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 […]

I love our house, but there are some things about it that drive me crazy. Little stuff:
1. There are two doorbells, and the one that was hooked into the electricity of the house is long gone and now there are just little wires sticking out next to the front door.
2. The stairs squeak. Our walking […]

Still here.
We’re getting ready to leave on Saturday for State with Rocky Coast. We haven’t been there since the divine miss M was a five-month-old teething maniac. Who insisted on getting up for the day at 4:45 a.m. In a cottage in which there was someone sleeping in every available room. Good times, that you […]

Back from the Motherland.
I took this picture on a walk to the cross. Anyone know what this plant is? The base of it is very spiky, like a yucca plant.
Had a great time. The women were lovely and very affirming. People are hungry for good liturgy, it seems.
R did a great job, with lots […]

R took this photo… it’s a very common sight in the rear-view mirror these days…

A car photo seems appropriate for my “see ya later” post… I’m off to the Motherland for the women’s conference. Am I ready? NO. But it will come together.
Today was my seventh Pentecost at SPC. Pentecost, 2003 was my first Sunday […]

1. Still here. Getting ready for women’s conference in the motherland… also finishing up the first article of the new series.
2. Houstonians will get a kick out of this. I know what that sky feels like. And I can smell the fumes.

3. ¡Sotomayor!
It’s just fun to say.
4. J has strep throat. Let’s hope he […]

Betwixt and between today. Thinking about a great many things.
Getting ready to lead worship at Women’s Conference in the heart of the Motherland in a couple of weeks. Need to write some prayers, work on some multimedia stuff, write a sermon, and hopefully, learn the biblical text so I can tell it rather than read […]

1. I have revived on Facebook my new favorite question: would you rather be wrong or boring? Keith rightly points out that they are not mutually exclusive, but given the choice, I would rather be wrong. I’m primarily talking about preaching here. This answer assumes that I am unlikely to be so very very wrong […]

1. I am learning by heart the passion story for worship this weekend, Mark 14 and 15. It’s been a very cool process. I am realizing that memorizing texts might be the only thing I have to do with absolute complete attention. Sure, it’s possible to do other things with that same attentiveness, but learning […]

Burt’s Bees Coconut Foot Creme. It’s been a long dry winter for the old dogs.
Wii Fit. How adorable is the design of the hula hoop game? How motivating are the Miis cheering me on as I do step aerobics? How cheesy are the personal trainers, who gesture earnestly even when saying “Let’s get started”? […]

R’s brother was in town this weekend prior to a work conference, and it was fun to hang out. R got inspired and made some spectacular coq au vin for Saturday dinner. And as the Facebook crowd knows, because it garnered 20 or so comments, I made congo bars on Friday night. Honestly, why would […]

My mental health seems to require a blog post each Sunday night in order to offload the stuff from the weekend.
I found my sermon rather boring this week, but I know that sometimes profound things happen in people’s lives in spite of me… praise be.
SBJ got his first haircut yesterday. Was sitting on my lap, […]

C is really at a delightful age.
(How many times have I written variations on that sentence?)
She will spontaneously harmonize with songs as we sing them.
She read her first book the other day from start to finish (Green Eggs and Ham).
I started reading Little House in the Big Woods to her and she’s riveted. She […]

sublime

We had a very nice weekend. We took advantage of the weather and had a great trip to the zoo on Saturday. It was one of those (almost) effortless days. The animals were out in their yards and frolicking—we saw a panda roll pell-mell down the hill and then climb the tree and hang upside-down! […]

In a little while I’ll be heading to the local library for a day of “think time” on a variety of church matters. I scheduled this before the Festival of Illness ‘09, so it seems like a frivolous thing given that I have not been at the church regularly for a while. The tyranny of […]