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To be totally honest, the week after Labor Day makes me a little panicky. It’s not that I don’t love my job. It’s just that the full on force of a church program year is about to kick in and there is alot to do. Really all of it is wonderful stuff (I get to [...]
At least until we set up the crib & find the comfy chair, here’s the room. By FAR the most organized & pleasant office space we’ve ever had. In fact, we just ate supper in here (though mostly because the rest if the house has been so neglected that we can’t find a clear surface [...]
We live in a giant 2 bedroom condo. In city terms it’s huge. In suburban terms, not so much. One friend recently told me that someone asked her where we planned to move in order to make room for the baby. There are many pieces of planning that involve making room. Not just physical, but [...]
Call it advanced mama-guilt: I’m starting to realize there are some special things I can pull off with one kid that I will not be so able to do with two. Zora and I were at a fabric store a few weeks ago and she was entranced with the Halloween costume pattern books. I have [...]
I did a horrible job of keeping a baby book for Zora. So bad in fact that I didn’t even start one. But this is huge. Yesterday, while trying to entertain her during a meeting, I wrote words on a card for her to copy (she loves this activity). And, for the first time that [...]
I woke up this morning feeling like crap. There are probably a number of ways to explain this, and I won’t go into it right now because I’m sure it would spill over into shameless venting. My pastoral care professor used to say that if you feel lousy emotionally in the morning that’s not a [...]
The disclaimer first: I’ve never really been a football person (or much of a sports person). Oh, sure I did like the curly fries and the general small-town camaraderie at Chenango Forks High School football games. But I was raised in the only American family that seems completely uninterested in the Super Bowl. I chose [...]
Conversation after a fine afternoon and evening of birthday fun with Mom and Dad. Zora: Mom, do you like to be close to your Mama? Erica: You mean do I like to live close by her? Z: Yeah. E: I do. Because I would miss her if we lived farther away. Do you like to [...]
Oh, of course there are many reasons. Facebook (so easy to post a little status once in a while). The general hubbub of life (who knew working full time and chasing a 3 year old was this time consuming). Laziness (and the general addictiveness of a crossword or number puzzle). But there’s something larger going [...]
I just spent a distracted (but totally worth it) 30 minutes catching up on my friend John’s blog posts (and the incredible debate that ensued!) on the music at worship at the Presbyterian Youth Triennium. Worth reading even if you are not a Presbyterian, and particularly if you are interested in youth, massive youth events, [...]