“It would be so nice if something made sense for a change.” Alice…in Wonderland
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Life is hard. Do something.
With the plague and related closures putting a damper on our normal avenues of entertainment, more people are heading to the outdoor spaces. In Texas at least, that means our amazing state parks have seen a spike in visitors. Because many of these are newbies unfamiliar with the fact that nature will kill you given […]
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Avoiding Disaster in the Church Nursery
I came across this classic Stuff Christians Like post in my Facebook memories: Not Knowing How to Drop Your Kid Off at Sunday School. Can something from 2009 be considered a classic? Anyway, he has great advice that all parents should know. The childcare drop-off is NOT a simple affair, and too often parents are uninformed […]
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Doing It Wrong, Intentionally
I’m a big fan of doing things efficiently and competently. I don’t like to waste my time, and I certainly don’t like it when other people waste my time. Alas, I have children, so time gets wasted. But I do appreciate hacks, tips, tricks, and other inventive methods that make life just a little easier. […]
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Tilted Advent: Embracing My Imperfect Christmas
My advent wreath is handmade. Before you get all admiring of my craftiness, it’s just a simple wreath with wooden candle holders precariously attached with hot glue. The candles are never quite vertical, which adds an element of excitement. Will it tip over and catch the song sheets on fire or won’t it? Our advent wreath […]
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Striving for rest
*This post contains affiliated links. This year, I have been wanting to have a more restful, peaceful year and paradoxically (or not uncoincidentally, depending on your point of view) have been having the most stressful year that I’ve had in a long time. Part of it is just the way the ball has bounced this […]
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Mom in black
It’s a Johnny Cash kind of day today. But whether it’s “Get Rhythm” or “Folsom Prison Blues”, I’m not sure yet. I’ll let you know. Not unrelated: when everything about your Mondays is constantly sucking, you should re-evaluate your plan for Mondays. No, running away is not an option. Physical Causes of ED High blood […]
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Catywampus
Friday is normally our enrichment classes, and, even though our group is on break, we were going to have an extra meeting for our Destination Imagination teams. However, someone stole the copper leading up to our church. Again. So the meeting was canceled. Dear thieves, are you familiar with Krampus? Just saying. But despite the […]
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Working on the day of rest
I keep trying to pare down what I have to do on Sundays so that I can have an actual day of rest. I have most of a day of rest, but thus far, I haven’t figured out how to move the grocery shopping to a different day. The problem is my Saturdays are overloaded; […]
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I can do this?
MTG has been ill since Thursday evening, but this was a softball tourney weekend, plus the regular stuff, and we had a craft date with friends, so I did some extra hustling. And we realized after the 30-minute drive home that we forgot the fancy (and not ours) camera at the ballpark last night, so that […]
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One month reassessment
I snagged this from the Facebook page of a friend who’s a teacher in public school. (Middle school math. Pray for her.) I think everyone — homeschool, public school, or private school — feels a little shell-shocked after the first month of school. We’ve been back to “the more structured daily lessons” grind for […]
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