So...I took a picture of the cardboard jungle that is my bedroom....but I can't find my cord to upload it to my computer. So by the time I actually have it online, it will probably be outdated. Instead, in this post, I will include a months old picture showing how glad Jonathan and Crystal were to have me living with them.

See below.



Feel the love.

Anyway, moving went well, but unpacking stinks. It's hard to unpack and continue with life at the same time. I mean, my day was already pretty full between working, homeschooling and occasionally sleeping. Where do I fit in the hours needed to get all this stuff I haven't seen in 5 years sorted and put away? Well, I haven't found hours yet. Just minutes daily. Every little bit helps, but the chaos is getting old.

You know...it's much easier to start a blog post than it is to come up with a nice pithy ending for it. I'm pretty much done for tonight.

More moving day!

I now have a key to an apartment! Yea! Although my happiness is dampened somewhat by the amount of money I had to part with to get said key. Living with relatives will spoil you. Ok...off to scarf some lunch and pack up a few odds and ends. I think I'm actually going to end up with quite a few pieces of furniture. I'll try to take pics sometime.

Moving Day!

In honor of moving day I want to post a tidbit of an article on a completely unrelated subject...parenting.

And just a few weeks ago, everyone was talking (mostly approvingly) about the N.Y. Times feature on a Chicago coffee shop owner who'd posted signs warning that customers' small children were expected to use "indoor voices" and refrain from running around banging into things.

Predictably, some shocked parents are now boycotting the shop. (The money quote from one: "What are we supposed to do, not enjoy ourselves at a café?" Yes, yes! If you can't control your kids, that's exactly what you're supposed to do!) Not so predictably, there was an outpouring of support for the coffee shop owner on the Times letters page a few days later, with one suggesting he be nominated for the Nobel Prize.

I thought that was beautiful. Here's the whole thing.

Ok...so I'm mooching off of Dr. M again. But I really like a lot of what she says including this bit on so-called "Christian rock."