Posted in Community, Contentment, God, Grace, Houghton, Moving, Providence, The outdoors, Well-being, Wonder on June 17, 2008 | 7 Comments »
A few pictures of our journey so far:
(when we finally found the camera!)
I love our new house. I call it The Treehouse. My favorite thing to do is sit out on the back deck. I am decompressing here. I can’t believe how peaceful, how rested, I feel. Of course it’s maddening to have all of [...]
Posted in Arkansas, Family, Moving, NY, Sadie, Selling the house, Surreal, Things I can't stop talking about, Yikes! on June 9, 2008 | 12 Comments »
So tired. Can’t speak in complete sentences. Will give highlights:
Thurs. 6/6: Three big burly women packers fly through house. Saw one smurf tattoo. Loud: tape ripping, paper crinkling, markers squeaking. Signed a contract to sell our house. Will close Lord willing on June 30th.
Fri. 6/6: Movers arrive. Father/son/cousin team. Heard angry, loud, scary shouting–dad and [...]
Posted in Arkansas, Cleaning, Funny, God, House Muse, Motivation, Moving, Procrastination, Providence, Sadie, Selling the house, Things I can't stop talking about, homemaking on May 20, 2008 | 2 Comments »
So we had the Big Open House on Sunday. Here is the number of people who came to see the house: ZERO. Even with the balloons and the ad in the newspaper and the big sign at the end of our street. BUT, all is not lost. I didn’t clean the closet doors with a [...]
Posted in Anxiety, Family, Frustration, Hang ups, Mental health issues, Mother-guilt, Motherhood, OCD, Sadie, Things I can't stop talking about, Uncategorized on May 10, 2008 | 10 Comments »
So I was talking to my good friend Charlie today about mommy-guilt. She was saying that it comes with every baby. Well I feel plagued with it right now. I mean, simply PLAGUED! I have to keep telling myself that I do not have to be my child’s sister. You know, the one I haven’t [...]
Posted in Amazing friends, Arkansas, Calling, Community, Contentment, God, Grace, Learning, Moving, NY, Ponderings, Sad, Sadie, Selling the house, Yikes!, coffee on May 6, 2008 | 6 Comments »
So it’s just the oddest thing. The way God changes things. I have this vivid memory of sitting in Dan’s office at Houghton in 1997, digging up anything I could find about Siloam Springs, the town we would be soon moving to. I couldn’t surf the web at home, all we could access there was [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on April 22, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Posted in God, Grace, Learning, Ponderings, Well-being, Wonder on April 21, 2008 | 13 Comments »
*Title change: I realized after a thoughtful comment from Marcy that my first title wasn’t quite accurate. So I changed it. Formally, it was “You Get What You Get and You Don’t Thow a Fit.” I think this one is more fitting to the post.
I went to Houghton, NY last weekend REALLY wishing to buy [...]
Posted in Self-image, Yikes! on February 26, 2008 | 3 Comments »
So someone found my blog by searching for this phrase: “pictures of naked women with flabby skin.”
I’m hoping it was a woman who was dealing with body image issues and wanted to see that she was not alone. And that the bodies God gave us are beautiful, flabby or not.
I’m hoping it was not a [...]
Posted in Anxiety, Frustration, Funny, Mental health issues, Motherhood, OCD, Sad, Sadie, Silly, Uncategorized on February 21, 2008 | 7 Comments »
I have officially morphed into That Insane Mom. Sadie lost her little lovie, Rosie, the other day. It’s her sweet little white bunny that she takes EVERYWHERE with her. I thought maybe we left it at the Dr’s office. So I called the front desk and told the lady that I had an EMERGENCY. [...]
Posted in Community, God, Grace, Learning, Motherhood, Ponderings, Sadie, Theology, Uncategorized on February 13, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Yesterday I bought Sadie Bratz sneakers.
I told myself long ago I would not pay money for any Bratz products. Sadie has known since she was conscious that I didn’t like Bratz dolls. We’ve had many a discussion about why this is: they are too grown up, they wear too much make-up, and they look like [...]
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