Monthly Archives: December 2008

Distracted

There are many tasks I need to buckle down and work on the rest of this week.  The sermon is coming but it has not come easily.  The quiet in my house now that everyone has gone home is good … Continue reading

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Feeling a little Queasy?

Sickness has been making the rounds around here. Over Christmas first Annette, then David then Kieran – then Kimia and Zaka. Today Ronin threw up. I’m hoping my headache is not something fluish. Most weird is that Leo has broken … Continue reading

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I need QUIET. Please!

There are times when I realize that I am pretty much the only solitude loving introvert living in a crowd of extroverted party lovers. Maybe that is why I am up at this crazy early time. It is quiet. No … Continue reading

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Merry Christmas

From our house to you!  Rejoice!  Rejoice!  Isaiah 9:6         For to us a child is born,        to us a son is given,        and the government will be on his shoulders.        And he will be called        … Continue reading

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It is beginning

To sound like Christmas at my house.  Little voices can be heard.  The family is beginning to arrive. It smells like turkey.  The ham goes in to the oven shortly.  Tourtiere too.  I am going for a quick shower and … Continue reading

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All is relatively quiet again

Yesterday morning by this time I had already been called away from my patients about four times to respond to an emergency with Rachelle and my car. She took Ronin in for his surgery at 6 am, had no money … Continue reading

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All’s quiet

So far tonight it is only Leo and I at home.  After a hectic couple of days with many children and grandchildren around, we are soaking in the peace and quiet and lack of demands put on us.  Ronin seems … Continue reading

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Wedding coming – Saturday!

This space will be a bit quiet over the next two days. We will be busy and I doubt that I will get too near a computer. Maybe I will pick up some wifi with my iPod but who knows. … Continue reading

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Just thinking

It is much harder being church than just going to church.

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Empanadas

The folks from the lab presented me and my partner each with a big tray of home made Chilean empanadas and some home made fresh salsa. We had about half of them for supper tonight. MMmmn they were good. Mind … Continue reading

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