“I don’t have to cook dinner tonight….I don’t have to cook dinner tonight…” When I woke up on Wednesday, 11th July, that was the first thought on my mind. I was looking forward to an evening out. Not going to a restaurant, as pleasant as that is. Rather, it was a Chinese meal …
In May, whilst writing about line-drying clothes, I wrote: “It could be worse, I know. At least The Maverick isn’t asking me to wash all the clothes by hand in our bath tub! “ Little did I know that might become an eventuality; not The Maverick asking me stomp the dirt out of the dirty …
“Therefore then, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of wintesses [who have boren testimony to the Truth], let us strip off and throw aside every encumbrance (unnecessary weight) and that sine which so readily (deftly and cleverly) clings to and entangles us, and let us run with patient endurance and staed and …
Some people are very disciplined in their life-style. Once they make up their mind to do something, they let nothing get in their way of doing it. Some people do things in “fits-and starts” as it were; I am one of them. Life is full of diversion, distraction, and interruptions. So my plans to faithfully …
It was never intended that five weeks should go by without me writing a blog. But it happened… The Maverick began complaining of a sore throat about the Tuesday after the Jubilee weekend (5th of June.) He struggled with it a few days, and it began to clear up. But not before he’d …
It’s been a weekend of parties–a four-day celebration. Even I, an introvert, have been to three events over the weekend. Much celebration was appropriate as Queen Elisabeth II is celebrating serving her country for sixty years. On Saturday Christ the Worker Church hosted a Fete with a barbaraque/cook-out. Allowing myself only a small allowance, I …
The Maverick 2007 “You have two mistresses!” I jokingly say to the Maverick. “Your computer and your bicycle—and not necessarily in that order.” If he didn’t kiss me first thing when he wakes up in the morning, before he turns on his computer, I probably would feel a little insecure. But he does. …
“And these words which I command you today shall be in your heart. You shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, when you walk by the way, when you lie down, and when you rise up.” Deuteronomy 6: 6 & 7 With my …
Life is full of the mundane—boring chores that must be repeated; those things that if not done make life a misery. Things like grocery shopping, cooking meals, washing up dishes, running the vacuum, and of course, washing dirty laundry. This morning the promised sun was unveiled as the grey skies cleared. The warmth has …
This past week I’ve been mulling over what I wanted to write in this, my 100thpost. I thought it deserved something a bit significant. It wasn’t because I couldn’t think of anything to write about that I didn’t post. Something else was taking up my time. Around Langley is the parish magazine. It …