Posted in Faith on Thursday, 29 March 2007 | 4 Comments »
Mother Teresa gave these rules to her Sisters to help them develop the virtue of humility:
1. Speak as little as possible about yourself.
2. Keep busy with your own affairs and not those of others.
3. Avoid curiosity.
4. Do not interfere in the affairs of others.
5. Accept small irritations with good humor.
6. Do not dwell on the [...]
Posted in Education on Thursday, 29 March 2007 | No Comments »
A while ago I ranted about the inflation of the four-year college degree.
How about something like the John C. Campbell Folk School? I know I’m a little strange, but throughout my adult life (and probably most of my childhood, too) I’ve always wanted to study somewhere like this. Unfortunately, I have children to teach and [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Thursday, 29 March 2007 | 1 Comment »
I think all this changing of my template is a symptom of our nomadic lifestyle. Once, we actually lived in the same house for FOUR years. Each year I would rearrange the furniture to try to trick my brain (and itchy feet) into thinking we’d actually moved.
So… if you’ve visited my old blog, what do [...]
Posted in Faith, Family, Home on Thursday, 29 March 2007 | 1 Comment »
Why are we so afraid to say this out loud? Thanks, Mr. Bayly!
To purport to be faithful to this task by packing our children off to “professionals” is often dishonest and disobedient.
Its dishonesty consists in the fact that, although many Christian parents give high-minded reasons for turning over the nursing, discipline, and instruction of their [...]
Posted in Faith, Family, Homeschooling on Thursday, 29 March 2007 | 1 Comment »
Today I happened to catch the tail end of Parent Talk OnCall with Dr. Randy Carlson. I’ve never listened to this show before or even heard of Dr. Carlson, but it has had a profound impact on my day. I found myself driving down the highway yelling at the radio. Yelling out loud… “JUST DO [...]
Posted in Family on Wednesday, 28 March 2007 | No Comments »
Princess :
“I know I’m going to get a zit.
I’m worrying that I’m going to get a zit.
So, I’m going to get a worry zit.
You’ll see.”
Throughout this (one-sided) conversation I could only wonder when she started worrying about things like that.
Posted in Diabetes on Monday, 26 March 2007 | No Comments »
I never knew how stupid I was until my son was diagnosed with Diabetes one month ago today. Yes, it must be true because those incredibly smart and talented nurses, dieticians, and diabetes educators have been telling me just that for the last month, every time we meet. So far no appointments at that hormonal [...]
Posted in Home on Saturday, 24 March 2007 | No Comments »
Yesterday dh and I went to the local nursery and bought some sets for our garden. (I think I mentioned my lack of success starting my own seeds this year in another posts…) This afternoon we will plant:
broccoli
chinese cabbage
white cabbage
cauliflower
potatoes
onions
I also bought four types of lettuce to plant in my raised beds (old tires): Bibb, [...]
Posted in Education, Faith, Family on Friday, 23 March 2007 | No Comments »
A few weeks ago I made the unfortunate mistake of saying out loud, in front of my mother, that my 13 yo daughter will make a great SAHM someday.
What followed was a fifteen minute tirade about how aweful I am and what a disservice I’m doing to my daughter by raising her to be a [...]
Posted in Family on Tuesday, 20 March 2007 | No Comments »
Tough Life for Stay at Home Moms?
Haven’t been writing much lately, so guess I’ll just borrow someone else’s words to post. :) Hope you enjoy.
Posted in Family on Thursday, 15 March 2007 | No Comments »
Just for The Rebellious Pastor’s Wife (only the second Dodger fan I’ve ever met irl!)
This is Gracie, our Australian Shepherd/Beagle mix. She was the only one in her litter with this coloring, the rest are all darker like the father. Although, they are more red than her little Scully. (Who is totally adorable… you’ll see if you [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Monday, 12 March 2007 | No Comments »
I’ve been reading around some diabetes websites… not so much struggling with the “why” of the diagnosis as with the fear of raising a teen with this disease. I was surprised to discover the lengths many parents go to in order to keep their diabetic children in school - giving up full-time jobs so they [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Monday, 5 March 2007 | No Comments »
This is what’s left of dh’s car after we were hit by a semi running a red light. If he hadn’t turned the wheel hard right at the last minute…
We have a lot to be thankful for in all of this!
None of the kids was with us - a very rare thing.
Both dh and the [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Thursday, 1 March 2007 | No Comments »
I am really surprised that I’ve never noticed this before…
No matter what the crisis, when our life takes a troubled turn my response is to fill the refrigerator, the freezer, and the pantry.
I realized this when we were at Sam’s today. I rarely shop at Sam’s. In fact, I only shop at Sam’s if I [...]
