Entries Tagged as ‘Conversations with my better half’

May 9, 2009

The vegetarian and I

I’ve been doing a lot of thinking lately about becoming a vegetarian. Thinking, mind you. Not doing too much about it.
I just wonder whether I should be eating something with a face. I mean, I am horrified at the idea of someone eating dog or cat. Yet, how different is that than eating a cow?
And [...]

December 7, 2008

Meet the “Dorkmeister 3,000″

Here’s what my new watch looks like! I know. The Garmin 305 is, in a word, dorky.
Ron calls it the “Dorkmeister 3,000.”
I call it FANTABULASTIC!!
This watch does everything that a usual heart rate monitor does. But. It has GPS!!! That means it tells me how fast I am running, WHILE I am running. This is great for me, [...]

September 24, 2008

Ron, this is what sorry looks like!

I would like to hereby apologize for mistakenly calling my husband an a**hole.
Now, don’t get the wrong impression. I’m not making up excuses. It was indeed a mistake. I came home after a long, grueling day at work, and was distractedly looking into the refrigerator for something to make for din din. Hubby was going through the mail [...]

April 10, 2008

We need visuals, baby!

Yes, photos are in the works. As soon as Ron teaches me how to use the camera. STOP LAUGHING! Listen, my last camera looked like this. 
I am determined to learn. (It’s already added to The List.) Why, just the other night, I asked Ron to loan*** me his digital camera, and show me some basics. I was [...]

April 8, 2008

Overheard at my house….

Scene: Ron’s office. He’s supposed to be “working.” And there’s some vaguely work-spread-sheet-thingy-looking stuff on his computer screen. But his full attention is somewhere else entirely.
Me: “What are you watching?”
Ron: “‘Rogue Nature.’“
Pause.
“I’ve learned a lot about how to defend myself against a lion.”
And you know what? He means it.