I got this book from the library about 2 weeks ago, because I have finally decided that I need to stop knowing almost nothing about economics.  And, there was a great little article in World Mag a few issues ago about books to read to understand the housing bust and banking bailout, and what led up to it.  So, with that impetus, I went looking for ( Read more... )

Whenever summer rolls around, with it's abundance of fruit, I always have grand, ethereal schemes to pick tons of said fruit, and turn it into enough jam to last me all year (and give as gifts).  Of course, most of the time, said grand schemes turn into eaten fruit, rotted fruit (which I DID pick, but then never did anything with, except eventually ( Read more... )

I managed to sell my old Nikon d50 on ebay a few weeks ago, and now that the window for returning it has lapsed, I can spend the extra money I earned (over the cost of my new Nikon d90). Well, I probably shouldn't say "spend", since it's already spent.  I got 2 backup batteries, and a new 8 GB SD card (which means VERY long movies now.... only, ( Read more... )

...and today was the first time I saw a live mole above ground, just toddling around and minding his own business.  I don't ever remember seeing a mole doing anything before, except maybe on a tv special about wildlife, or dead on our welcome mat (cats like to give presents to beloved owners).

William was very excited.  These days he's meeting many ( Read more... )

William sits down in front of the door right before Rainey is due to leave to go study...

Rainey - "Hey Bud, are you blocking the door? Are you trying to keep me from leaving?"
William - "uh Gagahgahg buh buh DADADADA!"
Rainey - "I'll push you out of the way... I can take you."
Me - "But he's cuter."
Rainey - "Not by much....."

Today at Walmart I saw a (college age?) girl walk up to the checkout line with a gallon of milk and box of cheez-its. My first thought was "That's my kind of girl."

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I also saw a lady wearing a knit/lace type shawl/wrap I'd never seen before.  She was looking at the biscuits.  So I stood next to her and pretended to look at the biscuits too so ( Read more... )

Walgreens is having some really good sales this week - just fyi.  They have a lot of free items (after Register Rewards), which doesn't happen every week. So, I think this might be my best run yet.


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Yesterday morning, as I was driving to bible study, I discovered that the Christian Music Industry's shunning of Amy Grant has apparently been lifted. This may have happened a while ago, but it was news to me.  I was rather shocked to find her prominently featured in a three minute "Intentional Living Moment" talking about her faith and her parent' ( Read more... )

Today is William's birthday!!!  My firstborn is 1 year old today.  Last year at this time I was probably just getting back to my hospital room after having a c-section, and perhaps just getting feeling back in the lower half of my body. Also trying to learn how to nurse, which is harder than you'd think.  Probably because one of the people involved ( Read more... )

In which we have a Birth-mas party, which was meant to be 2/3 Christmas party and 1/3 William's birthday party (but Christ-party just sounded weird, and looked too much like I was referring to part of the Trinity), and was tons of fun.

And William got a chocolate cupcake with icing for his birthday.  Which only took about 1 minute to eat.  And then ( Read more... )