(And their associated distraction value on a scale of 0-10, 0 being no distraction value at all, and 10 meaning I forget I’m even exercising)
1. Read Redbook (3)
2. Watched The Princess Diaries (4)
3. Read my Bloglines (7)
4. Reviewed punctuation rules with a child (4)
5. Listened to a child read (3)
6. Played Phase 10 with [...]
Archive for February, 2007
Things I’ve done in the last week while tread-milling
Posted in Family, Healthy Living on February 28, 2007 | 16 Comments »
Review: The Mommy Manual
Posted in Books, Reviews on February 28, 2007 | 13 Comments »
The week of standardized testing is always a little crazy around our house. First I have to round up babysitters for everyone under 8 or so, then we have to actually manage to get out of the house by 8 AM. For THREE days in a row! This highly unusual event takes Herculean effort, [...]
Picture-takin’ fool
Posted in Family on February 26, 2007 | 12 Comments »
I snapped about a gazillion pictures of my day today in preparation for the MY DAY event on Friday. I’m hoping a bunch of you will play along and share a day in your life this week. Remember, you don’t have to take lots of pictures if you don’t want [...]
Dear Me in 1983
Posted in Family on February 25, 2007 | 57 Comments »
Dear Me in 1983,
I am writing you now because I know this is a hard time in your life. You’re a junior in high school. You moved last year, and in loneliness you jumped into a relationship with a boy who wasn’t good for you. Now after months of your [...]
Adopting from Ethiopia and blogging all about it
Posted in Family on February 25, 2007 | 5 Comments »
Due in part to celebrity adoptions, interest in Ethiopian adoption is booming. Also proliferating are blogs by Ethiopian-adoptive parents. Journalist Andrew Heaven shares some of the best in the blogosphere.
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(Just trying out this Digg thing. Go Digg it for me if you’re so inspired, OK? And isn’t it too [...]
Sunday
Posted in Faith on February 25, 2007 | 3 Comments »
No Bragging Rights | Psalm 24:1
Get those cameras ready!
Posted in Family, Window On The World on February 24, 2007 | 9 Comments »
Remember the other day when I told you something was happening on March 2nd? Well, here’s the scoop! This week and next week the Larger Families bloggers are sharing a typical day in their lives. Friday, March 2nd will be my turn to share my day, and I’m hoping [...]
The Well-Outfitted Snowman
Posted in Family on February 23, 2007 | 12 Comments »
Children standing happily in front of Mr. Snowman
But the toddler sees something vaguely troubling about this snowman.
Could it be the machine gun Mr. Snowman is wielding?
The perp skulks off. (It’s always the mild-mannered ones who surprise you.)
Laundry Envy
Posted in Family on February 22, 2007 | 39 Comments »
I’ve always been relaxed about laundry, and fairly happy with the results we get for the effort we expend. I know things don’t come out perfectly white, but hey, no one is dying, and we all look reasonably presentable the majority of the time.
My serenity was seriously shaken the other day.
I got a [...]
Not for breakfast reading
Posted in Window On The World on February 22, 2007 | 2 Comments »
A wonderful example of why I subscribe to Planet Nomad.
Traveling with a Mauritanian meant we stopped for tea, and for lunch, and all in all, it was dark by the time we got to Kiffa, where we needed to turn north off the paved road to find his village. “It’s a very poor [...]
Mary Ostyn
