owned a Camry? That’s news to me. Meet Klaus After a week together, Klaus is hereby declared AWESOME Klaus is many things any person would love. Cool looking, shiny, fast and also fast. I’ve really outdone myself this time. The biggest luxury I had on my last car was the fact that it was…
The big junkyard in the sky
Fare thee well Camry…You were a good car. Nay, a great one. I was heavily mocked by all of my friends when I bought this car. I got a “girlie” car. Or a “‘conservative” car. See, back in 2005 I was searching for two things. Functionality and reliability. Is a Toyota Camry flashy? Um, no….
These Ain’t yer Momma’s Brussels Sprouts
Ah the Brussels Sprout. The grievous, scandalous, nasty hunk of vegetable. And it has the name “sprout” attached to it. That makes it sound DELICIOUS, amirite? Look, these things hold bad memories for many of us. They were some sort of green thing our parents steamed and doused with butter (if you were lucky) and…
Adventures of OBX
This is reading material. There’s a lot of it. So, if you’re looking to kill some time on a lunch break, this is your chance. So…the long awaited OBX blog. Yeah, I know our vacation was like…a month ago. So what? Quick preface: this was our first “real” vacation in 3 years. Since the honeymoon….
Easter Schmeaster
To sum up our Easter Sunday in a few words: HAM, crazy dogs, Mom’s flowers and preggers sister. Following a great church service, we had breakfast with my father in law – I somehow forgot we’d be having ham for lunch and ham for dinner, so I ordered the ham & swiss souffle. Oh well,…