Now that summer is officially over, our home school co-op is back in session. Last Monday was the first day of classes for the “school year.” We had a trip planned to Oregon to visit Karen’s mom, and so after youth group on Monday, we left, headed north. Our first stop was in Redding where we spent the night and awoke to have some breakfast before setting out for Gresham. Seven hours later, we were checked in to one of our favorite motels. On Wednesday, we went and did somethings with her mom, had lunch and the boys got in…
Descaling Complete!
Interesting how it sounds like I climbed down off some mountain, but that would not necessarily be true. After all, they sing and talk about “scaling the heights.” I gave up leaning over the sides of tall buildings quite a few years ago. Although, if the opportunity presented itself I could do it, but it would not be the first thing that I’d want to do.What this is about is my coffee machine – a gift a year ago for my birthday/retirement from some friends. Saved me a bunch of money and time getting to Starbucks or Peet’s for a…
Chaos at the Desk!
This is a recurring theme. My desk, no matter how clean it may be seems to attract things – phones, CDs, books, mail. The list could go on and on, but just when I think I have “IT” clean (or a little cleaner), something pops up (often again) on the desk. There’s no one to blame, it just seems to happen. While Karen was away at her speaker’s class, the desk was pretty much cleaned off – why I could see at least half the desktop. That in itself was no easy feat – after all, you have to find…