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  • Who gives a shirt? Jim is not very happy right now. He was ironing a shirt to wear to work tomorrow, and found a stain on it. He's only worn it once. He then pulled out another shirt to iron, after giving me directio…

  • Phoenix rising from the ashes Wednesday, my hardware died. You can tell it's a hardware problem and not a software problem when the power switch won't work. Computers also make a little noise. When you turn the power…

  • All that for nothing My sister occasionally sends me joke emails. She just recently sent me one that closes with the following riddle: What is greater than God, More evil than the devil, The poor have it, The rich n…

  • Lost mother I'm worried about my mother. She and my siblings took a trip to Las Vegas together, my brother and sister flying, and my mother driving alone. I don't like the idea of people driving cross country alone. …

  • Clarification I think I need to clarify something in yesterday's post. Ben is 6 years old. He is in the first grade. 2 of the 5 blocks he has to walk to school are along a main artery in our neighborhood (4 lane road…

  • Little sneak Ben is so weird. He is definitely not a team player. For the first couple of weeks of school, he distinguished himself to the school staff as the one kid who would not walk into the building and to class …

  • Religious education? Tonight, Sophia and Gordon had their first religious education classes of the year. I decided do more than just drive, so I signed up to help with a class, too (not one that either of my children a…

  • Ikea shock I went to Ikea today, for the first time ever. I knew that they had furniture, and that some of my friends had pieces that they bought there, but I didn't know anything about what Ikea sold. I should have k…

  • Final run We are finally seeing the light at the end of the tunnel. There are probably not more than 6 or seven boxes that still need unpacking, and most of the essential stuff is in place already. The few remaining b…

  • The money pit Some of you may remember the movie, The Money Pit. It starred Tom Hanks, and was about a city couple who buy their dream house in the suburbs. Of course, anything that can go wrong with an older home does…

  • Making a house a home Today I managed to reclaim most of my bedroom floor, and the largest part of the family room. The tv and stereo are set up, so there are only a few books and whatnot to stow down there. My bedr…

  • PSP adventures As I may have mentioned, my husband bought me PSP for our anniversary (in addition to diamond earrings, but I digress). After playing with it a bit, I realized that I did not have any idea how to fully u…

  • Close to home Last Sunday we went to Mass at a nearby Catholic church, with the expectation that it would become our new home church. It is a very large facility, with a school and extensive facilities, and the chapel …

  • Busy days I have been so busy! Yesterday I had to drive down to Virginia Beach to supervise the loading of my personal gods onto a truck, and today, I got to see them removed from the truck into a new house. Tomorrow …

  • Compromise achieved Perhaps some of you are wondering about how Jim and I resolved the slot car table issue. We spoke last night and agreed on this solution - we would keep the slot car table in the place Jim has reser…

  • Something fishy Today I walked past the seafood counter as I always do, looking longingly at the selections, but not ever wanting to pay the exhorbitant prices required for fresh fish. However, today an unfamiliar sigh…

  • The bone of contention My brother loves slot cars. Even as a 40 year old adult, he drives all over the state to go to slot car races and talk shop with other slot car fans. His interest is infectious - You can't be ar…

  • Entrance test (for parents) Although I was able to successfully enroll my other 2 children in school last week, so that they could start school on time, I was still not able to get Gordon enrolled today. I did finally …

  • Digging in Today was the first full day we spent in our new home. We brought the bare minimum with us, just clothes and sleeping bags and couple of other essentials. Since I'm writing this, you can probably guess that…

  • Compromise - a good thing I have been sticking my nose in a lot of decorating magazines and furniture flyers lately. It is my expectation that we will be replacing ALL of our furniture in the next couple of years, as c…

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