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I host­ed a baby show­er for my sis­ter-in-law recent­ly, and it was pret­ty fun. It was an after­noon tea, com­plete with home­made clot­ted cream. No spec­i­fied col­ors, but she want­ed owls, so I did yel­low and laven­der (and owls, of… Read morebaby show­er

The read­ings for this were from Jon­ah and from the first chap­ter of Mark. I want to talk about dis­ci­ple­ship and fol­low­ing God today. We get three views of what it means to respond to God’s call in these lessons.… Read moredis­ci­ple­ship ser­mon

So a few months ago, I took over a ser­vice at a nurs­ing home once a month. I had been play­ing piano for the ser­vices for a while before I was asked to lead the ser­vice as well. Some­times it’s… Read morebelong­ing ser­mon

My theme for this year, as a New Year’s Res­o­lu­tion, is dis­ci­pline. Since I closed up my law firm, I’d been rather undis­ci­plined — sleep­ing late and too much, eat­ing too much, watch­ing too much TV, drink­ing too fre­quent­ly (rarely… Read moredis­ci­pline

A good friend got mar­ried last week­end. It was a won­der­ful cer­e­mo­ny and a fun recep­tion. As one of the brides­maids, I elect­ed to bring the emer­gency kit for the day. And this was the emer­gency kit to end all… Read morebridal emer­gency kit

This may be a lit­tle macabre, but I’ve been think­ing about what I want things to be like when I die. I closed my law firm offi­cial­ly last week. I just was­n’t hap­py prac­tic­ing law, and I real­ized that when… Read moreWhen I Die…

I have three days left for my month-long chal­lenge, and while I’ve had a blast, I’ll be glad to start using my slow cook­er only a few times a week instead of every day. It’s pro­duced SO MUCH FOOD. I… Read moreUpdate on slow cook­ing

Mer­ry Christ­mas! I thought it was time for anoth­er post after such a very long radio silence. I want­ed to let y’all know about my month of slow cook­ing. I’m over halfway through and hav­ing a blast. I’ve used it… Read moreslow cook­ing month

Carl and I have been weed­ing the gar­den like mad the last few days. Out of the 500 square feet, a good 150 (if not more) of it had weeds. I assume it’s because we brought in a bunch of… Read moregar­den­ing excite­ment

A friend asked me today if I miss being at my for­mer firm. I thought about it for a minute. There are some things I miss: being busy all the time (or at least a lot of the time) some­one… Read moreThings I Miss