Posted in Uncategorized on Jul 31st, 2008
If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!I just got home from my second prenatal appointment this pregnancy. Somehow the nurse at the last appointment told me one due date (Jan 5th) and wrote down something else (Jan 14th). Well, as of today’s doctor appointment I’m [...]
Degen is a cat this morning. He’s crawling around meowing to his heart’s content, except when he wants something and he suddenly and temporarily knows English. He only likes milk this morning, no water. He wants me to pat him on the head and let him curl up on my lap. I love having a [...]
Posted in Religion/Church on Jul 29th, 2008
I’ve had requests that I post my infamous talk here, and I’m willing to oblige, but only if you promise not to make me read it aloud! I’m posting the rough draft–as far as I got in actually writing it before I gave it (I’m NOT revising it, nor am I going to read through [...]
Posted in Family Home Evening on Jul 28th, 2008
My Q3 Family Home Evening lesson plan says our topic tonight is “The Commandments.” The idea is to learn about how, even though it’s really hard sometimes to keep the commandments, Heavenly Father gives us commandments to keep us safe and happy. Tonight we’ve invited a family from our ward that has some older kids [...]
Posted in Religion/Church on Jul 27th, 2008
Okay, I did it and it’s over and I’m relieved. I gave my talk in church. I almost decided not to go because I felt really nauseous this morning. But I figured it’d be hard to justify not showing up when my meds prevent me from throwing up, so I knew I’d avoid that eventuality.
Colin [...]
Posted in Cleaning on Jul 24th, 2008
I just don’t want to fold my laundry. It’s all laziness–can’t even use the pregnancy card here because I can certainly fold laundry while I’m tired because I can sit while I do it. I could happily do it if I had someone to sit here and watch me and talk to me while I [...]
Posted in Self Improvement on Jul 23rd, 2008
It’s what I would call “traditional” in our church for new members of the ward to give a talk in Sacrament Meeting soon after they arrive. It doesn’t happen in every ward, and it’s certainly not required as far as I know, but it’s fairly typical–and I’ve lived in a lot of wards, so I’ve [...]
Posted in Kids on Jul 22nd, 2008
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I’ve been really laid back about this potty training thing. I ask Degen if he wants to go potty on the potty chair once a day or so, and when he says no I casually say “okay.” I ask him every couple of days if he wants to wear underpants, and when I [...]
Posted in Family Home Evening on Jul 21st, 2008
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Okay, I found a bunch of ideas for celebrating Pioneer Day for Family Home Evening on Pratt’s Pioneer Resources. Here are some of my favorites for our family of toddlers.
“Put cream in baby food jars and shake, shake, shake, until you get your own homemade butter! When it’s ready, serve on homemade bread.” [...]
Posted in Holidays on Jul 21st, 2008
Late in the day yesterday some cool weather rolled in. It’s overcast and there’s a chill in the air and I love it! I didn’t have to wait for October after all. The change of weather is so refreshing. It’s not quite the catharsis of a thunderstorm, but it feels great just the same. I [...]
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