Lenten Resolutions

I’m posting these here to give myself more motivation to keep them.  I am also keeping it pretty simple this year.  Last year I made a whole bunch of resolutions and ended up not being able to keep all of them, so this year I’m trying to just make the ones I’m going to keep. [...]

Summer Class Begins

Today was J’s first day of teaching a summer grad class on the Synoptic Gospels. As is typical of summer classes, it will be short (three weeks) but intense. This would make a logical point for us to begin some homeschooling, and I had originally intended to do that. Instead I have discovered that we [...]

Update On Giving Up Coffee

I did it!  I’ve finally stopped getting daily headaches, which means my body has actually given up the habit now.  It took two weeks – a loooong two weeks.  It feels good to have gotten there, though.  I do still drink a cup of decaf in the mornings; there’s a psychological boost there that helps [...]

Kicking the Habit

We have been giving up our source of energy caffeine lately, with the (not unexpected) result that I have had headaches for the last three days. Surprisingly (though perhaps it shouldn’t be) I have also been tired the last few days. I plan to push through with it and get completely free of this addiction [...]