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Bullet Update (April 3-14)
Reading and singing after lunch and dinner have become habits around here, and I love it more and more. The other night we were...
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More Crazy Product Instructions
Recently we bought a gauge for our propane tank. I'm tired of guessing, especially during hurricane season, how much propane is...
For Your Tax Day Amusement
For your amusement only, since I don't know the details of these tax numbers. Highest bracket? Average tax rate? What...
Low-Tech: It Works
Most of the time, I love computers and all the wonderful things advancing technology has brought us. But sometimes I feel like a...
President Obama’s Budget Proposal
I’m sure there are more than a few problems with the President’s budget proposal, depending on one's point of view, but I'd...
My Eternal King
I've started a new category, Music. For now, it's a place for me to keep track of music we sing in choir, and other music that...
Overseas Americans Need Tax Reform, Too
Two years ago, Stephan wrote an excellent summary of why Americans overseas bear an unfair and disproportionate tax burden . It's...
No Time for a Break
Check out Janet's great article at Power of Moms! No Time for a Break: The Art of Resting when Parenting is Non-Stop...
Published at Power of Moms!
Today an article I wrote is on the homepage at Power of Moms (I think this should be the permanent link.) The whole process...
Mini-Vacations
With a baby due in August a big summer vacation didn’t seem to make much sense, so we opted for a few “family...
Lost Women of the Bible - The Gospel of Ruth
Lost Women of the Bible: Finding Strength and Significance through Their Stories by Carolyn Custis James...
Suzanne Davis Arms, Childbirth, and the University of...
It's been more than a decade since a family tragedy forced me to look into how childbirth has changed in America since our chlidren...
First the First Daughters, Now a SEAL - er, Seal
The latest celebrity visitor to Fenwick, Connecticut .
Ordering Books from Amazon.de
I'm writing this post to remind myself how easy it is to order books from amazon.de —the German version of amazon.com—and...
Important Petition for Asylum -- and Liberty
Why wrestle with how to express this story when thduggie has already done it so well? Back in 2010, a German family was granted...
Bullet Update March 25 -April 3 2012
March 27: Joseph was playing in this room by himself when we heard the horribly distressed cry “Zahle!!!” (numbers). ...
Double Standard
[F]ailing to read in one's native language sends a negative message: that the language and culture of native-language speakers...
Book Review: Making It All Work by David Allen
As always, reviews get longer than intended, so I’ve put in headings to help those who would rather scan quickly than get all the...
We've Been There
Children really do expand one's horizons. Who would have thought that trying to keep up with them would lead us to New Zealand,...
Education 3.0
More food for thought from the Project Based Homeschooling blog. Education 1.0, 2.0 and 3.0 . Nowhere do they mention...
All the Sorrows of the World
Good Friday. Remembering the day all the sorrows of the world (and then some) were in some incomprehensible way taken on by the only...
Bath Iron Works
Thanks to DSTB, who have a personal interest in Bath, Maine, I offer you a glimpse of the action at Bath Iron Works . It serves...
E-mail Control, the Next Step
All my e-mails are sorted and ordered and I know what needs to be done in a timely manner and what can wait. The former have...
Our New Toaster Oven
Back in September of last year, our toaster over gave up the ghost. As in, it started smoking in all the wrong places. ...
Bullet Update Feb. 20 – March 24 2013
I didn’t realize I was that behind in writing updates. Feb. 21-23 we went out a little family getaway, which I think...