Formats Archives: Aside

Lately, I have been getting the urge to blog again. A million little things crossing my mind–“ooh, I should blog about that!”. So far, I haven’t. But now I’m thinking, why not? Taking a couple minutes out of my overcrowded days to blather on about whatever’s on my mind might be just the break I […]

Today when Carter, age 7, got off the bus, he complained that his feet hurt. Looking down, I saw the problem.   “Your shoes are on the wrong feet, buddy,” I pointed out. “They usually are,” he replied, completely non-chalant. After I quit laughing (because it’s true–Carter almost NEVER puts his shoes on the right […]

I figured that my kids would eventually reach the point in their education when helping them with their homework would require more than a cursory glance on my part. But I didn’t expect it to happen like this. Tonight, my nine-year-old came home with a worksheet that he is supposed to “correct,” using proofreading symbols. And I must have turned about three […]

I guess there’s not much more to say than that. 🙁 He was a gentle, patient dog that had been a part of our family since Jamison was a one-year-old, curly-headed Gerber-baby-clone. We’d known this was coming for a couple months, and last night it became pretty obvious he was nearing the end of his fifteen-plus […]

I am replacing my previous post, in which I fretted about politics, self-employment, and my children’s welfare, with something better: “Do not worry and say, What are we to eat? What are we to drink? How are we to be clothed? It is the pagans who set their hearts on these things. Your heavenly Father […]

When I came home from my grandparents 60th anniversary celebration (yay!) last night, Patches was nowhere to be found. Since Patches is fifteen years old (that’s Jamison, my 12 year old, hugging the harassed shitzu-poo–note the cool breed name and spiffy 1990’s couch), and it’s been several years since Patches ventured far off the porch, not to […]

So Carter, in an attempt to civilize his annoying baby brother, established a school in the kitchen, drawing charts and stars on our refrigerator (which is coated with blackboard paint) and teaching Grant proper school ettiquete. The school was running quite smoothly for about an hour, and I snuck away to squeeze some work in, but it wasn’t […]

I LOVE starting things. I love the creativity of brainstorming and fleshing out ideas, the excitement of seeing those ideas become reality and take on a life of their own, the thrill of riding the momentum created by a really good idea picking up speed and becoming more than you could ever make it on your own. I think I […]

So, I haven’t blogged since–erm–spring? Wow! Well, I’ve had a good excuse–a full load of classes, kids home all summer, and more work than I had planned on doing, which is a good thing, but also a busy thing. But now, the kids are in back school, music lessons have started, Women’s Retreat at CPBC […]