Sherry | September 26, 2010
On our way out of town yesterday to celebrate Mauri’s birthday, he improvised a little poem that went like this. “We’re celebrating my inestimable worth on the day of my birth, all the while expanding my girth and smiling with mirth.” All of those prospects sounded appealing, but we chose one in particular to embrace— [...]
Sherry | September 24, 2010
Don’t judge me too harshly for the title of this post. As it is I changed the spelling to be PC about a term I’ve been using for much longer than my awareness of anyone of Korean descent. However, I have always used it in conjunction with the word tuna…as in tuna guke, a delicious [...]
Sherry | September 21, 2010
We always called our kids by their first initial. Still do, for that matter. First there was a B, then a Q, then finally a T. When I first moved to Newberg I got a kick out of looking for a BQT license plate, which, after years of looking, finally appeared up in North Seattle. [...]
Sherry | September 17, 2010
My friend Michelle and her daughter Brynn recently traveled to the Philippines to visit Brynn’s Compassion child. Of course it was a very moving experience. As I looked through the photo book Michelle made of the trip I was quickly transported backward to the mid ’60s when I traveled with a Youth for Christ Teen [...]
Sherry | September 9, 2010
Well, the temptation became too much and we gave in and bought a brand new car. It’s a Mercedes-Benz SCL600. We were so excited about those cool doors and couldn’t wait to drive it right off the showroom floor. First we had a little disagreement about which one of us got to drive. But then [...]
Sherry | September 7, 2010
Yesterday we took a pass on the annual family state fair day to do stuff around the house and, well, cease from our labor. We gave the dog a bath, picked up fermenting apples in the yard, watched a movie (or two), read. Heavenly! I dozed off during Masterpiece Mystery Theatre, and Mauri shared my [...]
Sherry | September 3, 2010
If I remember accurately, this blog is named “a little bit of this and a little bit of that.” I s’pose I could go look. Well, whatever, here’s a little bit of this and a little bit of that! _ . _ . _ . _ . _ My friend Bethany tagged me on Facebook [...]