Posted in Family, Travel on Dec 24th, 2007 No Comments »
Somehow I’ve managed to maintain my current weight this week even though every flat surface in this house is covered with something sugared or baked. I mean, for cryin’ out loud! I nibble a little here, and I nibble a little there, but for the most part I have avoided a full throttle gorge. Today, [...]
Posted in Family on Dec 7th, 2007 No Comments »
This is Rodica. She’s an eighteen-year-old girl from Moldova (it borders Romania – I had to look it up) that my brother-in-law, Dave, met on one of his many trips to Moldova/Romania. He makes several trips a year there through a missions organization, and often takes groups of kids there from the college he works [...]
Posted in Family, Travel on Nov 26th, 2007 4 Comments »
I am back from the land of Maxwell House coffee. My sister actually told the couple who served us the rehearsal dinner, “Could you please make the coffee a little more like coffee house coffee, and a little less like church coffee?” I appreciated her effort, because strong Maxwell House coffee is much better tasting. [...]
Posted in Family, Fun Pile on Jul 5th, 2007 No Comments »
On the 4th we drove North to Bellingham where my dad has a condo on Lake Whatcom. The weather was beautiful, the kids were great, and the food was yummy. And there was plenty of laziness going around for everyone to enjoy. That night I drove home, and around 10pm we were on the stretch [...]
Posted in Family, Things on Jun 16th, 2007 No Comments »
I love to watch Conan O’Brien, so when I visit family in the Midwest I love to watch him consequence-free because prime time television programing begins one hour earlier there than here in Seattle. As my mom channel surfed one night, she happened to land on NBC just as his show was beginning, and I [...]
Posted in Family, Travel on Jun 13th, 2007 3 Comments »
On the North side of the property is the obligatory patch of trees to block the frigid winter winds, on the South side of the house stand three grand trees to shade the house from the summer sun, and all around the perimeter was a cut-lawn path of grass where my sister and her dogs [...]
Posted in Family, Travel on Jun 10th, 2007 2 Comments »
I survived a three hour flight to Minnesota with the kids Friday night despite the fact that our Northwest Airlines flight was delayed TWO HOURS. Never did I think a flight would be delayed TWO HOURS – twenty minutes, maybe, but TWO HOURS did not cross my mind – so the kids and I were [...]
Posted in Family, Picture Book, Ruthie on Mar 18th, 2007 5 Comments »
Posted in Bryan, Family, Friendship on Dec 26th, 2006 1 Comment »
We had a great Christmas Eve with my family, and a relaxing Christmas Day at home. It was fun to see the kids really getting into it this year, and I love to see them connecting with their grandparents. I think the highlight of the weekend was when we ‘called’ Bryan’s mom on the new [...]
Posted in Family, On Writing on Oct 7th, 2006 2 Comments »
Tonight I followed a trail of links to an article on writersdigest.com titled, Spilling Secrets, and it articulated the dance I do whenever I think about the book I REALLY want to write. Even writing this post makes me nervous. I’ve written and rewritten three paragraphs already, trying to address this subject in the least [...]
Posted in Depression, Family on Sep 18th, 2006 1 Comment »
I tried writing this weekend, but I just couldn’t make it happen. I stared for quite awhile at my empty computer screen, but nothing was coming to me. I even tried to think of something to write that I wouldn’t necessarily post on my blog, but still… nothing. With Fall in the air I’ve entered [...]
Posted in Family, Fun Pile on Sep 6th, 2006 4 Comments »
I love my dad’s condo on Lake Whatcom, and I suppose even in the absence of wildlife, his lake home is just as relaxing at the cabins of my memory. It’s a beautiful home, and will be a fun place for the family to gather. I loved the lapping of the water against the retaining [...]
Posted in Family, Getting Things Done on May 3rd, 2006 1 Comment »
I just went outside to turn on the drip watering system my dad helped installed in my garden yesterday. It was our first home project together. Ever. And it was strangely comforting and normalizing to have my father helping me with a home project. It was all his idea, too. He mentioned the equipment he [...]
Posted in Family, Ruthie, Things on Apr 19th, 2006 1 Comment »
I was surfing YouTube last night and came across this video – a very serious matter. I implore everyone who reads this, to watch and find some way to contribute to this worthy cause. Won’t you please help us save the rock? Also, I caught my fair share of baseball this last weekend, and I [...]
Posted in Family, Gordon Lee Pearson, Learning on Apr 18th, 2006 2 Comments »
“What you did in Jesus’ resurrection proves that you can do absolutely anything.” – Pastor Leith Anderson in prayer, Wooddale Church, Easter morning 2006. I hadn’t spent much time preparing for Easter this year in a spiritual sense. I was traveling, visiting family, the weather was warm and sunny, and there were many fun activities [...]
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