Once upon a time… My family and I were in Oregon. This is something that happened quite frequently growing up. My paternal grandmother’s family mostly lives in Oregon, around the Portland area, and for a good chunk of my childhood my aunt lived in Vancouver, which killed two birds with one stone. We would see […]

Once upon a time… During my early college years, my friend Girl With Flat Hat, who has her own blog, visited friends at Hillsdale College in Michigan. She came back with stories of a computer-animated Christian series of videos that were really funny, even for adults. It was called “Veggie Tales.” So on her recommendation, […]

Once upon a time… There was a TV show called “The X-Files.” It ran for nine seasons. During my college years, I watched this particular TV show with my friends A. and Doc. I briefly dated A., who was Doc’s roommate at the time. This was, of course, before Doc married Friend and got his […]

Once upon a time… (Yes, this is “once upon a time” week, where I will flashback to old stories and memories to anectodally illustrate my life. Bear with me.) When the Webmaster and I ordered our wedding invitations, we also ordered notecards with our name on them to be used for thank-you notes. Immediately after […]