It occurred to me tonight that a year ago today I posted this. One year.
In true Kris fashion I felt my shoulders and chest involuntarily rise, and the tinge of burning in my face that serves as my two-minute warning to locate tissues and a door that locks.
And then I reconsidered.
Because although [...]
Monthly Archives: January 2007
Anniversary
Photo Opportunities
With Dad’s health completely inconsistent and the Spin Doctors being played on DC’s classic rock station, I’ve been thinking a lot about just how old I am. Yesterday, my mother actually asked me whether I wanted to be cremated or buried after death. I don’t think she anticipated the twenty-minute reply I gave her, detailing [...]
Bygones
K Number 1, if we had married, I’d probably be living in Southern California. I bet we’d have had the ceremony in our hometown and you would have sung at our wedding. Like that teal suit that plagued me through many a college formal, you’d have worn a non-traditional tuxedo for which I’d secretly resent [...]
Convenient explanation
I hope this dragon’s parents are more gullible than mine were.
crickets.
Unsolicited Advice
Because I wanted to.
I’ve read lately that the Gap has lost its footing in the just-missed-J. Crew market. Am I the only one who’s not shocked? Last I went to Gap, the quality of both the clothing and the perfume was on par with the intentionally less expensive, big-glasses-wearing Old Navy, and the [...]
Overheard in the Shenandoah (Or Why No One Invites Me for Dessert Anymore)
* Photo and artistic license with the following courtesy of Kim and her GD Notebook. Ahem.
I spent the first weekend of 2007 in the setting we all know Kris loves best: a cabin in the Virginia mountains without track lighting, a package store with free wine refills or reliable cell phone service. (Oh, and numerous [...]
Living Single
Disclaimer: the following post is not meant to imply that I hate men or marriage, that I hope to remain single for the remainder of my natural life, or that I have anything against those who choose to marry, have children, or watch Lord of the Rings. Or those who have children while watching Lord [...]
H to the mmmmmm.
At some point today, which we all know equates to after Kris drinks two to three cases of Diet Coke, I will be back to post on this.
