Could I spend $175 on myself for oil painting lessons?
Dreaming out loud again ...

I'm thinking about canceling our home phone (land line) to save $50 per month. This prospect worries me a bit because I like the idea that my kid could call 911 if I had a stroke or something. This, folks, is called "free-floating anxiety ( Read more... )

Having a terrible time deciding what to do next. This is not usually an issue for me. I woke up VERY early today (4:13 when Asher came in for snuggles and his naked freezing body was a shock, then my stupid brain started thinking ... and criticizing me ... so I just got up ( Read more... )

It’s a school night! I made it! IT'S A SCHOOL NIGHT! I made it! It’s a school night! I made it! It’s a school night! I made it! It’s a school night! I made it! It’s a school night! I made it! It’s a school night! I made it! It’s a school night! I made it! It’s a school night! I made it! It’s a school night! I made it! It’s a school night! I made it ( Read more... )

Sometimes I just gotta count up some current blessings. It reminds me everything’s OK.

I don’t have to look at any more icky skin disease pictures.

Asher fell asleep beautifully today with just one picture-book story. I love the symmetry of that and it's rare.

Lucas’s Eurhythmy class today was really fun to watch. The kids have all grown so ( Read more... )

Feeling kinda crappy. Rough night last night ( Read more... )

Really? I am awake at 4:15 a.m. Fell asleep last night embarrassingly early, like 8:40. Now I can't seem to sleep anymore and the to-do listing has begun in earnest. The harpies are fully awake and screaming in my head. The house is totally quiet. I guess I'll work. Maybe it will shut the harpies up.

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Sometimes things are not what they appear to be. Sometimes they are so completely different than what you thought, you just have to sit awhile with your mouth agape and wonder in your heart. And sometimes, if you're very lucky, hope rises up from the ashes.

... and yet I'm dizzy with all of this and much, much more:

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