http://www.nerdwagon.org loving life, music & each other. Tue, 26 Aug 2008 23:44:34 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I've been trying to muster up the strength to write this since it happened but like I normally do when I'm struck with sadness, I've been hiding. On Tuesday night my Mom called me around 9 PM to tell me Grandpa had called and said we had lost Grandma. I ... http://www.nerdwagon.org/2008/08/26/in-memory-of-grandma/ Today is the first day in four that I've not had a headache. I felt a slight twinge in my cranium about 30 minutes ago so I popped a couple of Dayquil. It seems to have kicked it in the butt and I am feeling good as far as my ... http://www.nerdwagon.org/2008/08/15/tales-of-the-unibrow/ I've been ill the last couple of days and we drove up to my Grandma's house over the weekend. Those are my excuses for my lack of posts. I'm sure I could think of more excuses like my Carpal Tunnel has returned and is trying to bring me down or ... http://www.nerdwagon.org/2008/08/12/the-circle-of-life/ Doin' the stinkin' dishes. On a regular basis, too! Ugh. There are a lot of things in my life that I'm noticing more and more lately that make me feel like I am finally starting to grow up. Sometimes they're good things... Sometimes they're not so great. Growing up can ... http://www.nerdwagon.org/2008/08/07/growing-up-means/ Yesterday I decided that I was going to take some scissors to my hair and just go wild with it. My hair was way below my shoulders in April and as soon as the wedding was over and I had the Magical Updo of my Dreams I chopped it down ... http://www.nerdwagon.org/2008/08/06/a-17yo-chopped-my-hair-off/ So, as I had expected, I did not end up doing half of the things I had planned or wanted to do this weekend. Don't get me wrong, I had a great weekend. But I didn't get to reorganize or clean out closets like I had planned. Gene and I ... http://www.nerdwagon.org/2008/08/04/the-heat-is-on/ I'm so glad to see August. Why? Because that means we're getting closer to the end of Summer. I can't take this heat much longer. Next week is in the 100s all week and the high is 104 one day. I think that may be the day that I officially ... http://www.nerdwagon.org/2008/08/01/happy-august/ It's no secret that I love popcorn. I may not write about it on here very often but anyone who really knows me knows that I absolutely love popcorn. I'll eat just about any kind of popcorn, even the stuff that you can get at the Target food court that ... http://www.nerdwagon.org/2008/07/31/taxi-cab-confessions-popcorn-addiction/ I finished Snow Flower & The Secret Fan last night. I think I read at least 150 pages as a total yesterday. I read like a mad woman when the Pest Guy was spraying the house and then I read like crazy for a while after I got home from ... http://www.nerdwagon.org/2008/07/31/book-review-snow-flower-the-secret-fan/ Groups to pray for lower prices at gas stations Jul 28 03:41 PM US/Eastern Divine Intervention?: Church Prays at the Pump for Lower Gas Prices ST. LOUIS (AP) - Two prayer services will be held at St. Louis gas stations to thank God for lower fuel prices and to ask that ... http://www.nerdwagon.org/2008/07/30/no-offense-but-seriously/