Mind My Own Business & Do Something Real Instead

It shouldn't bother me so much to read mistrust, vitriol, and hate speech masquerading as patriotism on facebook. I know these opinions not only still exist but are still widespread, but when it's someone I know, it just brings it home in a way that boils in the pit of my stomach for hours.

I think I want to look into what it would take to sponsor a refugee family, and then head that up as a project at church. We sponsored one of the Lost Boys of Sudan years ago; I think it's again time to do something real and concrete to make foreign conflict real to us here in insulated Central PA.

The solution to my bad feelings is to mind my own business where local haters are concerned, and instead DO something REAL to offset the hate with love.

November 16, 2015 at 08:59PM

Because I just wrote two letters in as many weeks, which is two more than I've written in the previous two years; and because I want to test out my new IFTTT recipe (if it works, this will auto-post to my blog!). via Instagram http://ift.tt/1l0ZIHH

Laundry is not my favorite

Tonight, I caught up folding laundry for the first time in months, while listening to as podcast all about my favorite kind of math. Podcasts make folding laundry bearable, but only just.

I will attempt now to do one load each day AND FOLD IT until I'm actually caught up on laundry too (meaning no overflowing hampers; it's simply not possible to ever be truly caught up on all laundry).

This is my resolution for the week, a la Gretchen Rubin's book The Happiness Project, which I'm currently reading. AND my second resolution is to go to sleep earlier, which I've failed to do every night forever and so I will now stop blogging and turn out my light! Good night!

Get the week started right

Both kids are about as tired as possible after a busy weekend of borked naps. On track for early bed time: Max is already asleep, and PJ is mid-story time, so both should be asleep by 8:00. Then comes early parent bed time to really get the week started right!

I'd been getting better on the personal bed time front, but it's really fallen apart the past few weeks, and I. am. feeling it. Time to get back on track, so I can take advantage of the gorgeous weather by having the energy to get up and run this Tuesday and Thursday!

LET'S DO THIS

Avocado!

Last night at MacConnells for dinner, we fed Max one piece of avocado! He made a very concerned and slightly angry face, but he didn't spit it out, so he's officially had his first food!