On Monday, without premeditation, but largely because of the advent of the Awesome New Refrigerator, I started taring at the kitchen wallpaper. As a result, I have a dining room table full of kitchen junk, half a kitchen with wall paper, half without, a house full of little bits of wall paper because of so many children “helping” and tracking dirt everywhere, half a kitchen taped up for priming and painting, and general complete chaos. So, um, I really can’t... Read more
The hardest part of moving a year a and half ago, or whenever it was, besides the actual moving, was leaving behind our amazing and lovely neighbors who, within six months of our moving into that house, embraced and practically adopted our first child and all our children thereafter. They, for reasons we have never fully understood, thought our children were interesting and wanted to play with them, despite being older. By the grace of God, however, just as we moved, their oldest... Read more
We are in possession of an amazing and wonderful Refrigerator Box (and the Refrigerator that goes with it–even more amazing and wonderful. Pictures forthcoming). So clearly we will be busy all day. We have to find a place to put The Box and then probably every toy in the house will have to be shoved into it, or something. I am being hounded to arise and get a move on so that the feasting and joy may commence. For our... Read more
Happy Birthday! Many Happy Returns of the day. For your birthday, we’ll be baking and eating a cake (with candles) as well as a variety of other delicious items. And we’re going to watch Nigeria play South Korea and read some stories. And of course, we miss you very much and wish we could be there for a proper party. Here is a flower from your very own garden as a present. Read more
I’m seriously considering making this blog all about my hair. Thank you for all the comments! more than I think I’ve ever received for any other topic. Its all been very informative and helpful. I carefully tucked my grays in yesterday for church, but this morning they’re flying all over with impunity. Matt says he “likes them” but he also says a lot of other stuff I know not to be true because he’s nice and a good husband. (stuff... Read more
I have more than two gray hairs. I’ve been hiding the two pretty carefully for the last few years, but this morning, just now in fact, there were definitely more than two. And it didn’t matter which way I combed anything, I couldn’t hide all of them. WHAT SHOULD I DO? What kind of person should I be? Should I enter the realm of everlasting dye? Should I decide, in humility, to clothe myself in good works rather than vanity?... Read more
This was posted yesterday on Stand Firm. I’m thrilled that seminary education in America is FINALLY getting down to basics. Anyway, it reminded me of some early brilliance on my blog, a post I called ‘Manifesto’. Here is the meat of it. Matt’s must be brewed and hot as he is waking up, so it is timed (at home the beans are ground at 3:55am and the hot water hits the newly ground beans at 3:57 and he pours his... Read more
I’ve always found it most annoying when people change the look of their blogs, in perpetuity, while never actually blogging. Unfortunately and hypocritically, I fell into this very trap this morning–its been nearly a whole week since my last post, and here I am fussing with new templates and trying to figure out if I can add a facebook ‘like’ button under each post (so that the masses of you can all ‘like’ this on facebook) and updating my blogroll... Read more
We’ve reached another level of awesome something. Yesterday Elphine got a bee in her bonnet to load the dishwasher and did a Remarkably good job, and then she wanted to feed the baby a massive bowl of banana which went all the way down the baby and not anywhere else (AMAZING), and then she ran the dishwasher and unloaded it. She was thrilled with herself. “This is so fun,” she said. “I’m glad you feel that way,” said I, “would... Read more
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