We were looking through old pictures a couple weeks ago, and Dad pulled this one out of the stack and he and I both were speechless for a second ( Read more... )

Mom: The cat is licking my toes. Should I be worried ( Read more... )

Mom: Can you children NOT clean this kitchen? Is this BEYOND you?

Me: ...Yes.

Mom: Don't be such a hater.

Me: Did you just say....

Mom: Yes, yes I did.

Me: *Facepalm*

"Well, we're kind of having family issues right now. So, you know, if you feel the need to maybe kiss Kelsey goodbye in the next ten minutes, that would be great, because it's nine thirty ( Read more... )

Me: *Pokes ( Read more... )

Jana has experienced a severe lapse in judgment. She has spent my whole life since the sixth grade trying to set me up with her friends' younger brothers. Shane Schneider, Zach Baird, and Rob Holguin, to name a few ( Read more... )

Okay, here is why I hate my family ( Read more... )

We all went out to the lake yesterday. And by "we," I mean Dad, Mom, Jana, Jake, Crystal, Kellyn, Levi, Kaylee and me. Kaylee could only go because we bought her a lifejacket yesterday afternoon. Kellyn wanted to buy her this horrible orange one, but I overruled her in favor of one with dinosaurs on it ( Read more... )

So, the day before yesterday we went skiing. "We" being me, Kellyn, Mom, Dad, and Crystal. The water was cold and the sun was going down, but I didn't want Dad to think I was a baby so I jumped in the water one last time. We'd been skiing and wakeboarding for an hour and a half already, but Dad said if we wasted this perfect water we were going ( Read more... )

I feel chastened. And humbled. And slightly like I'm a complete arsehole.

Short version: Jana was never mad at me. She was pissed off at Josh, which I didn't catch because Josh did not tell me the whole story. So the whole drama has been one big miscommunication, and Jana was really looking out for me all along.

( The Long Version )