There are times when the best thing to help me get over a horrible or embarrassing experience is to attempt comedy in a blog post. Sometimes, it’s a therapeutic balm to my soul. But I’ve been trying, in my head, to write the salvific post I could really use for over 24 hours now, and [...]

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Being sick meant this week has been extremely busy, trying to catch up. But when I get to the weekend, I know how to have a good time!
Last night, friends invited Elaine and me to go see Shakespeare’s “Twelfth Night” at the Portland Center Stage. We literally had front row, center tickets; it was amazing [...]

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The latest rage rampaging the blog world is a “look like” site. It uses face recognition to see if a child looks more like mom or dad. The first time I did it, all three of our kids looked equally like mom and dad. I thought it was broken. After playing with it awhile, I [...]

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We got home safe and sound, and made it to church. (Sorry, Luke! ) The travel was long but not too bad due to the snow. It feels good to be home, but the girls are dreading school tomorrow.
It was good to be with Elaine’s family, especially for the kids to get [...]

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Today has been filled with more good things:
Chess:

Hot tubbing:

Rummikub:

Making bead necklaces:

Computer solitaire:

Reading:

And Star Wars on a PlayStation 2:

Good grief, I’m turning into Tanya with all these pictures!!
You also could pray for the weather…Our goal is to come home on Saturday, and right now that looks like it will be between storms. It’s supposed [...]

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A couple of months ago, Elaine started working on her brothers. The goal? Gather all of the Haworth side of the family together around Christmas. After much e-mailing and phone calling, we’re here in a rented home near Lake Shasta, California, with Elaine’s parents, brother Noel and family, with brother Loren and family on the [...]

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Christmas has been full of down time, which I’ve really been drinking in. My parents and brother and his wife, along with Elaine’s parents, joined us for Christmas Day. Since then, more time than usual to just “be”, and that’s been great.
Elaine and I had decided to get each other a camera for Christmas…it ends [...]

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We had a good trip up to my parents’ house for Thanksgiving last week. I’m grateful for the family I have, and for the fact that I always have known and still know that I am loved. Thanks, mom and dad!
At Newberg Friends, the last 2 weeks have brought several deaths. Today, for the first [...]

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Faithful blog readers will remember that last May, Talli went to Japan. Her host family was so kind to her…and now we get to return the favor. This afternoon, Miu Kata arrived from Japan; she’s the one who hosted Talli. We’re excited!

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I have geeky quirks. And I was reminded of one today.
I like numbers, patterns, milestones, nostalgia, and computers. All those things added together to make for a late night sometime in the past year, when I played around with a spreadsheet and dates. I figured out all sorts of milestones in my life, and then [...]

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