Yes, I have been a little on the MIA or in my case MIB(logging) side of life. My parents visit was good but hectic and there was little time for much of anything. I didn't even get one ounce of baking done, which I HAD planned on doing, while they were here. Time flew by quickly and before I knew it, Monday afternoon was here and my parents had left. While growing up, my parents would pick a sport(I use that term loosely) each year that we would play together every Saturday, you know to keep us active and to do something together as a family. One year it was bowling. Every Saturday morning we would head out to the local lanes, slide our feet into used shoes(yuck) and attempt to not look stupid. My dad did great. My mom and I was a whole other story. See my dad bowled all his life. I bowled like 4 times up to that point. And my mom, well, my mom quit bowling when she was a teenager. Why you ask? Because my mother had a slightly traumatic experience bowling...though I am quite sure the … [Read more...]