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Are you in?

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Tonight at small group, we will be playing this get to know you game. Everybody stands in a circle, and if the statement is true of you, you step in. Then you look everybody in the eye because you have that particular something in common. Actually, I won’t be there because both Simon and I are ailing.So, Internet, I’m looking you in the eye.

1. I ate out for lunch today. (No)
2. I am left-handed. (No)
3. I have sung a solo in public. (Yes)
4. I know how to make a White Russian. (Yes)
5. I have seen the new James Bond film (No) (I want to see the new James Bond film [Yes]).
6. I know my Meyers-Briggs personality type. (Yes)
7. My parents are divorced. (No)
8. I have been to a Husker football game. (Yes)
9. I remember the name of my kindergarten teacher. (No)
10. I have a green thumb. (No)
11. I am an only child. (No)
12. I have neices and/or nephews. (No)
13. I grew up somewhere other than Nebraska. (No)
14. I am an extrovert. (No)
15. I worked out today. (No)
16. I have cried at least once within the last month. (Yes)
17. I am traveling for Thanksgiving. (Yes)
18. I know how to change a flat tire. (No)
19. I am feeling less than 100 percent. (Yes)
20. I listen to NPR. (Yes)
21. Most days I like my job. (Yes)
22. I grew up in a Christian home. (Yes)
23. I have played on a sports team. (Yes)
24. I have been in Awana. (No)
25. I have a melancholy disposition. (Yes)
26. I have had braces. (Yes)
27. I have taken piano lessons. (Yes)
28. I have traveled overseas. (Yes)
29. I can’t live without my morning coffee. (No)
30. I have a Facebook account. (Yes)
31. Given the chance, I would choose a different college. (Yes)
32. I follow at least one TV show. (Yes)
33. I believe I have been discriminated against in my life. (No)
34. I think Tobey could beat Adam in a fight. (Yes)
35. My bed is made. (No)
36. My life has been in danger at least once. (No)

To mural or not to mural?

Posted in Inspirations, Questions That Need Answers7 Comment(s)

For a long time (at least two years), Jason and I have been planning to paint the dining room some great shade of red. More recently, we have been dreaming about decorating our fabulous red dining room with photographs we take when we visit the O’Donnells in Japan next spring (can’t wait! can’t wait! can’t wait!).

But then I was watching an episode of Top Design, and I fell in love with this tree:

And now I kind of want one in our home. I’m thinking on the dining room’s north wall--with the bookcase, opposite the kitchen. (I am also loving the tree in the new Indigo Bridge Books down in the Haymarket). What do you (including you, Jason) think?

Down on the farm

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Hey, does anybody know of a co-op type farm near Lincoln? (Brenda, I’m looking at you.) I would like to look into buying fresh, buying local as much as possible this year.

Toesies

Posted in Questions That Need Answers, Simon Wesley2 Comment(s)

When do sweet little feet cross the line from totally edible to not so much?

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