It’s been awhile since we’ve had a family photo with my hair in its (normal, chaotic) au natural curly state. But this was taken on a day when I got everyone else ready and then  ran out of time to get myself ready … so here’s a fairly accurate likeness of what we look like on a normal day:  

When I met my now-husband, Fred, he was one semester into his Master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering with a secondary focus of rehabilitation engineering. The title of his thesis was Dynamic Analysis of Handrim Wheelchair Propulsion: Verification and Analysis of System and Pilot Testing. (And how fun is this? I just found his thesis online on Google books–he even has his very own QR code. Pretty snazzy!) Anyway … When we were falling in love and getting engaged and RIGHT up to our wedding (he published his thesis the week before our wedding), I spent a lot of time in his research lab, which was located in the same building…

Of course there are many important points regarding the heart, functional idolatry/wrong worship, and gospel change that this pastor does not cover in his “eight things” list.  But it’s still a great list and definitely worth the read: Eight Things to Keep in Mind in Regards to Conflict at Work/Church (HT: Z) 

As many of you know, I am 42 years old and still haven’t learned how to cook. But I do have three recipes I can make with relatively consistent success—they are easy, tasty, relatively nutritious, and they meet all of my requirements for giving myself credit re: homemaker-y cooking-ness: You have to do some sort of prep to individual components A recipe and measuring utensils are required and used You apply heat (Yes, yes, I know there are lots of recipes that don’t need heat. And of course I know that REAL cooks don’t need recipes and NEVER measure. But for me, the above three steps are like climbing Mt.…