The Mystery Machine

The Mystery Machine Originally uploaded by Phisch I just had to share this find with you. Sighted while we waited in a Target parking lot. Just keepin’ Austin weird!

Memorial Day Shenanigans

IMG_0840 Originally uploaded by Phisch Boy, are we all tired! More photos here. I got up really late. Please don’t ask me what time it was, the only sign was that the sun was glaring right at me. “Get up, lazy bones!” it seemed to be saying. It didn’t know that I was up really [...]

Friday’s Fun

Let me just start off with: I got to spend a lot of time at Super Target today. Call me what you will, but I enjoy browsing the shelves, putting things in my card, wandering, oggling, taking stuff out of my cart, telling J not to wander off, oggling, etc…it’s a sickness but one I [...]

Gotta Love It When…

So today we had a teensy bit of a rough day. While most people won’t connect coloring markers with difficulty focusing, if you know the Feingold diet you know exactly what I’m talking about. In spite of it all, and no doubt due to a prompting of the Holy Spirit, my NM apologized to me [...]

Don’t You Hate It When…

Today was a great day, really and truly. Though my bible study was interrupted and cut short by one of the kids, the Lord was quick—very quick!—to remind me my ministry to Him must show in my ministry to my kids. After I was spending some much time on the computer this morning, NM came [...]

Gee, Thanks, Karen.

So my sister sent me the link to the Philippine episode of Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations. I used to watch that show, why did I stop? Mr. Bourdain, after admitting that Filipinos tended to be the loud wheel that squeaked “Why haven’t you come to the Philippines?”, made his way over there some time last [...]

A Little Update

~ Yes, I got glasses! Funny thing, wearing them gives me a feeling of anonymity, as if they were sunglasses. The frames are blue-green because all the other colors were meh. It’s so nice to see the world like God put on a sharpen filter over everything. ~ Yesterday was the last official day that [...]

For Lola’s Mother’s Day

IMG_0747 Originally uploaded by Phisch I know there’s no way I can get you the real “idea” behind this until this is actually being used in situ. These are light catchers. That’s the idea anyway. We’re hoping she hangs them from a tree near her big sliding glass door. Then, they can twinkle in the [...]

Home Chemistry: Fun With Non-Newtonian Fluids

The Aftermath Originally uploaded by Phisch More photos here (check the link again for videos). So, after they asked so often and today decided to ask nicely (and I had the materials needed) I finally gave in and let the kids play with—scratch that—experiment with a non-newtonian fluid. I found a recipe for Oobleck which, [...]

Perils of Boyhood, a Follow-up

So, I forgot some details. They were playing roughly at bedtime and either J tripped and his head hit the bedpost or he was shoved too hard and his head hit the bedpost. No one’s fault because they both like to play that way (can you believe it? They actually like it). He got five [...]

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