End of an Era

From the time that I was 4 til I turned 18, I lived in the same house.  That house has been through a lot; what with 7 children, (4 of them boys), and many, many guests; and only one mother to wrangle them all in.  There were fun times and sad times, joyful times and devastating times; but all those times are now at an end.

Beach Get-away

Nathan and I were able to visit the beach this week for a late anniversary get-away, and it was fabulous.  We were able to relax and just enjoy being together again after a long separation.  We slept in, combed the beach for interesting things, and reveled in the beauty of God's creation.

For the Love of Sports

Last night, I stole a base for the Boston Red Sox during the American League Championship, while I slept.  Had you told me I would soon be dreaming of baseball 5 years ago, I would have fallen on the floor laughing at the absurdity of that prophesy.  Me, dream of baseball? I didn't know the first thing about baseball, had never even seen a  high school game, let alone a Major League game; not even on television.
Before my life collided with Nathan's, I could care less about sports. Honestly, I really could care less.  I grew up in a soccer home, we all played at one point or another, with varying degrees of success.  My father was apparently pretty good at it, so it was in our genetic make up to love the game.  I'll give you an example of how little we cared about American football, basketball, baseball, hockey, and golf: our family paid for cable once every four years in June, to watch the FIFA World Cup.  Once the World Cup concluded, off went the TV and it was on with summer activities.  For me, this all changed once I became engaged to Nathan.

Fall Happenings with Friends

Sorry, this was posted a bit late. Nathan is back! Which of course must excuse my lack of posts. :)

Photos taken by Naveen - the amazing screen tapper!

With Nathan gone I have spent every Saturday, and some days during the week, with my friends in Bend.  Partly it has been because Nathan is gone, but also one of my friends changed her job so she has more free time.  We have had 2 game nights and one adventure outing.  I really enjoy game nights.  Jen arranges them at her apartment because of the 3 of us (Jen, Lizzie, and Me), she's the only one with a place in Bend at the moment.  She and Lizzie invite gabs of people and we eat cookies and play games.

One Week

Nathan and B.R.

In one week Nathan will be home! It has been a pretty long 3 weeks and I will be so glad to have him home safe.  I know that we are none of us truly safe, a person could get hurt in their garden, but it eases my heart to see him every day.

Fruit Fly Invasion

My hostility towards fruit flies began my junior year of high school.  In AP Biology, there is a lab that every class does, every year, as they study genomes.  To properly study the dominant and receive genes in a population, you need generations of that population.  You need a creature that reproduces quickly and prodigiously.  You need insects.  In this case, fruit flies.  I despised this lab.  Not only did we have to breed fruit flies, a pest at the best of times; we had to stare at them through microscopes.  Really study this nasty little creatures.  And invariably, every year some would escape the biology lab and we'd have a fruit fly infestation at school.  Which is just annoying.  So began my war with this bug.