Jan 02 2010
We had a lovely New Year’s Day. It mostly involved lazing about, though we did have a short burst of productivity to take the Christmas tree down. Most years I can’t wait for things to get back to normal after the holidays. The Christmas tree comes down as quickly as humanly possible; I start doing [...]
Dec 31 2009
It is so interesting to me to have these two back to back days, New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day, that inspire in me to think in two such completely opposite ways. Today feels like a day to look back over the year that was 2009. Though I usually find it much more difficult to look backwards [...]
Dec 22 2009
It seemed to David that he heard voices singing in the wind among the olive trees, as though the trees themselves were singing, voices that sang not to the ear but to the soul. ‘He shall feed His flock like a shepherd: He shall gather the lambs with His arm, and carry them.’
I am reading [...]
Dec 21 2009
Alice asks me at least three times a day how many days until Christmas. I’m not sure if it’s a memory thing (Calvin would attribute it to the brick that the neighbor kid threw at her head when she was 2) or just wanting confirmation that I wasn’t just tricking her the first time I [...]
Dec 19 2009
Ooh, six more days!
Tonight we went to get our tree. I can never get my tree before school gets out, so we always head out the Saturday after school gets out and get it. This usually means that we get a GREAT deal, and this year was no different. We went to a small locally-owned [...]
Dec 17 2009
Today I gave the girls I’m working with a block test. it was challenging, but they did an amazing job. I was quite curious to watch what happened when I gave them their tests back. It seems that having such a small class, the scrutiny that a student feels when being compared to his or [...]
Oct 31 2009
Well today is the day and I have officially done nothing to prepare. There’s no candy in the house. The kids’ dad got their costumes and they’ll be out with him tonight. This will be my first Halloween since having children that I can do whatever I want. I may actually stay home and give [...]
