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Monday, February 06, 2006
things that are not working out for me right now
- My diet. I ate not one but two large chocolate milkshakes yesterday. Hey, I was sick, it was sick-person food. Right? I felt like a ton of bricks when I went to bed, I'll just say that.
- The darn woodstove. Free heat my eye. For that to mean anything I have to be able to actually light a fire. I think the wood must be wet. That's my story and I'm sticking to it. Meanwhile it's quite chilly in here. Of course it might help if I changed out of the capri pants and tank top I wore to sleep in last night.
- DPChallenge. Remember, the photography contest site with which I was so infatuated for a few months. I can't please those people a-tall now. Every photo I enter scores well below average. I refuse to believe that my photography is that bad; I'm just going to assume that it's just not the dpchallenge style. Presto! Self-respect is rescued. ;) It does kind of suck the fun out of taking pictures if I'm doing it for a bunch of people who are going to hate them, so I think I may give up that site for a while and just take pictures for myself, and maybe the photo blog, where at least if people don't like it they keep their mouths shut about it and don't give me a 3 on a scale from 1 to 10 just to make sure I know how lame I am.
- Blogging. Everything I would write about, I've already covered in extensive (or perhaps I should say excessive) detail -- housework or the lack of it, the kids and how they are or are not getting along, our Bible reading and whether we do or do not (usually the latter) do it every day, etc. I don't think I want to close this down -- where else would I post my books each month? -- but I think I'm just going to have to come to accept that anything over one or two posts a week is going to be the exception.
The good news is, though, that everything else is going just fine right now. Rather boring, but just fine. :)
Comments
Boy, I could have a post like that! The best thing that has happened to me today ( and I am REALLY not joking ) is when I went to Oakhurst to go to the post office and there was a bomb scare and I could not even get close to the post office. =) I really want to go back to bed!
Posted by: debi at February 6, 2006 03:20 PM
I can teach you how to make a fire - just send me a ticket, and I'll come show you! ;-)
The trick is to use lots and lots of crumbled up newspaper and small sticks to keep the flames going until the larger logs catch on fire. But don't despair... I HAD to learn how to make a fire, as a fireplace was the ONLY source of heat in my old apartment (it got sooooo cold in winter... I've measured 36*F inside), and still I have occasional troubles getting it lit.
Actually, I'm one of the people who enjoy reading about your everyday life... your kids, Bible-reading etc. so if you don't post about it for fear of boring *us* - don't worry about it. Of course, if you don't post about it because it bores *you* that's something else altogether ;-)
Posted by: Maria at February 6, 2006 11:13 PM
LOL, thanks, Maria. I'd love to have you come visit. Except, ack, the mess. I'd have time to clean up, though. ;)
I DO know how to build a fire -- have been keeping this house warm with them for nine winters now -- but I honestly really do think this load of wood we just got is a teeny bit green and damp. It's just not catching like it should. It doesn't help that we have no kindling. I suppose I could go chop some. But then that'd be, you know, work. :)
Posted by: Rachel at February 7, 2006 08:03 AM
Being sick means special dispensation for eating milkshakes, or whatever else you want, really.
As for DPChallenge, :P on them. WE like your photos. I don't always comment on them but I do enjoy them!
And like Maria said, we enjoy what you write, so don't worry about boring us. In life, boring is good, I think -- that means there are no major crises happening. It's like Anne said (or was in an Anne book) -- the days are like pearls slipping off a string.
Posted by: mary at February 7, 2006 08:39 AM
Why is Bible reading more often a "do not"? I'm asking seriously. I know it's important to you, I know you enjoy it, and I know you do other things you enjoy (reading fiction, hugging your kids) every day. Is it just natural resistance to doing something you "ought" to do, is it hard to find time for doing it in a structured way, or is it that writing the paraphrases seems like a chore? Could Bible-reading time be part of your schoolday instead? Or what about having T read a chapter out loud so it's family time (or do you already do that)?
Posted by: dichroic at February 7, 2006 08:46 AM
Paula, good question. The Bible reading I'm talking about is our family reading time. Ideally we do this every evening before we go to bed. Lately, though, we've often skipped it -- either because someone was gone, or we had other things going on, or we just forgot. We do incorporate Bible reading into school time; that's usually related to our weekly chapter summaries and Awana. But we've tried several times to establish a really regular family Bible time and never fully succeeded; it generally trails off into severe irregularity, and stays there until we resolve to start it back up again.
Posted by: Rachel at February 7, 2006 08:54 AM
Maybe you can set up one night a week for family bible reading. That way you don't feel so bad about skipping because it will be easier to follow a one day a week schedule as opposed to everyday.
Posted by: jenn at February 7, 2006 03:33 PM
One day I *will* make it to the US and tour around to visit everybody. And of course, if you ever make it to Denmark, you'd better let me know :-)
Ah yeah... work... always best avoided... which is what I'm trying to do right now ;)
Posted by: Maria at February 7, 2006 11:09 PM
I certainly understand how you might get bored with writing in your journal (especially if you try to do so every day), but like the others have said, *we* aren't bored! Reading about someone else's everyday life is just different enough from my own everyday life to keep things interesting. So even if you do cut back, I'm sure the rest of us will be happy to read whenever you *do* write. :o)
Posted by: Michael at February 8, 2006 05:16 AM
"Actually, I'm one of the people who enjoy reading about your everyday life... your kids, Bible-reading etc. so if you don't post about it for fear of boring *us* - don't worry about it."
Yeah, what she said. You, my dear, are NEVER boring.
Posted by: Kristen at February 8, 2006 05:24 AM
