family

enough already

Posted by on Mar 15, 2012 in family | 1 comment

So.done.with.this.day. The whining. The fighting. The mean words. The frustration in my heart when I think of being in bed for who knows how many more weeks. The garbage in my yard. The bossiness of my children. The eye-rolling. Bedtime cannot come soon enough.

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update on the ol’ pelvis

Posted by on Mar 8, 2012 in family, the hip | 13 comments

Well. Hmmmm. What can I say to give you an update on how I am doing? The Good: The number of meals, cards, treats, messages, hugs, rides, smiles, and cleanings has been soul-filling, body-sustaining, and hope-building. This world is chock-full of good people who help and serve and love and sacrifice to bring joy to those around them. I am amazed at what my family and friends have done to help me. Last week Jen taught my iFamily classes, drove me to gym and along with her daughter, helped teach...

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Ron Paul Speech

Posted by on Mar 6, 2012 in family | 2 comments

I love Ron Paul and his commitment to liberty, constitutional principles, forms of government that grow prosperity, and speaking truth. Last night he spoke in our area to a crowd of 1600 people and his entire speech is available here. I was a good girl and stayed home, but Richard, Blythe, and Keziah attended. Our dear friend, Bob, introduced Ron, and many of our other friends have worked tirelessly to make this event a reality. I was so, so sad to miss it, but decided that the way I can make...

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blow me away

Posted by on Feb 23, 2012 in family | 3 comments

blow me away

We were nearly blown away yesterday. I heard the gusts were about 75 mph. Doors were blown open, we could hardly hear anything in my Worldviews class, and several times as I was going in and out of iFamily I wondered if I might just fly away. I really wondered if little Annesley without any fat rolls on her might get away from us. Fortunately, we all stayed on earth and only lost our good looks as our hair was blown all over the place. Unfortunately, though, for our yard, we lost several trees....

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the symphony

Posted by on Feb 19, 2012 in art & music, family, homeschooling | 1 comment

I have several friends in the Symphony and sometimes I am able to get cheap tickets to their performances. On a spur of the moment decision, I decided to get some $5 tickets and plan a triple date with my friends…can’t beat a $10 date, right? One friend decided they couldn’t go, then the other friend’s husband hurt his back and so they couldn’t come, so just few hours before the concert I was stuck with six tickets. I decided to try to sell them on Facebook. That...

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breakfast in bed

Posted by on Feb 14, 2012 in family | Comments Off

breakfast in bed

This is what I woke up to this morning. What a guy!   He always has some wonderful trick up his sleeve to let the rest of us know how much he loves us. I should be more like him, as I haven’t given Valentine’s Day any thought and now I have only today to create something special for...

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first run

Posted by on Feb 7, 2012 in children, family, running, the hip | 2 comments

We did it. We ran for the first time. Well…not her first time, but my first time in a very long time. Our training schedule for this week is one minute running, two minutes walking, then repeat ten times. I did it. Every single second. I felt like I finished strong. BUT I CAN’T IMAGINE RUNNING FOR LONGER THAN ONE MINUTE AT A TIME. Afterwards, we went to DI (local thrift store) to look for some running clothes for her since the bulk of her sports clothes are cotton and cotton is not...

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the beginning…

Posted by on Feb 7, 2012 in children, family | 2 comments

the beginning…

I have always hated running. I get absolutely no pleasure from running. I have never had a runner’s high or caught my second wind and I have had plenty of chances to do so. My dad was a runner and we entered races all the time, which I invariably won because I am fast and strong and competitive to the max, but I didn’t love it. I loved winning, but not running. I ran track in high school (mostly because it was a way to go on trips every weekend and get out of school on Fridays) and...

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what a week!

Posted by on Feb 5, 2012 in family | 13 comments

Play week. It is a week of great performances, loads of fun, seeing our youth shine, and seeing many, many friends and families at performances. It is also a week of little sleep, food eaten on the run, crazy concession sales, cleaning the play venue again and again and again, helping the actors/actresses do their best, and lots of driving back and forth. This play week was also full of 20+ children in my home, friends and family coming to visit, house projects, my normal iFamily and Gymnastics...

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oooooohhhhhh, such insights!

Posted by on Jan 7, 2012 in books, family | 3 comments

I love family read-aloud time. I love reading high-quality literature with my family and having discussions about what we read. We started The Last Battle a few days ago and though we have read it before, we have never read it as the people we are right now. Each time we read a classic, we are reading a new book because we are new people…and a new family…with new thoughts in our minds and dreams in our hearts. We are facing new challenges and so we see new things in the book. It is...

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