To begin with, it’s “bated” as opposed to “baited”. “Waiting with baited breath” is clearly rather nonsensical. You’re waiting with your breath set as bait in a trap? Bated is an archaic, abreviated form of “abated”. So, “waiting with abated breath,” essentially means that your breath has lessened, or likely stopped, because you’re wracked with…
Photos are up (see the photos page in the links section of the sidebar). I should probably write about and/or add captions. Perhaps later. A picture’s worth a 1,000 words, right?
We’re in Nashville visiting Berck’s dad. He sent us to the store this afternoon for lemons and lettuce. As we waited for the lady ahead of us in the checkout lane to finish writing her check, I weighed the options of paying by credit card or by cash. We try to conserve cash because we…
I’ve now worked at Mardel’s warehouse for a year, so that means I get one week of vacation. Woohoo! We’re driving to Highlands, NC today and meeting up with Berck’s mom. Then we’ll drive to Nashville and visit his dad. Then we’ll drive to Knoxville and visit our friends Arnold and Mary Linda, where we’ll…