Susan's Pendulum

This week we watched Christmas with the Kranks . Now, you don't need to tell me that it's not exactly the right season to be watchi...

Julee had mentioned a long time ago about using eggplant slices instead of noodles in lasagna. I tried it a couple of weeks ago, and it wor...

When I saw that the new hymnal had an alternative tune to To Jordan Came the Christ, Our Lord (LSB 407) and May God Bestow on Us His Grace ...

Jenny may consider this to be sick, but I thought the picture was a hoot!

On You Tube, there's a video called ">The Great Global Warming Swindle . Thanks to Lu and Julee for pointing it out. It's ...

A week or so after our dental appointments last fall, the corner of one of my molars broke off while we were attending a homeschool outing. ...

I was interested in Pastor Cwirla's blog post from early last week on "avatars." (Whatever they are! Something to do with i...

Several years back, I discovered that any project that takes four hours is an "all day" project. Now you may have learned in your...

There was discussion about the housing market at the dinner table. Daddy makes a comment that there is no way Mommy & Daddy will ever b...

It amazes me sometimes how such little things can make me so whiny. Ever since the pipes broke at church a few weeks ago, I'm just at t...

I stole this from an email that Anna sent a few months ago, and it makes me thankful for some of the friendships my kids have. (And that I ...

"For since the creation of the world God's invisible attributes are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, ev...

I always thought the first six verses of Psalm 139 were about God's omniscience, and the next six verses were about His omnipresence. B...

We were going to be having turkey-vegetable soup, scalloped corn, and baked squash for dinner today. I had Andrew grinding up heels into br...

I've been stressed out recently. My nice young cook has been helping a great deal with the cooking, as well as trying to be diligent ab...

It was four years ago that my friend Steve was getting ready for his bone marrow transplant. It reminds me of a story he told from his hospi...

I've been having trouble with the bread rising slowly in the cold kitchen. We don't have a pilot light in the oven. Usually I let ...

We really didn't need to get hooked on another tv show. But they started broadcasting right after American Idol to hook us in, and the ...

Last week, we skipped Thursday's Belegarth practice because the weekend was just too jam-packed full. Then Saturday we were cancelled ...

In our continuing homeschool study of the Constitution, yesterday we were working through Amendments 11-15. One is on suffrage. A workbook q...