Stac’s Place

Kim’s been wanting me to go to the dentist for quite some time. So today I went. After the initial interview with the dentist and the usual xrays, I settled into the other chair for the cleaning.
“When was the last time you had your teeth cleaned?” asked the dental hygienist.“Ummm, I think it [...]

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well, tonight, actually…
So after the guitar class and supper, we’ve been a busy family cleaning rooms, putting dirty clothes into the hampers, putting clean clothes into the dressers, and giving the stinky dog a bath.
It’s fun to clean up, in a way. I feel good when everything is put away, in it’s own space.
I [...]

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This is Joe’s work vehicle. And you thought your company minivan was a great deal. Read a good article here.
Joe was one of the first volunteers we recruited in our student ministry here in State College. He and his brother Sam had spent the summer prior to our arrival living in a [...]

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OK, Monday morning, and we’re one day closer to The Return of the Mom!
Kim’s been out of town since last Tuesday, and we’ve been pretty good for the most part. She left us pretty well set for food, and I had a “paint-by-the-numbers” schedule to follow for the kids each day. Nobody missed [...]

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today was pretty fun! Levi was out of school today (do they ever go a full week?), and we made the most of the day off.
I took Levi with me to meet a college student at our standard breakfast spot, The Waffle Shop–a State College original. After breakfast we headed home to wait [...]

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I was going to let this one roll past, but I can’t do it.
I’m home. It’s late Thursday night. I’m from Georgia. I miss certain things about the South.
CMT is running this show about the 20 Greatest Redneck Moments. And I’m watching this show with a big dumb grin on my [...]

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Well, Sadie was sick today, which meant that I got to hang out at home and try to get my work done. That actually wasn’t a bad thing.
Tonight’s XStream went well. We talked about Jesus telling his followers that they (WE!) are the salt of the earth.
Eugene Peterson translates that passage like this:
Let [...]

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This week holds some definite challenges.
Kim is in Houston for a Mary Kay leadership conference, which is great for her. It means that I’m responsible for getting the kids fed and out the door in the mornings, and running the Mom-taxi this week. Kim left a great lineup of meals in the fridge, [...]

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OK, so I took the time today to dive into the world of comparing cell phone plans today. It took most of the afternoon, including a discouraging 32 minute hold/transfer situation with Nextel/Sprint. I was all set to move away from Nextel, although we’ve been customers since 2002.
Then I got Kevin from Customer [...]

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Today was my wife’s birthday, and I’m not saying which birthday it was. Let it suffice to say that she has declared that she has reached a holding pattern of birthdays! She celebrated with her small group tonight after House Party by taking in a chick flick, leaving me to head home to [...]

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