Author: Shauna

Conversation today with the receptionist at work 12

Conversation today with the receptionist at work

"Who's "we"… are you married or something?" "Yeah, haven't you met my husband, Jesse? He's been in here a couple of times." "That's SO weird! I just assumed you were single!" "Why?" "You always look so fashionable and have your...

We will rock you

We will rock you

That was the first song played at the funeral I attended today . And between each speaker, they played another song, each just as seemingly out of place at a funeral as the one before it. It was fitting for...

Sneak peek 11

Sneak peek

We're not done yet. It's taking forever and we still don't have the ability to use the stove/oven or sink. But we just dropped the sink in tonight and doesn't it look so pretty with the counter top? My neighbor,...

Counter Chunks, Part Deux (Or: Why I’d like to hunt down the people who lived here before us) 7

Counter Chunks, Part Deux (Or: Why I’d like to hunt down the people who lived here before us)

So… many more pieces of counter just spontaneously fell off . And then the counter turned into the giant scab on your arm that you just can’t leave alone. I picked at it and picked at it… until this happened:...

Royal India in Sandy worthy of applause 11

Royal India in Sandy worthy of applause

Last night, Jesse and I checked out a restaurant we've heard some good things about: Royal India . It's in Sandy in the same shopping center as Smith's. I was a little reluctant at first because it's one of those...

Someone please explain this to me. 11

Someone please explain this to me.

How can I be expected to continue responsibly toward my goal of debt-free living when pieces of my shoddy counter top are falling off in CHUNKS on my toes while I do dishes? 

It was bound to happen sooner or later. 13

It was bound to happen sooner or later.

We resisted as long as we could, but Jesse and I are now addicted to Lost. My mom came to visit and brought episodes of Lost on DVD for us to watch. We've only finished the first season so far,...

Excessive is always good 8

Excessive is always good

Heard in the office today: "How are you today?" "Super!" "Oh, good!" "I was going to say 'superfluous'…" Impressed "Oooooh's" and "Ahhh's" "… But then I knew someone would ask me what it meant and I don't exactly know the...