Posted in Learning, Comfort & Control on Apr 13th, 2008 1 Comment »
Arrogant know-it-alls stir up discord, but wise men and women listen to each other’s counsel (Proverbs 13:10).
I came across this verse one morning in The Message Bible, and read it out loud to Bryan. I’ve come across a lot of arrogant know-it-alls in my life, and had one in particular I was thinking about […]
Posted in Learning, Gordon Lee Pearson, Comfort & Control on Feb 28th, 2008 7 Comments »
My Grandma - my mom’s mom - died on or around Valentine’s Day a few years ago. She was a sturdy, healthy woman, who simply grew too old for her body to carry her. She died peacefully in her own bed, with Gordy by her side.
My mom was getting her hair done at the time, […]
Posted in Getting Things Done, Learning, Picture Book, Comfort & Control on Feb 10th, 2008 4 Comments »
We don’t have an entryway.
I have dozens of pictures clipped from magazines of large, high-ceiling-ed entryways with sweeping staircases and homey benches. I have pictures of back door mud rooms with cute storage lockers or cubbies sectioned off for each child. I have pictures of old wardrobes converted to coat closets, of closet system […]
Posted in Learning, Comfort & Control on Dec 6th, 2007 No Comments »
It’s been a rough week at the Zughaus. The kids were puking, and I wasn’t getting any sleep. I had to make another trip to the ER with Thomas to rehydrate him, almost had to make a second trip, and throughout it all Bryan had to work until nine or ten at night. […]
Posted in Everyday, Learning on Oct 24th, 2007 1 Comment »
I went to the gym yesterday, then after dinner the kids and I walked to the library and the cupcake shop. By the time I got everyone settled into bed I was too exhausted to clean the kitchen, and my shin splints hurt too much to stand up anyway. So for the first time in […]
Posted in Learning, Comfort & Control on Oct 22nd, 2007 1 Comment »
Argh! One day of wearing really crappy shoes last week got me shin splints, and I’m mad. I thought resting for four days over the weekend would heal them, but I was still feeling pain this morning when I woke up. So instead of running, I lumbered along on the Monotonous Machine of […]
Posted in Friendship, Learning, Living In Community, Video on Sep 11th, 2007 1 Comment »
When Ruthie was just two months old, Bryan and I coordinated a babysitting co-op with friends. Every other week we would go on a date and have free babysitting, and on the opposite weeks it would be our turn to babysit. Various families have been a part of this co-op in the past, but […]
Posted in Learning, Comfort & Control on Aug 29th, 2007 1 Comment »
Why I ever thought it was a good idea to quit working out I will never know. Running (on the elliptical or otherwise) has always been a cathartic, meditative experience for me. In that space of breathing and following a rhythm I am more focused than at any other time, except maybe during the […]
Posted in Learning on May 16th, 2007 2 Comments »
Something has clicked in me.
Jen Zug has entered a new era of motherhood, one in which she is relatively nice to her children, gets things done, goes to bed at 10:30, and takes hardly ANY time to write, though she is infinitely inspired.
Must be the sun. Or all that excessive drinking I’ve been doing.
But […]
Posted in Learning on May 11th, 2007 2 Comments »
Lest you get the idea from recent posts about being happy and setting priorities that my circumstances have changed to make my life better and more manageable (read: enjoyable), let me assure you they have not. I still feel like a selfish, raging, bitch most of the time. But I have been allowing […]
Posted in Until Death Do Us Part (and to the Death it will be), Learning, Rage Against The Pile on Apr 24th, 2007 3 Comments »
I have flown in a lot of airplanes in my life as my family has always been scattered around the country, and this particular instruction regarding the oxygen masks always confused me. For some reason I always thought it made more sense to help the person next to you first. Aside from the fact […]
Posted in Learning on Apr 20th, 2007 1 Comment »
Alaska Air has this really cool feature where you can track the status of a flight. By typing in Bryan’s flight number I can see that his plane is now at 32,000 feet and directly over the central part of western Oregon, and that he should be walking through this door by 11pm.
Bryan left […]
Posted in Learning, Picture Book on Apr 17th, 2007 1 Comment »
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Last week the kids and I drove nearly […]
Posted in Learning, Soundrack on Apr 15th, 2007 1 Comment »
I am on FIRE with love and joy this afternoon. I made music mix that inspired me to teach Ruthie ‘the running man’ dance and the party just hasn’t stopped for me, even though they are sleeping. I’m actually CLEANING on a Sunday afternoon because I am so motivated by this music.
Getting to and […]
Posted in Learning on Apr 6th, 2007 2 Comments »
I appreciate the comments and emails I have received regarding this post about a stressful situation that is happening offline, and I definitely appreciate your prayers. It has been a difficult couple of months, and most of the writing I have done on the issue has remained on my own hard drive simply because […]