Some days are like that…
Earlier today I posted these little tidbits on FB:
C, upon entering the pool for her lesson: “[breathing deeply] I just LOVE that smell!” Yep, she’s a swimmer.
I let M go to the water fountain in Costco by herself while I was checking out. She was not kidnapped, and even more […]

We had a nice weekend. After C’s swimming lessons on Saturday, we put on all the snow clothes one last time and headed to Suburban Lake Park, just to see what conditions were like. R and I decided not to wear snow pants, though we took several up-to-our-knee footsteps in the deep snow around the […]

The girls are getting dressed:
Me: Ooh, who’s going to get dressed first? M has her pajama pants off, but C has already put her socks on.
C: I don’t want this to be a race, because when I don’t win I freak out.
M: That’s OK C, I’ll go really really slow.

And that’s pretty much everything you […]

I facebooked today, “Our life is crazy and getting crazier by the minute” and my brother-in-law responded sagely, “That happens with tile.”
The craziness is not all tile-related, but yes, the tile is ground zero of Teh Crazy.
The family room looks very nice, though there’s a place where they apparently didn’t mix the grout quite right […]

Home projects we are undertaking in the next week or more:
Family Room
They guys will be here tomorrow to put tile in the family room, which will mean bye-bye to the worn out carpet and the huge sheet of plastic intended to protect one corner of the carpet from our cat with the ailing kidneys and […]

We’re headed out to The Most Wonderful Place on Earth tomorrow. I’m not sure we’ll do a lot of Disney stuff, actually—it’s a crazy busy time of year there, and we’re really there to visit family, including my new nephew who’s not so new anymore.
We’ve decided to make the radical decision to drive at night, […]

Reverse chronological order:
Our steep street is still not plowed, but if our van gets a running start at the bottom of the hill, we can get up it. So C and I will have a girl day together–haircuts, lunch, gift delivery and other elfin tasks. Say a prayer for R, who will be testing the […]

We woke up with the alarm clock this morning, not by human means.
This was a tremendous relief. We almost feel human.
R left early since the rest of us didn’t have to be anywhere quickly.
C walked to the bus stop with the rest of us tagging along.
J wants to be held while we wait and yells […]

Starting today and working backward:
has had a very satisfying day of sermon-writing.
Just got an e-mail from M, courtesy of her day-care provider: “Mom I want you to bring new clothes, because my other clothes got wet and I don’t like the pants.”
[Update: I don’t need anymore clothes because they have dried and I am very […]

I’m back from my little trip to see the Tiny Church family in the hospital in Midwestern City. It was a hard visit, but I’m glad I went. Also, it snowed. On October 10.
I had written a note to the kids on the big whiteboard in the kitchen, and wrote down the days so […]

1. I make very good use of my staycations, as many of the following numbers will show.
2. Today I got out the winter hand-me-downs for M, packed up her clothes for donation, and put away C’s clothes for summer 2011. Yes, this is all a pain.
3. Part of the challenge is that M much […]

Going back in time…
Turned in the key.
needed to drive C to the bus stop because of her ankle, but R had removed the seats from the van because I’m loading it with my office stuff today. A classic Didn’t Think This Through moment from the reverendfamily.
Unplugging for the evening–under the covers with a mug […]

It’s a nice little suburb.

looking to dye my hair for one and only one evening–ideas?
Leave it to Naveen Andrews to be the exception to my hypothesis that people have uniformly bad hair in their LOST flashbacks.
Dear Guitar Hero for the Wii: I’m glad my husband rocks, but I want him back. Sincerely, Me.
I hereby announce, on this National Punctuation […]

1. That Stamp Will Cost You $23,000, Pal—if health insurance companies ran the postal service.
2. J Discovers Language Is Useful, Part III: Monday was a beautiful day, and I was outside with M and J. I’d brought a book and some blankets out, and we lounged and played all morning. M had gone back inside […]

Reverse chronological:
“shana tova. may you be written in the book of life, in the ‘adventure’ section.” (from a blog I read)
home with an ambiguously sick C (no fever, sore throat and tummy), watching The Music Man. Cash for the noggins and the piggins and the frickins!
It’s a hammer of justice, it’s a bell of freedom, […]

In reverse chronological
Ewan McGregor just popped up on the iTunes singing “Come What May.” Man, his performance in Moulin Rouge was masterful and totally fearless. He was ALL IN. Made that big manic ball of cheese surprisingly touching. Love me some Ewan.
Just had to listen to this song again. It could have been […]

Reverse chronological
M pronounces it “oitmeal”.
The most powerful things an individual American can do to fight terrorism are to travel a lot, learn about the world, come home with a new perspective, and then work to help our country fit more comfortably and less fearfully into this planet. -travel writer Rick Steves, in Travel as […]

In reverse chronological order:
R is a guitar hero! I’d take pictures but the kids have decided to attend this birthday party while naked.
been reading a few sermons for a friend, who’d asked for feedback. Makes me think I should do the same. Volunteers? A swap?
alas, the cute guy in the coffee shop has left and […]