God have mercy on me; my husband indoctrinated me into the cult. All I did was open one silly little innocently-wrapped present!
It’s going to be hard to preach and teach on simplicity and downshifting one’s life now that I am in possession of an iPhone. Don’t I now represent the uber-plugged-in postmodern person?
I must […]

Haven’t posted much, but we’re fine here. Had a great Christmas with ten people around the table yesterday. Very quiet today (which is saying something with three kids).
J is fussy right now and is walking the house with R, but he has generally turned a corner. We’re enjoying it while it lasts.
Tomorrow is M’s […]

1. Choose the scenario which caused me to injure our minivan today:
a) I ran over our garbage can while backing out of our driveway
b) I scraped against a concrete post at the gas station
c) I backed into a parked car at Target
2. Which song from the Clear Channel Christmas repertoire gave me a lump in […]

It was a truly lazy day. I got a flu shot yesterday, which always makes me feel crummy. It’s such a gamble every year. If I don’t get the shot, I may avoid the flu altogether. Whereas if I get the shot, I’m guaranteed a micro-flu. Bleh. Aside from a quick trip to Trader Joes, […]

All is well. Not much exciting here.
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Sweet baby J is a pretty laid-back dude. He is, amazingly, still in his same regular routine. He wakes up at 3:30 or so, regardless of what time we put him down—10 p.m. or midnight. So 10 p.m. is the goal, obviously. But the guy poops with every diaper […]

It’s snowing!
Sweet baby J is (dare I say this out loud) developing a routine. Wakes up to nurse between 6:30 and 7 a.m., then dozes in our bed, then another snack and a morning nap, awake around 11:00 for quite a while, a couple of feedings close together, then a long afternoon nap, awake during […]

We are still cocooning around here.
Though I am on my way to the orthopedist to finally get the foot looked at. Hoping it’s not a drawn-out process. R is bringing J along so that I can meet all his snacking needs.
He is getting into a rhythm. Longer periods of sleep interspersed with some frequent feeds. […]

The girls spent the last two nights at MaDear’s in an extended sleepover. They will be back soon, but R and I made a major dent in the to-do list:
trip to CostCo and Target to buy the stuff we need for the hospital, etc.
bought a new freezer for the basement, put stuff in it
rearranged unfinished […]

I am on maternity leave! Woo-hoo!
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But there is a smattering of stuff I agreed to close the loop on, unless the baby comes sooner than that. So I’m not really done. But I am no longer going in to work.
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We have lots of Thanksgiving goodness in our fridge, none of which was cooked by us. […]

Had a doctor’s appointment this morning. The first time they weighed me something was wonky in the scale such that it said I gained 8 pounds in about 10 days. Um, no. But I loved the trying-not-to-freak look on the nurse’s face as she asked oh-so-casually, “Have you experienced any headaches or swelling?” No, I […]

My niece, Parker Chloe, is making her long trip out the short birth canal as we speak. I would send some dilating vibes out into the universe but I really don’t want them to rebound on me. Too much other stuff to do. (38 weeks today!)
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As hard as it is to believe, R and […]

little she-who-is: G-mommy, my baby has leprosy! How can I make it stop? Her nose is about to fall off!
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The girls are having a great time with G-mommy, or as the divine miss M calls her, Me-Mommy. They’ve spent the day playing hide-and-seek and hospital (see aforementioned) while R and I picked up the bassinet […]

The divine miss M has a sinus infection. Sorry, but this is GREAT news.
a) We have a diagnosis. She is not, in fact, demon-possessed at night.
b) The infection didn’t settle in her ears! Might we have outgrown the ear woes?
Actually, though she has slept really badly the last couple of nights, I feel better about […]

i’m typing one handed with a snotty m on my lap. reminds me of nursing and typing one-handed.
the staff gave me a lovely surprise shower this morning. bb has clothes!
gmommy to the rescue; she is visiting this weekend while mamala continues her marathon travels.
tonight the personnel ministry team signs off (fingers crossed) on my proposal […]

I should not be giddy over the fact that youth and college students from our church are actually friending me on Facebook, but they are and I am. You mean I’m not a drippy adult?
Don’t you love it when you are dreading revising some unpolished piece of cr@p writing and it turns out to be […]

It’s not a very blissful time in the reverendhousehold.
Long story, but we found out that M is also prone to nursemaid’s elbow.
M is not sleeping well in the new room. There. I said it. There are various theories, but honestly, we don’t know why. The only thing that gets her to sleep is rocking. […]

Will the political people please stop calling?!?!?
Will there be any Halloween candy left in the house by the time the trick-or-treaters arrive, or will the pregnant woman have eaten it all? (Rach: we got the CostCo “all chocolate” pack: Reese’s, M&Ms, Butterfinger, Hershey Bar, Baby Ruth, etc.)
How will I end up weaving together Zacchaeus, All […]

plan worship for all-saints’ Sunday, write sermon (I’m preaching on Zacchaeus!)
finish article for Fidelia’s Sisters
work on small grant application due December 31
write and revise Denominational Magazine article due November 1
get a jump on DM article due December 1 because, well you know
National Crankypants Newsletter article
write two book reviews for blog
And that’s just the writing to-do […]

Went to a stimulating day of training sponsored by the National Crankypants transformation team. Heard Emergent Guy (remember him?) and Emergent Gal talk about the church in the 21st century and such.
A few notes:
EGuy said that the emergent churches began not as some hip attempt to reach out to young adults, but to “save […]

Pregnant Woman Driven Insane
Ziploc containers, mismatched lids
believed to be cause
Braxton-Hicks, Insomnia Begin in Earnest
“Here we go again,” woman laments
Sisters Sign Peace Accord,
Acknowledge Each Other’s Right to Exist
Four year old: “She can share my room as long as she’s quiet”
Yet Another Mom Caves to Pestering;
Disney Princess Franchise Celebrates Continued Dominance
“At least it was on sale,” beleaguered […]