Susan's Pendulum

Tell him "thank you." Pray for him. And listen when he talks. A living wage is nice. Sharing produce from your garden or meat f...

Oh dear. I have a problem. We ate leftovers and fruit and sandwiches about 2:30 when Paul got off work. I had no clue what we'd be do...

We started reading another Freddy book recently. (Reading aloud good children's literature is one of my best defenses against depressi...

Andrew and I briefly tooled around the neighborhood -- not taking out any mailboxes -- yesterday afternoon. Today while the clothes were at...

With moving there has been so much need to spend time sitting at the computer, reading. And that seems to draw a person away from Real Life...

Somebody brought a picture to Bible class this morning. Before prayers, it was passed around with the "explanation" that it was ...

Although I am not happy with the level of socialism promised to us at the 2004 Republican Convention (and too much of which has been enacted...

Paul starts a job tomorrow at Noodles & Co. Andrew got his permit this afternoon and is ready to try driving around the block.

Between using our soil to grow ethanol and drought/war conditions in parts of the world, the price of food is going up. (Oh! You may have ...

Andrew reported on his drivers ed class: the kids are supposed to remind their instructor, when they first go out driving, that he is suppos...

When we bought the house, we were given the option of buying insurance that would be essentially a home warranty. Because so many things ha...

I always wondered why the differentiation between the ninth and tenth commandments. Why not just "You shall not covet"? Pastor e...

Okay, I'm standin' in the check-out line at the grocery store a few minutes ago. You know what's on the covers of those magazin...

I guess this is what you call real customer loyalty : I am so happy to have gone grocery shopping today. I love Woodmans! I love Woodmans! ...

The congregation agreed to give Gary a peaceful release from his call as pastor. Next Sunday is his last Sunday there. They will pay him f...

It's going to have to go. The costs is just too high for us to get it up and running after the harsh winter. There is a lot of work ah...

I seldom follow links because I've got enough to do without reading all the interesting articles available online, distracting me from m...

Just in case you haven't already seen it, the religion section of the St Louis newspaper has an article on LCMS and Issues, Etc.

A couple of years ago, Rachel brought home the book Curly Girl for us to read to learn about Maggie's hair. Between Maggie's hair...

The last time we moved was prior to the post office's standardization of addresses. Last time we moved, we notified the local [small to...