This evening’s event was perfect for the kind of day we had. Lydia and Elvis both stayed home from school, and Lydia tested positive for strep, so it was an ideal evening to watch one of our favorite Christmas movies. We drove up to my mom- and dad-in-law’s house this evening for the weekend. HenryContinueContinue reading “Advent Day Seven: Watch Polar Express”
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Advent Day Six: Don’t Color Christmas Pictures
I intended for the kids to color Christmas pictures last night for Advent but, well, it didn’t work out. Last night was Lydia’s first basketball practice. She had fun, and I’ll refrain from going into all of the details about chasing Henry up and down the hallways, blockading him from trying to run onto theContinueContinue reading “Advent Day Six: Don’t Color Christmas Pictures”
Advent Day Five: Take a Winter Walk
Today’s advent activity is supposed to be “Take a winter walk.” It is at least cold enough today to call it winter, but I’m a little bummed that I put this on the calendar before looking at an extended forecast. It would be much more fun to do this with snow. I think it’ll stillContinueContinue reading “Advent Day Five: Take a Winter Walk”
Advent: The First Candle (Poem)
In November, our lips trembledwith the breath of winter etched in frost across the windows. We gazed at dawn’s arrival casting bands of icy glitter on brass and copper oak leaves holding tight to frozen branches, as if they could stop the turnof seasons, suspend the spinof Earth around the sun, butnothing can slow thisContinueContinue reading “Advent: The First Candle (Poem)”
Advent Day One: Make Hot Cocoa
December 1: Make Hot CocoaI loooooove hot chocolate, but the mix stuff leaves a horrible corn syrup aftertaste in my mouth and frankly gives me the McGurgles. It made me so sad the first time I tried some after our diet change. So today, we’re trying paleo hot chocolate. I grabbed this recipe from EasyContinueContinue reading “Advent Day One: Make Hot Cocoa”
Crazy Jesus Parables and Dead Pigs
Lately I’ve taken to listening to the audio Bible on YouVersion’s Bible app in the mornings as I exercise or as I’m getting ready for work. I have been out of spiritual practice, so since I’m exercising regularly, I figure coupling my physical exercise with some kind of spiritual exercise is a wise move.I’m listeningContinueContinue reading “Crazy Jesus Parables and Dead Pigs”
Ambition and Contentment
What is it about the human spirit that itches the inside of us and drives us to look beyond where we are right now toward some blurry-eyed future, probes us to keep climbing and reaching for more, to keep creating, inventing, dreaming, brainstorming, vision-casting, striving and risking in spite of the joys and possibilities allContinueContinue reading “Ambition and Contentment”
Eating Good Food
So I started a catalog of all the foods we love to eat so that I don’t have to keep googling recipes I’ve had before. I’m cooking-dumb when it comes to common food preparations, like how to make chicken broth or how long to roast chicken, things like that. The list isn’t very long yetContinueContinue reading “Eating Good Food”
That Isn’t on My 30th Year Goal List
It’s been a while since I checked in on my 30th Year Goals. Ever since the summer residency my reading and writing efforts have been unimpressive. Besides a draft of an essay that probably won’t ever see the light of day because it’s so bad, I’ve written one poem and a short lyric essay ofContinueContinue reading “That Isn’t on My 30th Year Goal List”
Paleo Parenting Update
It’s been seven solid months since we dramatically changed the way that the Wells family eats, from a primarily grain-based diet (cereal for breakfast, sandwiches at lunch, pasta/rice at dinner) to a more fruit, vegetable, nuts, seeds, and meat focused diet, with an emphasis on food that is not processed or packaged. If it comes in aContinueContinue reading “Paleo Parenting Update”
Sarah Marie Wells 