Who doesn’t love a good surprise? Well, I hope you do, ‘cuz we’ve got a BIG one!!!!! I wish I could have some type of visual drum roll to build up the anticipation a bit more… but I’ll just let ‘er rip because I can’t stand the suspense any longer! We’re HOME! Home! We snuck [...]
Archive for May, 2010
Surprise!
Posted in Costa Rica, Seattle, Things we like on May 24, 2010 | 18 Comments »
A Year, A Month and Today
Posted in Costa Rica, Gratitude Lists, Thoughts from the road on May 11, 2010 | 11 Comments »
When I was in college, I remember one of my first “Ah ha!” moments was during a lecture on time. Or, to be more precise, it was about the metaphor of time. My professor (Dr. Douglass) was introducing us to the concept of metaphor and how it plays such a huge, though often subtle, role [...]
Done.
Posted in Honduras, Nicaragua, Thoughts from the road on May 4, 2010 | 16 Comments »
Well, I had a little moment the day before yesterday. Really, it was a little bit of a hissy fit. I blame it on two consecutive days of bus travel, excessive heat, a little dehydration and landing in a very craptastic (and stinky) hostel room for the evening. But, every once in a while, one [...]
A very fun day with Spud
Posted in Gratitude Lists, Guatemala on May 2, 2010 | 9 Comments »
A few weeks ago I had begun to tell you of our adventures with Spud (my brother’s nickname since babyhood – I encourage you all to use it as often as possible) and crew down in Guatemala. Then I got distracted by all that Thinkyness and a week and a half of Spanish school in [...]