The other night Charlie and I were watching Design Star on the HGTV. Which we normally view between The Ultimate Fighter and What Not to Wear. Except during football season. (Our viewing choices, they are schizophrenic.) At the end of this episode of Design Star, the network aired a commercial for a new show. At [...]

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With the kids home from school, I’ve been questioning my parenting even more than usual. It got me pondering, and I started to write something new. But then I remembered and reread this post from May of last year. And I decided it said most of what I was feeling AND offered me some encouragement. [...]

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What is it about the spiritual disciplines that I so strongly resist? I’ve been a Christ-follower for over 30 years. I know how much I benefit from keeping a regular appointment with God. It’s the only reason I get up at 5:30 a.m. every school day — ostensibly to give me time alone to pray, [...]

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We Interrupt this Post with an Important Announcement: I wrote 1698 freakin words of my very first novel for the first day of NaNoWriMo!!!! That is all. Please resume reading. This here is a repost, since today I’m traveling to New York City. Every time I say that in my head, it sounds like the cowboys [...]

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I hope you can forgive the absence of an original post today. I just finished six uninterrupted hours of data entry. Which reminded me of exactly how much I despise data entry. This afternoon, it seems like a good time to bring back one of my favorite posts from this blog’s early days. NOTE: You [...]

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So what have I learned this week? Besides that I’m a twoet and didn’t know it? (BWAHAHAH! Get it?!!!) No, seriously. What I learned this week is… That I have a dysfunctional relationship with guilt. How did I learn this? By spending an entire peaceful day in an empty house yesterday, while our wonderful teenage [...]

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TO DO LIST FOR THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 2009 DAY: Go to kids’ school for “Hat Party” where kids get honored for all the reading they’ve done in a month. Wonder how I’d feel about wearing a paper-thin plastic “construction” hat with reading stickers on it if I was 11. Rejoice that I will never again [...]

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I’m watching local news. They pre-empted Oprah, which didn’t bother me cuz I don’t usually watch her. In fact, I don’t really watch any TV during the day. So why am I tuning in at 4 pm on a weekday? Two words: Tornado Watch. Yep, I’m a weather wuss. I blame it on California. Since [...]

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I don’t know why others blog, but for me, it’s a chance to dump out all the clutter in my brain, swirl it around, and finally find the fantastic idea that I put in there a few days ago. It’s kinda like cleaning out my purse, only in search of memories instead of mints. And [...]

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