Family News

Yesterday, despite the 40-below, Jay and I decided we needed to go grocery shopping.
It’s a conveluted story, but the end was that only Elisha came with me.  When we got back, Natasha asked why we’d taken so long.  I explained it’s because it’s been a long time since we went grocery shopping, and so had [...]

He corralled three kids for nearly 2-hours worth of shopping and trying-on of things tonight.
He is looking forward to tomorrow when the tables turn and I run herd while he looks through he discounted Men’s section.
Praising God for His provision and timing!
The new clothes were as cheap as thrift-stores’ and much more efficient, as trying [...]

Jay got all his ladies flowers back on Friday night, so it was really fun they made it to (and through) Valentine’s day.
A few days ago I sent him a link to a blog post under a “For your not-to-do list” subject line.
I thought the post was funny. I never guessed it would actually [...]

Like I mentioned earlier, I spent most of January 1st working on books.
The girls and I traded bookshelves in our bedrooms. These pictures are the girls washing their “new” kid-sized bookshelf.

And then I saw Elisha in his little rocking chair, sitting with “Where the Wild Things Are” [...]

Well, I wrote a post about my migraine the other day, complete with thank-yous about the way I get them as opposed to the worst they could be (which I did get once, so I do know what I’m missing).
But by the end I realized it was more for my own sorting-out of things, so [...]

(Extra points for anyone who recognized that line from Mad About You.)
I don’t know if anybody really uses the “Why buy the cow if you can get the milk for free” line, just like I don’t know anybody who uses the “If all your friends jumped off a cliff would you?” line, but I just [...]

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Wow. Bolded and italicized. This must be *really* important.
Never mind that the nearest VW dealer is in Anchorage (i.e., more [...]

I find “comments” sections on blogs such great writing prompts. I got this whole post from a comment I wrote this morning.
This year is the second in a row I’ve gotten the girls mylar heart balloons for v-day. I talk about it being a special day to remember that we take care of [...]

I’m in the process of washing a bunch of clothes tonight, including a cashmere sweater that reeks of chlorine.
Jay wore it all afternoon in the University swimming pool as part of his week-long, Learn to Return training.
I let the kids skip nap today so they could go watch Dad getting strapped down in a cage [...]

I mentioned in another post the first verses we taught our girls and how they responded.
We’ve begun a new round (and type) of memorization recently.
After a hiatus (where we did no verses at all), Natasha began responding very well to working on her Sunday School verse at bedtime. I like that verse very much, [...]