I confess that I am officially on vacation for the next few weeks \u2013 really more of a stay-cation, which is not my favorite. I confess that I\u2019ll be doing projects around the house for most of the three weeks, starting with a new study room for the boys. I further confess that this will be somewhat of a working vacation \u2013 as there are just things I need to stay on top of. Nevertheless, vacation means lots of time w\/my family, so I\u2019m feeling blessed today.<\/p>\n
I confess that I nearly always listen to educational tv while I work around the house. I usually pick some sort of long television miniseries from the history channel \u00a0that will last for much of the project. Last year when gave our living room a makeover, I watched the entire Revolutionary War miniseries from the History Channel. Edward Herrmann is one of the best narrators ever. I confess that this year, it will probably by Ken Burn\u2019s \u201cThe Civil War,\u201d and perhaps \u201cThe West,\u201d both of which are on Netflix for free. Books on tape are great as well.<\/p>\n
I confess that I don\u2019t like Veggie Tales. My kids love it and it annoys me. I would never listen to it while working around the house.<\/p>\n
I confess that I love watching NASCAR, even though this fits with no other part of my life. It\u2019s a complete flier, but I can\u2019t help it. I\u2019m all about the speed.<\/p>\n
I confess that I love taking naps on Sunday afternoon, but they have become problematic. If I take a nap during the day, I struggle getting to sleep that night. Then on Monday morning I\u2019m tired from having stayed up too late. I\u2019m considering putting a\u00a0moratorium\u00a0on all naps until I figure a way out of the conundrum.<\/p>\n
I confess that I\u2019m still reading Bethge\u2019s biography of Bonhoeffer. I read quite a bit from it last week and I\u201dm still only 300 pages in (900 pages total). It\u2019s a mother long book, but completely enjoyable.<\/p>\n
I confess that at the beginning of the summer, I decided to try and keep our grass alive this year. Actually what I wanted to do was grow a garden, but decided if I could keep the grass alive for the whole summer this year, then I\u2019d let myself plant a garden next year. Who knew it was going to be a phenomenal heat wave and drought year. So far so good, but now there\u2019s a water ration in JoCo. I confess that this could get tricky.<\/p>\n
I confess that the Suttle family is in a car-quandry right now. Our 2003 mini-van w\/140k miles on it needs about $3,000 work of work done. The van is only worth about $5k. Do we sell it & get another used one? That\u2019s about a $15,000 hit, instead of a $3,000 hit to fix it. Is it really worth fixing, or will it nickel and dime us to death for two more years when we have to sell it again. I hate this stage in car ownership & it\u2019s happened with nearly ever car I\u2019ve ever had.<\/p>\n
I confess that our church baptism yesterday was my favorite one ever. I\u2019m so glad to be a part of Redemption Church.<\/p>\n
I made my confession \u2013 you make yours!<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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