At Annual Council

(I wrote this on Friday after the first day of annual council.)
Me and faith is a funny mix.
It occurred to me today that the chain of events that culminated in my break with faith had to do with mysteries of childhood being shattered. Two things happened between 1980 and 1983 that really messed with the [...]

Got my membership card today…

Off to Annual Council tomorrow. Having lunch with the aforementioned cousin on Friday between other Annual Council stuffs.
Anyone else with a diocesan convention this weekend, have safe travels. I’ll definitely come back with pictures, although we’ll see who I can get to stand next to this here sign I made for our booth. I keep [...]

25 weird things meme

File under: meme
As seen at Songbird’s place:
1) When you looked in the mirror first thing this morning, what was the first thing you thought?Why are there so many zits on my forehead?
2) How much cash do you have on you?$6.58
3) What’s a word that rhymes with TEST?Best.
4) Planet?Miranda.
5) Who is the fourth person on [...]

Adventures in real estate

I’ve found a house we can afford. It’s way the heck out, between Front Royal and Middletown, but it’s a perfect starter home, and even with no downpayment and a 8% interest rate, we’d be paying what we are now to rent a small box.
This will be my first attempt at even considering buying a [...]

From Serenity to serendipity

So it turns out that Charlotte Hays, co-author of Being Dead Is No Excuse, is a fourth cousin of mine. (My mom is very obsessive about genealogy, and that side of the family is very well documented.)
It also turns out that she is planning to visit Richmond next weekend. She lives in my neck [...]

Pie Fridays (crossposted from one of my other blogs)

(Key: H–me; D–pre-spousal unit; K–son)
*wham, clank*H: Was that the salad?D (sheepish): No. (meaningful pause.) It was the pie.K (hyper): what? what? what happened? (trying to find the scene in serenity we left D. off at last time)H (comes around to look): Oh. Pie foul.(The apples are piled under the bottom crust, the pie plate is [...]

Random Fairfax Fridays

I really hope they make the Book of Daniel available on DVD, because I always forget to watch it when it’s on. Tonight, I’ve remembered in time, but the television is already booked for a showing of “About a Boy” for son and future-stepfather bonding. And then they will likely overdose on Firefly episodes (sound [...]

meme meme meme

I got this from the LJ crew, but I think the revgals are playing too…
Two names you go by1. Helen2. Mom
Two Parts of your heritage1. Icelandic2. British
Two things that scare you1. Anything that involves eyeballs2. Being in a room where everyone is looking at you but speaking in another language
Two of your everyday essentials1. diet [...]

Say No to Sew Fast/Sew Easy : CafePress.com

File under: knitting
Say No to Sew Fast/Sew Easy : CafePress.com
In May, 2005, Sew Fast/Sew Easy Inc., a New York based sewing shop, began sending out notices to various non-profit “Stitch ‘n Bitch” knitting organizations around the country, alerting the crafters to the fact that this company trademarked “Stitch & Bitch Cafe” years ago, and that [...]

Torn in two

Actually, torn into about fifty.
I start EFM this weekend, and I’m meeting with Fr. Jim tonight to help get my brain back on straight. I feel pulled in so many different directions that I don’t know what I’m doing.
1. I have a good job with a good company. However, I can’t afford to keep living [...]

And they will know we are Christians by our pie.

Apologies to the dharmapanda readers who have already seen this, but:

So now, when my dishwasher is cleaning up after my pie-making antics…
[From toothpastefordinner.com]
Today has been a very good day, aside from the stomach cramps. Today’s letter to God would be something along the line of “Heavenly father, please make up your mind as to [...]

Earworms

This is only loosely related to this week’s Friday Five, but everytime my dishwasher runs, I get “They Will Know We Are Christians By Our Love” stuck in my head. I’ve realized it’s because you can sing the song along with the rhythm of the dern contraption.
I don’t watch TV, so I didn’t get to [...]

God bless the Mennonites.

File under: cooking, dietary, pictures,
Some years back, I dated someone whose parents were Mennonites. They severed ties with me when he did, alas, for I loved them all, but it ended badly.
The best banana bread I ever had was stuff that LB made. I adored that woman, and miss her horribly. JB scanned the [...]

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I think I’m going to Fly.

Blog of Daniel

Related to the previous post and sent along by one of my EDoVa friends, we have:
The Blog of Daniel.