Archive for February, 2009

Tactile pleasures

Wednesday, February 18th, 2009

I’ve always described myself as a very visual person. But this morning, while peeling a clementine, I realized that I’m really a tactile person. And really, how could I have been so in the dark about my tactile tendencies? I touch everything when I’m shopping. When I was a kid I used to drive my [...]

The holiday baking gene

Thursday, February 12th, 2009

I think I have it. Do you remember in elementary and middle school, those kids whose moms would bake cupcakes for Hallowe’en, Valentine’s Day, Easter, and whatever other holiday was deemed important in your community (or by the kid in question’s mom)? Well my mom was one of those moms. For me it just wasn’t [...]

Team gym-jerks

Wednesday, February 11th, 2009

Starting this week, Chris and I are members of the gym in my work complex. We’ve both been so busy in the last three months that we didn’t really get a chance to exercise all that much, and as a result of that our pants are incredibly tight. Since we can’t really afford new pants [...]