While I was cleaning tonight, I caught about three hours worth of the 9/11 Commissions discussion with a senate panel regarding their findings on the state of US intelligence prior to September 11. It was fascinating to watch. It was quite apparent that Bush was unknowingly acting on seriously flawed information due to lack of […]

This is a very interesting news story on the discovery of John the Baptist’s cave by British archaeologist Shimon Gibson. Be sure to check out the pictures. Tons of pottery shards were found from what archeologists believe were used as jars for for baptism There are amazing wall carvings telling the story of John the […]

Christian magician Charles Wormsley was the guest during our Sunday School hour this morning. Thomas and some of his little friends stood right up front so they could see better (as opposed to sitting in the pews). Towards the end of the presentation, Thomas ran back to me and said, “Mom! I REALLY want to […]

Damn it, Tom! Why did you have to go and leave? Yes, a rhetorical question. I teeter between being just fine and being on the verge of tears. The only thing that I can do is re-direct that frustration to prayer — that God will protect you, give you wisdom in your work and to […]

I just sat down to check my email and Tom’s flight status and I read that Julia Child died! Check out her obituary . I do love how real she was in the kitchen. It was very interesting to read about her life, and her motivation for learning to cook… even though all of the […]

Here we go again! Another business trip. Last night, at about two in the morning, we had a bat in our house. Tom was showering and I went downstairs to lock everything down for the night. As I got to the foot of our stairs, this large bat dive-bombed my head. I SCREAMED! Heh. I […]

We attempted an upgrade of the journal module of our website and we accidently saved the wrong file instead of the old journal entries. Anyways… rather than wiping out my whole journal and starting from scratch — something I thought of — I’ll just start here…. LATER….kinda in the middle of the Saturday morning routine […]

It’s amazing how quickly insomnia kicks in for me when I’m pregnant. Some women sleep like a baby. This baby resembles more of a newborn – up every two hours, or days and nights switched. As you can see, it isn’t even 5am yet. I have been up since three. The liberating thought occurred to […]

The Dads and Daughters Dinner went so so well. The food was great, the location was set up for us before we got there, the flower arrangements were beautiful, and Tim Witmer did an excellent job. He started by saying, “There are two things that daughters learn from their dads that they can’t learn from […]

After a while of feeling queasy and very tired — to which brushed off as Tom’s being away and not eating or sleeping properly — I had a positive pregnancy test this morning. The due date calculator says that Feb 20th is the due date. I do hope this pregnancy will be as smooth as […]

Tom is home! We got stuck in traffic from some sort of dress-up occasion at Coatesville Highschool. Lots of police, baracades, limos, balloons and prom-like attire could be seen. Traffic was heavy all the way to Route 1, completely stopped at times, and so it took all of the self-control I could muster to keep […]

Psa 69:15-18 Let not the waterflood overflow me, neither let the deep swallow me up, and let not the pit shut her mouth upon me. Hear me, O LORD; for thy lovingkindness is good: turn unto me according to the multitude of thy tender mercies. And hide not thy face from thy servant; for I […]

What a day. Kids lied. Escapes were made — out the front door, the back door, and through the fence. Teeth marks were inflicted upon children by children. Bottoms turned red. Pee marked the floor twice. Once, it was blamed by the culprit on an innocent bystanding child — an example of a lying incident. […]

Thomas just back from visiting the nursing home. Our church does a service there, one Sunday a month. He went with Becky and Tom. He reported that there were a lot of “broken ladies there.” He apparently was shaking hands, giving hugs and kisses and telling everyone his dad was in Japan.

Today was an interesting day. Off to a slow start, after a late night of killing time. The kids and I pretty much played all day in doors — it was pouring rain, wtih a high of only 53. Got a little laundry done. I gave all the kids a bath around 3pm — so […]