Oct 02 2008
“Let us build the city of God, may our tears be turned into dancing. For the Lord, our light and our love, has turned the night into day.”*
A little over three weeks ago, we found out that we were pregnant with our fourth child. It came as quite a surprise, but we accepted the news [...]
Aug 15 2008
Sorry it’s taken a few days to get this up, but we’re still figuring out our daily routine - now that Michael gets home at 345 instead of 215 (in Medford), my afternoons are much shorter - meaning that as soon as Michael gets home and we chat about his day, it’s already time to start dinner, [...]
Aug 13 2008
Last night I finished up some emails and some Skyp-ing and went to “finish” cleaning the kitchen… only it turned out that you can’t finish something that hasn’t even been started! I decided that for once, instead of griping about it, I would try to do it joyfully. After all, I’m the one who wanted [...]
Jul 31 2008
I always said that I needed to have boys first. Growing up with just a sister, we were very much stereotypical girls - we played house and school, and while we spent plenty of time ouside, riding bikes and playing kickball and ghost in the graveyard with our neighbors, we weren’t much for getting dirty. [...]
Jul 29 2008
As you may have read in MIchael-John’s “2 for 12″ post, we arrived in Teguc last night. The kids were up at 6am this morning (8am Florida time) and after some stalling and showers for the adults, we hit the farmacia for some diapers, baby soap and shampoo, and the Dunkin’ Donuts for sprinkle donuts [...]
Jun 21 2008
I’ve had many conversations lately with many different people on these topics. We’ve offered many questions, but not so many answers. There’s the ever popular “organic vs. cheap” debate in grocery shopping. We all know pesticides on veggies and fruits , hormones in meat and milk, and chemicals on packaged/ prepared foods are bad for [...]
May 30 2008
We took the kids to the zoo yesterday and they had a great time.
While the train ride certainly was a highlight, Michael also loved seeing the snow leopards, hearing the lion roar, and watching the alligator bask in the sun.
Maggie enjoyed a nap in her new stroller.
As for Jacob, he was happy to swing like [...]
May 28 2008
Just a quick note, while my boys are gettng their Typhoid shots, Michael is getting the 5th (to him, not today) DTaP shot the nurse in Arlington SWORE he didn’t need (for free, with insurance) and now it turns out he needs (for cash, since insurance only covers in Mass.), and we’re getting ready to [...]
May 24 2008
Well, we’ve unofficially moved to South Bend, Indiana. I say unofficially because we haven’t changed our drivers licenses, but we have moved everything we didn’t sell or give away into my parents’ house. The trip Tuesday went as well as can be expected. I got up around 4am, showered, ate the last two mini-cannoli from the [...]