A few things I learned during my comment-fast: 1. As soon as I typed the words “I’m closing my comments during Lent”, I instantly regretted it and wondered if I’d be able to hold out for forty days. I knew it would change blogging for me. I knew it would help to clarify the ‘medium’ [...]
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7 things I need to tell you about the choir concert 1. Taylor had a solo singing ‘Footloose’. He did an excellent job and even threw in a few ‘moves’. I use the term ‘moves’ loosely. 2. This year has been wonderful because Taylor and Caiti have been in the same choir, along [...]
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It’s Spring Break for us so I invited several friends and their teens and tots to join us at Barter Theatre to see Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. I don’t what was more fun….watching the play or watching my kids watch the play. The teenagers laughed out loud and wore the technicolor flashing glasses [...]
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Guess who’s CD you can now buy on iTUNES? The Verity!!!!! Oh yes you can. And if you visit their myspace page, you can see their spring and summer schedule. Maybe your youth group would like to invite them to play. Or maybe you’d like to buy their CD on iTUNES. I think you would [...]
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1st Make some dough and bake something. We made biscuits (in the craziest little shapes) and gravy and bacon and eggs. Every rainy day should have dough.2ndly Recruit your small children to be the pictionary master of ceremonies and keeper of the sands of time.3rdly Divide the teams into boys versus girls. The [...]
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There’s nothing quite like sitting at a concert and listening to your son sing and play. I am so proud of him and so blessed to be his mama. And I couldn’t be happier that he’s surrounded by such a talented and funny and committed group of guys. So, given the fact that you and [...]
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My time is running out. I feel the pressure of the days swiftly being hurled at me like an oncoming freight train. He graduates in 86 days. And I’m not ready. Not by a long shot. But as I gather the pictures and cards and awards and songs to try and make some memories live [...]
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I may look like I’m scared…..or about to fall. But really I’m just singing and groovin’ to ‘Hi-i-i-i-i stayin’ alive’. Like my shirt? I thought so. My personal tribute to times gone by. So Christine and Sue and I tooksome big kids and some little kidsand one really crazy kidto the second most germ infested [...]
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~~~~~~~ 1 ~~~~~~~~~~ We bought a crucifix as a ‘love’ gift to each other. (early Valentine’s) Steve’s been wanting one for a long time. Did I mention we’re not Catholic? We are Lutheran however, and Lutherans tend to embrace and appreciate the historicity of christian symbols. We just hung ours up and I’m just a [...]
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I didn’t write this on Friday, but it is kinda funny. Here’s what I started singing when Taylor agreed to let me cut his hair: “I got skillz….they’re multiplYing….and I’m loooooooosing contro-ol….for the power you’re supplYing …It’s ELECTRIFYING”. I sang it all night long. Then I tried to find my Grease video. Meanwhile, he sat [...]
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and I like cowboy boots, C.S. Lewis, good food, strong coffee, banjo music and books. I am a deeply flawed momma of 4 and grateful receiver of more good gifts than one heart can hold. I fight for joy and find it in the most unexpected places. I make quirky look normal, relish in my small town Southern way of living, and am learning that it's all grace--every last bit of it. Read More Here...
