eating black bean and corn quesadillas
folding too much laundry
grading too many papers
listening to Sufjan on the ipod, it’s just been a Sufjan day
playing Scrabulous on facebook
reading the same book all month
watching Sex & the City on DVD
We did lose a day or two worth of comments with our server move. Our apologies!
Our host migrated servers and apparently, we were the only ones who had direct admin issues. But we’re back now. You didn’t miss much. I have been teaching classes, grading papers, and chasing toddlers, you know, the usual. And we are eagerly awaiting a visit from Nana and GP. Hopefully I’ll find some time to post about the cool things I’ve been thinking about in the midst of hugging the hysterical, driving all over town, and snatching boogies from little noses.
Megan and the girls stopped by today en route to a wedding nearby. We enjoyed visiting with them very much!
In case you need a last side salad as the summer grill season starts to end…
Mom’s Broccoli Salad
COMBINE:
1 large bundle of broccoli, broken into florets
1/3 c. craisins or raisins
1/3 c. finely minced sweet onion
4 slices of crisp bacon
MIX TOGETHER:
1 1/2 c. mayonaise
1/2 c. sugar
2T. vinegar
Pour the sauce over the other ingredients. Mix well. Enjoy!
but I was really struck today that I have a long way to go. Even if I do care about what happens to people around the world, stupid people get me a lot more riled up than injustice does.
I met a girl seven years ago this week and she told me that she was going to marry this one guy, who was in med school, and they were going to be a doctor-nurse missions team in Africa. I thought, “Yeah, right. No one has their life that planned at eighteen.” Two days ago, they arrived in Mali with their two sons.
I hope someday I do care more about the poor and oppressed than I do about the obnoxious.
We got the bill about six weeks ago from my appendectomy. Two nights in the hospital (one mostly in the ER) and a two hour surgery.
Do you see the cost? $50,155.00 All the text you can’t see is the itemization, how much for meds and supplies, etc.
So, a few weeks ago, we got the amount that our insurance paid. Can you guess how much? (more…)
I am pretty worn out, and knowing that someone, anyone, wants to read something really helps me to make posts.
Rate one or more of these in order of your interest:
- A recipe: Mom’s Broccoli Salad OR Kristen’s Baked Ziti
- Appendectomy, revisited (Health Care = Messed Up)
- Interesting things I’ve heard in the news lately
- Starbucks & Community
- Wendell Berry, Urban Life, and Other Jumbled thoughts
I am sure I will also take some pictures to post, because I am addicted to photography.
Our church renovated space in this old building, which had a few previous lives but was originally one of the city’s first movie theaters. The building also houses a salon and a martini bar. We’ve been worshipping in the space for a month or so, but we took time to dedicate the building today. (more…)
Last month, we celebrated the first anniversary of our move to the deep south bungalow. Perhaps “celebrated” is a poor choice of words. We ought to have celebrated but the day passed us by as any other. Now, we are observing seconds. It’s astonishing to me how much more comfortable we are here than we ever were in Richmond, and how easy it is to imagine being here, in this magic city, for a decade, for a lifetime. For the first time, I think we are finding a home. And yet, it doesn’t come easy, and it doesn’t come instantly. Friendships and community take time. I’m thankful we’ve got time on our side.
We all survived the first day of school. The back-to-school season is frenzied fun. Who can resist the lure of new school supplies, backpacks and lunch boxes?
