My birthday present

New shelves for the pantry!
These were put in on my birthday, and have been a great convenience, adding both extra shelves to the kitchen, and extra counter space.  We were even fortunate enough to have an old friend who happens to be an electrician visiting us on that day, and he installed a light [...]

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 [...]

The washer and dryer have finally arrived!

I never thought I would be so glad to be able to do laundry, but after waiting almost two weeks, there was practically a mountain waiting, despite our giving in and doing four loads at the laundromat.
The kids found the front-loading machine fascinating to watch in action.

Home Owners at Last

So, it’s official now. We own our own house.
We are also massively, unthinkably in debt now. As in thirty years worth of debt. That’s a sobering thought.
Now that we finally own the place, I’m really eager to get out there and take possession of it. Packing up and taking down all [...]

Laundry Routine

The seasonal shift has led to a new laundry routine around here.  It goes roughly as follows:
7:00-7:30 Kids collect and bring to the laundry room all the dirty laundry.
7:30-9:30 I wash (or to be precise:  my washing machine washes) one or two loads of laundry.
9:30 or so  We hang laundry outside.
1:30-2:30  Somewhere in there I [...]