Each year, I am required to do a Ground Hog Day post. I am obligated because of my family heritage. Both my parents were born in Punxsutawney, home to Punxsutawney Phil. Since life is even more hectic than usual, this will be just a cursory meeting of my obligation.
I was talking with Mom on the […]
So Christmas has come and gone, and I missed posting last week. This will be quick, but I felt a need to check in with the blogosphere before the year ends.
The new job continues to go well. I have been “baptized by fire” in starting a job at a large church in the midst of […]
Work
New job is going well. I am on a big learning curve, so it will take some time to get a routine going. But it still feels like a good fit. Mark is a trooper, and the kids and I are missing each other. But so far we are managing, and we’ve been eating dinner […]
Here are a few things I am thinking about this week . . .
Advent
We managed to get out the Christmas decorations before the Advent season began this year. So for two whole days, Charis begged me to let her “do” the Advent calendar before the first day. The first day to use the calendar came […]
Big News: I accepted an offer for a full-time job. It is an administrative position with a large church. We are thankful for the opportunity. If you think of it, pray for all the adjustments to our family life in the weeks and months ahead.
Kids: Girls will hopefully go back to their school of last […]
For oh, so many years, I have felt like an octopus in church–or at least like I needed to be a creature with 8 arms to keep my little people in some modicum of decent behavior as our family attempted to worship God. For 6+ years, I was doing most of my pew gymnastics solo […]
Beginning with a Book: I started reading Simply Christian by NT Wright over last weekend. Chapter 1, “Putting the World To Rights,” talks about our longing for justice in the world. To me, it seems Wright is talking about the void we all feel that there has to be something–someone who can straighten out the […]
So here it is Wednesday again . . .
Pictures: From our church’s harvest party
News: Tonight, Mark and I surgically removed a red plastic peg from Charis’s ear. It took bribery to get her to remain still enough to put the tweezers far enough into her ear to get a decent grip on the thing, but […]
News: I got a new-to-me ipod nano. It arrived in today’s mail. I have been playing around with it, but it will take me a while to figure it all out. Already Nevin showed me how the volume control works. I think of myself as technologically savvy, and here I am one of those parents […]
News: Had strep throat over the weekend and a houseguest. This is not the best combination, as even though the guest was really Mark’s guest, I felt bad I couldn’t be more “hostessy.” Thankfully, I went to urgent care on Sunday, tested positive for strep, and the appropriate antibiotics were prescribed. Tonight, I feel […]
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