Max at window ready to greet company at Omie's house. Max needs new reading material... Max exploring to find any of Omie's breakables. SIL nearby. ****************************************************************** ...
Our day of Thanksgiving started with a reading of the Thanksgiving story (did you know about the Speedwell?) and then a "turkey hunt." The kids got to find turkeys staked in the yard with questions from the story on them....
It is Thanksgiving day today and I want to give thanks for my family, my friends and my health. Most of all I am thankful though that I met my future wife and that we match up so well. :-)...
One of the things I am thankful for this past year is the amount of travel we have done. I really enjoy traveling, seeing other parts of the country, and seeing other parts of our family. I'm also thankful that...
Since February, Kevin and I have slaved away working on this race, from the permits to the course design to the post race food to fill the tummies of hungry racers. Every minute showed as the last team crossed the...
For a while it seemed like I had fallen off the face of the Earth. I haven't posted regularly since I returned from Newark mainly because I've been busy moving stuff to my new house, running the slew of programs...
I grabbed the good one. As fast as I could. It's Isaiah 55. ESV. Mm hm. Come, everyone who thirsts, come to the waters; and he who has no money, come, buy and eat! Come, buy wine and milk without money and...
Today I introduce you to my great ole pal, Dave. I have played music and traveled all over with this guy for nearly 9 years. Name: David Rudolph Kaufmann.Nickname: Rudolph (Yes, I realize it's his middle).Profile: Witty, emotionally...
Louisiana, Colorado, Washington, Idaho, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, Tennessee. I feel like I did in college when I finished reading On the Road. Worn out. Four flights, come home, get in the car the next day, road tripping,...
I have a moment to finally finish this post as 4 of my men are off for a bike ride - exercise = a big appetite for a huge Thanksgiving meal;) This blog is normally about my boys (particularly the...
The psychological and cultural milieu that is "redneckdom" isn't only inhabited by teeth-missing, bass-fishing rural Southerners. There is a spectrum, on which pretty much everybody falls somewhere, even people whom the likes of David Byrne find to be comparatively...
The tradition of e-mailing lists of thankfulness to one another started at school (much to the Scrooge-like dismay of a couple cranky people) but I think it's lovely to be in an environment where we can share they kind of...
So it's a lazy Thanksgiving Day, so I thought I'd catch up on a few posts before braving the chilly temps & wind for a run or bike - trying to wait till it warms up a tad, but I...
It's my favorite of all the holidays. It's so simple -- just a meal -- and even though some of the huge family Thanksgivings of the past could be rather loud and chaotic, I still think of it as a...
I have so very much to be thankful for...my heart feels extremely full this morning.We had very good news from a very good friend who had a very bad scare.O continues to adjust and thrive.We are blessed with family and...
Jesus. I know it's cliche. (Think: Academy Award, "First I just want to thank God because He gave me this award.") But I really am thankful for Him. (Painting: Crucifixion by Michelangelo)Family. (Polar Bear Family by Kennan Ward)The University Church.Genevieve....
I'm thankful for...Adonia- my trio. My trio has been a tremendous blessing in my life and I'm so very grateful for my girls and our musical adventures together!Babies- enough said! :)Claire- she brings me so much joy!Diapers- especially the cloth...
"...it would certainly infuriate me, to open a book expecting to find a cosy, kindly, human story about a murdered man found in a cupboard, and find instead a lot of dull, bad philosophy about the upward progress and the...
The number of people in U.S. prisons has risen eight-fold since 1970, with little impact on crime but at great cost to taxpayers and society, researchers said in a report calling for a major justice-system overhaul. The report on Monday cites...
Found the National Green Pages site here. Money quote? "The nation's only directory of screened and approved green businesses." (Top of browser) But one certainly wonders: Who screens the screeners? Who approves the approvers?...
In the Garten Store where there aren't just plants - oh no! - there's rabbits, fish, tiny brooms, books, lotsa glass stuff (yikes, here i am wondering if Jack is going to do one of his sudden sprints through the...
According to a wide range of reports, several nuclear bombs were "lost" for 36 hours after taking off August 29/30, 2007 on a "cross-country journey" across the U.S., from U.S.A.F Base Minot in North Dakota to U.S.A.F. Base Barksdale, near...
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