I’m not sure why this is true but every year around this time life speeds up to hyperspeed and I wonder how on earth I will ever make it through. That’s the main reason why I haven’t posted much lately; I am rather overwhelmed.
One thing I’ve spent time on this weekend is preparing for [...]

Ugh. I am struggling through yet another sick period. The little ones and I have been battling colds and flu more times than you can shake a stick at. I am worried about my job and the many times I have not been able to be at work.

I have been sick for a week now and I am sick of it. I wish there was a way that I could build up my immune system. All of the kids except Keegan have been sick — for the second time in as many weeks — as well.In other news, in the [...]

Almost every post Meredith Farkas writes provides plentiful food for thought.  She has a real talent for expressing her views and thoughts and for digging deeper into “big issues” than many others.  Recently she wrote about all of the success she has already had professionally and identifies some of the factors that have helped her [...]

Yesterday (and the night before it) were pretty difficult for us because all three of the little ones were sick with colds and fevers. But we still had a bit of fun when, yesterday afternoon, I managed to pull a second loose tooth from the front of Tristan’s mouth. Thus the title of [...]

I haven’t mentioned much about this but Michele is sick again with the same condition she had when we lived in Indiana about 1 1/2 years ago. Her symptoms have reappeared in force and most days she isn’t able to do a whole lot. She has to walk around most of the time [...]

It is hard for me to believe that today marks our seventh wedding anniversary. Sometimes it seems like time has flown by, and at other times, it seems like we’ve been married for longer than seven years. We are really blessed. Some of the events of the past seven years include the [...]

I’ve not blogged much for at least a couple of weeks. I’ve been struggling through some pretty difficult illness, the most recent of which was caused, as I suspected, by antibiotics messing up my stomach. My doctor confirmed earlier this week that I’ve been fighting a rather nasty bacterium (sp.?) called Clostridium difficile, [...]

Unfortunately I am struggling with another round of illness, this time with my stomach, thus the infrequent posts of late. I think the stomach problems are the result of taking two strong antibiotics, which have messed up the good bacteria in the stomach. This whole issue of getting completely healthy again is growing [...]

I’m glad to write that I feel a lot better now. Not completely “out of the woods” but well on my way. The two powerful antibiotics I’ve been taking seem to have helped, as well as several days of simply doing a lot of sleeping, building up my appetite, and not a lot [...]