Can I confess something to you? I don’t necessarily like going with the flow. In fact, I can be quite contrary. Oh, not in everything, but in some very specific ways I’ve always had a hard time doing what others thought I should, the way they think I should do it. That tendency becomes exaggerated when it has to do with things that are very … Continue reading Typical Female
Woke up at 5:55 so I could spend a few minutes with Luke before he left for work. Sent three children to school. Got depressed at the sight of falling snow. Punched some dough to some music. Made a quick trip to town while the dough rose. After putting buns on pans, I tried out my new Philip Glass music. Went to watch Caleb and … Continue reading A Day In The Life Of…
Call it what you will – the winter blues, sun-deprivation, hormonal imbalance – but I’ve had a serious case of the funks for the past month or more. It ‘s been rather annoying and getting in the way of enjoying life. February and March tend to do that to me, but this year was the first where I didn’t really have any other excuses to … Continue reading The Winter Blues
I looked out my window while the coffee was brewing this morning. I had just sent all three boys to school and had a glorious morning all to myself (oh, how I crave silence!) when I saw a little five-year-old encased in a snowsuit trudging up my driveway. My five-year-old, to be exact. Shoulders hunched over, head down, dragging his backpack and the plastic bag … Continue reading I think he somehow missed out on the logic gene
I hope Christmas was a happy time for you, restful and homey and comforting and loving. I love getting together with family and laughing and eating. In fact, I still have two more Christmases to go through before everything’s said and done! Our little family opened up presents on Christmas Eve since Luke had to work Christmas and I was not getting up at … Continue reading Resolutions
Ah, the joys of the holidays. Shopping! Essential to gift giving and yet more painful than the bills that come in January. While some have found a way around it by going online, the majority of us are relegated to long lines, no parking spots, and not enough muscle strength to carry everything back to the car at the end of the day. Need some … Continue reading How to walk through a crowded mall
Whew! The last few weeks have been stressful, not because of all I was doing but because of the kids Sunday School Christmas pageant. Throw in hockey tournaments and games, driving on the snowy, icy roads, kids getting sick, husband getting sick, and the Christmas panic that sneaks up on me about the middle of December and I’m about ready for a nap or two. … Continue reading Back in the fray
I recently came across a blog written by a pastor who was doing a sermon series on Proverbs 31 – the perfect woman series. Always dangerous territory for a male pastor to take on. One of the sermons was on beauty, and how each man should tell the women in his life how beautiful she is. Of course, being the contrary person I am, this … Continue reading On Beauty
I don’t know whether you’ve ever been to a spa. I hadn’t, despite people (well, other women to be specific) telling me how wonderful it all was, how they wished they could go every day, how it was their favorite way of relaxing. It just didn’t seem to be my thing. And then, on my birthday, along with my present, came a Mother’s Day gift … Continue reading In Which I Do A Little Sheepish Walking
Can you believe it? Two posts in as many days. Not that I haven’t been thinking about things to write. In fact, while I’m cleaning or cooking I’ll often have a post idea running through my mind but when I sit in front of the blank “New Post” page I get slightly overwhelmed and neurotic and, well, chicken out. However, today I am plowing on, … Continue reading My Favourite Body Part
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