…to the faithful, to those of you who check this blog every day, hoping for some morsel to indicate the well-being or otherwise of your favorite Shinns. I realize this update is long overdue. (I also realize that previous sentence is a terrific example of reverse hyperbole. Does anyone know the real term for that, or should we make one up?)
Ana-ways, (as Edna Brosie would say), (or is it Ed Nabrosie? I always wondered.), (is this too much parenthetical chatter? Am I throwing off an intelligence-gathering effort as we speak?), I’m in Reedley. I’m tempted to say that I’m back in Reedley, back that implies a prior state of physical location here, and we all know there is nonesuch state.
I arrived here after the worst travel day of my life. In comparison to many travel experiences, even some that YOU may have had, it wasn’t that bad. For instance, I arrived here with 10 fingers and 10 toes intact, and that meets the Navy’s definition of a safe trip. Feel free to share your worst travel experience in the comments below, and we’ll all ooh! and ahh! over how bad you’ve had it. I’ll spare you the details of my story.
Well, we’ve had some interesting experiences here in Reedley so far. So interesting, in fact, that I’ve pondered a name change for the blog. How does ‘Andrew and Lisa Move to Small-Town America’ sound to you? Yes, it is a shameless rip-off of ‘Jon and Rachel Move to England’. No one ever said the best ideas lay in the realm of originality!
Stay tuned for a blog post (coming soon to a blog near you!) (back to the parantheticals again?!) about our trip to the Saturday auction!
California Cheers,
Andrew
My nickname for Reedley is “the homeland,” so my vote is for “Andrew and Lisa Return to the Homeland,” even though you never lived there
Andrew and Lisa: How about “Reedley, the Birthplace of Mary Grace Nikkel” or how about “Reedley, Mennnonite Mecca”
Hello Shinns!
Good to see that you arrived back safely Andrew! Guess what? I’m finally in California! San Diego is pretty great and the campus at PLNU is amazing. Having a great time and classes start tomorrow. We need to connect with each other. Just wanted to let you know that I’m here! 🙂
Welcome back to the “main land” … are you still rocking back and forth!? I bet Lisa is thrilled to have you back. And I’m glad to know you haven’t dropped off the face of the earth (yes, I am one who checkes your blog daily). Enjoy Reedley. I might just have to come and visit.
Welcome back to the “main land” … are you still rocking back and forth!? I bet Lisa is thrilled to have you back. And I’m glad to know you haven’t dropped off the face of the earth (yes, I am one who checkes your blog daily). Enjoy Reedley. I might just have to come and visit.
Andrew,
I am completely unsatisfied with and by your blog. Way too many allusions to grandiose stories and no details to back the drama up. I want to know ALL THE GORY DETAILS (and I know your mom does too) about this traumatic travel experience you “claim” to have had, I want to know what these “interesting expereinces here in Reedley so far” are, and this bit about a Saturday auction. You see Andrew, without more information to give validity to your claims, you are not teasing your readers with the sort of obscure carrot that keeps us eager; oh no, you are actually causing SOME OF US to question who and where you really are. You can see how all this “implying and no supplying” causes doubt to creep up from behind: Maybe Andrew really is in the Navy. Maybe Andrew really isn’t “back in Reedley”. In fact, maybe this isn’t even Andrew.
From, Rachel
P.S. Don’t ever (and I mean, EVER) challenge my position on excessive use of parenthetical marks. One look at my blog and you will see that I am the champion I claim to be (and I intend to maintain my post). You can have the Big Vocabularly award though.
p.p.s. I really can’t wait to hear more about your adventures – in person, next week! WOO-HOO!
Welcome to Reedley AND welcome HOME to California, Andrew!! There is a great satisfaction for me to know that you have your feet firmly planted on this side of the ocean. I did enjoy all you shared with us about your fantastic trip abroad, but us grandmas are always comforted to know our “chicks” are safely in the nest again. You’ve successfully stirred up ‘curiosity’…I,too, shall be waiting to hear of your interesting trip home….don’t keep us waiting too long!!!??
Can’t wait to see you and hear your voice again…soon I hope.
Love and Hugs
Gmanina