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A Michigan "Spring"

Spring in Michigan is almost a non-event. If it weren't for the rain, you'd never quite know if it was still coming or if you'd already missed it. Today is our second day in the high 70s! Our first was last week, but then it dropped back down to the 30s and everyone was miserable again. Now I'm just not sure if we're finally into Summer of if this could appropriately be called Spring. Usually right around the end of April we go from Winter to Summer in about the space of three weeks, with Spring squished in somewhere between the two. God has created a quirky world. =) EDIT: Spring it still is! Rain, rain, a-pourin' down.
Wow. **Ring Ring** EJ: Honey, what should I get my bachelor's degree in? Me: Umm.... EJ: Yeah, that's what I was thinking, too. Me: Entrepreneur? Computer Security? EJ: Doctor? Me: FOCA? EJ: I will never, ever perform any procedure that violates my conscience, the Hippocratic oath or God's holy law. Me: ...Alright then. ~~End Call~~ **Ring Ring** EJ: Honey, how would you feel if I collected enough credits to almost get a bachelors and then joined the Navy as an officer? Me: *absolutely stunned silence* EJ: And became a doctor. They would pay for my medical school. Me: Do it! ~~End Call~~ Thank you, Jesus
I really wish we hadn't buried Max's noogie with him. I just want to hold onto something tangible that he loved. It's too late now. It breaks my heart.

Eating Simply

(Sorry if this doesn't make much sense. I just sort of sat down and shot it off - there's really no rhyme or reason to it.) Many of the blogs I read have made posts at one point or another in their bloggy existence about eating simply, healthily, and frugally. In two weeks or so I'll be heading down south to set up permanent residence with EJ and this topic has been weighing heavily on my mind. I still have so much to learn. The environmental standpoint is only one aspect from which I look, self-sufficiency and survivalism are much higher on my list. So my thought process goes more like "How easy would it be to sustain our diet as it is right now if we were cut off from all importation lines?" What then? Too, how much does it cost to buy all those extraneous items when you could be eating a simple, semi-vegetarian diet from hunting or your own gardens - or, if you don't have readily available lands, from container plants, bulk sales, or farmer's markets? I
Today I became a catechumen of the Orthodox Church. Glory be to God forever! He is risen!

One odd side-effect of Lent...

...I don't miss meat. (o.0) I went from eating meat at nearly every meal to being a vegetarian for 40 days (and vegan on Wednesdays and Fridays) and, though I grow tired of the boring veggie meals offered by my school, I realized that I actually don't miss the meat. Hmmm, I wonder how long this will last once Lent is over.

Rest In Peace: Max

We put Max down yesterday. He was little more than a bloated seal of his former self - it was the right thing to do. When I came home from school, I found him wrapped in a blanket, snuggled up with Mom, struggling to breathe. His back half had collapsed and we had to literally drag him outside on the carpet on which he was laying because he just couldn't move, then we had to hold him up to let him go to the bathroom - and he couldn't even go. He kept looking up at us with his big brown eyes - pretty much the only part of him that still seemed to work - as though to ask, "Why are you doing this to me? Just let me be." When the boys got home from school (they were released early because Mom scheduled the appointment for 5:30 and wanted them to have a good amount of time to say goodbye), Max tried to get up and run to the door to greet them as was his old habit, but could only lift his head and flail his back legs helplessly. It broke my heart and of course the boys, who

Max

***That's Max in my new profile pic*** And, on the heels of that joyous news , my mom just called to tell me our family dog, Max, is dying. Max stats: Brittany Spaniel 11 years old Diseased up the wazoo Fat as a jelly roll Unless a miracle occurs, probably has less than a week to live Max has gone downhill this past year, but we put him on medication for his heart and everything seemed to be under control, then within the last month his health suddenly jumped off a cliff and has been in a free-fall. Today, it seems to have hit bottom. It's so painful to watch your puppy dying before your eyes - I'm so thankful I haven't had to watch a person whom I love do that, yet. Thankfully, the vet has him in her clinic where she can monitor his vitals. My family has decided to cancel their Spring Break Florida trip in case decisions need to be made or Max passes away within the next week. True thanks be to God for creating an animal whom we can love and be loved by.

He Got Promoted!!!!

He's a corporal now!!!! =D =D =D Being an NCO means blood stripes on his blue pants ... and ... and ... a sword. ^_^ This year has been one of crazy fast promotions, mostly because he just picked a really lucky time to enlist - now we have to sit back and wait for sergeant. ^_^