1 Chronicles 16:34 Oh Give thanks to the Lord for he is good; for his steadfast love endures forever! We memorized this verse this year, I and my kids, in a little ring of verses. The whole ring starts with ‘In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth’ and goes through for 74 verses. We get to this one as we’re flipping along and I say ‘OH’ and wait for everyone to fill in the rest. Oh give... Read more
Matt’s parents are here for Thanksgiving (So Exciting!) and they have brought with them their dog, Levee, who was long ago rescued after Hurricane Katrina and who has recently been discovered to be an American Foxhound. Before I go on, I would like to officially note, in writing, that I have permission to blog about The Dog and that I have been looking forward to and intend to relish the next two weeks and all the delights that await us.... Read more
one Matt just sent me this and I thought, ‘what a gem’. So here it is. We go in for baptismal cake at COGS so its nice it features so prominently here. Cough. two This is funny, of course, because Matt happened to fly out to Colorado to baptize an extraordinarily beautiful (his words) baby on Wednesday. And he came back with a lot of Real Tea and some Real Digestive Biscuits because the parents of the baby normally live... Read more
{pretty} Part of the kitchen is clean. Isn’t that a marvel. {happy} Finally getting the rest of the apples cooked up into something. Who knows what. Apple butter? Apple Sauce? {funny} Not sure what this was about. I mean, I was there, I took the picture, but that’s all I know. Don’t blame me. {real} And it looks as though I’ve finally killed off The True Vine. I’m praying for resurrection and life, but its looking pretty bad. Still, it... Read more
Alouicious has discovered Calvin and Hobbes. He keeps coming and showing me the gross snowmen Calvin makes and chuckling to himself. In fact, the other day, he came to explain it to me in case I had never read it before.“I know,” I said, “And, when you’re done with that one, we have all of them.”Honestly, its the FIRST thing he’s reading without being able to put it down. So, even though I was rather hoping that first thing would... Read more
Or maybe it doesn’t even deserve that distinction. It is a well known fact that Matt and I can’t watch anything together except meaningless time destroying NatGeo reality shows and sometimes The Cooking Channel. And, not surprisingly, now that we have children the problem is weekly exacerbated by having to sift through the endless ghastly “Children and Family” sections of Netflix and Amazon. Sometimes we land on a true gift, like Terry Pratchett’s Hogfather. (What a gem! How funny! Death... Read more
Its so important to pray with children, just like it is to do other hard things with them like Cook and Eat Dinner, Carry on a Conversation, Fold a Single Solitary Basket of Laundry, Pick Up the Blocks, Remember What It Was You Came Into This Room For Will You Stop Screaming So I Can Think For A Minute. And so on and so forth. Prayer, as many of us might remember, is a foundational part of the Christian Life... Read more
We’re going to the pancake barn in a minute as a peace offering to our poor children. They have suffered much in these tempestuous political times, having been made to watch the news and listen to us chatter and generally be sucked into a morasse of Idiocy. They deserve a pancake. As for me, I am extraordinary relieved that the whole wretched thing is over. As I finally voted on my third try yesterday (First Time: Doddering Old Ladies couldn’t... Read more
For Breakfast: Cinnamon Rolls that feel healthy because of being whole wheat but not really healthy because of all the butter and sugar. The children will eat them. Matt will eat a carefully measured cup of Fiber One (blech) and I will eat an egg. For Lunch: Whatever. Who cares about lunch on election day. For Dinner: Fondue as a nod backwards to Reformation Day. This year, the Swiss Reformation. Last year was the German Reformation (Sausages and Beer). Next... Read more
Matt: “Marigold’s favorability rating with me is higher when she’s sleeping than when she’s awake.” Romulus whispering loudly in my ear while pointing to our dinner guest: “Who is he voting for?”Me, whispering back: “I don’t know but we’re not going to ask.” Me to any child near me ever: “Shh, I’m just trying to read the internals of this poll. If you’re hungry, just go eat something.” Matt, tearing his gaze away from twitter when I try to say... Read more
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