Lots of Coffee, lots of kids. It's a peaceful life.
We received an overdue notice on one of my son's library books yesterday. I tend to forget about his account, finding it a big enough challenge to keep track of ours. (We are currently at a record low, with only 74 books checked out.)And so wincing and gulping, I went to his online account to see the fees that he'd accumulated. $8.65, huh? Well, … [Read more...]
It was sad that I didn’t realize that the boys’ white Easter shirts were too small until 8:00 p.m. on Holy Saturday. Still, it was very sweet that my husband grabbed his car keys and was willing to run right out to Kohl’s for me.It was sad that my husband accidentally brought home a short-sleeved dress shirt (he was certain it’d been long-sleeved) … [Read more...]
(Not that you can see my bones these days.)Completely, overwhelmingly, mind-numbingly tired.Other than that, though, I’m well.How are you? : ) … [Read more...]
When this which iscorruptible clothes itself with incorruptibility and this which is mortal clothes itself with immortality, then the word that is written shall come about:“Death is swallowed up in victory,Where, O death, is your victory?Where, O death, is your sting?”(I Cor. 15: 54-55)A very blessed Easter to you and yours! … [Read more...]
Here is a photo from our Holy Thursday Seder.It shows 4-year-old Angela and her father, who is helping her ask “The Four Questions.” It is also the only photo that I took, (not unlike my friend Nutmeg’s single shot of their post-Seder china in the dishwasher), because I was tired, darn it, and did not feel like taking photos.Bad blogger.It was not … [Read more...]
...as a slice of homemade Hawaiian bread, given to you by your neighbor on Good Friday and saved for (a well-earned) breakfast on Holy Saturday. … [Read more...]
Don’t you just feel…different today somehow? It’s as if God is pulling us ever closer, saying, “The promise and joy of Easter are looming, but the love—this infinite, unfathomable love—has never left you.”Something like that.Because I am 33 weeks pregnant today and am, therefore, even more crazy & hormonal than usual, I decided this morning to … [Read more...]
Yesterday I thought it would be fun to interview the children. I hauled out the video camera and one by one, I asked them questions pertaining to how well they knew the momma while the others waited their turn upstairs.Some of the answers were hilarious. For example, when asked how old I was, Angela replied: “Big. Actually, you’re medium. Daddy’s … [Read more...]
Ed. Note: The following post has nothing to do with Cool Ranch Doritos™. It seems that some of the boys in the neighborhood have been telling any one of a number of “Your mother…” jokes.Great, right?I know about these jokes because my sons told me one at the grocery store yesterday, only they edited it as follows:“Hey, Mom, your cat’s so ugly that … [Read more...]
Let’s suppose—hypothetically, of course—that you are hugely pregnant and are craving, oh, Doritos. Let’s suppose that you ask your husband to make a late night run to the convenience store to buy you, say, some Doritos. Loving husband that he is, let’s suppose that he has his coat on faster than you can say “Cool Ranch” and is back before you know … [Read more...]
