{enjoying} the smell of our Christmas tree and looking at all our ornaments. This year we went to Butler’s to cut ours down and the girls loved wandering around in the forest.
{reading} A Syllable of Water: Twenty Writers of Faith Reflect on Their Art. This is my third time reading it and I think Luci Shaw’s essay “A Writer’s Notebook,” is still my favorite.
{watching} Gilmore Girls. I’m incredibly wrapped up in the Jess/Rory saga this time around. I’m not saying I want my girls to find a guy who’s as belligerent as he is, but somebody who loves books and knows which record stores to go to in NYC? Someone who stands outside a restaurant and says, “This isn’t you!” when they choose to drop out of Yale and are going out with a slime bucket guy? That’d be fine with me.
Jesse and I also finished up Mad Men which I think is one of the best shows on television.
{listening to} John Coltrane Holiday and Sufjan Stevens Christmas on Pandora.
{looking forward to} seeing the Chicago skyline soon.
{around the internet} I’m in a collaborative post on Coffee + Crumbs. (This month on C+C, I’ll be apologizing to a young mother for doing something I said I’d never do. Look for that essay coming soon.) I wrote two stories for The Banner this month. You can find them here and here. And this month, I’m joining the crew at Relief Journal. I’m putting the finishing touches on my essay about Bob Ewell (Bob Ewell? Seriously?) right now.
{Seven Years Ago}: A Visit from Uncle Geoff. I could be wrong, but it seems that Hadley and her cousin Mabel have a lot of similarities.
{Six Years Ago}: What Did She Do? Hadley is getting used to her new sister.
{Five Years Ago}: Spoiled. Somehow, the pink duck that Harper took a bath in found its way to our couch and our then three year old was in it. Not sure how that happened.
{Four Years Ago}: Morning of Crafts and Cookies. Goodness. These two girls of mine are the cutest.
{Three Years Ago}: How to be a Kid.
{Two Years Ago}: Questions in Church. I’m sad that the pastor whose sermon this post is about has moved back to Michigan. Washington DC, you slay those of us who want to live and work and make a difference in your beautiful city.
{One Year Ago}: Watch Out for My Butt: Thoughts on Olaf the Snowman. Of all the posts on my blog, this one is the most read. Thank you to my friends Matt and Jill who encouraged me to write it in the first place.
Leave a Reply