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Hey Friendlings,
I absolutely love interviewing people, uncovering their stories, and getting so excited about the interview that I forget there are other people listening in on the conversation.
Join me as I uncover an incredible love story of basketball, broken dreams, romance and waiting.
Gabe and Rebekah Lyons are a power couple. They are people who get ISH done. Join me for a conversation with them that ended as though it had only just begun.
(Well, technically, it did. They left me so their kids wouldn’t be the last ones picked up from gymnastics class. Whatever!) Read more
As a single woman in my thirties, my current M.O. is to go out with pretty much anyone at least once. A new-ish friend asked if I would go out with a guy she knew, and while he looked slightly older, I didn’t know he was a solid two decades my senior.
Taking a bite of my pizza, I heard him ask the age old question, “What’s your favorite movie?”
“Hook,” I said.
Surprised, he shot back the very question I was thinking, “How old are you?”
“30. And you?”
“50.” Read more
Hey Friends!
So I asked a bunch of you what question you would want to ask your father, or something you appreciated about your pops. Ironically many of the responses came from people whose fathers had passed away.
I realized that sometimes it’s not until we have lost someone that we start to reflect on the things we really felt or wanted to say.
Hi Friends!
Just in case you missed it, I’m going to start hanging out with ya’ll!
My father and I recently had our Google+ hangout sesh numero dos. My lovely mother couldn’t sit down to join us because she was busy filling Easter eggs… excuses excuses.
My sister-in-law recently told me that there are three sides to every story:
1. Theirs.
2. Ours.
3. What actually happened.
Did you know that there’s a resource page on this here thing?? Well there is, and guess what? I like hearing from YOU…
This was submitted and I thought it was worth sharing—those of you who are dating can take stock of what’s going on in the brain train (and laugh at themselves), and you married folk can reminisce and remember what it was like when they hid knives behind their backs on the first date…
Last year I wrote a post about Making Love. The title alone caused many of my Grandparent demographic to “unlike” me. So this year I think the only group that will be annoyed with my day-o-valentine’s post are those who don’t like to laugh and those who don’t like free things.
If that’s you, feel free to hit the X in the upper right hand corner of your screen. Read more
Hello Holiday Ho-Ho-Hotties!
There’s little I can say to introduce this video. Basically, we dedicated a day to shooting some Ask Joy videos and decided to shoot one extra little Christmas miracle for you. (If you’re involved on the LRN Facebook page, you’ve probably seen our love for the SNL characters, Garth and Kat, who are our musical inspiration.)
Hey, Everybody!
I just wanted to let you know that Love and Respect NOW is going dark for the month of June.
Don’t fear; we’ll be back in July.
The reason for going dark is because we’re transforming the site to be less about me and more about us as a community. There will be all kinds of ways for you to help and get involved.
Let the competition continue! You will notice that Sharideth already has a one up due to her incredible Unicorn collection. Automatic 2 points in my book. Rate Sharideth‘s answers on a scale of 1-10. If people like her answers better than David‘s…then she wins. And who doesn’t like a winner? (Not sure why this competition is happening? Why not? It’s summer time. Check out Part 1 HERE.) 1. What is your favorite shade of white? (If you don’t know that there are multiple answers to …
Most bloggers have really good stuff to say. And then there is David and Sharideth. Not only do they have good stuff to say, but they have both made me laugh audibly via tweets or posts. Because of that, I mentally created an online gang involving the two of them. (Don’t judge. Sometimes online gangs are the only option for some bloggers.) It is only fitting to make gang members fight from time to time to see who is the strongest. And I’d like …
I wanted to bring closure to our wedding theme conversations by highlighting some of my favorite contributions from all of you. I asked you to send a laugh in keeping with this theme, so here is a taste of what I’ve been receiving… “Bitter Bridesmaid” featuring Wess & Annie Willis and their bridesmaid, Shannon Hannon. “Diet Starts Monday!” featuring the non vegetarian couple Michelle and Cale Disterhoft. “Timely Tourists” featuring Megan West’s wedding party. Did the creepers even know they were in the shot? …
Enjoy this “choose your own adventure” by clicking on the image. If it gives you a laugh, you can pass it along to friends via any medium you desire. If you don’t laugh, I will find you and inflict pain…via any medium I desire.
The unicorns will help me.
Three things may have contributed to my inability to find my favorite commercial of all time. 1) I am terrible at Google searches. 2) I don’t know how to spell Cezar? Ceasar? Cesar? Czar of Russia? 3) I give up on Google searches after one try. In this case, #3 isn’t true. I have actually searched for this 30 second spot of sheer genius multiple times. I mentioned it in my most recent video and the desire to see it led me to challenge my …
1) I associate Valentine’s Day more with candy and the colors pink and red than love. 2) I am amused by the very vocal, bitterly single people on Valentine’s Day. It secretly makes me chuckle because I want to say, “Hmmm…why do you think you are single?” 3) Maybe I lied about “secretly” chuckling since I just told the World Wide Webular. 4) I like red roses. Many women like to say they don’t, but when they get them, I think they secretly like them. …
A video reflecting on a recent lecture I attended on how to write a Christian Romance Novel. The women were sweet and gracious, but I had a tough time swallowing some of their instructions.
Ok, I might have actually gagged a little. Read more
Just kidding, Just kidding! I know we all get our panties in a bunch at gender stereotypes, but my friend just sent this to me and I figured if you can’t laugh at this, (mocking the extremes) then your panties are too tight. Enjoy the laugh! Boys Will Be Girls The girls strike back…(sadly, not as funny as the guys.)
Not only is this one of the most brilliant play on words I have ever heard, but the concept is genius.
You know when “artists” sit around and talk about a new existential project they are working on which will take three years, a lot of glue and half of their soul? Well, I am guessing the meeting for this ground breaking new website (as well as iPhone app) looked a lot like that. The synergy must have been electric.
A few of my girlfriends were over last week and we were talking about Unicorns. Naturally. Let your love for these animals grow and take a moment to thank Lisa Frank Trapper Keepers for doing such glorious justice to these amazing creatures. Believe! (said in excited, but hushed whisper.) Some of my friends scoff at my love, while others send Unicorn thoughts, videos and paraphernalia my way. Take a gander: 1) My friend Amanda told me to do a search in the King James bible. …
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