I love Laura...

at 03/09/10 6:55PM

...And though wholly undeserving of this privilege, I'll be allowed to love her for as many days as He grants the two of us in this life! I am simultaneously honored, humbled, thankful, and amazed.

God is gracious.

Laura is beautiful.

I am happy.

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This is the sweetest post ever! Congrats Nathan, I am really happy for you.

by comade at 03/09/10 8:31PM
I am so incredibly happy for you Nathan!!! Congrats!

by thewifeofbud at 03/09/10 8:31PM
Congratulations! We are excited to have her in the family! =D

by tweedledee at 03/09/10 8:46PM
HE is ... she is ... and I'm glad you're happy! Blessings to you in your walk with Laura by your side. Thanks for choosing her ... she's precious. :)

by marmee at 03/09/10 9:23PM
So very sweet!
I am so happy for the two of you. Marriage is a wonderful blessing and I am so happy that you will soon be enjoying it! Congratulations!

by angelad at 03/09/10 9:43PM
When my children were smaller I would wrap my arms around them and give them a great big bear hug until they'd wiggle away then I'd call to them and say, "You come back here cause I'm not finished hugging you!"
I often find myself wondering what person in this life will love my precious children with the same ferociousness as their father and I love them even when they're not being that lovable.
With this question heavy on my mind I've forfeited the sweetness of rest on many a night over the years.

I must trust in God's wisdom for my children and believe that one day he will send each of them someone special to love. This is what I cling to as a mother because I know that with the passing of time my arms will weaken and the bear hug that I long to give will be gone.
Your engagement to Miss Laura makes me happy and the words that you've written here prove to me that God knows what is best for everyone.
Looking forward to seeing you in May!

by 7laughinghardmans at 03/09/10 10:25PM
^I love you mom!!! Congratulations Nathan!! :)

by middlechild at 03/09/10 10:34PM
Congratulations!!! :)

by probablyreading at 03/10/10 7:30AM
Congratualtions!!! We're so excited for you. And to think...now we'll be related to Bishops by marriage. Good choice Nathan.:)

by stambering at 03/10/10 9:33AM
I'm so happy for you both. :)

by aprilstarr at 03/10/10 1:29PM
Oh Nathan!! I'm so excited for you and Laura!! Oh man! I can't think about it too much or I'll cry -- I'm that excited and happy!

by snoopy at 03/10/10 2:50PM
Do you know? We are just thrilled to pieces by it all. Being related is just a part of our joy. I haven't stopped giving thanks yet and I hope I never get so used to this wonderful feeling that you are a part that I stop thanking God. :)

by mr_and_mrs_berry at 03/11/10 6:45PM
^^You're gaining some good family there ... ^^she's one of my very favorite people!^^ :)

by marmee at 03/11/10 9:45PM
Congratulations!! Such sweet words!

by kristine at 03/12/10 11:12AM
Nathan! Through the pleo-grapevine I ran across your blog again and I am so happy that I did. I am just thrilled for you. I have always been impressed by your strong faith and I am sure that you will make a wonderful husband for Laura.
What have you been up to lately, besides falling in love? :)

by jodimn at 03/12/10 2:12PM
Congratulations!! Thrilled for you both!

by tosti at 03/12/10 3:40PM
Congrats!

by julie at 03/12/10 5:15PM
Congrats Nathan!! I am so happy for you two!

by tarajaz at 03/16/10 8:57AM
And then you get to have the joy of moving you stuff to Texas courtesy of my sister. ;)

by mayflower at 03/16/10 8:46PM
soooooooooooo sweeeeeeeeeet!!!! i love it all! congrats ~ enjoy enjoy enjoy ~ ahhh, sigh.... love...

by enyek at 03/17/10 2:02PM

Fishing

at 02/27/10 2:32PM *

Enjoyed catching a few trout this morning, but none were as satisfying as when I later, after much perseverance and concentration, and the with added pressure of my eggs and milk sitting out in the sun, snagged my keys from the inside of my locked pickup in the Sam's Club parking lot. Fortunately, one of my ext-cab's vent-windows doesn't latch. Little "Super Duper", you served me well today.

"Super Duper" Lure

If you want me to be highly impressed, tell me that you've never locked your keys in your car. If that's not you, then when, where, and how'd you retrieve the keys?

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Nicely themed post!
SURELY I've locked my keys in the car. But can't remember.
Our climate is not warm enough for grapefruit or avocado to give. We live in carrot/potato/cabbage/apple country. There are a few decent looking eucalyptus trees around the city. They get tall, and quickly!

by raifhaus at 02/27/10 9:14PM
There: I have something with which to impress you. I have never locked my keys in the car. Although she once locked her keys in my car after she drove it.

by mayflower at 02/28/10 12:49PM
^OK, seriously, I'm impressed by all of the above. And surprised. And slightly embarrassed! Ha.

by nottoscale at 02/28/10 1:08PM
I have never locked my baby in the car, but I have locked my keys... along with my spare emergency-if-I-ever-locked-my-keys-in-the-car key. Had to call Karry and explain that one. What? You locked your keys in the car???? Where is your spare key? What? You locked TWO keys in the car???? HOW in the world did you do THAT?? (Keys fell out of my pocket as I was getting out of the car.)
Then there was the time that Karry locked my keys in the car by accidently hitting the lock button on the remote... then left for worship early for business mtg... and I could not drive to worship until he came. (Remote privileges were taken away until he could control his remote fingers... he also closed and open doors unknowingly... on children and otherwise....)
And there were a few other times..... but no one was ever killed or maimed.

by snickers63 at 02/28/10 1:29PM
I've bent the corner of my seat and used an umbrella to snag my keys, called the fire dpt., used a yard stick, finally got a Slim Jim and learned how to use it :) I also had a security guard at Johns Hopkins take me to a lock smith to get a key made cause I broke mine off in the door. I think that covers them all.

by shanda at 02/28/10 3:10PM
awesome did you keep the fish

by moe at 02/28/10 3:17PM
I've done it three times. Twice on jobs. The work was the distraction. Once, a long time ago in a church parking lot and a woman made me do it (very sweet and attractive).

My favorite story is about someone else (of course). My Sister-in-law and husband went to a theme park in KY before married. While walking back to his car in a monster parking lot he realized he did not have his keys. He assumed he either locked them in the car or lost them in the park. Wrong. When he and family got to the car they found the keys in the ignition, the doors unlocked, and the motor still running. It had been running since their early morning arrival. Talk about being distracted.

by shaneg at 02/28/10 3:31PM
^^We all know someone else who did that.... (with an gas tank on empty and the car doors open, so in theory this does not count as locking one's keys in the car) at Space center in Huntsville - were you there when that happened Nathan?? And the engine was still running hours later. And still on empty.

by snickers63 at 02/28/10 10:48PM
I have locked my keys in the car, along with my almost 3 year old Emma at the time. In the HEB parking lot. I had put the groceries and Emma away in the car; had also flung my purse on the passenger seat (which also contained my phone, btw!), closed the van door, went around to put Haley in to find that the van had locked itself. (Some safety feature! LOL) Emma didn't know how to get out of her carseat, so she couldn't unlock the doors for me. I finally found a nice old man who worked at HEB to let me borrow his cell phone, from which I frantically called my husband, and Kia Roadside Assistance. They scheduled to send someone to unlock the van, but Sam got there first after having a co-worker take him home to pick up the extra set of keys. I was a little distraught, to say the least. At least it wasn't 100 degrees outside.

by crystalized at 03/01/10 12:47PM
Singing in the rain... oh singing in the RAIN!!! What a beautiful feeling..... la la la la

by mr_and_mrs_berry at 03/01/10 8:18PM
so far, i never have, but this is primarily due to the fact that i don't lock my car.

by chooselove at 03/01/10 11:02PM
I want to hear the Huntsville story!!!
You know the second time I locked my key and the spare key and my cell phone in the car. The first time I'd only been driving a year (still hadn't gotten my license yet) and Mom and I were getting out of a dry car into a POURING rain for a tour around a park. Mom asked me if I had the keys, I told her that of course -- I would never lock the keys in the car... and then I immediately shut the locked door. And just before it clicked, I noticed the keys... sitting on the driver's seat. Oops. Needless to say, Mom wasn't particularly thrilled.

by laurar209 at 03/02/10 5:58AM
^We all drove down to meet others at Space Center. Papa was thinking he was going to run out of gas, but waited to get some anyway. Got to space center and he jumped out of the car to greet the grandchildren, fortunately putting it in park first, but forgetting to turn off the engine and close the door. In the excitement, he went on in the sc and when we went to leave, started looking for his keys. Realized he must have left them in the car. Walked out to the car, wondering how he was going to get them out. Got to the car - door was open AND engine still running... on fumes. Guess people who saw it must have thought that the owner was right there - who would leave their engine running AND the doors open???? An absent minded professor, that's who.

by snickers63 at 03/02/10 10:43PM
The first time I was able to slip a wire hanger through the window which I'd left cracked about an inch and a half, and after much finagling I caught and and pulled the lock lever. Since then, I've kept a spare key in my wallet. It doesn't take up much space, and it sure comes in handy.

by timstarr at 03/03/10 1:39PM
When my daughter took her driving test. I was so excided that I closed the door with the keys inside. I called AAA. I have been a member for like forever. It has been worth every penny. Hi Nathan!!

by larryandrosalie at 03/06/10 7:18AM
This is not a convenient time for me to discover such happy news. Now I can't get anything done... cant' sleep either... thanks a lot!! ;)

by raifhaus at 03/06/10 11:38PM
:) :) :) So happy to hear this. :) :) :)

by marmee at 03/07/10 12:33PM
This is in reference to the below post too. Is your heart still thumping? :)

by mr_and_mrs_berry at 03/08/10 2:01PM
Hey! We're getting married! :D

by laurar209 at 03/08/10 9:33PM
Your title of this post is fishing. From what I'm understanding you caught a really good one.

by shaneg at 03/09/10 6:05AM

02/18/10 9:49PM

My heart is thumping.

(I just ate all the crumbs in the bottom of the bag of frosted shredded wheat.)

Are these two statements directly correlated to each other in some way? The use of parentheticals has me a bit confused.

by august28rose at 02/18/10 10:16PM
sugar high.

by chooselove at 02/18/10 11:19PM
I'd be scared too if I'd just eaten my last crumb. Because it would mean only one thing: being allowed to sit on the Salvy couch.

by laurar209 at 02/19/10 8:39AM
Did you see any label anywhere to this effect: "Consumption of the contents of this bag may result in elevated Romance Levels. If you experience this effect, contact your Significant Other immediately. No official agency has verified these statements... but what do they know about romance anyway?" ??? That's what a bag of green M&Ms from Aunt Joy claimed. =D

by tweedledee at 02/19/10 8:40AM
sweet

by moe at 02/19/10 9:01AM
sweet

by moe at 02/19/10 9:01AM
If that's the case, I'll ship you frosted shredded wheat cereal every week! ;)

by laurar209 at 02/19/10 9:03AM
And to think that we were looking for a girl to set your heart a-thumping! All we needed was frosted wheat crumbs, and I threw those out yesterday.

by snickers63 at 02/19/10 9:07AM
And Laura, better make that a case each week. ;-)

by snickers63 at 02/19/10 9:08AM
I bet it's thumping and I bet it's not because of those crumbs.

by shaneg at 02/19/10 3:58PM
oh boy!

by raifhaus at 02/19/10 4:51PM
^^^ (Hint: I think it's a girl) : )

by shaneg at 02/19/10 7:52PM
:o)

by enyek at 02/20/10 9:22AM
my heart is thumbing to it would be called thumber

by moe at 02/23/10 10:16AM
hey no we didnt we got ice

by moe at 02/24/10 5:20PM

Ádam!

at 12/06/09 9:05PM

There's a salon for you* in Laurel, MD!

*not sure if they serve cat food

I think I'll make an appointment for a kinky curly!

by 7laughinghardmans at 12/06/09 9:20PM
bahahaha! awesome!
thanks so much for letting me know.

by humankumquat at 12/06/09 9:23PM
Sure hope that girl's not part of the "kinky curly" advertisement: Miss Jessie is suffering from deferred success.

by laurar209 at 12/07/09 3:43PM
No kidding!

by mayflower at 12/08/09 1:20PM
hey waz up dude are you staying out of troubble

by moe at 12/08/09 2:09PM
:) Sending some good thoughts to Texas :)

by mr_and_mrs_berry at 12/09/09 2:16PM
How did I respond to that request? Well.... with 6 extra in the house there wasn't another spot, blanket available. K was stuck with her sister. Problems again last night. K now seems resigned to the new normal.

by raifhaus at 12/15/09 6:25PM
By the way, happy that your higher ups are appreciating you - and showing it!!

by raifhaus at 12/15/09 6:26PM
Looking forward to tonight! :)

by laurar209 at 12/19/09 12:31PM
Wierd sign. O_o

by bruck_will_lorace at 12/21/09 7:59AM
ck email.

by snickers63 at 12/24/09 1:32AM
Hey! Check out the newest skull I found on the farm!!! Can YOU identify it?

by tweedledee at 01/06/10 12:22PM
hey dude you need to give me a call up sometime man

by moe at 01/07/10 9:38AM
yeah it was its alright nothen exciting i go over to my friends house and play call of duty and we work on his car my car has almost had it its not going to servive anymore i dont think im trying to save it

by moe at 01/10/10 8:12AM
oh and its ok bc i meat 2 beautful very beautful girls there one had a bf and the other one i dont know if she did or didnt the one girl girl thats i meat that has the bf her and i walked to go fine a cought to sleep on and then i said come over and sleep over where iam it was a big space i had my cought in the corner but i couldnt really sleep bc it claped on me and well before she went to sleep she told me marry christmas and then she looked like she was cold so i asked her are you cold and she said yes then i said do you want my jacket to stay worm she said yes then said but your going to be cold i told her i will be fine so she took it then she went to sleep right after she coverd up i was sweet now she can be worm

by moe at 01/10/10 8:26AM
Saw pics of texas visit - your tree was great!! We need to come see you and sightsee around there - looked beautiful. And of course, visit with you too. One day!!!

by snickers63 at 01/14/10 8:44AM
Thanks for the thought. It so nice to know you are being thought of in far away places by far away people!

by snickers63 at 01/23/10 10:19PM
(And sounds like you are too closely related. Maybe you were mistaken for Austin???)

by snickers63 at 01/23/10 10:20PM
So when did Eliphaz get internet?

by snickers63 at 01/25/10 6:18PM
hey waz up dude how is it going

by moe at 02/12/10 10:53AM

"Healthcare" passed the House, and...

at 11/08/09 7:48AM *

...I paid a dollar this morning to “dry” my laundry on the no-heat cycle. (Yeah, there's a relationship there).

But, I found a bicentennial quarter in my roll of quarters. I thought, well, that'd be a cool thing to give Zach when I get back up to PA. (I also had a US “state” quarter with Puerto Rico on it!? Who made that call?)

But then I had to add Zach's bicentennial quarter to my last-remaining three quarters to actually dry my laundry on the heat cycle.

Sorry Zach. See you soon ;)

lol your funny dude we need to chill some time if you can

by moe at 11/08/09 3:09PM
**Update: I've got something better for you, Zach. Plus, I think you had a bicentennial quarter already.

by nottoscale at 11/08/09 7:54PM
Why don't you save your dollar and dry your laundry on the deck/patio? If you don't have one of those, a front porch will do. =]

by snickers63 at 11/08/09 9:58PM
haha!

by tweedledee at 11/08/09 10:08PM
Now hey, I used the shared porch rail at my former apartment in the low-income-housing ghetto. Fortunately, the neighbors didn't covet my style, and I kept all my socks.

But since splitting a 1 bdr apt in the ritzy side of town a few months back, this complex's reg's prohibit drying laundry on the shared porches-- so for now it's the washeteria dryers. :( (But only until I get my 'wall of style' built out of my old bunk-bed; said wall may double as a clothes drying rack.)

by nottoscale at 11/08/09 10:47PM
Hey, too bad I'll miss seeing you. You could have played him in tennis again! ;)

by mayflower at 11/09/09 5:24PM
^^^you missed our Wendy's chocolate frosty painting party today. It was the climax of the season, let me tell ya.

by laurar209 at 11/09/09 8:53PM
State quarter with PR on it?? No way. Seriously?

by raifhaus at 11/10/09 7:36AM
^PR is in a state of something!!! I wonder why you kept your socks. It had nothing to do with the discoloration and the odor, I'm sure.

by snickers63 at 11/10/09 8:19AM
Now that's my kind of sports -- that guy has his priorities straight! Hmmm... hope he remembered to floss afterwards.

by laurar209 at 11/10/09 3:52PM
Yes, we will ... we arrive this Sat., 14th, Lord willing! Perhaps we'll see you, if we're not at home having a baby. :)

by marmee at 11/11/09 6:09PM
Ha! Poor Zach...

And I noticed you deleted a comment from my blog... ;)

by autumn_rain at 11/14/09 3:30PM

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Ádam!

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