Archive for the 'camp' Category

Why Being a Grandparent is Apparently Better Than Being a Parent Part 2

Tuesday, August 19th, 2008

Reason #1 You never have to feel bad about letting your kids watch too much TV. In fact, if you take your granddaughters on a two day camping trip, feel free to bring your computer loaded up with cartoons and let them watch it in the tent. At 10pm. Reason #2 You never have to [...]

Random McRandom

Monday, August 11th, 2008

I feel like I’ve been posting long drawn out posts lately. Or short strange little things. Or stuff about other people’s stuff. While I know, deep down you’ve all been wondering about the randomness of my days! So, here goes… 1. I’ve had McDonald’s to eat two nights in a row. Before that, it’s probably [...]

Puffin

Thursday, August 30th, 2007

I told you before about my bird name at camp. Puffin. Now how did it become #2 on Yahoo Buzz? The 2nd top search today on all of Yahoo is Puffin?! Are my old campers looking for me? Seriously, why? Who’s doing yahoo searches on a flightless bird?

Down with the DC Talk

Tuesday, July 17th, 2007

I know I’ve mentioned camp a few times already. I can’t help it! It is one of the most wonderful memories of my growing up years! I went to 2 different camps every year–one was Camp Cherith, the campy camp with cabins and horsemanship and rope courses! The second camp was our church denomination’s youth [...]

Trudging Along

Monday, July 9th, 2007

I’m having a hard time blogging today. This always happens to me on Monday. I have lots of things to talk about but I just can’t get them down in an interesting, creative or even grammatical way! So, do you mind if I ramble for a bit? I had lots of family in town this [...]

Try to follow this one…

Friday, July 6th, 2007

I told you my mom is directing camp this year. Her staff includes my dad, my aunt, my brother, my sister and 4 of my cousins. Not to mention 2 of my best friends. I’m the odd man out. So, she recruits my dh and me to drive the apartment kids to camp & then [...]