My kids, I has dem ( Read more... )

39 weeks, 4 days. (277 days ( Read more... )

I will get into a routine which will allow me to post to (and read) LJ and look through my Google Reader feed more than once a fortnight. Promise ( Read more... )

After dinner last night, as we were all sprawled on the floor (a pretty regular after-dinner activity in our house ( Read more... )

Meme stolen from the lovely
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It has got to be the most beautiful day in a long history of days outside.

Just stunning.

I was even motivated to change the church sign, because it's stuff to do outside.

Finished the bulletin, the altar setup, and the general church business, so I can focus on getting out of here tomorrow morning and heading for Wenham for New England Annual ( Read more... )

She's mastered the arts of time-telling and slighting ( Read more... )

This weekend, I got out of town and back to my roots in Vermont, as I gathered with my extended family to scrape, power-wash, stain, and trim my mom’s house (and garage!).

(pictures of the house are found on my wordpress blog entryMy family normally gathers for Memorial Day weekend, which used to be the weekend of the dance recital for my sister ( Read more... )

As of the conclusion of yesterday's church service, (and its sermon, "God's Team"), I am on vacation for one week. So far, I've had to resist 1. getting involved in the church's desperate efforts to put together a Memorial Day float, 2. overseeing the construction of the church memorial garden, the design of which has been changed a bit last minute ( Read more... )

The church and I shared a birthday this Sunday, and what a celebration it was. The sermon, “Variety Show” is uploaded in my sermon archive.

Prior to church, Husband made me chocolate chip waffles for breakfast. Good husband.

( Church talk )