Someone Wrote a Book About Me…

A new book came to my attention this morning: Introverts in the Church: Finding Our Place in an Extroverted Culture by Adam S. McHugh. I cannot get my hands on this book fast enough! (Read the first chapter here.)
There is no question that there is an “I” in my personality profile. Our culture places higher [...]

The Kid-Telephone Connection

Why is it that, as soon as the phone rings, I have two youngsters who either have a life-or-death crisis (in their estimation) or who are trying to kill each other? Even if I proactively tell them that I need to make a phone call, someone will inevitably forget and start playing the piano.
I was [...]

Ghost Spider and Fleeing Woman

Evan introduced me to his newest Lego creation this morning at breakfast. It is called the “Ghost Spider”. He was showing me all of its features.
He must very carefully observe how things go at our house because, as he set a Lego person next to the Ghost Spider on the counter, he said, “Look! It [...]

Funny Conversations: Wrong State

We were running errands and had limited time to make it to an appointment, so I figured fast food was the best option.
Mom: What do you want to get for lunch?
K-Girl: Arby’s!
E-Boy: No! Connecticut Fried Chicken!

Bedtime Questions (Updated)

It’s as if they conspire together to avoid the inevitable “lights out”: one wants a drink of water, one needs a Motrin, one’s too hot, one wants a story, one wants to inquire about tomorrow’s weather…and I have one child (I’ll let you guess which) who comes up with some really random questions when I’m [...]

No Swearing in the House

At breakfast on Sunday, we were discussing the difference between real laws and “Mama’s laws” (I objected to how this was stated, because my laws are real).
So Tim asked Evan to recite one of Mama’s laws.
He thought for a moment. “You may not swear in the house, unless you’re a parent.” Then he started giggling.
Tim [...]

Status Update

Lisa is…
Sending Evan to soccer camp every day this week. Kendall decided not to play anymore, so I don’t have the week to myself. She and I are spending the week making a Herculean effort to finish her fifth grade schoolwork.
Planning a vacation. We’ll be enjoying the Oregon Shakespeare Festival in Ashland again, seeing The [...]

Gift Coupons

Last year for Mother’s Day, the kids chose a card for me that had a sheet of coupons in it. They were for funny stuff, like “five animal noises” or “one joke” or “one bear hug”. I tacked the sheet to my bulletin board in my office and have never redeemed them.
Apparently, the fact that [...]

The Big 4-0

Yep, it’s today.
::sigh::
Some notes from this notable birthday:

I woke up this morning to find that my daughter had sent me a birthday email—from her computer upstairs. I found that humorous.

We went out for dinner last night at McCormick’s Fish House. It was the day before my birthday, but when you get to be my age, [...]

Wondering…

…why laundry loses momentum and that last load never seems to make it out of the dryer until people start missing specific items of clothing.
…how scientists who test the effects of B vitamins on mice with dementia could possibly know that the mice have dementia. Really. I’m puzzled.
…where scientists find mice with dementia for their [...]