Bear, also known as PinkyT (short for The Pink Tornado), removed a few books from the bookshelf in the office today and left them in random places around the house. One of them was Ruth Beechick’s reading book from her Three R’s series. I found it in the living room and since it’s only 28 […]
Filed under: Homeschool, Thoughts on April 29th, 2008 | 3 Comments »
George and I just finished reading Messy Spirituality by Mike Yaconelli. Before returning it to the library this week I jotted down a few things from the section on living busy lives. Yaconelli writes, “we have no slow lanes anymore. Every lane is fast, and the only comfort our culture can offer is more lanes […]
Filed under: Faith, Thoughts on October 27th, 2006 | 1 Comment »
A very sweet and special lady from my hometown died today. She was the mother of a friend and a friend of my mother’s. It was not unexpected, but it is still hard for me to process right now. Maybe because I’m physically distanced from it. Maybe because I just haven’t had that much experience […]
Filed under: Faith, Thoughts on July 24th, 2006 | No Comments »
Wow, I can’t believe that it has already been 5 weeks since I quit my job! The time does fly. Some of you may not even know about all of the big changes we are going through right now. I have been intending to post about this for some time. I wanted to wait until […]
Filed under: Faith, Family, Thoughts on April 4th, 2006 | 2 Comments »
Picked wildflowers on soccer fields (instead of playing) … Used a first modem at the age of 2 … Won the Most Original Decoration prize at Sunray Funday’s turtle race … Held a season pass to Sesame Place … Won grand prize in the 7th grade science fair for studying the effects of cotyledons on […]
Filed under: Adventures, Family, Thoughts on March 30th, 2006 | 6 Comments »
The only thing worse than a trailer full of poop is a trailer full of wet poop! This has become a new slogan of mine. One of the many tasks we’re working on now is attempting to get our lawn looking alive and well again. That means fertilizer and water. We checked the weather report […]
Filed under: Adventures, Thoughts on March 27th, 2006 | 2 Comments »
It’s been an intersting month. We’re very excited to add another cousin to the family and very excited for George’s brother and his wife. And Baby Katherine is definitely an adorable little girl. But the week she arrived was a tough week for me. I had received a call on Tuesday that my sister was […]
Filed under: Faith, Thoughts on March 16th, 2006 | 3 Comments »
I had a conversation with Emily several weeks ago that I keep thinking about. The weather outside was nice and I agreed to let her lay down on our porch swing in the backyard for her rest time. The back of the swing folds down and actually makes something like a small bed. Since there […]
Filed under: Faith, Thoughts on February 12th, 2006 | 2 Comments »
This morning, the kids and I headed out to do some shopping. Within walking distance from the first store was a Goodwill. Inside Goodwill, in the toy aisle, was an EleFun game. Emily played this game at a friend’s house MONTHS ago and has been asking for one ever since. They usually cost somewhere between […]
Filed under: Family, Thoughts on December 6th, 2005 | 4 Comments »
We get frustrated by all the greed and commercialism that we see this time of year. At the same time, many of us are also annoyed (and frustrated and some even angry) when retailers, employers, etc. remove the word “Christmas” from their holiday vocabulary. It’s Happy Holidays instead of Merry Christmas. It’s a Holiday Party […]
Filed under: Faith, Thoughts on November 29th, 2005 | 5 Comments »