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As we've mentioned, our water is pretty hard, and dishwashers in particular don't like hard water, and the manual with our dishwasher says specifically that it won't work with our water. But, it has worked pretty well for around ten months or so, as long as we kept the rinse aid... (More)

Posted by jondaley on May 25, 2010, 7:08 pm
Category: Reviews

CHAP conference

I have a double request from Grandma to post on the homeschool conference and to make the miscarriage post no longer the first thing you see when you check the blog. So here goes. (: This was our second year at the CHAP convention. Last year we spent so much time listening... (More)

Posted by joyful on May 17, 2010, 11:59 am
Category: General

Miscarriage

I didn't really feel like writing this, but then I thought it weird not to post it. So I'll mostly just copy the emails I wrote to our parents. This is happening at five weeks of pregnancy, pretty much just two days after being sure I was pregnant (though we did not take a... (More)

Posted by joyful on May 12, 2010, 3:35 pm
Category: Pregnancy

Pocket Notes

5/1 - Noah continues to update his pronunciation of words. That day it was, for battery, "baddewy" instead of "badeedee" Faith's okay is now "o-tay". 5/4 - Faith stayed in the Bible study babysitting the whole time. Jonathan and Noah were... (More)

Posted by joyful on May 12, 2010, 10:24 am
Category: General, Jonathan, Noah, Faith

I am not allergic to poison ivy

But I will not attempt again to pull it out without another adult present. I saw that two small vines were creeping up trees in places I had noticed last year (one of which I had pulled out, but there must have still been roots). Since all my crazy dressing up last year was a pain... (More)

Posted by joyful on May 1, 2010, 6:05 pm
Category: General

Ahh, Spring. The Season of Bandaids

Combine shorts/shortsleeves with pricker bushes and concrete and childhood exploration. Jonathan takes care of himself now, and Noah does sometimes, but I've been doing lots of bandaging for Faith. She's pretty good about leaving them on, but when they fall off she is insistent... (More)

Posted by joyful on April 24, 2010, 12:15 pm
Category: General, Jonathan, Noah, Faith

Daddy Gone Notes and More Recent

Here are my notes from when Jon was in the Dominican Republic: Saturday - first dinner with Daddy gone - When Faith saw that Daddy was not in his chair at the table, she looked for him in the computer room. The next morning when I got up first, Noah commented that usually Daddy is... (More)

Posted by joyful on April 18, 2010, 5:52 pm
Category: General, Jonathan, Noah, Faith

Total Church: Success

In conclusion, the authors talk some about definitions of success and how those definitions affect how you see yourself and your church. He is quick to point out that large churches are not always bad, but points out various downsides of being in a large church, some of which I have... (More)

Posted by jondaley on April 16, 2010, 10:57 pm
Category: Reviews

Total Church: Children and Young People

The authors quote some statistics of how many children leave the church never to come back, and particularly notes some examples of where churches had "junior church" for the kids, and while it was fun and entertaining when they were young, when the kids were old enough to attend... (More)

Posted by jondaley on April 12, 2010, 10:42 am
Category: Reviews

Sockdolager: A Knock-Down Blow

Heather's dad sent a link to this article, which I thought was pretty good. And at least, it is a good word-of-the-day for you. Your assignment is to use it in a sentence sometime today. "NOW, SIR," concluded Davy Crockett, "you know why I made that... (More)

Posted by jondaley on April 9, 2010, 2:27 pm
Category: Reviews

Total Church: Pastoral Care

I am not sure what I think about this chapter. The authors argue for Christian pastoral care within a communal setting, as opposed to the "professional" counseling. I have heard of a couple stories of people violently against that idea, though I haven't seen anything bad... (More)

Posted by jondaley on April 8, 2010, 3:57 pm
Category: Reviews

Dominican Republic: Monday

When we were going to bed, Kim said something about setting his alarm for 4AM or some crazy number like that. Apparently, he gets up pretty early at home, and takes the opportunity to get up even earlier in the Dominican. But, since I work for myself, I tend to get up pretty late... (More)

Posted by jondaley on April 7, 2010, 12:57 pm
Category: Reviews

Dominican Republic: Meeting God in Missions

So, as most of you know, in March I went on my first ever short-term mission trip to Hato Mayor in the Dominican Republic with college students from Penn State, University of Pittsburgh and a handful from other places. It is almost a month later, and I've been meaning to write down... (More)

Posted by jondaley on April 5, 2010, 10:49 pm
Category: Reviews

Mom was the Best Teacher of Computer Science I Had

I am not sure of the original source, but I received this via Jack Ganssle in his Embedded Muse . Mother taught the IF ... THEN ... ELSE structure: "If it's snowing, then put your boots on before you go to school; otherwise just wear your shoes." For years I... (More)

Posted by jondaley on April 5, 2010, 10:41 am
Category: Internet

Total Church: Social Involvement

Partly due to doing things with my family and partly due to catching up at work after last week of very little work, I haven't read much lately, and then when I did read, it was late at night, and figured I'd wait until I was in front of a computer to blog about it, rather than using the phone... (More)

Posted by jondaley on April 2, 2010, 9:30 pm
Category: Reviews