Month: November 2007

Edited to add the following:It is officially Christmas! How do I know? The following:1. The Salvation Army bell is a-ringing in front of the grocery store.2. Harry Connick, Jr. Christmas music is cranking on my home stereo.3. I'm sipping home-brewed Starbucks Christmas Blend coffee and snacking on Ginger Snaps.4. I just picked up my first [...]

My dad has been on my mind all day.It's Veteran's Day.My dad was career Army.I didn't really appreciate my dad's "job" while I was growing up. A lot of times, I didn't even notice his absence when he went on travel. We never knew where he went. He had one of THOSE kinds of jobs.Caleb [...]

My head is positively spinning!I had a relatively down day today. Sunday School (The Man taught a great lesson from Andy Stanley's "Go Fish" series called "Fishing Buddies"), Worship (The Pastor Brought. It. as The Darlings would say), lunch with the family and The Best Friend. And home again where I spent a couple of [...]

I was beginning to panic! My blog count read 100 and I'm not ready. So I went back thru and deleted the drafts that I never posted and found that I no longer wanted to post. Whew. I can procrastinate rest easy for a bit longer!Where to begin...Has everyone figured out yet that yes, God [...]

Today when you get home...you belong to ME. You go NOWHERE. The TV is NOT on. NOONE comes over.1. You WILL do your homework.2. You WILL go on blackboard and print out your homework for dad and I to see and you will show us your completed homework.3. If you (by some miracle) completed your [...]

Volleyball is over (except for the shouting parties). High school season, anyway. And I've started taking back my house!Lucy's team made it to the second round of Regionals. And then we were crushed 0-3 games. Ugh. Next stop...Club Volleyball. Twice a week practice, tournaments on Saturday or Sunday once or twice a month. A couple [...]

Just HAD to share a few photos from last night's Championship Win!My Girl is above the "T" in "Patriot", back row.My Girl (#5) and her two BFF's made the All Tournament Team from her team. Her BFF #9 on the far left was MVP/Captain of the All Tournament Team. The Boy ("A") and the rest [...]

It's been All Volleyball, All the Time here. And it has paid off...Lucy's varsity team won the District Championship last night. And if that wasn't sweet enough, Lucy was named to the All Tournament Team.Not bad for a girl who rode the bench most of the season because she couldn't keep her emotions in check. [...]

Have you ever done this:Pray for something you want.Get it.Wonder why you've been given it.Complain about it.I realized this morning that I am doing just that!I may not be exactly like the Israelites in that I think they were complaining because they didn't appreciate/didn't recognize what they had been given.I recognize it.I'm just questioning why [...]