Lots of Coffee, lots of kids. It's a peaceful life.
It’s a good thing I’m not getting paid to update this blog every day, ‘cause if I were…Man, would my boss be mad at me.We’re still here though, as overworked and underpaid as always. Our days alternate between lazy-daisy and crazy-busy, in true summer fashion, and I find that—as always—I am eating up the season in great big gulps. I love summer in … [Read more...]
[Vol. XVIII for Me]The “Help! I’m-Trapped-in-the-CVBS-Nursery!” Edition~ Take 1 ~Having taken last summer off to—oh, I don’t know, have a baby or something—I am back in the Bible School daycare this year as a volunteer.~ Take 2 ~My son is happy with this choice, as it affords him ample opportunities to flirt with the teenage helpers.~ Take 3 ~I do … [Read more...]
(And On Gushing When I Did So)It’s hard not to get one’s hopes up when attending a famous writer’s talk. Will I get to meet her?Will she think I’m cool?Will we become fast friends and coffee buddies?The answer, in this case, is a single word: No.No, no, and again, no.What’d I expect? It was Kate DiCamillo.And there were hundreds of other people … [Read more...]
The Lazy Days of Summer EditionSo lazy, in fact, that I’m posting this at 11:00 p.m.Hey, it’s still Friday.~ Take 1 ~Felicity’s ballet recital was an absolute delight. She smiled the whole time and was as cool as a cucumber (dressed in red).Yes, I cried when she came on stage, and no, this photo is not from the actual performance. Are you kidding? … [Read more...]
Part II(Read Part I here.)We only have one daughter who’s in dance right now—my middle girl, my littlest girl.“Little” as in petite itself.Petite as petite can be.Now then. What with all my blogging about baseball and soccer—all the good-natured complaining about simultaneous games and chilly venues—I haven’t said much about Felicity’s sport. I … [Read more...]
I...love...LOST!!!I know.I am so completely behind the times that it's groundbreaking, really. Cool & retro, that's me! (Not really.)Well, I may not be trendy but I know a good thing when I read about it...and read about it...and read & read & read about it. My husband and I started watching Season 1 of LOST on Netflix a couple of weeks … [Read more...]
If you bring a baby to the baseball field, you’re going to spend a lot of time entertaining him.That is to say, a LOT of time.That is to say, the whole time.So what if his brother is pitching a no-hitter? (He wasn’t, mind you, but it could happen.)It’s far more fun to play with Daddy.Sort of gives new meaning to the term “pop fly,” don’t it?Catch … [Read more...]
How does your garden grow?Any more questions? … [Read more...]
Thursday afternoon found me both tired and cranky. (Scandalous, I know.) We had been going & going & going all day and still we had obligations—a baseball game for Joe and (simultaneously, at a different field) a soccer game for Cate.Who decided we were a sporting family, anyway? I blame my husband.So yeah, tired and cranky, that was me. … [Read more...]
The Twelve Promises of the Sacred Heart(as given by Our Lordto Saint Margaret Mary Alacoque)1. I will give them all the graces necessary for their state of life.2. I will give peace in their families.3. I will console them in all their troubles.4. They shall find in My Heart an assured refuge during life and especially at the hour of death.5. I … [Read more...]
