Camera Update

Several weeks ago the dealer (where I bought my camera and who I have to go through) called to pass on a message from the repair center. They wanted to know if I wanted everything fixed, or just the things it was sent away for (I think). I asked how much it would cost if [...]

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Baby News, Sesame St, Frying pans and Eclipse

Quick Takes 1. We interrupt this Quick Takes to bring you an important announcement: the baby is sleeping through the night!!!!!!!!! I guess he must have been good and ready and I didn’t realize it. I’ve been having him in bed with me so long and he stirs and it wakes me up so I [...]

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Jesus, Bug Bites and Aloe

My 2 year old got a lot of bug bites this summer. Last week he got one on his eyelid and the next morning his eye was swollen shut. Poor kid that would be scary, but he took it pretty well. When we were down at Blandford he got a lot of bites especially on [...]

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7 Quick Takes – 6 Little Words, Flippers and a Rainbow Hat

I wrote these Quick Takes offline this afternoon and am posting them at the Deck over their wireless while we wait for fish and chips. Pictures to follow, hopefully tomorrow. Update: pictures are up and I expanded a bit on #1. 1. Things with God have been going better this week. A few days ago [...]

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7 Quick Takes – Faith Struggles, Programming and Landscape Photos

Way late this week, ugh 1. This week I have been working at praying through the miracle hour, again cropping out bits and pieces to pare it down to the bare essentials while still finding the time to complete it before I really start my day. (The baby usually doesn’t go back to sleep so [...]

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Pool Hall

This summer my in-laws redid the back room at Blandford. They turned it into an awesome rec-room that looks like an old pool hall.

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7 Quick Takes – I Can Walk and Lots of Photos

It hasn’t been an extremely eventful week, and most of what was eventful requires it’s own post, so for this week’s Quick Takes you will all have to put up with a few extra photos instead (I know this is such a hardship for you, having to make do with adorable baby photos instead of [...]

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Chaos and Christ

On Friday I really wanted to have a hamburger, and decided it was worth giving up some more time to pray a rosary as well (and boy did the burger taste good to me!). So right before supper I slipped out to pray the mysteries (I had started earlier and been interrupted.) There was a [...]

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I Was Not Always Beautiful

The Story of the Vase I heard this for the first time on my Christian radio station this evening and was so touched by it I thought I’d share. A grandfather and a grandmother were in a gift shop looking for something to give their granddaughter for her birthday. Suddenly the grandmother spots a beautiful [...]

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A Spiritual Pot Hole

A few days into this week I caught myself not caring about God. I could hardly believe it. I know the summer is always the toughest time for my faith because there are no regular CCO events, but last summer I just felt alone. This time it wasn’t that (I thought) God left me, I [...]

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