As you may recall, I puzzled last year over not one, but two mystery magazine subscriptions that no one came forward to claim credit for.
"Outside" started arriving followed shortly thereafter by "Men's Health." Now I'm up to my ears in magazines and asking, "Why me?"
Well, I finally called "Men's Health" this morning to find out. The real culprit: Reserve America.
It seems that when we made our reservations for camping last May at Mount Greylock the folks at Reserve America pegged us for a couple of gift subscriptions — or at least that's what the customer service woman at "Men's Health" suggested.
It still doesn't make a lot of sense. At any rate, I cancelled "Men's Health" but think I'll keep "Outside" until the subscription runs out.
Thursday, January 8, 2009
Friday, January 2, 2009
The Year That Was/Is
What a year!
And what an end to that what-a-year!
We snuck away from our "real lives" for a week last month to journey back to the Midwest for some (Liz) family time. A red-eye train ride to Washington, D.C. A two-day drive with Nathan and Kyle to Wisconsin. A day trip to see the Bittner clan in Prairie du Chien. An overnight trip to Oregon, Ill., to spend Christmas with the Putnam clan. And finally a Mexican restaurant outing with the Sarahs and their families.
And don't forget to ask Liz and Nathan about their impromptu performances in the Christmas Eve service's bell choir.
The train ride home, from Chicago to New Haven, made us glad to finally see the apartment again. We're still trying to work off the holiday pounds. Meanwhile, I passed into the new year on a midnight train to New Haven after a New Year's Eve shift at Fox News. Liz worked from home and then fell asleep on the couch.
A barrel of fun we are.
End note: We checked out the new movie "Doubt" yesterday. Absolutely wonderful! Kind of a literary thriller, packed with ambiguity, parallelism, motifs, well-drawn characters and foreboding. The English major in me rejoiced.
And what an end to that what-a-year!
We snuck away from our "real lives" for a week last month to journey back to the Midwest for some (Liz) family time. A red-eye train ride to Washington, D.C. A two-day drive with Nathan and Kyle to Wisconsin. A day trip to see the Bittner clan in Prairie du Chien. An overnight trip to Oregon, Ill., to spend Christmas with the Putnam clan. And finally a Mexican restaurant outing with the Sarahs and their families.
And don't forget to ask Liz and Nathan about their impromptu performances in the Christmas Eve service's bell choir.
The train ride home, from Chicago to New Haven, made us glad to finally see the apartment again. We're still trying to work off the holiday pounds. Meanwhile, I passed into the new year on a midnight train to New Haven after a New Year's Eve shift at Fox News. Liz worked from home and then fell asleep on the couch.
A barrel of fun we are.
End note: We checked out the new movie "Doubt" yesterday. Absolutely wonderful! Kind of a literary thriller, packed with ambiguity, parallelism, motifs, well-drawn characters and foreboding. The English major in me rejoiced.
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