http://www.taffystay.com ramblings from seattle's rainier beach neighborhood Tue, 01 Jul 2008 21:42:33 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en "One of the best prayer letters I've ever read!" raves Matt I. "Hands down the best missions support letter I've ever read," says Kris K. "Dang, this is long--but well worth the time to read it!" responds Mel I. (I know it's lame to quote myself, but hey, this is my website, ... http://www.taffystay.com/archives/576 Don't forget to click on the other links after watching the video. http://www.taffystay.com/archives/564 This past weekend, Seattle hit temperatures that sent everyone scurrying to the water, to buy fans, and to shed clothes. The front page headlines of The Seattle Times on Saturday read something like, "Temperatures Set to Spike," with a graphic of the temperature for the next few days---89, 94, 90. ... http://www.taffystay.com/archives/570 I dreamt again that I was hanging out with people from Footworks, and one of the friends in the dream was Rolly. In the dream, we all knew he shouldn't have been there, so we were all shocked and really happy to see him. But he wasn't really alive. He ... http://www.taffystay.com/archives/565 It's 4:45 already on Saturday afternoon, all I've had to eat today are two waffles, my clothes and body are stained with dirt---and I'm absolutely loving it. For the past few weeks, any free moment on the weekends and weeknights have been spent in the yard. It is taking me ... http://www.taffystay.com/archives/561 Congrats to Whitney, the first plus-size (in other words, REAL size) contestant to win America's Next Top Model!! I was rooting her from the start because she was pretty and plus-sized, but her attitude started to annoy me. She just seemed too cocky. Plus, she always seemed to turn on ... http://www.taffystay.com/archives/557 I recently put our boxwood shrub on craiglist, asking for any takers to come over and dig out the shrub for free. This is not just any old shrub. It’s a decent size, and would probably cost some money (and a lot of time) for people to end up with ... http://www.taffystay.com/archives/556 Matt and I went to the Mariners game last night, courtesy of one of his co-workers who was looking for someone to use her tickets. Normally, we're up in the nose-bleed section, but this time, instead of climbing higher and higher up the stairs, we were at the second level, ... http://www.taffystay.com/archives/553 Matt and I celebrate our three-year wedding anniversary today. Three years doesn't sound like much, but the years really have gone by fast. Today I was talking to a co-worker whose husband has ALS (Lou Gehrig's disease) and is expected to die within a couple of weeks. He has lost all ... http://www.taffystay.com/archives/552 "If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal." I have to be honest and say I'm a pretty loud gong right now. There's a layer of nasty yellow crud--possibly cooking oil--caked at ... http://www.taffystay.com/archives/551