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Bullet Update: Christmas (Dec. 20th – Dec. 31st)
It’s the end of the year and I never fully wrote out my goals for 2013. I guess that saved me some guilt. Our big...
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Chicken Over Warm Kale and Asparagus Salad
Publix, our local grocery store, often has tasting centers set up throughout the store. Of course they are meant to encourage you...
Paper Airplane? There's an App for That!
Wouldn't all Kickstarter projects like to have funded $906,490 of a $50,000 goal? And with 17 days left in the drive? Well,...
New Investment Strategy
Tired of Treasury bonds that pay nearly nothing, and bank accounts that pay less? Frightened by the vicissitudes of the stock...
A Sense of History
My sister-in-law's "books read in 2013" post has me itching to work on my own, but re-entry chores after our vacation are taking...
My IDLE Certification
How to Be Idle by Tom Hodgkinson (HarperCollins, 2005) The Idle Parent by Tom Hodgkinson (Penguin Books, 2009)...
Deer Hunting with Jesus
Deer Hunting with Jesus: Dispatches from America's Class War by Joe Bageant (Crown, 2007) It is good for me occasionally to...
Bullet Update: Daniel Kisses, Swiss Steel Visit (Dec. 7th...
Life with three kids is hopping. Computer time is even more limited. Baby is crying as I type . . . I broke a...
Lessons and Carols, 2013
December 15 was the Third Sunday of Advent, also known as Gaudete Sunday . This day of rejoicing in the midst of the somber...
Christmas Cards and Traditions
Here are some excerpts from Conversion Diary's 7 Quick Takes post today . You may recall from previous years’ ravings...
Be Thou My Vision; Come, Glory in His Name; For the...
Three anthems, sung Sunday, November 24, 2013. [Oops. Forgot to hit "publish" before going out of town.] Be Thou My...
Space-Saving Furniture
Jon found this amazing furniture designed for small spaces. This is what happens when artists and engineers collaborate! I...
Bullet Update: Daniel is American (Nov. 23rd – Dec. 5th...
Advent has arrived and I’m doing better than last year about preparing ahead of time. The decorations are out and I made an...
Power of Moms Sale on Everything!
Power of Moms is having a 33 percent off of everything in their store sale now through Cyber Monday. Give the gift of...
A-Maizing
Although it's still warm in Florida, the first snow has fallen for much of our family, so I'd better post this before no one is thinking...
Bullet Update: (Nov. 9 – 22 2013)
Today we woke up to the first snow of the year! There was enough that when we finally got out the door at 10:45 the kids could...
Veterans Day, 2013
Last year for Veterans Day I posted the honor roll of all those—thus far documented—in our direct lineage who have served...
Twenty Years!
Happy 20th anniversary to two of our favorite people! Belated, that is; I blinked and the week was gone. Our family is...
Bullet Update: Nothing Wrong with a Short Post (Nov. 1- 8...
This week the kids’ cousin and parents visited and we had a grand time eating snacks, cider, and homemade doughnuts. The...
The First Song of Isaiah, and an Interesting Typo
Our anthem for today, November 3, 2013: assisting our cherub choir with The First Song of Isaiah (Jack Noble White, Belwin CMR...
Caribbean Fun
We have a bunch of folks from the Caribbean in our church, including several friends from choir. Every year they put on a...
Bullet Update: Military Airplanes (Oct. 19th – 31st 2013)
Saturday, October 19 th we all got a real treat. The military airfield next door had an open house for the first time in over 20...
One Word: #BostonStrong
Four months ago, Joseph added a Boston Red Sox baseball cap to his Amazon wish list. Did he know something?
When in Our Music God Is Glorified
Our choir anthem for Sunday, October 27, 2013: When in Our Music God Is Glorified (arr. by Mark Hayes, Beckenhorst Press,...
My First Vlog
‘Way back in May I made my first attempt at video blogging. Stephan took the kids for the day and I had nearly 10 hours to...