meet the (boyfriend’s) parents. 1

Harlan and Judy are, in my experience, some of the least-stressful parents to hang out with. They like to chill in the yard, play cards, have cocktails, go shopping, and see new things. They’re awesome. We grilled at our house Friday night, and went to Home Depot to buy a freezer Saturday, followed by a trip to Canterbury Park (where ...

THE BUSY.

This week, I had two days of companywide end-user training on one of the products we make here at work. If you want to lose track of time completely, I would recommend going to two days of training. Even if you get free breakfast and lunch, you will still wonder what happened to your well-ordered schedule. In the meantime, I’ve ...

roughing it? 2

Yep, that’s a poop notebook. We found it near our campsite. Camping was great. We were a little worried about not camping in Wisconsin, the land of anything-goes-as-long-as-no-one-dies, but our fears were unfounded. The funniest part is that the group sites are billed as ‘primitive’. I would argue, though, that ‘primitive’ does not include nearby water spigots and flush toilets ...

vegetarian fishing

Matt and I played tennis last night. I haven’t played tennis since I was maybe 15. Maybe. I think he’s around the same time-frame as well, though his 15 was a lot more recent. I loved it. We were a disaster at first, lucky if we could do more than return the serve. But within the hour, we were starting ...