Archive for April, 2009

Suzy Lee

I never, ever do this.
There was nothing extraordinary about last night – at least nothing that I could tell. I left work at 4 and drove to Denton. Talked with Michele and Joe, and then went over to Holy Family Thrift Store for work night. We had a lot of fun sorting clothes and learning [...]

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7 Quick Takes

1. Rain! Oh my stars it poured today! Luckily it was not raining when I went to work or came home, but in between we got a lot of rain. And LOUD thunder. It sounded like God’s stomach was rumbly.
2. I get to spend all day listening to podcasts. And it makes me happy!
3. This [...]

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Faith

“Faith is the art of holding on to things your reason has once accepted in spite of your changing moods.” – C.S. Lewis
“What moves us to believe is not the fact that revealed truths appear as true and intelligible in the light of our natural reason: we believe “because of the authority of God himself [...]

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Grammar Gems

For Christmas, Joe bought me a daily calendar based on the book “Eats, Shoots and Leaves“
Here are some recent gems from the month of April:
April 1: We may curse our bad luck that it’s sounds like its; who’s sounds like whose; they’re sounds like their (and there); and you’re sounds like your. But if we [...]

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Smell-O-Meter

They say that memory is strongly associated with smell and I think we all have exmples of this. A few months ago, I purchased Method cleaner at Target that was dye and fragrance free. My thought was that it would be a purer cleaner and not use all those chemicals. The problem is – it [...]

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April Challenge

The March Challenge was a failure. I do think, however, that I am drinking less soda, so I guess that is a positive.
April’s Challenge is inspired by a website that I like called Unclutterer. I decided that for April, I would “de-clutter” something every day. Not just throwing away trash, but actually going through different [...]

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It’s Coming

April Challenge is coming. I promise.
But for now, I give you this:
Daily Reflection
…I believe that all of us Christians feel the twist in our stomachs of the suffering of our fellow human beings.  I know that I feel it especially acutely this time of year as I wonder whether I am doing my part to [...]

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