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Taking Care of Busy-Ness

by Filed Under: Just Me, Keeping It Real, Minnesota Me 6 Comments

Am I safe in assuming that because I’ve been too busy to write, you (in turn) have been too busy to read? It’s an unspoken agreement we’ve reached, I think, and yet…not a very satisfying one. Goodness, though, have I been busy. Let’s talk yesterday. Hey, yesterday! Remember me? I’m the gal that you ran ragged. Yes, that one. You know. The one … [Read more...]

Pure Conjecture

by Filed Under: Anecdotal, Just Me, Minnesota Me, Motherhood, Pregnancy 4 Comments

If you tell your four children that the reason Mom started weeping at lunch is that she’s way overtired and needs a nap and that they MUST stay quiet and keep the 3-year-old happy… If you say this to them and your sweet 9-year-old daughter still comes up…and proceeds to stand at your bedside silently and stare at you with one of her hands on your … [Read more...]

Good News/Bad News/Getting Beeped At

by Filed Under: Anecdotal, Just Me, Minnesota Me, The Faith 12 Comments

So which of those title items would you like to hear about first? My call? Okay dokee,  I’ll start with the good news, which is that my husband has been following through on a couple of job leads—please keep praying!—and hasn’t had a chance to do his guest post. The bad news is…because I promised him “first post honors,” I am stuck in limbo … [Read more...]

Taking an iBreak

by Filed Under: Blogging, Just Me, Minnesota Me 8 Comments

Do you remember when I asked if you'd work really hard for a month to earn an iPad? (It was one of the "takes" in my last "7 Quick Takes" post. I'd link to it but I'm lazy.) Well, this is is the month and I'm going to go for it. I've been asked to review five iBooks by a local company that's produced them. They are engaging books but HARD--we're … [Read more...]

Blog. Interrupted.

by Filed Under: Blogging, George, Just Me, Minnesota Me 13 Comments

It never fails. No sooner do I announce that there will be a certain post on a specific day than whoosh! Suddenly I’m back in college. There’s a deadline looming on a 5-page paper and I’m in full procrastination mode. Trust me. I was really, really bad about getting those papers handed in on time. Really bad. It’s a psychological thing. There … [Read more...]

Two Things

by Filed Under: Blogging, Just Me, Minnesota Me 22 Comments

Maybe three.First, NiNi got a new hat for Christmas. A homemade hat, hand-knit by his godmother, and I think it is very cute.One day I will learn to knit.I will sit down with my friend (aka George's godmother) and have her show me how to knit. Then I will make wonky hats for her to wear, and she will be grieved that she agreed to teach me.Maybe … [Read more...]

Our Friday Night

by Filed Under: Just Me, Minnesota Me, Motherhood 7 Comments

I’m standing at the computer reading.(If I stand, I can pretend that I’m not spending time standing at the computer, reading.)Felicity pokes a concerned head around the corner. “Mom, did you say NiNi could…”I go charging down the hallway to investigate, firsthand, the havoc that my 2-year-old’s wrought.I find…“Dat?” he says.“Oh, that,” I reply. … [Read more...]