Throughout spring, my kids would come to me with requests to join their friends on outings such as sleepovers, birthday parties, and a production of “The Three Musketeers,” but I had to say no to almost everything. Something was already scheduled 97 percent of the time. With spring winding down, however, our schedule is opening up. The kids and I recently reviewed the … [Read more...]
Food on Fridays: Easy, Frugal, Make-Do Spanish Rice
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Food on Fridays: Menu for Guests
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Ten Random Things I Haven't Mentioned
Sometimes my posts don't reflect my daily life.It's not that I'm hiding anything; it's just that I sometimes don't take time to write about what's happening while it's happening. Instead, I might write about something I've been thinking about or something I've learned. … [Read more...]
Boy Meets Bag
A couple of years ago the kids and I were looking through the purses and bags at Goodwill, and our son announced that he, too, wanted a purse. I suppose he would have been about six years old at the time.A bag of his own could contain his wallet, ChapStick, a notepad and pen, his Nintendo DS—such a practical solution for easy transport! … [Read more...]
Food on Fridays: Mother's Day Make-Ahead Breakfast Sausage Casserole
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Celebrating My Writer-Mom
My mom worked as the editor of our local newspaper, covering news all over the county. If a reporter couldn't make it to an event, Mom would grab her camera, reporter's pad, and pen—and quite often her daughter—to capture the news herself. This meant that whether I wanted to or not, I visited sporting events, live nativity scenes, church bazaars, festivals, fairs, horse … [Read more...]
Imperfect Conditions
"If you wait for perfect conditions, you will never get anything done." (Ecclesiastes 11:4, New Living Translation) If I waited for the perfect conditions to develop my writing life, I'd still be waiting. Back in the early 1990s, I did manage to explore writing as my work, as a way of life. I wrote and submitted a few magazine articles and met with … [Read more...]
Disney Survivor
We waited 16 years to take the plunge.We put it off mostly because it's the opposite of everything I would ask for in a vacation destination. And, to be honest, I wasn't sure this slow-craving, introvertive mom could survive it. But it occurred to us one cold winter evening that we only have a few more trips with our almost-16-year-old daughter before she heads off to … [Read more...]
An Atmosphere of Affirmation
At HighCallingBlogs.com today, Bradley J. Moore of Shrinking the Camel explores the question, "When is Negative Feedback Too Negative?" He spotlighted my post "Reward the Good and Ignore the Bad: Does it Work?"He asks: We know that unhealthy criticism for no good reason can demoralize. But how do you point out negative behaviors if you want to develop people, to help them … [Read more...]
Food on Fridays: Quiche
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The Collision of Work and Family: Bump
In A Circle of Quiet, Madeleine L’Engle wrote:During the long drag of years before our youngest child went to school, my love for my family and my need to write were in acute conflict. The problem was really that I put two things first. My husband and children came first. So did my writing. Bump.The conflict—or collision—of work and family summed up in a word: Bump.Ouch. … [Read more...]
Food on Fridays: Whole Wheat Honey Bread
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Post-Wog Flop
My daughters and their friends flop onto the grass after a five-mile training "wog." Submitted to Wordless Wednesday."Tired Woggers" photo by Ann Kroeker © 2010It’s easy to subscribe to annkroeker.com updates via email or RSS feed.Visit NotSoFastBook.com to learn more about Ann’s new book. … [Read more...]
Wogging the Mini
We're training for a half-marathon with our girls. Boy, has it been hard to drag ourselves out and log the miles. Thursday it was all we could do to make it out and back again for a total of 3.8 miles. And I can't call that outing a run; for that matter, it wasn't even a jog. Part walk/part jog ... I believe we went on a "wog." At any rate, this is our second year training … [Read more...]
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