While we’re on the topic of growing up in Titusville, some visuals:
It’s official: Jesse and I are leaving our current small group to start our own. We, the couple who swore we’d never start a small group, who vehemently squelched any suggestion that we should or even might. Ha, ha. The other day, we were driving and talking and pondering and it came to us—our vision [...]
This is the beginning of the semester: Furiously cleaning the house and stocking the pantry and freezer, going from zero (winter break) to sixty (four classes this semester) like that. One day before the semester began, I tore through the house, disinfecting everything, sweeping all the floors, mopping, vacuuming, shampooing the carpets, washing all the [...]
Sorry it’s been so quiet around here lately. The week has been a blur of preparations for the beginning of the semester, which comes next week. Schedules to draft and revise and revise and revise (it’s such a commitment!). Syllabi details to fine tune (attendance policies always need careful thought and re-thinking). Meetings to have [...]
I have a confession to make. I haven’t cleaned our oven. As in, ever. As in, we moved in five years ago. And I’ve never cleaned the oven. Oh I’m sure I’ve wiped it down here and there, but a knock-out, heavy-duty, gunk-busting clean? Nope. See, I’m used to self-cleaning ovens. Lock the thing, twist [...]
