Back to Ordinary Time

I had to go back to the first Ordinary Time volume in the breviary set today, and realized that I had made it all the way through the Lent/Easter volume.  That is the first time ever that I have made it through an entire volume of the breviary!  Actually, at Mass last week the priest [...]

Laundry Notes

Well, I’ve been conducting an informal study over the last week or so, and have figured out that laundry will still dry on the line even when it is so humid outside that it might as well be a sauna (90 degrees and 75% humidity).  I haven’t even noticed it taking any longer than usual, [...]

Count-downs

I’ve got a number of count-downs running in my head now.  Twenty-six days until Moving Day; nineteen until the house closing; only thirteen until J. leaves for the conference in Ohio.  Every morning I mentally tick off one more day from these lists.  The kids made a paper chain to count down the days until [...]