Here I am, as becoming usual with a head cold, sitting with my cohort getting my brain filled with amazing stuff about God and scripture and wonder. I keep wondering back to where God is taking me with all this. So I am going to indulge in speculation for a bit ( Read more... )

I love fall. Its my favorite time of year. But this particular year it seems that I am spending far more time taking care of others than taking care of whats left of my garden. I was going to try to plant some winter greens and such this year... but this is not to be. I am trying not to complain, but life is a bit overwhelming right now. I ( Read more... )

So I was cleaning my house this morning, attacking the webs and banishing dust and I had two thoughts cross my mind ( Read more... )

1. I like to think of myself as an artist, but when other people say they think I am an artist I deny it and I freak out on the inside ( Read more... )

I don't like Facebook, but I go along with it because it seems to be a main form of communication for many of my friends. Here are several post I have made... for the journals sake ( Read more... )

It has been a lovely summer. Well, once the bulk of my summer classes were over that is. Pretty much August was great. I got to organize lots of stuff and that always makes me happy. Organized Celtic Festival stuff and a School library and my book list of books that need me to buy them and my garden and my planting calendar for next year.... Oh ( Read more... )

It has been at least a year since I have borrowed something from the library.... but I have 2 weeks of my own summer left before school starts back up and I intend to be lazy and read every morning till then (now that the boys are in school!). I think a new Bill Bryson and a Terry Pratchett are just the thing ( Read more... )

I feel like it took us two days to skid to a screeching halt after our vacation. When we got home we went to turn on the computer and it wouldn't boot, we called Shaun's parents and found out Cheryl fell through the deck and broke her ankle and elbow, we got our water bill and know we have a leak somewhere but haven't found it yet, and somehow it ( Read more... )

Yesterday we all went camping, east coast style... which means random moments of heavy rain buckets being dumped on our heads!!! It was awesome ( Read more... )

So I finally figured out where we are... Martinsburg, West Virginia. *snicker* My brain didn't really care what the name of the place we were coming to was... its just where our friends are at, the rest are just piddly details ( Read more... )