Susan's Pendulum

Been home from the hospital for two weeks now. This morning virtually all the kids left for a marvelous family reunion.  It's just Gar...

This may be tacky, but here we go ... Because people have asked about Andrew & Olivia's wedding registry, I'm announcing that ...

Two weeks in ICU.  A few more days in the regular part of the hospital.  And some time at home trying to recuperate and get back to quasi-...

Menu-planning.  Everybody tells us that is the way to save money on the grocery budget.  Okay, there's some truth to it.  You plan th...

So if a couple is living together, if they have a legal contract for rent or mortgage, if they co-own pets, furniture, bank accounts, wh...

Flipping through a homeschool catalog once upon a time, I saw a CD by the singers "Sweet Honey from the Rock."  I assumed the grou...

The lettuces planted on April 5 took three weeks to germinate and come up.  They are now a whoppin' 1/4" tall.  This past Saturday ...

Grabbed off Facebook: What's so great about living in Switzerland? Hmmm. I guess the flag is a big plus.

When Jesus died, He "yielded up" His Spirit (Matt 27) . In the Lord's Prayer (Matt 6) , we pray, "forgive us" our ...

Nanna got her hands on the Matthias. This is just such a happy picture. Beautiful mama.  And that couldn't possibly be a yaw...

Judas went to the priests with his sin: "I have sinned by betraying innocent blood."  Hey, "you see to it," buster.  Not...

Zoe (and Alia) -- April 3 Zoe was showing me how she can put her hand by her chin in a certain ponderous pose: "Dis is what finking...

Last weekend during the services, we kept hearing God call us "My people."  The reproaches on Friday: "Oh, My people!" ...

    Stolen from Polly's FB page

I cannot scold myself into not being weak. But that doesn't stop me from trying.  Dumb me. It's so hard to know when you're ...

Savings Mr Banks was one we'd intended to see in [gasp!] the theatre .  Like other people.  But we never made it.  So we watched it on ...

Another groaner from Tyler: John really liked Emmaline.  He asked her to accompany him to the prom.  Emmaline accepted.  John was delight...

The beatitudes end with "Blessed are you when they revile and persecute you, and say all kinds of evil against you falsely for My sake....

Holy Week: church, job, sleep, and working on the bridesmaid dress.  That was about it. After making adjustments to the pattern and cuttin...

Another bad pun from my co-worker -- but read it out loud because I'm not sure this is a joke that can be communicated in writing: ...