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What Its Like to Be Five…

Published July 9, 2009 Authentic Thoughts Leave a Comment
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I have heard so many cute and hilarious (and heart-warming) comments from the kindergartners at Hope Academy that I just HAVE to post some of the things they say.

I hope it makes you smile!

“He’s not nice!”

“Look!  I drew the doorway to heaven!”

“Did you know that its easier to do a handstand in the water than in the air?”

(In the middle of a speaker at the nature center field trip…) “MRS.  STROMWALL!  MRS. STROMWALL!  Did you know they are building a WATER SLIDE for me at the YMCA!?!?!”

“Mrs. Stromwall, you look like Mrs.  Jacobs.  Except your hair is messier!”  (haha… white and blonde… I guess we stand out together.  And apparently my hair is messier!  haha.)

“Mrs.  Stromwall, you have a neclace, so you’re a mommy.”

“You smell like you took a bath today, Mrs. Stromwall.”  (lol!)

“Mrs. Stromwall, can you even drive?  You don’t look like you can drive.”

That’s all I got for now!  (And hey, I CAN drive thank you very much!)

Attractive Geekiness

Published October 22, 2008 Authentic Thoughts , Marriage Leave a Comment
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I married a geeky guy, but somehow the geekiness is super attractive to me.  Or maybe I am that geeky too, but I just think of myself as cooler than I really am.  Nick is currently sitting next to me reading a book called “How to Get Things Done.”  He would.  Me on the other hand?  You’ll never catch me reading that.  But I sort of get to read it indirectly, since I glance over about every third page to find headlines of chapters like “Electronic Note-taking,” which technically means I’ll probably become more productive and smarter since its two feet from my head. I’ll get the jist, right?  Every time I see him reading “Popular Science” or books like, “How to Get Things Done,”  I’m strangely attracted.  I internally laugh and categorize him as geeky, but I think that’s my surfacy way of channeling my deep admiration for his character, intelligence, and determination in life.  I’ve come to a conclusion: Cool people are attracted to geeky people.  I love my geeky hubby.

Date Day

Published October 22, 2008 Dating and Relationships , Marriage , Photography Leave a Comment
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I love Saturdays.  Why?  Because I get to spend it with Nick doing something either random, surprising, planned, or spontaneous- sometimes just us and sometimes we hang out with others.  Whatever we do on Saturdays, we do it together.  This past Saturday, we went to Afton Apple Orchard and walked through giant corn stalks and got slightly angry because we got lost in the corn maze.  When we finally got out, I felt like that feeling when you win something.  Kinda dumb, I know, but it felt really cool to finish a corn maze!    Here are the pics…

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  • Driving to Milwaukee with my baby. Jamming to the new Shane and Shane CD. Yes. Very very good! 1 day ago
  • A refreshing day of reading at Panera. Here we go women's fondu night!! 2 days ago
  • I'm oficially reading "getting things done" by David Allen. My husband could have written this. 2 days ago
  • Going shopping for chocolate peanut butter fondue! Its going to be hard not to eat it all myself. 3 days ago
  • I have to announce how impressed I was with myself at our "rock band tournament" tonight.But not as impressed as I was with Nick's drumming. 1 week ago

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