Posted in For Amusement Purposes Only, Friends & Family, Life, Children and Dishes, Projects, Raquel on Apr 14th, 2009 1 Comment »
Last Wednesday I ran across the 36 hour Christian Filmmakers contest. The idea was to film a three minute video within the span of 36 hours, starting that Friday at noon. So, thought I, here is this nifty contest idea, and I know people who are also interested in this sort of thing, and [...]
Posted in Gabrielle, I learned something new today, Life, Children and Dishes on Apr 14th, 2009 1 Comment »
It’s like a dam has broken. Or better, it’s like a storm has passed. For the last several months so much energy has gone into “Crystal is pregnant” and then “Crystal is having a baby” there’s been nothing left over. At least I assume that’s what was going on. Because now that Hope is here [...]
Posted in Friends & Family, Gabrielle, Life, Children and Dishes, Thoughts About Beauty on Apr 13th, 2009 3 Comments »
I’m sitting in a rocking chair in a darkened room near a newly installed pellet stove that’s pumping out warmth and warm light. Around me are three children listening at I explain to them the meanings of their names. I explain that names are for us to remember. To remember what their parents wanted for [...]
Posted in For Amusement Purposes Only, Life, Children and Dishes, Not Much of Anything, Raquel on Apr 13th, 2009 No Comments »
Then: I couldn’t find my shoe, because I put it someplace weird instead of putting it away.
Now: I couldn’t find my shoe, because after I put it away the toddler took it and put it someplace weird.
Posted in Gabrielle, Life, Children and Dishes on Apr 10th, 2009 No Comments »
I hate waiting. I hate waiting for someone to get ready to go somewhere, I hate waiting for a ride, I hate waiting for someone to finish their work so I can do mine. Lately my life has been mostly waiting. Waiting for Crystal to have her baby, waiting for Justice to get over what [...]
Posted in For Amusement Purposes Only, Life, Children and Dishes, Not Much of Anything, Raquel on Apr 9th, 2009 5 Comments »
I have limited storage space in my room. It wouldn’t be so bad if I weren’t a bookaholic, but with books filling most of the normal storage areas of the room, I have to be creative about squeezing in other stuff.
I just found an improved way to store my purses. Now, you might [...]
Posted in I learned something new today, Life, Children and Dishes, Raquel on Apr 8th, 2009 4 Comments »
Gabrielle and I realized something recently. We realized that we make no sense. Okay, yes, we already knew that, but this was a little more specific. See, Gabrielle is the one who is all bright and cheerful and colorful and adventurous, right? And I am shades of black and gray, and at least compared to [...]
Posted in Gabrielle, Life, Children and Dishes, Not Much of Anything on Apr 6th, 2009 5 Comments »
I’m feeling really low right now. It is April 6 and it snowed last night. Really, we were supposed to be past this. The snow all went away and the sun came out and made the air turn warm. I planted spinach and sunflowers and prepped some old tires to plant lettuce in. Cherry blossoms [...]
Posted in For Amusement Purposes Only, Gabrielle, I learned something new today, Life, Children and Dishes on Apr 2nd, 2009 2 Comments »
I’ve been doing a unit study with the children on the human body. This is more of an overview of how their bodies work than an in depth study, but even then I’ll be explaining something and will just astound myself at how our bodies work.
We talk about how our bodies are “fearfully and [...]