From the monthly archives: June 2012
There’s a whole lot of confusion surrounding the Affordable Care Act (aka Obamacare, for which a reader of the secret LCMS Life Ministries Facebook page took me down for quoting a news article that referred to the ACA as such, calling Life Ministries political and derisive…but that’s another story, and this is my blog, so [...]
Our little Lutheran book club is on hiatus this summer, and in order to distract myself from the fact that I’m not going to law school this fall and to bolster up my enthusiasm for my business, I’m reading a series of creative/entrepreneurial books this month. They’re all very good (with the [...]
This weekend was big in my little Lutheran world. In the Mid-South, delegates elected Rev. Dr. Roger Paavola as our new District President. This is beyond fabulous news. He has his work cut out for him, but he is a good confessional Lutheran pastor and I’m thrilled about his election.
(I had to laugh a [...]
Two years ago today, this little boy changed our lives.
We all immediately and completely fell head over heels in love with him.
Kate became a second mother to him, and Sophia became his best pal.
On his first birthday, we’d just had a storm that [...]
I’ve been sick since Wednesday, June 6, which makes just over two weeks now. It started that day with a little body ache, which I thought was a cold coming on. I took Airborne and zinc, and the kids and I proceeded through a full day of doctor’s appointments, a library visit, and my hosting [...]
Yesterday we stopped by the old house to make sure everything looked spic-and-span before the upcoming showings. (House update: we’ve had a couple of almost-offers, but nothing concrete yet.) I’d decided not to do any planting at the new house until we’ve been here a year, and for the most part am okay with that. [...]
Weeks after I posted a teaser on Facebook about starting a new batch of sourdough, I’m finally posting all the recipes as promised.
The original starter came from a talented cook at First Lutheran, who got it from a lady at Concordia Kingsport (I think), and it had been passed to the ladies of the [...]
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