Posted in For Amusement Purposes Only, Gabrielle, Life, Children and Dishes, Projects on Nov 19th, 2009 1 Comment »
Today I am thankful for clean laundry. It happens so infrequently around here that most of the laundry in the house is cleanish or at least not scattered on anyone’s floor that I get really excited when I think it might happen. It never actually happens, of course, because all of the people in this [...]
Posted in Friends & Family, Gabrielle, Life, Children and Dishes, Projects on Nov 7th, 2009 No Comments »
Today I am thankful for birthday parties, which is a good thing because they can be a snootful of work. Sometimes when we’re gearing up for a party I start wishing it was just over. I keep thinking that there’s just too much work and there’ll be too many people and I just don’t feel [...]
Posted in I learned something new today, Life, Children and Dishes, Not Much of Anything, Projects, Raquel on Nov 4th, 2009 2 Comments »
Today I made a superhero for medical terminology class. We’re supposed to make up twelve medical terms, using real medical term parts, and draw a cartoon character who has all of those conditions.
So I drew up Epiguy who has exacidoptysis (spitting out acid) and anamyomegaly (excessive enlargement of the muscles) and other like conditions. After [...]
Posted in I learned something new today, Life, Children and Dishes, Projects, Rants & Rambles, Raquel on Oct 8th, 2009 No Comments »
If you take the definition of humility as looking at yourself honestly (neither more highly or lowly than you ought to), this post is not nearly as arrogant as it might sound. I just thought I’d clear that up at the beginning.
I realized today that I am an intelligent person. Hey, stop laughing. Yes, you, [...]
Posted in Friends & Family, Gabrielle, Life, Children and Dishes, Projects on Sep 1st, 2009 No Comments »
I was noticing that while I was in Erie I charted my visit in terms of the food we ate. We made pastaleos, Dad took me to lunch, my sisters and I pigged out at Perkins while I accidentally made really loud vacuum noises, Elizabeth and I made dragon eggs.
It’s that last bit that [...]
Posted in I learned something new today, Life, Children and Dishes, Projects, Raquel on Jul 1st, 2009 3 Comments »
So far today I have done dishes, started my laundry, made homemade deodorant, assembled an herbal glycerite to ’steep’, and read the first chapter of a book about what the medical establishment won’t tell you about hormones. Hopefully to follow will be some wheat grinding, more dish washing and making supper, including beef broth for [...]
Posted in Gabrielle, I learned something new today, Life, Children and Dishes, Projects on Apr 16th, 2009 1 Comment »
I’d recently taken up the task of teaching Noah and Justice their letters, colors, numbers and parts of their bodies. We made up flashcards and we got into a routine. Then I decided that it would be a lot of fun to teach a short course on the basics of how a human body works. [...]
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, Life, Children and Dishes, Projects on Mar 16th, 2009 1 Comment »
The boys and I raked today. The day was a cliché of a gorgeous spring day- the sun was warm, the sky was blue, a light breeze brushed against my skin. I started raking out front where the leaves had blown against the porch and piled up between the big rocks in front of our [...]
Posted in Gabrielle, Life, Children and Dishes, Projects on Oct 9th, 2008 1 Comment »
You know that saying “What’s slop for the treasure is food for the garbageâ€? Oh wait, maybe it’s “One man’s goose is another man’s ganderâ€. Well, anyway, there’s a saying that’s all about that. I like that saying. It keeps me expectant for good things.
So today I got hit in the back with a rotting [...]