For anyone who is interested in natural beeswax candles, here is a link to my husbands website. All candles are hand dipped and poured. They smell and burn beautifully. Enjoy! beeswax candles

On 9 October my little man will be three months old! Where has the time gone?! At times it seems unbelievable that he is here with us and no longer in my belly. But he is a joy and a blessing. At three months he is in the 90th percentile for height and weight, measuring about 25 inches long and about 14 lbs. To look at him one would think that ( Read more... )

This post is a bit late, but our son is here! Nicholas was born on 9 July 07 at 6:41 pm at 9 lb 3 oz, 20 3/4 in long and a head and chest of just under 15 in, after 19 hours of labor and about 4 hours of pushing. He had an arm wrapped around his neck...all the way around his neck, so he could not tuck his head correctly...hence the 4 hours of ( Read more... )

This morning I awoke to sunshine and warmth. By 11 am, dark rain clouds were moving in, so my husband and I went for a walk in what remained of the sun. By 12 noon, it was sprinkling on my way into town. A minute after the sprinkling started, hail, some the size of dimes, all of it rather large, was pummeling the ground with amazing force and ( Read more... )

It has been a while since I wrote in here, but not because there has been nothing going on. Spring is always just a busy time of year. Currently our apartment is undergoing a major overhaul. With the baby due in two months or less, we decided it was time to get our act together and finish the apartment. We have wood flooring that was never ( Read more... )

Thanks to some research by my every conspiratorial grandmother-in-law, I have been reminded yet again that Big Brother, not just in the US, but globally, is killing us without remorse. When compact fluorescent light bulbs hit the market, my eco-conscious family went out and bought them up. We figured it was an environmental and moral obligation ( Read more... )

Today I was doing some reading to help get me into the Pascha mindset, and I came across this letter in a magazine. It just awed my husband and I. I searched the internet to find it in print so I would not have to retype it all to get it here. If anyone reads my journal, I hope they to find inspiration from the letter ( Read more... )

Today was finally warm enough (about 40 degrees) for our ice and snow to turn slushy and begin to melt. When I took Houdini (my pup) for a walk I could actually feel the warmth on my skin, despite only partially sunny skies. It felt wonderful to be able to stroll along the dirt roads and actually be able to see the dirt, and to not be shivering ( Read more... )

Last Friday Baby Nicholas hit the six month mark. My husband and I are amazed every day that we are going to have a baby. With each new day and new development, we are awe struck all over again. Today I was sitting on the couch and Nicholas was wiggling around inside like he has been for about the past month. But only recently has he been ( Read more... )

Today has special meaning to me, aside from the obviousness of it being St. Patrick's day. On this day 23 years ago I was first baptized and chrismated. Today is also the anniversary of the birth of my very dear, late paternal grandfather. He has been gone for I believe six years now, yet he was such a profound influence on my childhood that my ( Read more... )