What on Earth??? – A Contest – UPDATED
We have a winner! And an explanation of the photos. 🙂 See the end of the post. I will be the first to admit that there are-ahem-on occasion, wacky things that go on around here. As evidence, I present to you these photographs. Can you figure out what I was doing?...
Cautions From a Mountaintop
Heh. 2 days in a row I'm posting something in reference to Robert Hruzek's Middlezone Musings. Robert has a monthly group writing project called What I Learned From (WILF)... The current theme is WILF A Mountaintop Experience. I was intrigued by this topic, and I...
Caring For China – UPDATED
I learned about a new nonprofit group today called Caring For China (CFC). Luke Gedeon is the executive director of the CFC center and it was his post over at Middlezone Musings that got my attention. Luke has entered CFC in a group writing project; the nonprofit that...
DoFollow and Affiliate links: A Discussion
What I'm about to type will probably mean very little to readers who do not also have blogs. If you're in that category, feel free to skip down to the next section. 🙂 When I started blogging two years ago one of the things I did was make this a DoFollow blog. That's...
Karate Chop Photos
Ahem. Not Karate, exactly. Actually the boys (and Hubby) have begun taking Tae Kwon Do classes. But "Tae Kwon Do Chop" just didn't sound right for a post title so there you have it. Anyhow. Hubby has been practicing with the boys and I took a bunch of photos and then...
Heroes In Parenting, May 2009
Well hello! Did you think I forgot the Heroes In Parenting (HIP) project? Nope! Not me. Uh-uh. We're going to try doing this monthly, and see how that goes. Oh! And please see the end for a New Development in the HIP project. Amanda from Tumble Dry writes a beautiful...
The Fish Ladder Trip
The boys and I went on our monthly field trip recently. We met my folks at a museum to look around a bit, then took a walk to the city fish ladder. I remember seeing it as a child and have wanted to take the boys there for years but I didn't know exactly where it was....
A Big Day
At about 11:30 last night, I went to check on the older boys and they were (surprisingly) still awake. Turns out they were trying to stay up until midnight so they could see the beginning of the new day. You see, today is their 11th birthday. Eleven years ago right...
The Babysitter Issue
Last weekend I admitted to our pastor that Hubby and I almost never hire babysitters. Apparently this is a shocking admission….pastor was concerned enough to announce it to our entire (yet pretty small) congregation. Which resulted in my having to reassure our...
Okay, I’m Ready for Christmas Now
Good news, Internets! After more hours than I care to admit, I have finally finished the last of the Christmas stockings for the boys. This was one of those "seemed like a good idea at the time" ideas: 4 of those felt and sequin stocking kits you can get from craft...