Archive for December, 2007
Monday, December 31st, 2007
A New Year’s Eve moment
It is the last day of the year, which is as good a time as any to look at the present moment.
So here it is: a moment.
It’s 1:45 on a Monday afternoon, and I am sitting at my desk in the family room, with my laptop in front of me, [...]
7 Comments » - Posted in holidays, real life, self-improvement, tea, writing by sandi
Friday, December 28th, 2007
Christmas came and went
It was a lovely Christmas, really. Besides the usual presents under the tree and stockings hung by the chimney with care, and carols playing on the stereo, we had babies taking baths, crowing at each other, sucking on washcloths, and splashing. As my friend Nancy said, “Now we know why God [...]
2 Comments » - Posted in family, holidays, real life by sandi
Saturday, December 22nd, 2007
Help! The piles are uneven
It was midnight last night when my husband delivered the news. “The piles,” he said in a low, ominous voice, “are uneven.”
I blanched.
I knew what this meant. I have to go back into…the stores. No matter how you look at it, the presents for the children are unbalanced. And since we’re having a “light” Christmas [...]
7 Comments » - Posted in real life by sandi
Sunday, December 16th, 2007
Another guestblogger! Roberta Isleib
I am getting to be quite the party hostess, over here in my little blog. Maybe it’s the holidays, maybe it’s that I’ve learned just how to put out the right tea towels and make the little sandwiches with the crusts cut off…but lately people seem to want to come visit and write things here.
I’m [...]
10 Comments » - Posted in fiction writing, virtual blog tour by sandi
Friday, December 7th, 2007
At least we’ve got this going for us
There’s a lot of things to accomplish, especially at this time of year–but I’m happy to say there’s a new thing we can cross off our list.
We’ve worked out a plan to prove our identity to each other should one of us be taken by kidnappers or terrorists.
It was Stephanie’s idea. She’s a sophomore in college [...]
6 Comments » - Posted in real life by sandi
Saturday, December 1st, 2007
Is it wasting time if you’re feeding the hungry?
At last there’s a game on the internet that actually helps somebody.
It’s a vocabulary game called FreeRice, and if you click here, you will find yourself in a flurry of doing good.
You get a vocabulary word and four choices for its definition–and if you get it right, voila! Not only have you just donated [...]
