Posted in Raquel on Dec 27th, 2008 4 Comments »
Today is Gabrielle’s birthday. I can’t really say much about it, because most of it hasn’t happened yet, but I would be derelict in my duties if I didn’t post it so you could all leave comments wishing her a happy birthday. (Unless of course you already left them on Facebook, though really, if [...]
Posted in Life, Children and Dishes, Raquel on Dec 27th, 2008 No Comments »
The diagnosis from the CT scan was an enlarged ovary (nothing to do with tree frogs then…). My right ovary is normal size, about 3 cm. My left ovary is about 3 1/2 inches. My general reaction to this has been: Well, that would explain WHY IT HURTS SO MUCH! When in internal organ [...]
Posted in Life, Children and Dishes on Dec 24th, 2008 2 Comments »
It’s early morning on December 24th. (Early for me, anyway, and I’ve kind of been up for an hour already.) A kind of sickly gray light is starting to filter through my blinds as I listen to sound of icicles dripping into slush and sip my barium contrast in preparation for a CT scan. [...]
Posted in Gabrielle, Life, Children and Dishes, Not Much of Anything on Dec 20th, 2008 1 Comment »
It’s been busy around here. Not only are there the normal Christmas preparations going on, but this year food has been extra expensive so there’s been more fiddly work to do. We’ve made our own korv for a couple of years, but this year we ground up all the meat before making the sausage. Dried [...]
Posted in Gabrielle, I learned something new today, Life, Children and Dishes, Rants & Rambles on Dec 11th, 2008 1 Comment »
As I mentioned previously, I’ve recently started a new diet plan which is geared not so much to make me lose weight as to changing my habits and attitudes when it comes to food. It’s been going really well. I’m exercising, I’m eating well and I’m sleeping deeply. I’m constantly amazed by all the changes [...]
Posted in Poems and Stories, Raquel on Dec 9th, 2008 2 Comments »
Mark 8:4 (Um, not 4:8 like I wrote at first…)
Lord, I’ve seen you feed
the thousands by the way.
The scraps they left behind
when finished with Your fest
were more than at the start
we thought You could provide.
I thought that meant that now
I’d never have to starve
but now that bread is gone,
and hunger growls inside
and I wonder why [...]
Posted in Gabrielle, Life, Children and Dishes, Reviews on Dec 9th, 2008 1 Comment »
Last night Raquel and I went and saw Twilight. I will state here publicly and with no shame that the whole thing was my idea. I’ve never read the books and I’d only heard about the series from Raquel who’s also never read them. I saw a trailer and the movie looked interesting. Plus, if [...]
Posted in Friends & Family, Gabrielle, Life, Children and Dishes on Dec 4th, 2008 1 Comment »
So I was thinking yesterday about my life and some changes and what I’ve actually recorded here on this blog. I was realizing that there is a fairly major change that I have completely neglected to say anything about. Rather than ya’ll being super confused when I post another birth story I figured I should [...]
Posted in For Amusement Purposes Only, Gabrielle, Life, Children and Dishes, Not Much of Anything on Dec 4th, 2008 2 Comments »
I recently started a food and exercise plan to try to get disciplined and healthier. On of the downsides of this is that whole discipline and exercise thing. One of the upshots is broccoli.
To make life simpler I’m buying my own food so I can have what I need to eat around the house. I [...]
Posted in For Amusement Purposes Only, Gabrielle, Life, Children and Dishes, Not Much of Anything on Dec 2nd, 2008 4 Comments »
So I was going through some of my writings trying to decide what would get to move into the coveted “Finished” file folder. Only the few, the proud, the heavily edited get to go there. While I was poking around I came upon this. I wrote it while I was babysitting for the Peiffers. I [...]