Hooray for the House!
Now that the house is done, what will I write about? Like I have any shortage of things to write about: * perfectionism: how it can benefit me, how it can hurt me, and its proper place in my life * I joined the parish Choir, which means I have plenty of musical escapades going [...]
Our Washington Vacation
We had a blast on our vacation. We went to Washington state! The last time I was there was on a highschool orchestra tour. It was nice to explore without a rigid schedule or chaperone. Our agenda was simple: relax. We did just that. We did take in some sights, checked out the local geology, [...]
Road Trip Prep
It’s still a race between what will happen first: finishing our house or going on our vacation. We received some very encouraging news from a neighbor of ours who is a builder about just what we need to have completed to pass the last inspection. It’s a lot less than what we were expecting to [...]
We’re almost done!
I know, I’ve said that about the house for the last two weeks. We are making much progress. Yesterday we managed to get the kitchen and the master suite move-in ready. We’re busy working on installing trim throughout the rest of the house – and that’s it. The basement still needs drywall, but when that’s [...]
Slow recovery and homeschooling
(We’re still not moved in to the new house yet … I think if we had about 5 extra men we could finish the house in 1-2 days, but since it’s just myself, Greg, and his Dad, it’s slow going). The results of my blood work are slowly trickling in. My thyroid is practically a [...]
More than siblings, friends
At my doctor’s office, during the appointment in which we discussed D&C vs. natural miscarriage, what tests to run on me and when to run them. My doctor had emergency surgery and so was late, but the kids occupied themselves by watching the thunderstorm until he arrived. We went to a picnic that was a [...]
Three Little Saints
There was a post I had in Drafts, praying so hard it could see the light of the Internet. It could not. Not long after our miscarriage in May, we were cautiously excited to learn we were expecting again. Immediate bloodwork was done, progesterone was started. The betas were fabulous and I could stop progesterone [...]
Polka dots be (almost) gone!
It appears we’re all done with hand-foot-mouth disease over here. Finally. Greg ended up missing two days of work, and had to forego working on our house the past weekend. He still has a good number of dots on his hands, but at least he has feeling back in them, and the pain is gone. [...]
Brudder’s Polka Dots
Poor Benedict. In addition to getting a bunch of teeth in, he also has some spectacular polka dots on him. At first, I thought “chicken pox!” since we don’t do the chicken pox vaccination. I had images of taping mittens on hands, scratchy babies, but chicken pox nonetheless. Then, I actually Googled chicken pox and [...]
The Feast of St. Benedict
Hooray! It’s the feast of St. Benedict today! Being a Benedictine Oblate and having a Benedictine son, it’s a very happy day today! My personal preference is that we celebrate both St. Benedict’s days – the Death of St. Benedict in March and then his feast day -today – on the revised calendar. In March [...]
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