Well, it is good and I recognize it can be bad soon enough, so I just accept and thank God for the times when life goes well. Abigail has adjusted well to school and so has Elliott. I am treasuring the times I have alone with each of them … times that i am not…
Read MoreMonth: October 2004
Halt
There has been a definitive halt in our bathroom. All it needs is cabinet doors, but they apparently aren’t ready yet. Somewhat frustrating, but we could’t be happier with the results. I need to shower and eat lunch and do some work and go to the bank. I’m just starring blankly at the screen, unfocused…
Read MoreElliott can talk … a lot
“Mommy broke the balloons cover daddy. She broke it. See. She broke it. She put the groceries on it and it broke. Like this. See. It’s broke daddy. Mommy broke it. Let me break it; see, like this…” (proceeds to put the CD cover on my legs and press down on it as hard as…
Read MoreConvenient Hypocrisy of Free Speech
How is the ACLU not demanding the revocation of the tax-exempt status of the Friendship Missionary Baptist Church in Miami for endorsing a political candidate? How is this not an endorsement of a political agenda? Where’s the ACLU and their invocation of “Separation of Church and State”? Why is Kerry allowed, in essence, to give…
Read MoreMusic that Harms the Soul
Jewel makes me violent. Anything she sings. I cringe. I want to punch someone. Repeated. She’s not good for the moral fiber of the country.
Read MoreIllness and Church transitions
It’s a dark and rainy cool October morning. Abbie is home sick from school — not only because of a cold, but both her eyes have been very red and itchy for a day or two. I got very little sleep this weekend – both kids are plagued with colds and coughing through the night….
Read MoreWe Have A SINK
We have a sink! Well, a sink with no water. The littlest touches take the longest time to finish it seems. It’s ever so close and beautiful. It makes me want to stay in this itty bitty house (till I think about where I spend 8 hours a day in my 4′ x 2′ corner…
Read MoreBathroom done(?) and effective worship
The bathroom is usable; but not quite done. Our sink is on special order and still not in yet. We have a few accessories, like towel bars, hooks, to put in and the cabinet doors are still not done nor is the cubby on the side of the shower. The past week has been slow…
Read MorePumpkin Picking
DAY 21:Not much happening today. The cabinetry is all installed, except the doors and the shower “cubby” area (next to the door). The sink basin should arrive tomorrow and hopefully the remaining “touches” will be done by Wednesday or Thursday. One can hope. The weekend was good. The kids thoroughly enjoyed spending time with their…
Read MoreThe Curse of Class Pictures Past
DAY 18: The walls are painted (this very light “frost” blue). Right now the cabinetry is being installed. We are able to use the toilet and bathtub. Last night I took a bath (no shower curtain) in the dark. Surprisingly calm in the shadows of felt sight, that light can itself be a distraction. Hopefully…
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