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Do You Hear What I Hear?

This evening I was in the kitchen when I heard tires squealing frantically and the sound of a crash. I thought, "Oh, no," and headed toward the front of the house to see what had happened. Turned out that the boys wer…
Pumpkins!

Finally! I'm done with grading schoolwork and can do something fun. At least for a moment, before I need to make pizza for supper and take care of the turkey carcasses I am cooking for broth. I've been wanting to wri…
Cheescake and Atonement

I woke up at 5:30 this morning with the realization that the last time I made cheesecake (months ago) my springform pan broke. And here I was planning to make cheesecake today for my dinner guests tomorrow night. Bah…
Simply Venting

Do you ever feel like crawling into bed, pulling the covers over your head, and not coming out until next week? Yup, that's me. Since we started school the beginning of the month, and it usually takes me as the teacher…
So Today We Started School

I confess that I hadn't really been looking forward to it very much, but I had forgotten that a sense of humor makes everything immensely better. One of the things that I thought might be unpopular was our new creati…
Why I Have Gray Hair

This evening I watched my twelve year old daughter climb over the second-story deck rail onto the top of the clothesline pole beneath, then step to a high fence, then onto a fuel tank, and finally slide to the ground..…
Aughhh!

The rain outside my window just turned to snow. I don't hate snow. Really I don't. But snow in APRIL??? Sigh.
To Sell or Not to Sell?

We're supposed to show the house again this afternoon and I'm having mixed feelings. It's been on the market for about a year, and we had one--yes only one--showing, sometime last fall. Now they've scheduled three in t…
Singleness of Mind

Wow, what a weekend. It was really lovely. It's interesting how much a singles retreat can enrich your marriage!~ We came home with so much to talk about. We could hardly fall asleep last night, because we kept t…
Do Unto Others

We are bound to be just and right towards all men as men, whatever their religious convictions, or irreligious notions. Injustice is no friend to truth. We must not fight God's battles with the weapons of ill-will. …