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Ghost Sock

Posted in Bizarre, Family, Funny, Grief, Losing a sibling, My sister, Running, Sad, Surreal, Things I can't stop talking about, Transition, Yikes!, death on September 24, 2008 | 5 Comments »

I was stretching at the gym earlier, and I was a little bit startled to see Tate’s feet. I had her little footie socks on that she always wore, and my brain changed my wide, chunky feet to her delicate, dainty ones–including her little chicken ankles.  I swear, I was wearing my sister’s feet, like [...]

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I Love You; Go Away!

Posted in Anxiety, Complaints, Family, Freaking out, Frustration, Hang ups, Mental health issues, Mother-guilt, Motherhood, OCD, Over-reaction, Sadie, Things I can't stop talking about, Why Sadie will need therapy, Yikes!, homemaking on July 26, 2008 | 7 Comments »

It’s the usual summer stress: convincing Sadie that she DOES NOT need to be occupied every second of the live-long day. She does NOT need a friend over the minute her first friend of the day leaves. Same issue, different state. What is most frustrating to me is that I have created this world for [...]

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Where’s WalMart?

Posted in Anxiety, Arkansas, Complaints, Freaking out, Frustration, Houghton, Moving, NY, Over-reaction, Surreal, This rural life, Yikes! on June 23, 2008 | 18 Comments »

We went to Walmart the other day. Usually this wouldn’t be eventful, or the cause of any emotion except, maybe, exasperation. But this time, I had a teeny panic attack. I knew the magnitude of this move would hit me eventually, but I didn’t expect it to happen at WALMART.
First we drove 27 miles to [...]

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Whirlwind

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 [...]

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Pray!

Posted in Amazing friends, Cleaning, Community, God, House Muse, Motivation, Moving, NY, Providence, Selling the house, Things I can't stop talking about, Yikes!, homemaking on June 2, 2008 | 7 Comments »

Quick update…
Three families are looking at our house today. At least one of the three is so interested they are going to the bank, and may have an offer for us. We leave in 5.4 days. Talk about the 11th hour.
Thanks, dear ones, for praying. Now I must speed to make the house BEAUTIFUL…

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Almost…

Posted in Arkansas, Cleaning, Frustration, House Muse, Motivation, NY, Selling the house, Things I can't stop talking about, Yikes!, homemaking on May 27, 2008 | 8 Comments »

Well, first of all, the Nibblers made an offer on another house. We were next in line if the sellers rejected their offer, but alas, offer accepted. We have now lowered our price and are hoping that will make a difference. We’ll be okay even if we don’t sell before we leave, but life would [...]

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Lighting

Posted in Complaints, Frustration, Hang ups, My opinion, OCD, Over-reaction, Silly, Things I can't stop talking about, Yikes!, coffee on May 13, 2008 | 8 Comments »

Here’s my question: WHO puts fluorescent lights in a coffee shop?? What is up? Lamps, people! Lamps or indirect lighting. First of all, there is a glare on my laptop screen. Second of all, have we NOT heard of ambiance?
I am aware that I have lighting issues. ESPECIALLY if it has to do with fluorescent [...]

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Moving Ramble

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 [...]

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Not the pox!

Posted in Cleaning, Funny, House Muse, Motivation, NY, Procrastination, Sadie, Selling the house, Yikes!, homemaking on April 18, 2008 | 7 Comments »

So we’ve been having open houses and applying for loans and having cleaning frenzies, not to mention just having returned from NY where we put an offer on a house, and NOW is the time that Sadie gets the Chicken Pox?! Not that I’m complaining THAT much…at least she’s getting it over with. Here’s my [...]

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Moving!

Posted in Arkansas, Calling, Community, Contentment, Family, Moving, Yikes!, homemaking on April 5, 2008 | 18 Comments »

Here’s the REAL reason I haven’t been blogging lately: I’ve known since January 31st that there was a possibility that we might be moving to New York State because of a job that Dan was interested in. For three months now, ALL I have been able to think about is moving back to the Northeast. [...]

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