Migraine Day

It turns out that Ev was not "sick" as I so cynically reported yesterday. He was gearing up for a whopper of a migraine that started at 1:15 am this morning. He gets them regularly, but they are kind of random in that we've never been able to find...

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A Rant About Scrapbooking--skip if you're squeamish

Evan was "sick" today, so I let him stay home from church which meant I got a bonus 3 hours. (Ooh, that sounds terrible. I love church, it was just kind of fun to have time I hadn't planned on appear suddenly in my day) I ended up spending it finishing...

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A Nice Couple of Days

One of Eric's clients changed a major policy about handling office actions from the Patent and Trademark Office (he's a patent attorney) that left him with very little to do until the issue is resolved, so he took yesterday and today off. The real difference...

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100 Things About Me

Thanks to Corinne for this fun idea.1. I am actually very shy, but I have worked hard to overcome it and most people are surprised to find out how hard it is for me to connect with people.2. I was born in Salt Lake City, Utah in August sometime in the...

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The Reason Why We Keep Records

I was looking on the hard drive of the computer that we had from about 1999 till 2004 to find a talk for my brother. In the process I found a whole bunch of poetry that I thought I'd lost. I had a fertile poetic period in 2002-3 and wrote about 40...

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Housework--for Joni

I spent about 45 minutes the other day writing a post about all my housework and then deleted it because I thought it was just a little too real. Then I read Joni's wonderful record of her every-day work as a woman during one ordinary week and realized...

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Move Along

Today's kid conversation of the day, for all us 22-year-olds of various ages:Me: "Johnathan, can I have your iTunes password so I can authorize my computer to play one of your songs?"17-year-old son: "What? Which song?"Me: "Move Along by the All-American...

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Unexpected Pleasures

I admit it. I have become additcted to Dancing with the Stars. It is unexpected because I have fastidiously avoided these shows because I knew my personality would cause me to get totally sucked in. Well, I did. Like I needed another tv show to distract...

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Getting to Know Me

From MendyFor hours and hours I could...Walk on the beachDrive by myself with the radio up loudI feel best about myself...When I'm teachingWhen the house is running smoothlyI absolutely cannot stand...Unloading the dishwasher (I love loading it though-how...

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The Power of Good

So, you just never know how God will send the chance for healing. I was back out in the yard today and noticed that my neighbor's cherry tree had gotten catastrophically blown down onto their roof. I have had a few issues with this neighbor over my...

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In the Garden

I was able to spend a few hours yesterday (before the rain came) working in the garden. I got lots of debris cleaned up, the boys mowed the yard, and I got started moving lilies, lamb's ear and hosta. I have lots and lots of those three plants, and...

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Baby, its cold outside!

The wind is just chilly enough today to warrant a real coat. I went out with just a vest and regretted it-I'm ready to go jump under my covers to warm up. Maybe that is where I'll prepare my seminary lesson. Hmmm. I think it unnerves the kids to...

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Something for the "Count Your Blessings" file

My sister, who happens to be confined to a wheelchair, recently got a beautiful new minivan that is adapted to her needs and she is driving for the first time in her married life. She can pack up her three kids and get herself in the car independently....

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The True Meaning of Easter

The eternal and cosmic conflict of good versus evil, portrayed in....eggs.You should have seen the to-the-death lightsaber duel between those arch ovoid enemies-Yodegg and Darth Vegger. Okay, okay I'll stop. The teeny tiny little Darth helmet that came...

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A Good Friday

Today started with a brisk (read that COLD) walk at 6:45 am, then a private lesson at 9 then home before the kiddies even woke up. I made today a "screen-free" day which means any entertainment involving a video screen is off limits. I do that about...

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Ahhh Seattle

17 years ago, we lived in a suburb of Seattle for 9 months. You would think that would just be a blip in the memories of our marriage, but it was a watershed time for us. It was our first chance as a married couple to bond to each other without any family...

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