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February 17, 2009Adventures 9 comments

Answered Prayers

There’s no other way to describe it. As I sat freezing in my car Thursday night, waiting for Justin to get through all that rotten traffic to pick me up, I started taking a mental inventory of our finances and the car. I felt the panic rising in my throat, I started shaking uncontrollably, and I felt physically…

February 12, 2009Adventures 2 comments

Banging My Head

And not while doing devil horns at 80’s hair band music. No. Just banging my head on any vaguely solid surface because my car wouldn’t start tonight when I tried to leave work. We suspect the starter, or maybe possibly the alternator. But we think the battery is alright since we’ve only had it since 4/4/07 (I know…

February 7, 2009Adventures · cooking 6 comments

Under Pressure

Have I mentioned how much I love my pressure cooker? Seriously, though…have I mentioned it? Cuz I am NUTS about this pressure cooker. I keep wondering how I cooked anything decent on a weeknight without it. Oh wait. I didn’t cook anything decent on weeknights. I made my family live off of a diet largely made of…

January 30, 2009Adventures 6 comments

End of Week Wrap-Up

So my first day back to work and I had to jump right back into the deep end…no moseying into the shallow end to get used to the water. Glad to be employed, but sheesh, am I tired! ****************************************** We finally got our first snow of the 2008-2009 winter on Tuesday. It was beautiful and the…

January 30, 2009General

Keep Believing

You may have noticed that I’ve added a few buttons and links recently. Now while I’d love if you’d click on the ones that will bring in a penny or two of revenue (the circus refused to take my kids OR the animals), I’d really like you to please take a moment and click on the “Keep Believing” button to learn about…