Susan's Pendulum

One of those church-dinner fundraisers is tonight. Because of a time-conflict with my part-time job, I didn't volunteer to work at the ...

With all the people who live here, a lot of different music gets played and a lot of different noise is made. I'm getting old enough an...

Just wanted to mention that my husband took the dive into blogging this week.

Some people listen to their Walkmans or their iPods when they exercise. Me? I'm weird. Sometimes I drag along my clunky old tape-reco...

Last September, I wrote about a local news item about the fellow who broke into a house in the middle of the night and was headed toward th...

My oldest three kids were insatiably curious. If I wanted them to read a book, all I had to do was bring it home from the library or leave ...

Our state government had a slip-up in the past few weeks. They accidentally made public some information that had names and addresses, with...

Elizabeth had a great post about the importance of vocational tech school, and thoughts about what kind of education/training might be good...

Gas down in Rockford this morning was still over $2 when we went to church, but on our way home we saw a gas station in Wisconsin with $1.98...

Normally, public officials must take an oath of office in which they swear to uphold the Constitution. That's changing in Wisconsin, th...

Yesterday, I was remembering a discussion with my father-confessor and his father-confessor, regarding one of "grandpa-confessor's...

I saw this on Melynda 's blog, and it just looked like fun!! ... even if it did pick "discombobulated" for me. LOL! My Pe...

I recently received my order from an herb wholesaler. With the price I was paying at the grocery store, I figured two packets of spices and...

Another one of my frequently used recipes came from Jennifer T. It too fulfills all five requirements for being an ideal recipe . If you...

Children were ecstatic when they went to bed last night, anticipating the snowfall they'd find in the morning. Our last snow was Decemb...

Probably every Catholic, Lutheran, and Calvinist homeschooler has had the experience of being told that he isn't really saved. Many of ...

My husband was interested in doing further study at the seminary. However, it costs a lot, and we don't have the money. It would take ...

A couple of months ago, I declared Polly's recipe one of the ideal ones. 1) It is quick and easy to make. 2) It is inexpensive. 3) It ...

Thursday night we watched Something the Lord Made , a 2004 HBO movie. For anyone who's asked about what's wrong with Maggie's h...

Within the "confessional camp" in our synod, there seem to be two viewpoints on what sanctification is and how it's accomplish...