The holidays are offically over. I always enjoy Thanksgiving and Christmas, but there is also something wonderous and refreshing about the end of one thing and the beginning of another,namely, the New Year. January 1st is always like a huge breath of fresh air for me. It’s ironic since I know in a cerebral sense [...]
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Stuff and Nonsense
Posted in Homelife, Musings on January 1, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Caught in the Cookie Jar
Posted in Homelife, Kids on December 11, 2007 | 1 Comment »
When Christmas rolls around, here in the Schrock household we take it all very seriously. The day after Thanksgiving, or as close as we can get to it, we put up the tree and load it with lights. After almost seven years of marriage we have a nice, little collection of unbreakable, homemade-looking ornaments with [...]
Appendages…
Posted in Homelife, Kids on November 17, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
When our children are born most of us count the toes, the fingers, the arms, the legs, and are typically relieved when we discover that all attachments are present and accounted for. As present as those appendages are, sometimes they suffer a setback. A few weeks ago, I posted a brief note telling of a [...]
D.I.Y
Posted in Homelife, Kids on November 10, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Yesterday, we woke up and found the dishwasher hadn’t been run. We thought for sure we had started it, but it seemed we were wrong. So, we put more soap in and started it again. This time, when the cycle ended, we found the untouched soap packet and dry dishes with food remnants cooked to [...]
Survivor: Indiana
Posted in Homelife, Kids on October 23, 2007 | 1 Comment »
I am proud to say I haven’t been voted off the island yet. Actually, I don’t anticipate being voted off for another 10 years or so, by which time I will have more firmly entrenched myself amongst my allies (still figuring out who they may be). Today, however, I feel as if I’ve been through [...]
Extreme Make”under”-Home Edition
Posted in Homelife, Musings, Uncategorized on October 7, 2007 | 1 Comment »
For all of you do-it-yourselfers out there, hear me, and hear me well.
Ok, I add to that. For all of you very, very cheap do-it-yourselfers out there, hear me, and, well, etc.
Always, always, always make sure that amidst your wonderous cheapness (some call it frugality, we cheapsters know better) you take into account all aspects [...]
Thankful
Posted in Homelife, Love, Musings on September 21, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Life is so busy, but I have been learning that there are times that I need to slow down and smell the daisys. By that, I mean that we should enjoy the things in life that have blessed us. So, I’m posting now to do so–be thankful for the special blessings in life.
Right now, I [...]
Full Speed Ahead
Posted in Homelife, Kids on September 18, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
There’s nothing quite like seeing your children growing in visible and tangible ways. Most growth happens gradually, in subtle, unseen ways. But other changes occur with all the subtlety of a tractor-trailer lumering through your livingroom. Or over the lunch table in this instance.
It’s a Sunday afternoon and we’re sitting around our dinner table enjoying [...]
Hooked on Phonics
Posted in Anna, Homelife, Kids on September 8, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Anna is learning to read. She said today that “someday I want to be a really grand reader”. Okay. I’m hoping to help that happen.
We were out today, running errands, and as we sat in front of Home Depot Anna piped up from the backseat.
“Dad, I know what ’Home’ is and I know what ‘Deep’ is. But [...]
The Eagle has landed
Posted in Cameroon, Homelife on August 19, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Ah, the blessed sight of a loved one whom you haven’t seen for 18 days coming thru the security gate at the airport! It is enough to make one swoon.
Heather made it safely home, on time, and in one piece, and is safely (almost) in bed. The kids have loved every minute of it – [...]
