We pulled it off. After a rather odd and stressful week leading up to Christmas, with kids with fevers and husbands with bronchitis, and missed Christmas Eve services, and last minute trips to buy new sleeper couches … it all somehow came together. I had my lingering doubts right up until 9:00 the night before …
Yearly Archive: 2010
Dec 18
The Anatomy of a Gingerbread House
This was the first year we bought one of those pre-packaged gingerbread kits, in all its hydrogenated, artificially colored glory. Everett immediately put himself in charge. “I’m doing something fun with my brothers and it involves CANDY!” Sometime around here, 2 year old disappeared. She was clear across the house. “No, I don’t have a …
Dec 18
Making a list, checking it twice
Last year, we decided not to send Christmas cards. I wanted to save money, I was concerned about the trees (oh the trees!!), and it seemed just another thing to stress out about during an already busy holiday season. Not sending cards made me sad. This year, we have twice as many things to …
Nov 20
Because I Must
There’s a scene that I keep thinking of in the movie Blast From the Past. Blast From the Blast was a very mediocre popcorn movie from 1999, which I watched when I was going through a phase of having to watch every movie Brendan Fraser ever made. It was cute but ridiculous, and it wasn’t …
Nov 15
Offensive, defined
There is a “nurse-in” today on Facebook, both to celebrate breastfeeding, and to protest the removal of many, many breastfeeding pictures, and in some cases entire profiles, because the powers-that-be find them “obscene” and offensive in some way. I like to give people the benefit of the doubt. Clearly, Facebook is just confused as to …
Oct 17
And then there were 12
The non-human members of our family now outnumber the Homo sapiens two to one. Joining the dog, spider, fish, snake, and rats are six healthy and happy little chicks. Anyone who’s paid attention to my pontificating for the past year or two will be well-aware of my Project Poultry Crusade (AKA convincing Mike why we …
Oct 14
Honesty
Facebook drives me completely crazy. Yes, it has been invaluable for staying in touch with certain friends and family, re-connecting with people from the past, and sharing information with like-minded peers (all of which are why I continue to go) But my list of reasons it bugs the ever-loving *^#@ out of me is lengthy. …
Oct 13
The Hole in the Rock
This hill (Mountain? Pile of rocks?) is right next the Phoenix Zoo. Every time we’ve gone to the zoo for the past five years, I’ve looked up at that hole, seen people milling around up there, and wanted to join the fun. We finally made our way up there after a geocaching event in the …
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