The more kids, the harder it is to keep the house clean. When you live in areas with Western levels of prosperity, there’s a lot of crap for kids to make a mess with! So to have more than a couple of kids, either you have to be a super organizer or you have a very high tolerance for mess. Or I suppose you could … Continue reading The real reason prosperous humans have fewer kids
A friend just posted this on Facebook and it’s so sadly true! Today we mourn the passing of a beloved old friend, Common Sense, who has been with us for many years. No one knows for sure how old he was, since his birth records were long ago lost in bureaucratic red tape. He will be remembered as having cultivated such valuable lessons as: – … Continue reading The Death of Common Sense
The other day I was scolding my girls for their habit of changing their clothes multiple times a day. The laundry! Sophia replied, “if we were real princesses, we could do it.” “You’re not that kind of princess, honey,” I explained, “if you were that kind of princess, a maid would be doing the wash. Instead, the queen has to do it and she is … Continue reading The Laundry!
I did a little research about the going rate for the services I provide for a family our size in the area I live in and I also looked at Denver Concierge’s affordable maid service to have a comparison. So, here’s my version of one of those “how much does it cost to replace a stay-at-home-mom?” lists that comes out every year around Mother’s Day: Full time, … Continue reading My husband can’t afford me!
I just opened my email to find an oh-so-helpful email with the subject line: 5 ways to survive a shark attack. Because shark attacks are a constant threat here in the great northern tundra, dontchaknow? Now, if they could put out an email on 5 ways to survive a deer attack or 5 ways to survive blood loss from giant mosquito attacks, that would be … Continue reading Not So Useful Information
Sorry for the light blogging. I just finished writing an article for something else, my kids have been extra clingy and I’m a bit brain tired. But I’ll be back soon. 🙂 Continue reading What you do with naughty children . . .
My 3 year old daughter has been advocating for everyone in the house to play something she is calling “kissing tag”. I guess she wants us to chase each other around and try to kiss each other. I have no idea where she is getting this from, but obviously, as the person charged with ensuring that we have a safe learning environment I should implement … Continue reading Someone should notify the authorities!
This is hilarious. Remember those Where’s Waldo books? This is a funny spoof of Where’s Waldo and The Bourne Identity. Warning: there is a little bit of language here, so you may not want to watch it with the kiddies watching over your shoulder. Continue reading The Waldo Ultimatum
This is awesome:
1 Please stop asking us if it’s legal. If it is — and it is — it’s insulting to imply that we’re criminals. And if we were criminals, would we admit it?
2 Learn what the words “socialize” and “socialization” mean, and use the one you really mean instead of mixing them up the way you do now. Socializing means hanging out with other people for fun. Socialization means having acquired the skills necessary to do so successfully and pleasantly. If you’re talking to me and my kids, that means that we do in fact go outside now and then to visit the other human beings on the planet, and you can safely assume that we’ve got a decent grasp of both concepts. Continue reading “The Bitter Homeschooler’s Wish List”
Last night I wrote about “Beliefism” which for some people, is living as a parasite off its co-joined twin, “Bibleism”. Now, let me be clear, I believe in the authority of scripture, I believe that it is the inspired word of God, I have and continue to study it. However, the truth of the matter is that there is a lot of abuse which goes on around the bible. So many people become “Beliefists” because they cannot see the difference between their interpretation of scriptures and scripture itself. There is also a tendency to insist that we cannot understand any part of scripture as being mythological or allegorical or otherwise not accurate as a history book without discrediting scripture, and therefor God. I like to call this bible abuse. It is a form of beliefism wherein a person’s faith is in scriptures rather than in the living God.
Anyhow, what really brought this to mind was something I read last night. I’ve been skimming through How People Grow by Dr. Henry Cloud and Dr. John Townsend and came across this line which just hit me as odd:
I don’t know if she fully understood the depth of theology she communicated in that one answer to how she made it trhough. But the Bible does understand it. It commands it.” (emphasis mine)
Now, I know the verses from Hebrews (“The word of God is living and active and sharper than any two edged sword” Hebrews 4:12). And I do know what they’re saying here. However, I still wonder about a Christian author who attributes understanding, feelings and such to a book – even the bible. It seems to me that it would be more accurate, and more helpful for the proper mindset of the reader to say, “God understands this and that is why He put it in His word”? Maybe I’m nitpicking here.
Regardless, the wording struck me as odd and reminded me of a parody I read a while back at The Wittenburg Door:
Professors at Dallas Theological Seminary published a position paper Tuesday eliminating the concept of “God” and/or “Lord” from Christian worship and replacing it with worship of the Bible only. The step had been anticipated for several years and was considered a formality within the actual “Bible only” movement . . . Continue reading “Beliefism’s Co-joined Twin, Biblism”
The Upside Down World 