My mom will be having both knees replaced this Friday (5/29) at 7:30 AM. Please pray for a sucessful surgery and a speedy recovery! (If you want to leave her a message here, that would be cool. I know it would make her feel better to know there are lots of prayers being offered for her on Friday morning!)
Monthly Archives: May 2009
I can relate…
…to this story. If there seems to be a lot of Elizabeth Foss on this blog all of a sudden, it is because I think she’s really cool. And this story is hilarious. Two-year-olds most definitely bring adventures, wherever they are!
Quotes from Lucy
She’s sick (again), which seems to slow her down and make her more grown-up in her speech and wittier. Two very funny quotes from this weekend:
Craig arrives in the bedroom, and entices Lucy to take some cough syrup so she can sleep better. She drinks it without protest. We compliment her on her (uncharictaristic) compliance with our wishes. As Craig starts to go, she says, in all seriousness,
“That wasn’t very good.”
The next morning Lucy stayed home from church since she still wasn’t feeling good. Uncle Sean tried to tease her and get her to play, and she responded with a curt,
A Spiritual Goal for Women
Elizabeth Foss uses this quote from Edith Stein in her book:
“The soul of a woman must therefore be expansive and open to all human beings; it must be quiet so that no small weak flame will be extinguished by stormy winds; warm so as not to benumb fragile buds; clear, so that no vermin will settle in dark corners and recesses; self contained, so that no invasions from without can impede the inner life; empty of itself, in order that extraeneous life may have room in it; finally, mistress of itself and also of its body, so that the entire person is readily at the disposal of every call.”
Strawberries
This post made my day. Craig’s dad is growing strawberries, and we have been the beneficiaries of his bounty for the last month or so. We are exploring new and exciting ways to use them all, but Lucy still likes to eat them plain, preferably daily or twice daily. Craig’s dad has beautiful, neat, raised, mulched rows for his plants, but neglected strawberries for ground cover, now there’s an idea! The book list at the end of the post is great, too. I’m going to have to head to the library for a copy of Jamberry. That was one of my favorites growing up.
Saturday Morning Tea Party
Lucy set up a tea party for us this morning. The cups are for Mommy, Daddy, Josh, Ashley, me (Lucy), and “Man” (Elijah?). Only Samantha and I were present to partake, however.
The day’s laundry is already done. This is a good day. : )
And yes, the fat little leg in the corner is Samantha.
Poetry II
Well, I thought I needed more poetry in my life, so I wrote some. (By some, I mean one short poem.) And subscribed to the Writer’s Almanac RSS feed. I’m not done being grumpy with NPR, but it’s hard for me to stay mad a Garrison Keillor for long. In other news, the girls and I have all had a simultaneous cold, but the suffering should be over soon. As should school – two more days and exams for me! Despite how ready I was for the end, it has snuck up very quickly. And without further adieu or any more sentences beginning with conjunctions (don’t tell my English teacher)…here is the poem, incomplete, perhaps, and titleless as yet, but my first in a very long time.
Poetry…
…is something I think I need more of in my life. Fortunately, Karen Edmisten puts a little something up every Friday. I thought this one was worth passing on. I’m going to have to look for more of Anne Porter’s work!
This week’s news
We are experimenting to see how long we can survive without air conditioning. I’m shooting for Memorial Day. (We will get a respite on Mother’s Day, since Craig’s parents are coming over and I’m not going to impose this penance on anyone else!) We didn’t use it last month, and our electric bill was less than 1/3 of what it had been. We’ve been spending lots of time outside (in the shade mostly!) and leaving the house open for the breeze. It’s not terrible, just a little uncomfortable, and I have a new appreciation for those little breaths of cool air!
