The snow is pouring out of the sky. I should have listened to school cancellations just to comfort myself. Trouble is, I really need to go see a doctor, the sooner the better. I’ve got a profound and unrelenting ear ache and I’m pretty sure its an infection. But I really don’t want to drive out in this muck….so clearly I’m left with just blogging. And trying to get through a day of school since we missed so much last... Read more
Part Three of our on-going series Leaving Home is up at Stand Firm. I would stay and write more but I should already be in the shower and getting ready for school. Enjoy! Stay warm if you’re in this part of the world. More snow seems to be falling. Read more
Alouicious has just made an astounding discovery.“Why don’t we all sleep in here as a family? We all fit!”As Matt says every morning trying to escape the thronging children, “Its just what I’ve always dreamed–a cat, a dog and five children in bed. Oh, and my wife.”Clearly a queen size bed is too big. Our pediatrician is right. He says that by child #5 a No Child in the Bed Policy breaks down from sheer tiredness. “You won’t be able... Read more
The weekend was pretty uneventful and I’m not doing anything right this moment of note, so I’ll just bung up some pictures. Here, Gladys is trying to put on Elphine’s dress and is very angry. I further enraged her by taking this picture. In a minute I’m going to make it my facebook profile picture.Here, Gladys is tickling the baby.Elphine dressed them both for school. We did an entire day of school with this ridiculousness.The baby is constantly, when she’s... Read more
We seem to be on the tail end of the Binghamton Plague/Crud. Four out of seven of us got it which isn’t too bad. There is a huge pile of laundry and other cleaning to be got through. And we missed three days of school work because I couldn’t move. And I had to muddle through Ash Wednesday services on my own because Matt was too sick to move. Don’t think I completely blew it but don’t recall ever having... Read more
I was up throwing up all night (I and Alouicious) and am still lying here imploring God that everyone else will stay healthy. So, since I can’t think to do anythhing, and am falling asleep every few minutes, here is an email Matt sent out to the Parish this morning. Dear Good Shepherd, Someone recently sent me the archives to our old website. On it I found the following Good Shepherd Update from August 2nd 2004. This was the update... Read more
Ok, so I didn’t write any of the next installment this week, nor did I blog. BUT, three of five children have rich bubbly colds and we plugged snottily away at memory work all week. And the baby rolled over (in a fit of screaming rage because she didn’t want to be on her tummy at that moment) andGladys stopped calling me ‘mommy’, started calling me ‘mom’ for a day, and now calls me Anne. Its the most exasperating and... Read more
Part Two of our series Leaving Home is up at Stand Firm. Part One is here. We’re well on our way into the third part so hopefully we’ll be able to finish it this week. I’m going to be taking the hour I usually spend writing here writing on that project, although I do hope to post as best I can. I’m finding the process of writing more and more fun and interesting and its a pleasure to write with... Read more
We’re continuing with the next two verses of 1 Thessalonians 5, if you would be so good as to turn there. Let’s pick up from verse 13. Paul writes, ‘Be at peace among yourselves. And we urge you, brothers, admonish the idle, encourage the fainthearted, help the weak, be patient with them all. See that no one repays evil for evil, but always seek to do good to one another and to everyone.” For those of you who weren’t here... Read more
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