Mar
28
liquid heaven
Filed under food, coffee at 10:07 pm | 2 Comments
We received 6 lbs. of White Heather today. The whole house is full of its aroma. I’m anxious for my alarm to sound in the morning, knowing what’s in store.
Mar
24
bugs are scary
Filed under house at 8:09 pm | 2 Comments
I thought it was going to be a dull Saturday afternoon cleaning out the garage. Instead, I found myself staring death straight in the face. That’s right, my sweeping uncovered a Black Widow spider. Fortunately I was able to summon the courage necessary to remove the threat (think Sam vs. Shelob in The Return of the King). Lest you worry about my well being, I’m fairly certain I was never in too much danger … partially because the spider was already dead.
Not more than two weeks ago a couple of my friends mentioned that they see these venomous beasts on occasion, so I credit them with my mental preparedness. Since learning of the threat, I’ve been sleeping with extra protection next to the bed.
It used to be all we had to worry about were squirrels and mosquitos. Now it’s lizards, poisonous spiders, and copperhead snakes. Something tells me this wasn’t a fair trade.
Mar
20
for love of the game
Filed under soccer at 8:00 pm | 4 Comments
Our game doesn’t start until 10:00pm tonight. That’s late. We have three games this session with that starting time. Why do I put my body through playing this late … and pay money to do it? Surely it’s the love of the game, right?!
Back in the day the only option for playing indoor soccer in Grand Rapids was at the Woodland Tennis courts on 28th Street. (I think a Spanish league still plays there. If you watch the local Comcast TV station, you’ll see a game on occasion.) Since the tennis courts were primarily used for tennis, and there were a lot of soccer teams that needed a place to play, they scheduled games back to back until all the games were scheduled. That meant we played some games at midnight on Friday nights (and had to get up early to do the paper route on Saturday morning). Keep in mind this was before I was old enough to drive. Yep, my parents had to take me to the games. Surely Micah won’t ever want to do something crazy like that … Talk about raising the parental bar too high. Thanks a lot, Mom and Dad.