j’ecris!!

After a morning replete with classic Liz procrastination activities — Interweb surfing, ordering checks, paying the electric bill, investigating the process for paying my rent with my American Airlines card so as to reap the rewards of frequent flier miles, doing laundry, walking Rags, etc., etc. — I have spent the last 30 minutes writing, …

a few random thoughts

So… 2009! I’m still having a wee bit of trouble wrapping my head around the fact that the first decade of the 2000s is racing by at breakneck speed. Unbelievable, that is! I went to see “Marley & Me” tonight and cried embarassingly lots. I hate crying when I’m around people. Ugh. But it really …

car photos

I went back to Dyersburg today to swap out Ma Norell’s car for a rental (which, incidentally, happens to be a Dodge Charger — so, of course, the poking fun began immediately after my parents pulled into the Enterprise lot and saw me standing next to a Dodge). While in town, I managed to navigate …

Pa Norell would be proud!

When I moved into my first Dallas-area apartment, the place had the world’s worst showerhead. So after successfully hooking up the washer and dryer there, I decided I would go really crazy and change out the showerhead myself. I called my dad and asked him what to do. His advice was typically sage: “Go to …

catching up with some pictures

Here’s a series of photos of Christmas presents. First, check out Joyce’s attempts to camouflage the Eiffel Tower. She took a water bottle, cut off the top, punched holes in the sides, and attached it using ribbon. She then wrapped the whole thing up in paper. I had no idea what it was, and still …