January 29, 2013Dear GE –Please stop building stoves that no one can fix. This is my second GE monogram stove, and after waiting 8 days for a technician to come out and repair it (for which I paid $99.95 for his service trip), I still do not have a functioning stove. I’m assuming the length … Read more
For SH, CJR, LKL, JZ, JD – thank you for being the calm when I freaked out Daughter #1’s teacher and I had a casual conversation this past week, and she said, “Do you remember when you were younger, you had in your mind that if you just reached a certain age, life would be … Read more
For Husband, in love and gratitude, and for the Lord, for His goodness and grace.In about 36 hours, my life is going to dramatically change. Husband, who has spent the vast majority of the past three years traveling for months at a time will finally rest his roots back in our home. The long gaps … Read more
To all the Sunday school teachers I know – your work, sacrifice, and effort is amazing, and blessed by our Father above. To my beautiful Sunday School kids – thank you for your smile every single week. Last week, as I sat in my sweltering Sunday School classroom and tried to get my class of … Read more
There are a variety of battles that parents have to fight with their children on a daily basis. As parents become wiser, we choose our battles (hopefully) more wisely, making the best choices so that our parenting can be effective. It doesn’t make sense to fight every single battle to its fullest and it certainly … Read more
The folks over at Golden Grain Pasta sent me a sample of their new pot-sized pasta and asked me to play around with it to see what I could come up with. The logic behind pot-sized pasta is that we spend time breaking long noodles before cooking so that they cook and they aren’t poking … Read more
20 years ago, if you asked me what I was most proud of, I probably would have said, “I’m great at multi-tasking.” I could handle a full teaching load, cook lunches and dinners for myself and my roomies, get to work on time, home on time, talk on the phone while grading papers, and probably … Read more
The other day, Daughter #1 came home and said, “Hey mom. The school librarian asked me if I was ready for you to be cranky because of the book fair.” I asked, “How did you respond?” #1 replied, “I told her you were always cranky anyways, and that the book fair didn’t make much difference.” … Read more
Remember those good old days, when times were simple, and you were less stressed out? No? Me neither. Because I for as far back as I can remember, which probably isn’t that far back as my brain is kind of falling apart, things in my life have been kind of crazy. Don’t get me wrong … Read more
I’ll start with the appropriate apology. Warrior Fans, mea culpa. I’m sorry. The Warriors lost it in game 7, because I failed. I failed to get off the sofa. I failed to get in the kitchen. I failed the team, the fans, my family because I chose not to make the soup. In my defense, … Read more