Sherry | April 28, 2010
When two families combine households, we combine histories as well. We can’t separate ourselves from our past—even if we wanted to! We are who we were. One of the items I considered precious enough to haul with me across the country when Mauri and I combined households is my dad’s neon real-estate-office sign. I think [...]
Sherry | April 24, 2010
Let me introduce you to Derin and Andra. Unless you’re from some other planet, you probably think they are strikingly handsome/beautiful. And they are our niece and nephew—more specifically—Derin is Margaret-Rose’s (Mauri’s first wife) brother’s son. I took this picture at their wedding (what was my first clue?) eight years ago. The beautiful thing about [...]
Sherry | April 22, 2010
Today we “celebrated” the fourth anniversary of our bike crash by going to acupuncture together. I mentioned earlier that I’ve been going to the senior center weekly for treatments, still working toward recovery, but today we both went. Before I show you pictures, I want you to know that acupuncture does not hurt. We sometimes [...]
Sherry | April 21, 2010
We just never know what fun awaits us at work. Today’s excitement/entertainment: When was the last time you held a baby goat?
Sherry | April 20, 2010
Our boss Elizabeth takes great delight in expressing her appreciation to Denise and me for the work we do. In fact, she does it so regularly, I didn’t connect today’s scavenger hunt to administrative professionals day, which is—today. Who knew? Elizabeth “covered the phones” while Denise and I hunted. Denise read the first clue while [...]
Sherry | April 18, 2010
I just happened to be in McMinnville today and I just happened to know that our Jeep is out on the lot and I just happened to hang a right at the dealer entrance and I just happened to have my camera with me. I’m pathetic, I know.
Sherry | April 16, 2010
I don’t have a single picture to go with this post, so I hope my words will capture your interest long enough to click the link at the end. Every Thursday morning I go to the local senior center because a Newberg acupuncturist offers his services to us oldies for $10 a session. I’ve grown [...]
Sherry | April 11, 2010
It could be I’ve carried this healthy eating thing a little too far. When I saw this on one of the blogs I read I shopped for the ingredients to replicate it. She’s a more serious blogger than I am, illustrated by the level of effort put into staging the photo. Here’s her nicely presented [...]
Sherry | April 9, 2010
Have I mentioned that I read Shakespeare’s King Lear last month? Why, you ask? Believe me, it wasn’t on my reading list. But I’m in a reading group, and if I’m nothing else I’m at least a team player. God didn’t create me with Shakespeare-oriented brain, so I went online and printed out the Sparknotes [...]
Sherry | April 8, 2010
Maybe you’ll indulge me a little, just a little, nostalgia relating to the wheels I traded in this week. When Mauri and I bought the Jeep in 1996 we almost immediately took it on a road trip to California and the Grand Canyon. One could hardly consider it comfortable travel, but we had a great [...]