Your Extension Cords Cause Cancer

We recently purchased an extension cord at the local Wal-Mart for a dehumidifier.  The most useful place for this dehumidifier was in the middle of the house, which was in the hallway outside the children’s bedroom.  There is no outlet in that hallway.   Hence...

Pregnancy Update – 17 weeks

I’m about 18 weeks pregnant, so I figured it was high time to see a doctor.  I would have loved to see a midwife, but as they’re not allowed to deliver babies in hospitals in this area (and there are no birthing centers), and Josh has a thing against...

Life Lesson #583 – God, Prayer, and Doors

Ahem.  If you pray for God to direct your path/make your decision obvious/shut the doors He doesn’t want you to go through, then it only makes sense to see shut doors as the answer to your prayers. Josh did not get the Boston job. While we were waiting to hear...

About That “Safe to Say” Business…

Remember when I told you it was “safe to say” the Boston door had closed? Because they told us they’d contact him within a week if they wanted that final face-to-face interview. And we’d never hear from them again if they didn’t. And a...

Our Next Baby May Be Born Anywhere

(Thank you all for your sweet encouragement on my last post.  It’s hard to believe with my sparse blogging I could have inspired that kind of reader loyalty and it.just.makes.me.happy.) Well, Boston told us they’d get back to us within a week if they...