other stuff

Moving, moving, moving!

Anyone who has stopped by recently is painfully aware that my blog hasn’t been updated in FOREVER.  I’ve sat down to do it quite a few times, but each time I log in and get a barrage of notices that I need to update this, and that widget is no longer supported, and a handful [...]

Lent, Personal Progress, and Adoption

I’ve surprised myself at how well I’ve done at not checking in on work after I leave the office.  I can’t say I haven’t been tempted, though — I have.  I did finally give in last night…  we might have a technical person coming out to visit today and I hadn’t heard anything about the [...]

Reinventing Lent

I’ve got some more snow storm photos and updates to post, but I’m a little behind… I’ll catch up, I promise!
Our church is doing a “reinventing lent” thing again this year, where those of us who are participating are making some sort of positive change for Lent, whether it’s giving something up or adding a [...]

2009 WrapUp

Getting that 2010 Handbook email really reminded me that I never put an official end to 2009.  All-in-all, it was a good year for us.  We had good times, and downright ugly times, but we’re still here and that’s a Good Thing ™.  From my viewpoint, here are the highlights and lowlights:

All of the infertility [...]

2010 Survival Manual

I’m not one for forwarding around chain emails — even cute ones — I read them and delete them.  But I got one today on an email list that I’m on, and it’s a really good one.  There’s some great advice in here, so I’m passing it on to the rest of you in a [...]

Real-Time Thanksgiving Part3

It’s 12:07pm, and John and I just finished having shots of our favorite unmentionables.  (You thought I was kidding when I wrote that in “Recipe for Thanksgiving”, didn’t you?)  The family will be here any minute, and the turkey is out of the oven.  Now is when things really get crazy!  Stuffing, green beans and [...]

You Found a WHAT?!

That’s right.  A gray hair.  Actually, more like five of them.  Never thought it would happen to me, guess that shows what I know.