Joe and I have a little baby girl, Marija Kristina, who turns two weeks old at 4:34 a.m. tomorrow (Monday). Here are several pictures!

Someone flattened Joe's tires overnight.

I wrote some more here.

Hi, everyone. I know some people wanted to see pictures of me when I'm big and round. For some reason I don't look as round in pictures as in real life, but I posted what I have over here.

Also I put up videos of seals I saw. So if you don't want to see me, go see the seals. They are CUTE.

I know a lot of you have heard Joe's and my big news... but for those who haven't, you can read about it here, if you like.

Wahaoo!!

(And I am not sure why it took so long to make it known on this part of the internet... maybe it's been all the snacking.)

So I've been scarce around here lately... because I've secretly had another blog going ( Read more... )

Homes for the homeless - a bargain

This article warms my heart!

I'm annoyed by the lack of stats, true. When it comes to adoption-related issues, I often crave more information than is out there. But it's really interesting anyway, at least to me. The subject is adoption of children with Down Syndrome, and I've been really interested in it since I read Choosing Naia (which was ( Read more... )

Hello, all ( Read more... )

Joe and I have been reading through Isaiah, and these parts caught me with their loveliness.

From chapter 61 (The prophet says...):

The spirit of the Lord God is upon me, because the Lord has anointed me; He has sent me to bring glad tidings to the lowly, to heal the brokenhearted, To proclaim liberty to the captives and release to the prisoners ( Read more... )

Don't be put off by the link-wall! The first links are quick, and the times linked to get progressively longer.

A GREAT optical illusion! Wow!

A pretty Latvian song and video

Remember that great piece about the secretly-famous Stradivarius-playing busker? It... wow! Read this. :~) (The original, and very long, piece is here.)

False rumors... ( Read more... )