The bright corner

A brief synopsis of yesterday:

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 09:00:26 GMT

What I did yesterday:

02:05 #EverydayThankful I'm thankful for my son. Smart, creative, funny. Good kid (most of the time.) #
14:07 #veteransday I had a tea party with the kids, read Flanders Fields, and talked about whats and whys. Good things. #
23:16 preordered the new Star Trek and HBP vids at Walmart.com for $9.99 apiece. Can't beat that. #

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A brief synopsis of yesterday:

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 09:00:38 GMT

What I did yesterday:

14:10 "You're fast. Like a bunny." "Bunnies don't fast." "Yes they are!" "Why?" (Daughter and I.) #

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A brief synopsis of yesterday:

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 09:00:43 GMT

What I did yesterday:

12:34 #WorldsThinnestBooks Decorum, by Kanye West. How to impress Heads of State, by Barack Obama. (There, done with my small list). #
12:49 Tired today.Had an appointment which I forgot about until I was waiting with Will for his ride this am. (which, incidentally, was late). #
16:18 My son is playing scrabble by himself making words. I'm a happy mom #
16:29 Oh, dear. Anna is awake, and I am actively encouraging the creation of a "calvin-ball" style scrabble. Well, they're learning. #
17:48 More tired. Did my DDR after not being able to last week. Whooo. #
23:15 RT @wilw Hey, it's @neilhimself's birthday (@amandapalmer told me so) and we should all wish him well: Happy birthday, Neil! You're awesome. #
00:07 #EverydayThankful Today, I'm thankful for my husband. Good man, patient with me, funny, awesome. Pass it on. #

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A brief synopsis of yesterday:

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 09:00:38 GMT

What I did yesterday:

12:56 Son invents a game. Munchkin-find-it. Take blank cards from M sets and hold them blank out. Which is treasure? Which is door? #
15:21 Yesterday was full of crap. Literally. Dealt with several scatalogially related things. Not the most fun. O.o #

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A brief synopsis of yesterday:

Sun, 08 Nov 2009 09:00:44 GMT

What I did yesterday:

02:06 bit.ly/2Wr6Ou haha! #

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A brief synopsis of yesterday:

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 09:00:39 GMT

What I did yesterday:

13:24 making frozen cookie dough into cookies. "Monster Mash" flavor. PB dough with tiny M&M type things. #
13:47 Ok. Misspoke. Monster MANIA cookies. From Schwan's :D #
19:28 playing on the spare mattress w/ the kids. got ahold of W's leg. A; I helping. Me: Who are you helping? A: b/c I want to! #
22:20 I love Paula Cole's Hush hush hush. #music #

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A brief synopsis of yesterday:

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 09:00:52 GMT

What I did yesterday:

14:25 Gotta Do Something With That Old CRT bit.ly/29Zj2c Haha I like this. It's funny. #
15:26 Baby Entertainment bit.ly/1cFkNn extremely, and utterly true. #
15:39 RT @laurenperry8 Praying for soldiers and families of the Fort Hood community. #
19:03 ugh. Just smashed a "walking-stick" bug on my tp roll. #
19:46 I subscribed to everydayasl's channel on YouTube bit.ly/rNR7k #
22:25 Daughter often says, "I know my numbahs." Puts me in the mind of KND. O.o #
00:17 Deleriou5? -- Find me in the River: Making me think and remember. #

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A brief synopsis of yesterday:

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 09:01:24 GMT

What I did yesterday:

02:16 Comics - Explosm.net bit.ly/4BY2lC This is funny! I like it. #
07:37 Son: "I wish we could have a holly jolly Christmas" "We can." (Explain meaning of 'Holly Jolly') "Oh." #
14:52 Just added myself to the wefollow.com twitter directory under: #carlsbad_nm_usa #christianity #sci_fi #reading #internet #sahm #
18:04 Hey, do you reckon if I changed my twitter name to "crapmykidssay" I'd get a whole slew of followers, too? #
18:13 twitpic.com/ob23r - Also, as equally randomly, I love the "landscape" thing on new digi-cam. From trip. #
00:12 this is really cool! I did my bg with it. icio.us/igtwcf #
00:36 Daughter is now making a tent. From the blankets off her bed and a chair. Common practice lately. "minister of very small spaces" indeed. #
01:09 I tried to lift the mattress in the front room. I couldn't. Daughter: "/I/ can lift it." Five min later: "I can't lift it." O.o #

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A brief synopsis of yesterday:

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 09:00:34 GMT

What I did yesterday:

13:12 Anna's discussion with 3yo cousin on phone is pretty much the cutest thing I've listened to in a long time. #
13:57 I laughed. RT @BarackBorat The Internets are amazing. Gibbsy is find biography of me, is written in 1935! Very niiiice. is.gd/4MhrP #
23:09 Daughter's current occupation: testing durability of structures made from Duplo. Product safety testing in her future? #

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A brief synopsis of yesterday:

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 09:00:33 GMT

What I did yesterday:

07:33 Most organized trip I've been on in a long time, but I'm glad to be home. #

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Trick Or Treat (just a little late.)

Sun, 01 Nov 2009 05:33:59 GMT

My LiveJournal Trick-or-Treat Haul
sunsaralyn goes trick-or-treating, dressed up as Hermione Granger.
docwoo tricks you! You get a rotten egg.
enriana gives you 19 dark blue banana-flavoured nuggets.
felipethepea gives you 11 light blue root beer-flavoured gummy worms.
kaffeemadchen gives you 14 light yellow peach-flavoured pieces of taffy.
nakedjack gives you 1 blue orange-flavoured pieces of chewing gum.
nightambre tricks you! You lose 28 pieces of candy!
peacekeeper tricks you! You get a block of wood.
tadiera gives you 15 white pineapple-flavoured pieces of taffy.
the_maenad gives you 6 red raspberry-flavoured pieces of taffy.
whobyfire78 tricks you! You get a dead frog.
sunsaralyn ends up with 38 pieces of candy, a rotten egg, a block of wood, and a dead frog.
Go trick-or-treating! Username:
Another fun meme brought to you by rfreebern.

A brief synopsis of yesterday:

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 08:01:17 GMT

What I did yesterday:

21:27 RT @RaeWhitlock: Possibly the dumbest criminals ever. EVER. tr.im/Dxlf #

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A brief synopsis of yesterday:

Mon, 26 Oct 2009 08:00:17 GMT

What I did yesterday:

01:40 Good Britslang site. icio.us/pnrqc5 #

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A brief synopsis of yesterday:

Fri, 23 Oct 2009 08:01:11 GMT

What I did yesterday:

07:56 apparently, the kids' comp's power switch isn't working. Daughter asks to give the computer "some plugging." (she thinks it's unplugged.) #
08:35 Burger King Japan selling Windows 7 burgers | Electronista bit.ly/20swrf Only in... No, wait. Only in Japan. #
15:17 RT @LamontHiebert Here's a new blog I posted called "What if 2 Adult-White Males were Trafficked Every Minute." bit.ly/3DdUqv #
19:29 Near-bday girl: "Guess what cake I like, Will?" "I forget." "It starts with 'Strawberry on top.'" #

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A brief synopsis of yesterday:

Thu, 22 Oct 2009 08:01:00 GMT

What I did yesterday:

15:20 RT @kevinrose RT: @marissamayer Google and Twitter!! Yay!! bit.ly/183svN (maybe Nick's right. taking over the world). #
20:24 Anna: "Da Dee-dar mat is not fold up." ie "The DDR mat is not folded up." #

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A brief synopsis of yesterday:

Wed, 21 Oct 2009 08:01:25 GMT

What I did yesterday:

18:07 Read an article: "10 things not to tweet." about your kids was one. Sorry, not changing that here. atm, my kids=my life. Deal. #
19:15 RT @RaeWhitlock Plz RT . . . My wife @amyru has diagnosed w/ H1N1 today. Plz pray for speedy recovery and protection for me and Zoe. Thx. #
20:30 One of the old school "Map people" icio.us/ezxaiw #
23:01 my mommy is coming my mommy is coming my mommy is coming.... Can you tell I'm excited? 3 more sleeps. #

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A brief synopsis of yesterday:

Tue, 20 Oct 2009 08:01:06 GMT

What I did yesterday:

23:41 Write or die... NaNo, anyone? icio.us/hrklhv #

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A brief synopsis of yesterday:

Sun, 18 Oct 2009 08:00:37 GMT

What I did yesterday:

15:24 Of course -- Me: "The word for today is 'robots'. Maybe tomorrow it can be 'lasergun'." W: "I think it should be 'God' every day." #
22:11 Ok. I got my google wave invite. None to share yet. BUT. If you have it, add me thecookiemoma@googlewave.com #
22:25 It was pointed out to me. I left out an M in my googlewave addy. thecookiemomma@googlewave.com Sorry, folks. #

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A brief synopsis of yesterday:

Sat, 17 Oct 2009 08:00:32 GMT

What I did yesterday:

15:46 Found out this week that Anna is not speech delayed, she just has a larger vocab than "normal". And longer sentences. #

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A brief synopsis of yesterday:

Fri, 16 Oct 2009 08:00:32 GMT

What I did yesterday:

17:53 More amusement via child: He's playing Sims 2 on the ps2. He's laughing about his poor character's "pee-pee dance." O.o #
00:31 Can I bottle this question and wish for 10 years? Daughter: "Mom, can we do the dishes now?" #

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A brief synopsis of yesterday:

Thu, 15 Oct 2009 08:00:39 GMT

What I did yesterday:

22:37 RT @BarackBorat: I play punk'd joke on AARP, make Soc. Security payment in prune-juice coupons and Depends vouchers. is.gd/4kd2d #
23:31 As said by Nick: "The Guide!!" #
23:33 Helps to send the Link. As said by Nick: "The Guide!' bit.ly/1j2XE7 #

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Shakeable and Unshakeable

Thu, 15 Oct 2009 07:06:01 GMT

I don't normally do the quote lyrics thing, but I'm going to tonight. R heard a conversation that threw me into what felt like a 'cascade failure of faith'. The things that kept me from complete meltdown were the fact that my personal experiences with my faith are pretty unexplainable otherwise. And that I prefer the tenets of the Scripture I know to anything else I've heard thus far.

I'm not going to go into details of the conversation, because it's not important. The important thing is that it made me think of some of the more colorful passages in Ezekiel, especially those about false shepherds and the like. And, it brought back to mind two songs that have been running through my head all week. I think without these songs, I would've dealt with the situation less easily.

Never Dim -- The Waiting

I think I smell the sunset
Think I feel the close of day
Clean shaven correspondents
Are all crowded at the gate
Smell the oil from their torches
Their voices growing more irate

Sheperd's staves are crooked
Leading every crooked way
All the sheep lock their doors
Yeah, they're pulling down their shades
The faithful looking in their mirrors
The faithful growing old and gray

But I look at you
Your eyes are clear and bright
I see your face
It's an amazing sight
Your glory Lord
Is still a burning light
The light that all our faithless hands
Could never dim

Think I smell the sunset
Think I smell the death of day
People laughing at a funeral
People dancing at a wake
All the seasons blend together
This bird's losing feathers everyday

But I look at you
Your eyes are clear and bright
I see your face
It's an amazing sight
Your glory Lord
Is still a burning light
The light that all our faithless hands
Could never dim

And everybody's tired and scared
And begging unbelief
But you have yet to break a sweat
You're not afraid
You're not afraid

I think I smell the sunset
Think I feel the close of day
Sheperd's staves are crooked
Leading every crooked way
People laughing at a funeral
People dancing at a wake

Wine Red -- The Hush Sound

Who shot that arrow in your throat?
Who missed the crimson apple?
It hung heavy on the tree above your head

This chaos, this calamity, this garden once was perfect
Give your immortality to me; I'll set you up against the stars

Gloria,
We lied, we can't go on
This is the time and this is the place to be alive

Who shot that arrow in your throat?
Who missed the crimson apple?
And there is discord in the garden tonight

The sea is wine red
This is the death of beauty
The doves have died
The lovers have lied

I cut the arrow from your neck
Stretched you beneath the tree
Among the roots and baby's breath
I covered us with silver leaves

Gloria,
We lied, we can't go on
This is the time and this is the place to be alive

The sea is wine red
This is the death of beauty
The doves have died
The lovers have lied

The sea is wine red (Gloria, we lied)
This is the death of beauty (we lied, this is the time and place)
The doves have died (Gloria, we lied)
The lovers have lied (this is the time and place)

Very different songs, but both have been mixing up in my brain, reminding me of two things. One, that I'm not the only person to ever feel this way, and that His character doesn't change even if things aren't the way I thought they were. Two, I remember that I've done some seriously stupid things myself.

A brief synopsis of yesterday:

Fri, 09 Oct 2009 08:01:21 GMT

What I did yesterday:

00:03 I love Dido's Here With Me. #music #

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A brief synopsis of yesterday:

Thu, 08 Oct 2009 08:01:09 GMT

What I did yesterday:

14:33 tinyurl.com/yakkut2 I don't normally post links, but this one talks about the changes in society I've been thinking about. #
14:44 Re previous tweet/update: Been thinking a /lot/ about church / evangelism / discipleship with this info. Somethin's gotta give. #

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Thu, 08 Oct 2009 06:30:22 GMT

Happy birthday ,the_maenad. Hope it's a great day.