Posted in Friendship, On Writing on Jul 17th, 2007 No Comments »
I was invited by my friend Julie to attend a writer’s workshop tonight on Bainbridge Island (put on by Field’s End), where I enjoyed a taste of small town quaintness. We packed into a little room in the library – where suspendered old men shuffled noisily about the room as they refilled their coffee cups [...]
Posted in Friendship on May 23rd, 2007 2 Comments »
This weekend Bryan and I participated in a training conference that brought together people we hadn’t seen in years, and I was able to catch up with friends from back in The Day. My weekend was full of deep, rich, fifteen-minute catch-up conversations. What struck me the most was the vivid transformation of so many [...]
Posted in Friendship, Fun Pile on Mar 20th, 2007 1 Comment »
My girlfriend, Sarah, has been coming over on the Monday nights that Bryan is out of town, and we scrapbook together. When Ruthie was a baby I made scrapbook pages throughout her whole first year, and filled a second scrapbook of other family fun stuff. But by the time Thomas came along I was deep [...]
Posted in Food & Drink, Friendship on Jan 30th, 2007 2 Comments »
Posted in Friendship, Travel on Jan 28th, 2007 No Comments »
One of the things I was looking forward to while staying in the San Jose area is seeing a few friends who live here. When Bryan’s contract here began a year ago we knew that one day he would bring us with him on a trip, and the kids and I would have some fun [...]
Posted in Blog Stuff, Friendship on Jan 8th, 2007 2 Comments »
This holiday season I was blessed with a few gifts from blogging friends – gestures that took me completely by surprise, and blessed me in oh so many ways. It is one of the joys I have experienced from writing here at The Pile I’m Standing In – the community of friendships from afar, like [...]
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 Bryan, Friendship, Fun Pile on Dec 12th, 2006 1 Comment »
This was a weekend for celebrating! On Friday night I took Bryan to a local men’s spa for a pedicure and massage as a gift for his birthday. It was a well-deserved respite from the stress of his work and all his efforts to keep our household afloat. He was so relaxed after the experience [...]
Posted in Friendship, Fun Pile, Living In Community on Sep 27th, 2006 4 Comments »
Posted in Friendship, On Writing, Seen, Heard, Said on Sep 16th, 2006 3 Comments »
Dear friends of mine agreed to be interviewed last year by Lauren Sandler for a book she was writing – the just released, Righteous: Dispatches from the Evangelical Youth Movement. The interview was with Ted Dietz, mainly, but following the interview Ted and his wife, Sarah, my best friend of fifteen years, invited Lauren and [...]
Posted in Blog Stuff, Friendship on Sep 14th, 2006 No Comments »
Jen the Doula, one of the gals I had lunch with at Blogher, started blogging again. Her website is beautiful and her writing is amazing. You should check it out!
Posted in Friendship, Getting Things Done, Living In Community on Aug 24th, 2006 8 Comments »
We had so much fun last night – changing diapers in shifts and taking turns as the tickle monster – that it got me thinking about other ways to share the burden of otherwise isolating or mundane tasks, making them a bit more fun. For instance, before Thomas was born I had an ‘errand swap’ [...]
Posted in Friendship, Living In Community, Things, Zoe on Aug 9th, 2006 7 Comments »
Posted in Friendship, Fun Pile on Aug 7th, 2006 2 Comments »
This weekend we had another BBQ and Marshmallow roast with friends. In attendance were six adults and seven children under the age of six. You may see that as chaos, but I had a blast. One of the gals who came is my doctor/workout partner/friend. Her little boy, who is the same age as Ruthie, [...]
Posted in Friendship, Fun Pile, Picture Book on Jul 15th, 2006 No Comments »
Last Spring we bought a new patio set and fire pit for our deck. We opted to go with the ‘converstation’ style set, rather than a typical dining table and chairs because we wanted an outdoor living room feel. I have never regretting our decision, and the more we use the deck space, the more [...]
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