Posted in Friends & Family, Life, Children and Dishes, Raquel on Oct 30th, 2007 2 Comments »
 Providence held it’s first annual Reformation Day Faire last weekend. Alas, I did not get any pictures of my costume so you will have to imagine just how stunning, elaborate, and otherwise regal it was… Okay, it was actually a plain peasant costume made out of an old sheet, but I did really like how [...]
Posted in Around Town, Gabrielle on Oct 20th, 2007 3 Comments »
Yesterday Raquel and I took a self-guided tour of Peoria Heights. That is to say we bopped into our favorite stores and spent money. We had been planning this outing for a week or more and it was as much fun as I’d hoped. But before we got to Peoria Heights we ate lunch at [...]
Posted in Gabrielle on Oct 18th, 2007 1 Comment »
On the occasion of relief from a headache and a beautiful day.
O God the Perfectly Gracious
Who brought the sun out today and makes the leaves sing
Grant me words enough to praise You for Your kindness to me
That I might give You worthy praise and thanks
In Your Son’s good name I pray
Amen
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Posted in For Amusement Purposes Only, Gabrielle, Life, Children and Dishes on Oct 16th, 2007 2 Comments »
Recently we have started having door knob problems. Specifically, the bathroom door knob likes to fall apart. I go to open the door and end up with half the knob in my hand and the other half on the other side of the door. Yesterday Noah tried to open the door. He turned the knob, [...]
Posted in Quotes, Raquel on Oct 15th, 2007 No Comments »
This is the first part of East to West, by Casting Crowns. The rest of the lyrics are here.
Here I am, Lord, and I’m drowning in your sea of forgetfulness
The chains of yesterday surround me
I yearn for peace and rest
I don’t want to end up where You found me
And it echoes in my mind, keeps [...]
Posted in I learned something new today, Rants & Rambles, Raquel on Oct 15th, 2007 6 Comments »
 So, there’s this game called Blue Moon. The oversimplification of the rules goes like this: You play cards, trying to beat the number of the last card played by your opponents. (There are various things you can do to boost those numbers, but this is the oversimplification, remember?) You continue until one person retreats, and [...]
Posted in Friends & Family, Life, Children and Dishes, Raquel, Thoughts About Heaven on Oct 9th, 2007 2 Comments »
 The funeral happened at the small country church that Grandma and Grandpa attended. (Historical note: This happens to be the same church where my parents got married.) It was crowded enough that they put up folding chairs in the back, a few people were standing in the back without a seat, and the only seat [...]
Posted in Poems and Stories, Raquel on Oct 9th, 2007 No Comments »
not another gray day
not today
when the sky’s so blue
Posted in Friends & Family, Life, Children and Dishes, Raquel, Thoughts About Heaven on Oct 4th, 2007 No Comments »
 Coming back to my grandparent’s house this time I particularly noticed certain ‘historical’ items. I’d already explained some of them to Gabrielle when she visited with us a few months ago. I told her that the back bedroom was always where the older cousins stayed when they worked on the farm, which particular room was [...]
Posted in Gabrielle, Life, Children and Dishes, Rants & Rambles, Thoughts About Beauty on Oct 4th, 2007 1 Comment »
So here I am, the non-musical jargon person, writing another album review. The David Crowder*Band’s new album came out on September 24th and Seth was right there to buy it. I must say it isn’t as artistically put together as the previous album, but the lyrics and music are as good as ever.
The album [...]