Yesterday the fragrance of baking filled our home. That’s right, ladies and gentlemen, Super Bowl weekend can only mean one thing: the Male Bakeoff approacheth! Let’s review our Male Bakeoff experiences, shall we? The first year that Mike participated, he made a Chocolate Irish Cream Cake and won “Best First-Time Entry.” The second year, he [...]
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Let’s get one thing straight. Having a Roomba doesn’t make me lazy. I am a very busy woman, with a job and church commitments and also I am taking two classes this semester! Also, the Roomba gets under the bed. I never vacuumed under the bed. Our standard of living is actually higher now. (Okay, [...]
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Over the weekend, we flew to Florida for my uncle’s surprise 70th birthday party. Now, when I tell you that we flew on a private plane to go to a surprise party at the yacht club, you know that’s not how my life normally goes, right? But it was nice to pretend that it was. [...]
Categories: Family,Funny Stuff
I don’t normally link videos, but these have given Mike his silly laugh, and that means they really should be shared. First, we love our epic films. We’ll be going to see this ASAP. (HT: Alissa.) And we are a little bit afraid of how much this actually seems like us. (Seriously. I don’t want [...]
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For her 30th birthday, my friend Melissa had a murder mystery party. I was an archaeologist who believed that hieroglyphics hold evidence that UFOs have come to earth. Here are some pictures from my expeditions! Here I am with my friend Indiana Jones. Perhaps you have seen some of his documentaries. We went together on [...]
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My dad would always change this “NOEL” to “EL NO,” so my mom set it up that way for him this year. Dwight approves. For some reason, this one makes me laugh a lot. I think it’s the look on Dwight’s face (which makes no sense . . . he has the same look in [...]
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Brooklyn Bridge Park.
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Author’s note: Keep in mind that our upstairs heat is not working. MIKE: It’s going to be cold in here in the morning. KARI: You know what would be awesome? MIKE: No. KARI: If we got the coffeepot ready and then brought it up here so that, in the morning, we could turn it on [...]
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Sweaters with apples on them: 1. Sweaters with apples on them worn by me: 0. (I hope you knew this already.) Times I sang the “Jeans Day” song this morning: At least 5. (I got to wear jeans! To work!) Times before this week I have been jealous of Mike getting to wear jeans on [...]
Categories: Funny Stuff,Library
In an age in which fortune cookies are more likely to give lame advice than actual fortunes, my brother recently received what is, without dispute, the greatest fortune of all time. No, seriously. That’s not hyperbole. What did it say? “God will give you whatever you want.†Oh my gosh, you guys. It was his [...]
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If bookstores and websites can put out books full of Harry Potter predictions, why can’t Mike and I get in on that game? Well, we don’t have a publisher, but other than that, why can’t we get in on that game? So, here is our giant post full of our best Harry Potter predictions. You [...]
Categories: Books,Funny Stuff
At least, not if you’re a librarian. Check out this Amazon review of Pride and Prejudice.
Categories: Books,Funny Stuff
Would you rather hear about the M. Ward concert I went to last night, or the awkwardness I had at the grocery store this morning? Both? Really? Okay. I’ll start with the awkwardness. I am well-known for awkwardness at the grocery store, what with the apple-lanches and the having to ask tall people to get [...]
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Mike and Trey dance with a pickle. Luckily Brandi caught this moment (from the greatest day of my life) on film.
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I’m currently reading Ken Jennings’ book (don’t look at me like that. How can I resist a book with blurbs from both Will Shortz AND A.J. Jacobs?!) and I’m enjoying it. It’s about his time on Jeopardy and also about the history of trivia, specifically trivia competitions. The two topics merge together well – people [...]
Categories: Books,Funny Stuff,Television
KARI: What are you doing? MIKE: I’m looking up what the principal at this school looks like, in case I see her tomorrow. KARI: That’s smart. So you’ll be at the school tomorrow? MIKE: Yes. Now I have to try to remember her name. Principal Brady. KARI: You need a mnemonic device. MIKE: I was [...]
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I am notoriously bad at Scrabble. What I have figured out is that I am not great at games where there is a lot of visual information to take in, like Nerts or Scrabble. I can’t see all of those things at once. In Scrabble, that means that I create words that start or end [...]
Categories: Funny Stuff,General,Marriage
On the way to my parents’ house last night, we were passing through Liberty, a small town close to where I grew up. As we were driving through downtown, I noticed a few dogs on the other side of the road. Suddenly, the four dogs darted into the road and into our lane! There were [...]
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On the 4th of July, I found myself standing by the side of the road (under an umbrella) watching two sets of fireworks go off, one to my right and one to my left. The car stereo was cranked up, patriotic music was playing, and, oh yeah, the two guys I was standing with had [...]
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KARI: At work today, they said my eye looked better. MIKE: Really? KARI: Yeah, you don’t think so? It’s a little red, but that’s because of my cold. MIKE: Oh, the redness is better. It’s just more purple underneath. KARI: My makeup has worn off. MIKE: It looks like I hit you. KARI: That’s what [...]
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