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Once more, with feeling
January 1, 2010. If ever a date was an emblem of sterting anew, it's this one. All thiose nice stright lines and smooth, uncluttered zeroes. combined witha solitary (take) 2. Time for second chances and clean slates. Every year, I make journal entry on this day, thinking that this will be the year that I will (insert impossible, virtuous goal ( Read more... ) -
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I fell through a crack in time yesterday when I went to the mailbox and found a invitation to a reunion weekend for the summer camp I attended as a child. I had a lot to do, but I found myself wandering in an aimless circle in the driveway, trying to remember the first verse to an old camp song we used to sing with such fervor in the dining hall ( Read more... ) -
An Ordinary Day
Saturday was one of those days that's usually forgotten a few weeksd after it happens, but by the end I was grateful for uneventful days. The first errand we accomplished was a trip to the gricery to get ingredients for Sunday School snack. We call it a snack but it's actually breakfast for a couple dozen people. Our class has gotten bigger, so ( Read more... ) -
A New Epoch
My baby is in high school. Those of you that pray should say a fervent one for Rachel today. We prefer to save our tuition money for college, so we are gritting our teeth and sending her to the public school near our home. That schoool will be in the middle of a majot reconstruction project for ther next two years. They are literally going to rip ( Read more... ) -
Salvaged from the wreckage
So I'm in the shower, this morning, trying to force myself to an acceptable level of wakefulness. when I had what personal injury lawyers call a "slip and fall." My leg went up and I had exactly one second of horrified helplessness before falling head first onto the porcelain. I'll spare you the next few minutes. Eventually I realized I had lost ( Read more... ) -
A random day
Yesterday was pretty good day, except for the part where I fell asleep in front of the T.V. But considering the day I had, a small recliner nap wasn't that bad. I got up at obscene hour so that I could spend some time at the church library. I briefly considered further communion with my pillow until I remembered the library helpers that would show ( Read more... ) -
Is January gone already??
I love Wednesdays. This, of course, is Thursday, a day meant for Getting Things Done. Dinner is in the crock pot and the towels are dry, so the day isn't a total loss, chore-wise. I thoght I might look back a few days and let people know what's going on around here. On Saturday Rachel and I went to our first "Wizard of Oz" rehearsal. I was ( Read more... ) -
Tidbits
A few crumbs for those of you who thonk I never post ( Read more... ) -
Here we go
Consumer warning: This is not going to be chronological record of my life. Somewhere between vacuuming the floor and buying groceries you all would fall asleep. So will offer random tidbits, plus special features as the mood strikes. As of today, All of our regular activities have started back up and school is in full i-have-a-project- due-next- ( Read more... )