Susan's Pendulum

Call the cops. Have them come arrest me. My family is SO abused. Do you know what my poor miserable husband endured this week? He didn'...

Short movie that we managed to make time for last time, partially by turning it on during supper. Brian's Song is a movie I saw when i...

My husband tells me there's an interesting discussion going on over on Pr Petersen's blog . I'd love to go look, but laundry an...

There's a difference of opinion within our synod about whether the "third use of the law" needs to be specifically and pointed...

Bummers! Chris left tonight! My plan was for Sanjayah, Haley, Chris R, or Phil to leave soon. I didn't care which order, but it was ok...

The organist wasn't at church on Sunday. So tonight she was asking Pastor how it went: if there had been a substitute or if we'd su...

We spent the day at the Cleft Palate Clinic. We saw an x-ray video of Maggie speaking, and we saw the aerial view of the top of the back of...

The doctor needs me to go to the hospital for some tests. She couldn't get me in to the local hospital today. But tomorrow I have to b...

Mom: Maggie, you didn't finish your apple. You ate less than half of it. Get back in here and eat the whole thing so it's not wast...

On those few warm days we had a couple of weeks ago, I noticed that the centipedes had gotten really bad in the basement again. But then we...

Having always been a stay-at-home mom, even when I had part-time jobs here and there, I never experienced the difference it makes in a pers...

Seen at the Imperfect Homeschooler 's blog: The other day, someone at a store in our town read that a Methamphetamine lab had been found...

The catechism says: That person is truly worthy and well-prepared [to receive the Lord's Supper] who has faith in these words, "Giv...

As part of the anti-war protests on Monday, a group of youths vandalized an Army recruiting office in Milwaukee. (There's also informa...

A friend mentioned Homeschool Math Blog which I checked out. It looks like it's got some good advice, some helpful teaching hints, and...

Looking for something as exciting as Benedryl and jogging shoes today, we were in Shopko, Walmart, and Kohls. Oh my goodness.... It seems ...

When the psalm chart came out in Lutheran Service Book (page 304), I tried using it for a few months. However, I found myself missing going...

I am quite fully aware that my 12-yr-old with VCFS learns differently than most kids. Unlike my older children, this is not necessarily a g...

Because there's no church choir here, I have LOVED being in choir at the three Higher Things conferences I've attended as a chapero...

I had heard long ago that you were supposed to cut one end off the onion first, but I could never remember which end it was supposed to be. ...