This journal became friends-only awhile back when I realized a few people I didn't know had friended me. I haven't gotten to privatizing all the entries yet, so you'll probably see some around for awhile from about 2005 to 2008. I'm still writing here, but keeping pretty much everything locked. You're welcome to ask me to friend you and I'll most ( Read more... )

1. At the Easter Vigil mass on Saturday night, the Exultant is not anywhere near as moving if, during it, the church's fire alarm starts to go off because of all the heat from the candles ( Read more... )

Ah. The joys of Easter with a four-year-old. There's a lot of death talk going around--Lazarus dies, Jesus dies, etc.--and now Bethany is trying to process it all in that blunt way that four-year-olds do. ( What follows is a LOT of talk about death, dying, and Christian beliefs. Do not read if this will bother you, offend you, or if you're not interested. )

so I took this from den_down_unda who posted it in his journal for the same reason. And here it is. ( behind the cut )

I ran four miles this morning. In the dark. The sun was coming up as I was finishing my hour-long run. Last week, I was running in the light. What had changed? Ah, yes.

Dear Powers that be,

Have I mentioned that you suck?

Love,
Me

From reyvin
( click here )

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it's like I've been eating my way through my week. I'm always starving. We'll see what the scale says tomorrow ( Read more... )

so there's time for a meme. This time, taken from den_down_unda, my other source for pretty nifty memes. ( click here )

The kids are playing. With each other. And I have been reading a magazine and having a cup of coffee. And there is no screaming. And we are listening to "mommy music." And the house is completely straightened. And there is really nothing for me to do around here. So I am writing in my livejournal. Hi. I am happy today. Things are good today. And I ( Read more... )