Behind The Scenes At A TKD Tournament

Ms Wiz hosted a big tournament yesterday at USN. About 180 people competed for the glory of an AAU medal. I was going to compete (to help represent the school; not because I really like competing), but Wiz wanted a right-hand man who she could yell at without worrying about hurting their feelings…like ME!
So, my [...]

happy (belated) birthday gridge’s!

gridge’s celebrated its 2nd birthday about a week ago…monday, march 20th to be exact! the festivities included free drip coffee all day and 4 drawings for some gridge gear. we had lots o balloons and decorated the window to make everybody feel birthday-y…no cake though…there should have been cake. people were unexpectedly thanking us for [...]

backpacking it up!

Whooooo! Aaron & I JUST got home from our very first backpacking trip. We are really pooped…but had a load of fun. It wasn’t really all that hard of a hike to and from the camp site. The footing was kinda rough (lots and lots and lots of rocks, big and small, sticking up everywhere!) [...]

roast o roasty

I am learning how to roast coffee on our loverly sasa samiac! my brain has those little confused/overwhelmed bubbles popping above it. in the most simple form it is really just cooking some beans over a turning gas oven. in more complex terms it’s watching, charting, observing, obsessing, smelling, in a targeted amount of time [...]

my new dawgs.

i never thought i would have enough money to just go out and buy a pair of shoes. ROCKET DOG my lovely! it was kind of like buying a pair of jeans that already have that hole in the knee without workin for it. (but not as steewwpid) they are “pre frayed” and a little [...]