Hello again!
July 24th, 2010
Sorry I’ve been AWOL lately. The good news is that I’ve still been taking pictures, so you will get to see lots of great pictures of the kids in the next few days!
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May 12th, 2010
Ok, I knew it would probably happen eventually. We got 30 spam comments last night so I am temporarily disabling comments until I make it harder for spammers to comment. I added one of those “type the words you see above this box” boxes to my work’s comment page, so I’m sure I can figure out how to do it for this blog with a little work.
I’m giving myself until next weekend to do it, since this weekend is Benji’s big 30 party and I will be otherwise occupied.
What I’m reading: April
April 28th, 2010
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Robert Jordan; Tor Fantasy 1995This is the 6th book in the series. There are 12 in the series at the moment, with 2 more expected. My copy is a paperback and it is over two inches thick!! I think I strained a muscle in my hand trying to hold it one-handed while breastfeeding
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Judy Arnall; Professional Parenting Canada 2007Ok, actually I haven’t really started this except to read one page from the appendix on toddlers. Benji looked at it just a bit more and was surprised to read that they think time-outs don’t work for toddlers since they don’t understand them. Alice can tell us why she is in time-out when we ask with no problem, at least about 19 out of 20 times!
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Meredith Small; Anchor 1999Very Interesting book – I’m going to do a separate blog totally on this book and why I liked it.
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Meredith Efken; Steeple Hill 2005A funny read, but funny in a rather painful way. Book is in email format: mostly emails between members of an online Christian SAHM list group. I had a really hard time reading the sections by Rosayln, the holier-than-thou list monitor. Knowing that she didn’t really have it nearly as together as she tried to make it appear didn’t lessen the pain of reading her posts.
Hymn Memories
April 13th, 2010
Now thank we all our God
with hearts and hands and voices
Who wondrous things hath done
In whom the world rejoices
Who from our mother’s arms
Has blessed us on our way
With countless gifts of love
That still are ours today.
I remember still my amazement as the Millers, John and Helen and Wendell and Frances, sang this song as their prayer for dinner. To my 12-year old self it was amazing that a song could be used in place of a spoken prayer. Plus, I think they sang in harmony! Or maybe not, maybe that was some other time.
Mr. John Miller was my music teacher for the 3 years we were in Nairobi, Kenya. As well as teaching music for grades K – 9th, he ran the drama department, choirs, handbells. His daughter, Frances, was my best friend.
Mr. Miller was just diagnosed with an aggressive type of brain tumor. Part of the tumor was removed, but the diagnosis is not good. My thoughts and prayers linger with them. Please pray.
How shall we sing the Lord’s song
In a strange and bitter land?
Can our voices veil the sorrow?
Lord God hold your holy band.
What’s that sound?
March 31st, 2010
Glub-glub … glub-glub… Benji and I looked at each other in confusion. This was not a sound I could place. My mind was not processing what to do in response to this strange noise. Benji, on the other hand, ran down the hall to the bathroom.
“Uh-oh.”
I ran down the hall to see.
Raw sewage, rising out of the toilet and bathtub. Not a pretty sight.
Luckily it stopped before the flood exited the bathroom, and the water drained back down.
Current Status: the door is closed, we are using the bathroom next door, and Benji WILL get it fixed tomorrow!
Website now with flavor.
September 7th, 2009
Well I’ve decided to remove Drupal CMS and go with the simpler wordpress. YAY!