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By: All Rileyed Up » Recipe for a Stress Free Evening

All Rileyed Up » Recipe for a Stress Free Evening — Mon, 18 May 2009 16:35:56 +0000

[...] the circumstances surrounding our last earthquake, I’m starting to think that my stress levels have direct proportional relationship with tectonic [...]

By: The Carnival of Family Life, August 04, 2008 | Quiverfull Family Blog

The Carnival of Family Life, August 04, 2008 | Quiverfull Family Blog — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 12:05:11 +0000

[...] presents Earthquake! at All Rileyed [...]

By: Rebecca

Rebecca — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 16:38:39 +0000

There was a teeny tiny earthquake about an hour away from here once - because of blasting - and the news talked about it for WEEKS. Earthquakes do not happen here, as a rule.

By: AlphaDogMa

AlphaDogMa — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 23:58:38 +0000

We had an earthquake once (4.3, which is small for you but in Northern Canada that is a huge WTF? occurrence) and the whole house shook and the ground was roaring and my husband yelled at me from the kitchen, “WHAT DID YOU JUST DO?” Because evidently I really do make the earth move for my husband.

Glad you are safe.

By: Janet

Janet — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 19:55:50 +0000

Ha! I would have totally blamed my kids at first, too.

There was actually a little earthquake up here, in Ontario, many years ago. I was at work and all of a sudden the floor felt like jello under my chair. I would have assumed it was all in my head, but I was sharing an office a co-worker at the time, so she confirmed the jello floor sensation. Also, it was in the news so, yeah, not crazy.

By: Ronnica

Ronnica — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 16:07:20 +0000

I love how you wrote this. Like a normal person telling the story, getting off on tangents, and you keep having to restart your story.

I’ve never felt an earthquake before (Kansas, Oklahoma, and North Carolina aren’t really known for such things), but I think it would be an experience to have. As long as no one gets hurt, of course.

By: Lynda

Lynda — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 14:27:14 +0000

I am sure the kids probably “egged it on” as my parents would’ve said to me - lol - you are funny!

By: Mary Witzl

Mary Witzl — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 08:00:01 +0000

I admire the clever way you wove the ending into this story. Your postings always deliver and never disappoint.

We had friends from L.A. visit us here in Scotland. The day they showed up, the U.K. experienced the first earthquake it had had in years. I still figure our friends must have brought it with them.

By: planetnomad

planetnomad — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 05:33:16 +0000

I heard from another friend in LA about it. Glad the kids are all right. I am not too fond of earthquakes, personally.

By: dgm

dgm — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 04:55:48 +0000

So there I was in the Walmarts, passing through the AISLE of GLASS when the shelves begin to shake and the glass products rattle. I look ahead accusingly at the employee stocking things, and she looks at me accusingly like I’m messing with her stuff. Then I back out of the aisle because I realize it’s an earthquake once the ground starts moving. But it was weird–the ground didn’t shake for what seemed a long time.

Then I found some gold nailpolish and a new hair product to replace the now discontinued John Frieda’s Beach Blonde Ocean Waves (which was so awesome, may it rest in peace). But even that could not settle my anxious nerves.