Posted in Gabrielle, Life, Children and Dishes, On Being Single, Rants & Rambles on Feb 27th, 2008 3 Comments »
A while ago I wrote a post about telling vomit stories, but in the post I mentioned how I was annoyed that everything in my life seems to revolve around being single as if my marital status was a strange, bright sun. I think I’ve got a bead on why I’m in this orbit. Simply [...]
Posted in Friends & Family, Raquel on Feb 22nd, 2008 No Comments »
…no one will be surprised to learn that I do not have the gift of prophecying the future.
Melissa said, “They‘ll be back…about March, I’d say.”
I said, “No, I’m pretty sure they’re staying in Tennessee.”
There are certain times when I don’t mind being wrong.
Posted in Projects, Raquel on Feb 22nd, 2008 2 Comments »
 Ever since Christmas I have been trying to be very responsible in choosing my craft projects. I knew I needed to finish up some ufo’s (Isn’t knitting language great? For the uninitiated UFO stands for UnFinished Object), and start working on birthday presents for the year so I could get them out of the way [...]
Posted in For Amusement Purposes Only, Life, Children and Dishes, Raquel on Feb 20th, 2008 2 Comments »
Reasonable or not, one has certain expectations about how the world works. One generally expects that if one puts something in a cupboard, it will be there when they come back. The exceptions are those who believe that it’s existence is a mere statistical probability, and those who live with children, who generally expect that [...]
Posted in Gabrielle, Life, Children and Dishes, Rants & Rambles, Reviews, Thoughts About Heaven on Feb 20th, 2008 No Comments »
Death is a very frightening thing. We have no idea what is on the other side, what’s waiting for us, what’ll happen when we stop breathing and moving. The far side is terrifying. I should say, apart from Jesus and what He’s said the other side is terrifying and all that. But that’s the kicker. [...]
Posted in Gabrielle, Life, Children and Dishes, On Being Single, Rants & Rambles on Feb 15th, 2008 8 Comments »
I had an odd thought the other day. I am twenty-two now. That means that I am older than any of my siblings were when they got married. The question “Why?” wandered into my head then, but I chased it out with a fly swatter.
Posted in Life, Children and Dishes, Raquel on Feb 12th, 2008 2 Comments »
Okay, I have no clue how to spell the real word for it, but the brand name is Oscillo. It’s a flu remedy, and I’m now totally sold on it.
The back story: I tend to catch every bug that comes along, and often pretty badly. Apparently I have a wimpy immune system. There’s a really [...]
Posted in Friends & Family, Gabrielle, Life, Children and Dishes, Poems and Stories on Feb 12th, 2008 No Comments »
Land of a Thousand Kings is a role playing game that’s still in progress by Ben Leman. In the game you play yourself. You walk through a door and find yourself in the Land of a Thousand Kings where you have adventures and then you come back. It’s similar to The Chronicles of Narnia. The [...]
Posted in Poems and Stories, Raquel on Feb 11th, 2008 No Comments »
a winter gale wafts
through dead branches crowded
with blossoms of snow
Posted in Poems and Stories, Raquel on Feb 8th, 2008 No Comments »
a few words
a splash of ink–
blood from my heart