we begin the migration

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I sit here in my relatively comfortable mattresses on the floor. In the new house, I'm getting a bed frame, doggone it. We...

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no tiempo

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leaving Chicago

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I'm supposed to write fiction today, but a) I'm not sure what's happening in my story and b) I drove to Chicago yesterday...

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Going to Chicago, dee dee dee dee deedee

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In a couple of minutes, Hannah and I will be hitting the road, headed to Chicago. It's very exciting.Muchas gracias to Han's family,...

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in which I talk about gross things

Unknown12:29 PM4 Comment

I'm not one for potty stories. I mean, I was raised to not even discuss what happens in the bathroom, and that's fine...

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Ow.

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Last night we led worship for ATC, IHOP's youth camp. We have a mixed team of IHOPpers and Radiants, and we did all...

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Friday fiction 6/19

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This is part of an experimental experimenting with random or continued fiction ideas on fridays. Click here for Part I Well, there she...

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cheese, chuck and change

Unknown2:45 PM4 Comment

we had R2's belated birthday party at Chuck E Cheese last night. It was just our little family and Daniel and Hannah. I...

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in which Brynn wins

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Brynn is 2 now. I always hesitate to say "terrible twos", because a)that's kinda cursing the whole YEAR and b)she's awesome when she...

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behind the counter

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Spring China is a little storefront Chinese restaurant a couple of miles from my house. All I know is, someone mentioned in passing...

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affirmation

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This morning, the MOG and the babies and I went out to run a few errands and discovered we were out of gas....

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Friday fiction 6/12

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This is part of an experimental experimenting with random or continued fiction ideas on fridays. this one is random. She was just steppin...

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energies

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(disclaimer, like steph even reads my blog: we accidentally stole this dress from ruby. it was probably your husband cleaning up.)...

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the masses love Walmart

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I have been a lousy blogger this week. Sorry about that. And actually, I had a pretty moody piece about being in Texas...

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From the Clark-ives: Evan and Rees

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Warning: this is a very long,  sad story. It's okay if you skip it. I wanted to put it all in one post...

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R2 is TEN

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Today is R2's 10th birthday. I am copying and pasting this entry from a few years ago- it's a good one and my...

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Going public

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Gosh, I love Texas. On the way in, we stopped and had some barbecue at Woody's. Toby poked around it all and said,...

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male polish

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transcript: "Hey everybody! I wake up, and I paint myself. That's all."So since Toby has been potty-trained (praise the name of the Viking...

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Yes, no, no, YES

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We leave for Texas tomorrow. We'll be in town for 6 days, and if you want to take us to lunch or dinner,...

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