Showing posts with label random. Show all posts
Showing posts with label random. Show all posts

Wednesday, February 8, 2012

Quote of the Day

“If you think you are too small to make a difference, try sleeping with a mosquito.”  
― Dalai Lama XIV

Monday, August 1, 2011

So You Need A Typeface?

Some of you out there (who may agonize over choosing a typeface like myself) might appreciate this student project.  It is a flowchart of the choices we go through choosing fonts, with a humorous approach. Quite clever!



You can purchase the original and see a larger version here.

Friday, February 25, 2011

Snow Day

The kids missed quite a bit of school this past week due to large amounts of snow, then blowing snow, then freezing temperatures.  It was so cold that Kirk and I only lasted three runs on a bright sunny day because the cold was too much for any exposed skin.  Here is Kirk blowing off the back deck.  It was light and fluffy - too bad it was too cold to ski!


With the girls home and the weather too cold to go outside, we huddled up, turned on the fire and made bread.  I have a new favorite recipe that you can find here.  It's even 100% whole wheat. 


The girls made theirs into small cinnamon swirl loaves - which were perfect with soup for lunch.

Sunday, April 18, 2010

Little House on the Prairie

Yesterday, when we discovered that our hot water wasn't working, Hannah said 'Yeah, we can be just like Little House on the Prairie - well almost'. And we were. The girls had a great time taking a bath with water heated up on the stove. Thank goodness we didn't have to haul our water from the lake. It's amazing what we take for granted. Simple conveniences that we don't usually think twice about make me grateful for modern living. On Monday when we get a repairman to our house, I will be a little more grateful.

Wednesday, April 22, 2009

Politics

I don't spend much time dwelling on politics. But recently I saw a bumper sticker that summed up my political thoughts for the week...
'Liberals want misery to be distributed equally'