http://sarah-and-john.com/sarah/blog Mon, 23 Nov 2009 01:33:32 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The last couple months can be summed up in a few words: extraordinarily trying and somehow normal. In short, we had a great time at my sister's wedding reception in August, we searched for a new place to call home, John left the country and spent some time down under, I ... http://sarah-and-john.com/sarah/blog/2009/11/22/being-thankful/ It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was ... http://sarah-and-john.com/sarah/blog/2009/08/22/home-sweet-im-sorry-where-is-that/ Spring proved to be full of much more excitement.  To start off March I livened things up a bit by getting myself an emergency MRI on my head.  I lost my peripheral vision in my right eye and was experiencing visual auras.  After being strapped down to a board and ... http://sarah-and-john.com/sarah/blog/2009/04/09/springing-along/ Winter proved to be uneventful and relaxing.  John came home shortly after the New Year and we hunkered down until Spring.  We didn't exactly stay at home, but we certainly didn't venture far from it.  We entertained ourselves with a couple trips up to the high country to ride in ... http://sarah-and-john.com/sarah/blog/2009/04/09/crackling-fireplaces-and-a-dry-warm-winter/ (I started this a few weeks ago and am posting it on the 1st of the year) A couple weeks ago my friends and I filled some Ziplock bags with food and headed out on the Denver streets to pass them out.  It was a slow start for us.  The night ... http://sarah-and-john.com/sarah/blog/2009/01/01/giving/ Thinking back Halloween holds a few fun childhood memories for me. We always had good times going to our friends house and playing flashlight tag until the late hours of the evening.  They had a HUGE yard with a densely wood area behind a huge open field.  There's nothing like running ... http://sarah-and-john.com/sarah/blog/2008/10/31/halloweenie/ I'm sitting here on this dark, cold, gloomy day reflecting back.  This past week I learned of a friend's death.  I stumbled across her obituary as I was trying to get in contact with her.  My e-mails had gone unanswered for a long time and I had decided to use ... http://sarah-and-john.com/sarah/blog/2008/10/11/cold-and-cloudy-with-a-bit-of-sadness-in-the-air/ I don't even know where I've been since that last update.  I guess the older I get the faster time flies, or at least the faster I forget about stuff and then it seems like time's flying but really I'm just losing my mind and all of that time.  That's ... http://sarah-and-john.com/sarah/blog/2008/07/29/oh-summer-days/ This is probably the science nerd in me, but I was totally psyched tonight when we had a "Thundersnow" shower pass through. What an amazing show of God's ability to do something so unusual yet so beautiful. Here's what Thundersnow is: "Thundersnow is formed when temperatures in the lower atmosphere is ... http://sarah-and-john.com/sarah/blog/2008/02/02/thundersnow/ My friend Mandy and I thought it would be nice to get out of Denver for a few days and venture to the far Northwest. We packed for the trip and headed off by plane to the lovely state of Washington. Our rental car was one of those fun little ... http://sarah-and-john.com/sarah/blog/2007/12/06/wading-our-way-through-seattles-best-coffee/