How Often Do You Think God Directly Intervenes?
I was washing diapers today. Let's rewind. I was washing clothes yesterday. I put in the detergent. I poured the Downy into the Downy ball. I put in the clothes. I closed the washer and walked away. I completely forgot about the Downy ball. It remained on the counter...
Oh, The Passion of Motherhood
I look at your face; How it fits in my hand. I smile at your noises; Your grunts, squeals, and cries. I hold your small body; Feet, arms, fingers, nose. Each day that passes You grow a bit older. Your eyes understand more. Your body fills out more. Your hands try to...
Don’t Microwave Tostadas
They make your house smell like burning. For days. Yesterday was Leftover Day. Fridays always are. Josh decides he wants tacos. We only have tostadas. He takes the meat out of the fridge; I hand him the tostadas. I turn around to pick out my dinner and he asks, "How...
Guys and Their Furniture
I just don't get it. Let me explain our furniture situation: We have one pull-out sofa and one loveseat. The pull-out has mold on the mattress ever since it spent last summer in storage. And let's not forget it was designed to be in-style in the height of the...
Frugal Friday: Veggies From the Library
Does your library have a website? Google it and find out. If it does, you have found something so much better than a video store. I have two local libraries with wonderful websites. I can browse their DVD selections to see if they have any good movies. Then I can see...
Freebirth Movement
I am very much an advocate of natural childbirth. I believe that the less intervention, the better. However, the freebirth movement makes me nervous. ... ‘freebirthers’ choose to go through what some call the most painful and potentially frightening experience of a...
Second Haircut (In Two Years)
Well, Olivia's birthday came and went recently, and with it, her second annual haircut. The room was really more crowded that this picture shows. Along with mommy, daddy, Benjamin, [second?] cousin Evie, [second?] cousin Hope, [great?] Aunt Martha (the stylist), and...
Works For Me: Tic Tacs
As a parent, one thing I have learned is to always, always keep Tic Tacs in my diaper bag. Why? The perfect after-shot remedy. For the check-out lane in Wal-Mart. "We already have candy, see?" (Works for my little girl, too.) Prolongs happy-time well into naptime when...
I Robbed Walgreens Today
So I mentioned how much fun I've been having while couponing lately. Well, it was another late night yesterday. Er... I should say, "early morning." Maybe, if Olivia didn't go to bed at 10:30, and Josh didn't insist on watching M*A*S*H until 11:30, and then the dishes...
Morning Devotions
Olivia and I had eaten breakfast together while I was reading my bible. I finished eating and took my dishes to the kitchen. I returned to find this: Close, Honey, but the church bulletin isn't actually God's Word.