Newest addition to our family!

Introducing Fargo! We adopted Fargo last Tuesday from Paws Paws Animal Shelter in Anna, IL. Fargo is a Jack Russell Terrier mix and is 13 wks old. He has already proven to be extremely loyal and can't bear to have us out of his sight! Needless to say, we are both utterly smitten!

Crazy, Delicious Convenience . . . Someone Save Me!

This is bad--very very bad. There's a cute little coffee shop right across the street from us called Perk It Up. I drive by it every day on my way to work. Well, they've created this system that is both beautiful and horrible at the same time. It's an advanced drive through system. I will show you how it works by relaying how yesterday morning unfolded:

(I'm calling Perk It Up as I'm getting ready to head out the door to work.)

"Heather?"

(Slight pause on my end) "Yes . . ."

"Hot or cold?"

"Hot please."

"Latte?"

"Yes please."

"Medium?"

"No, small, please."

"Alright! See you soon!"

(I drive to Perk It Up, still surprised that she knew my name and was so efficient.)

Before I even pull up, she's running out the door with my latte. I roll down the window and hand her a five dollar bill. She hands me exact change, wishes me a good day, and I'm on my way! Hardly even tapped the breaks.

By now a million questions are flooding my mind. How did she know my name and car? Sure I've been there before, but still. . . How was she able to see me pull up from that distance?

Crazy, crazy, and oh so horrible!

You see my dilemma, don't you? Here's the math:

$3.25/latte = $16.25/week = $65/month = $780/year

I DO NOT have a coffee budget that reaches that far! Even at only one a week, the math is staggering:

$3.25/latte = $3.25/week = $13/month = $156/year

$156 is a lot of money to pour down your throat.

Oh what to do, what to do? Someone save me from this horribly wonderful, crazy delicious convenience!

Oh, and here's their information so that you, too, can be haunted by this convenience:

Perk It Up

5526 Telegraph Road

Saint Louis, MO 6129

(314) 845-6613

Happy Drinking! :)

Who runs at 3 a.m.?

This very unattractive, rather startling picture is exactly what I felt like several nights ago. Why, you may ask? For the simple reason that my husband decided that he wanted to go running . . . at 3 in the morning. . . . 


My husband loves to run and enjoys working out in the morning. Unfortunately he leaves for work so early in the morning that fitting in time to workout before work becomes nearly impossible. His solution? Run in the middle of the night!


The alarm goes off at 3 a.m. and of course I wake up. But that's okay, it's the middle of the night; I'll just go back to sleep. . . .


SLAM------BANG-------GRUNT-------*shuffle shuffle*--------CREAK!


My husband claims that he was being as quiet as he could, but I'm sorry--ANY tiny noise at 3 in the morning is going to sound like a circus. We hadn't thought things through and so he kept having to go in and out in out of the bedroom as he gathered his running gear.


Later that morning, I'm sitting at work feeling, quite literally, dead in my seat. I get a perky good morning text from my husband. "I feel so hyped up from my run!" (Can I just say here that something innate within me absolutely despises morning people. What are you anyway? Certainly not human like the rest of us normal people. . . .)


So yes, that is why the above picture was me not so very long ago.


The End.

Introducing...

My husband, Andrew! He's the one on the right....

What could possibly be oblong about your sight?

Before I introduce myself, I'd like to introduce the title of this blog. What could possibly be oblong about your sight? Well, let's start with the definition of "oblong." According to the Merriam-Webster dictionary, oblong means "deviating from a square, circular, or spherical form by elongation." To me that screams OUTSIDE THE BOX! To me that indicates s-t-r-e-t-c-h-i-n-g your mind to encompass all you can be and all that God has placed in your heart. To me that means defying the tiny spaces we confine ourselves to in our own minds and standing up to those who want to keep us there. In other words, it means a beautifully unique individual who views the world in a slightly off-kilter way. This is the type of person I'd like to be--one who has oblong sight.