Andrea and her friend, who will be unnamed unless she signs a release waiver, needed to do some skits tonight for their class tomorrow. The skits were to focus on a very important subject: gum. So here they are, spotlighting the positive intellectual gain chewing gum has been proven to give, and the best way […]
Charity–Not to Toot My Own Horn
It really isn’t. I’m not trying to call attention to us as if what we’ve done is so great, but I want to make you, all my friends, aware of an awesome giving opportunity. Dave and I just got our federal tax return back, and we wanted to tithe off the portion of money that […]
The Riddle of the Mysterious Ice Cream
First of all, I must tell you that everything I write in this post is 100% the truth. Solve the riddle with that in mind … 🙂 Yesterday, as I transplanted some purple pansies, a man walked onto our short, dead-end street. “Would you like some free ice cream?” he called out. I stood, removed […]
Which Three Men Would Be My Dinner Dates?
Find out this and more on Ausjenny’s blog, where she’s posted an interview with me. Yes, amazingly, every now and then someone still wants to find something out about me. Ausjenny: Getting to know you Thursdays with Christina Berry Tarabochia Interviews like this help make me feel like I’m still an author, but another event […]
I Can’t Get No … Satisfaction …
That is my dad’s LEAST favorite song of all time so we always tell him we’ll play it at his funeral. Yes, it’s kind of a ridiculous song. Except I feel really bad for farmers whose tractors can’t get no traction. But there is a kernel of truth to it in me … On New […]
My To-done List
Honestly, yesterday at this time I was still asleep in bed. So far today: ~made sweet husband breakfast (Not As Hard As It Sounds as it was only oatmeal)~packed his lunch~updated the money program we use after checking the bank~folded a load of clothes (NAHAIS as they just needed a fluff in the dryer)~got three […]
I Am So, So Sorry, Lord!
We were privileged to serve as a family this weekend at the live nativity put on by Lake Bible Church. The Journey to Bethlehem has a real baby Jesus–you know what I mean–a llama, sheep, a donkey, and great actors in wonderful costumes. Here’s my sweet husband dressed as a centurion. I made him practice […]
Employee of the Month is …
Photo taken by Ben Schumin on December 29, 2005. When Lili and I went to the local grocery store to get ridiculously overpriced, preservative-filled cookies for her class presentation–I don’t sound bitter that I can’t make them, do I?–I headed toward the self-check out.Beep, beep, beep, beep. Swipe rewards card. Swipe debit card. Input PIN. […]
Christina’s First Proverb
I’m working on an edit for a client tonight and REALLY enjoying his story, so not a lot of time to blog, AND I’m going far too slowly to make my self-imposed deadline. But I wanted to share a little proverb I came up with in the shower this morning while pondering a fact I […]
Whomp-wh-wh-whomp!
Is it a huge helicopter right over us? A stuttering giant? The whole city of Portland has indigestion at the same time? Josh and I walked out of OHSU to the most interesting sound. The whole world vibrated with it. We’d just finished 3.5 hours of testing as paid participants in an ADHD study, but […]