Remember when I used to write about stuff other than my children?
Yeah. That was awesome.
So I have five weeks of maternity leave left. The girls are still at ’school’ full-time these days, since I am still at a full-time salary level at the church, and it’s a blessing to have some time just with The […]

Since this is the closest thing I have to a baby book right now—”I don’t scrapbook; I pile chronologically”—I will report the stats from sweet baby j’s ped visit yesterday. Last time I said that he was in the 25 and 50%ile for some things. Turns out they had graphed his numbers wrong. At 15#7oz […]

jjm, 5-14-1947 - 1/28/2003
Relics: A Diary
January 28
As the phone call ended downstairs
I folded down a corner of the Secret Garden,
perched it atop a stack of books, way too optimistic
for the fortieth week, and turned
toward the door to my husband’s
ashen face—
I turned toward the door, the door,
the door beyond which
there be dragons, as the mapmakers used […]

Quotable Quotes from C, Dessert Edition…
“Cake is cake.”
“Whenever you say banana pudding, it’s going to make me dream of banana pudding and how good it is.”
Speaking of Mental Processes…
Apparently, sometimes unpleasant stuff comes into C’s head unbidden. Usually it’s the stepmother in Cinderella. She’s working on how to train her brain to think of something […]

Just got back from a few days away with some church friends (young adult group). We sat and watched the snow fall, played with the kids, went snow-tubing, and ate. C loved the tubing and I was so proud of her. She is rather cautious by nature and every time was at the top of […]

Just finished Thirst, Mary Oliver’s latest poetry collection.
As a preacher, from time to time I worry that I only have about three or four sermons that I have been preaching over and over. (I’m not the only one who gets preoccupied with this.) Well, I’m going to stop worrying, because Mary Oliver only has […]

We took sweet baby J for his one-month ped visit today. (You know the whole dog years thing? Well, did you know that for a third child, one month is really seven weeks? *cough*)
He’s 13 pounds 10 ounces, which is 50%ile. I can’t remember his height but that is 25%ile. I’d noticed he was looking […]

I have read a few more books since my last post:
The Quotidian Mysteries: Laundry, Liturgy and ‘Women’s Work’ by Kathleen Norris. Great little reflection on the sacred ordinary, particularly in the domestic sphere. As one who occasionally goes nuts with the sheer relentlessness of laundry, dishes and clutter, this was a comforting read.
————-

Wow, it’s been a LONG time since I posted anything here. I’m still alive, just busy. With M sick this week, we’ve had to batten down the hatches. Not much free time each day.
She’s feeling better and we all seem to have escaped getting sick. It was the strangest thing—nothing but a fever.
SBJ is […]

So SBJ settles for a nap in his papasan around noon and I decide to get dinner in the crockpot before our 1:15 ped appointment.
Five minutes later, the day-care provider calls. The divine miss m has a fever. And I have ground meat browning on the stove.
So I turn off the heat, put J in […]

I am at my favorite hangout, enjoying R’s birthday gift to me—three uninterrupted hours, a late lunch, and some solitude. Though I just ran into Modern Mystic, my friend and fellow Writing Rev. It’s fun to have lived somewhere long enough to run into people while out and about.
I’ll be pulling out the book and/or […]

Haven’t done one of these in a while…

1. Do you make New Year resolutions?
Yes, with new year’s and my birthday a day apart, it’s an ideal time to reflect. Though I call them intentions. A little less rigid, more flexible.
2. Is this something you take seriously, or is it a bit of fun?
A healthy combination […]

So Alex at BesoMami shared some sobering statistics about reading and has set the intent to track the books that she reads this year. A cool idea, and one that Reverend Reader has elevated to an art form. Seriously, I don’t know where she finds the time to read so much! With two little boys! […]

Or so said College Pal the other night. (uh, they’re both perfect squares too!)
Today I am closer to 40 than I am to 30. Oy.
Free to Be sent me a card that said, “Whew! What a year!” 2007 was a big year, but 2008 promises to bring even more change: I go part-time. R changes […]