I've been married 1 year. Just one reason I'm glad I tied the knot with him:
He knows that, at 9:00pm on the night of the Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince movie

premier, when I jokingly suggest we go to the midnight showing, I'm really serious about it. And, despite having to take me to the airport at 4:45 am that same night, then report for work at 8:30 the next morning, he agrees, and has fun doing so.

That's love.

Reasons why goats aren't the best petting zoo animals:
1) They're bony. 2) They're not at all soft.

3) They don't show affection.

Rabbits would have been much better, but despite my mom's repeated offer to be a renegade and get the rabbits out of the cage, alas, we were stuck petting the goats.

When you travel to Eureka Springs, you can dine at such lovely restaurant as the Rowdy Beaver Den, which serves such lovely foods as fried green beans.

However, do not expect extreme rowdiness. We were the rowdiest things in there, with the general population being around the age of 58 (including the waitress), and the music being what I would describe as "cool adult contemporary" (think: "You Raised Me Up").But that's what Rowdy Rhonda, Tornado Tammi, and Sassy Sally are for.

Also, at Silver Dollar City, they have one large rabbit:
Look at that huge thing!

I have been silent, because I have been, in Arkansas: diamond of the South.

Actually, I've also been in Branson, for a lovely reunion with lovely girls. Yesterday, we went to Silver Dollar City, where we arrived early and had little wait to ride the rollar coaster named The Powdered Keg. All 4 of us rode in the front, 2 at a time. Heather and I were first. As we waited on the track for the rollar coaster to go up the hill, Heather noticed the camera.

"Is that a camera?" she asked in disbelief. "That's lame...why would they put a camera before a big hill? Wouldn't they want it on the way down?"

"That is lame," I agreed. And then, a thought crossed my mind. "Do you think this roller coaster has a fast start?"

As soon as I asked, the rollar coaster took off. It was, in fact, a fast-starting roller-coaster.

But we faired a little better than Olivia and my mother, neither of who saw the camera. My Mom had her hands up, waiting to go up the hill, and had her arms slung back from the fast start.

We were ready for it the next time.

My 4th of July memory:

When I was probably in first or second grade, we bought three fireworks to set off from our deck. One was one of those innocent worms that just roll around on the ground. The other two were ones that shot up and let off sparks for the whole ascent.

Mom and I stood in the doorway for the first of the two exciting ones as Dad carefully lit it and ran back to join us. We waited, waited, waited, and finally realized that it was a dud. That meant all of the 4th of July rode on the last firework.

To make up for the dud, we went and turned off every light in the house. Again, we waited in the doorstep as Dad carefully lit the last firework and ran back to join us. Except, as the fuse went closer to the firework, the firework fell over, pointing straight toward the house.

We had enough instinct to get out of the way as the firecracker erupted, but no one could act fast enough to prevent the firecracker from heading straight into the house. Mom and I ran into the kitchen, and I'm pretty sure I screamed continually as the firecracker let off sparks for the whole ascent around the living room. It hit the corner of the room by the ceiling, ricocheted into the breakfast bar, then landed pretty close to the door it entered in.

There were scorch marks where it hit, but we still had a house. We could hardly do anything after, due to laughing too hard. That was the last time we set off fireworks from the deck.

Another 4th of July mishap:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qVPzFFP5Fzc

http://myparentsjoinedfacebook.com/

Oh no! Have your parents joined facebook?

(as I think the only readers of this blog are my parents, I feel I should say that I don't mind that you're on facebook, as long as you don't start taking quizzes like "what my stripper name is" or anything like that.)