Bizarre Gene Pool

This one really freaked me out.  Check out the incredible match of physical characteristics between Alycia (1984), my sister-in-law, and Liberty (2007), my daughter.

My Brother-in-law’s Nose

I was in the front yard this evening with Andy, my brother-in-law.  We were kicking the soccer ball around with his son and a neighbor’s son.  There was an odd odor wafting across the yard for which we could not distinguish its origin nor its content.

Suddenly, Andy looks at me with a wrinkled brow and declares, “It smells like a dryer vent blowing across an open septic tank.”

About 30 minutes later, I discovered that the dryer vent hose had come off while the dryer was on and Liberty had deposited some toxic waste in her pull up.  The draft from inside my house just happen to be blowing past the laundry room and up through Liberty’s room, out her window and into the yard where we were standing. 

That is an incredible nose!

Cuisinart Burr Grinder

I recently made a post regarding the Krups burr grinder being the most economical on the market.  I just found this Cuisinart at SAM’s Club for $30 on Saturday.

Hannah with Joseph

And one more recent pic of Hannah with Joseph.

Jack and Liberty

Here is a recent pic of Jack and Liberty (early Saturday morning, pre-combed hair period).

Joseph Benjamin

For those of you who have been wondering what Joseph (or as Liberty calls him, Jofus) looks like at 3 months old, here you go!

Where’s the love?

I’ve been reading 1 Corinthians 12-14 over the past few days.  The discourse on having love as being greater than the gift of speaking in tongues, the gift of prophecy, understanding ALL mysteries and ALL knowledge, and the faith to move mountains fascinates as well as makes me ponder it’s acceptance by current day Christians.

Unfortunately, I find more “christianettes” in my limited perspective than true Christians.  I find some pursue the loud, clanging symbol type of spiritual gifts as it feeds their outgoing, people-oriented personality.  Then there are the more reserved types who pursue the gift of “understanding” but only to the extent that it makes them feel more intelligent than others.

{brief interruption – for those who are wondering why I am so pessimistic today, I woke up yesterday with the worst sinus headache in my entire life followed by a day of brain fog making it incredibly difficult to process thought.  My newborn is congested and kept me up half the night.  My 3 year old had trouble sleeping and kept me up the other half.  If you have a positive word for me, hang on to it until tomorrow when it will most likely be received more receptively and have actual benefit. }

By the way, I love that term, “christianette” which I first heard posed by Rice Broocks on one of his audio series.  It so aptly describes the person who most likely was confusingly told they were a Christian instead of actually becoming one through the process of salvation.

So where is the love?  I am not completely blind on this front.  I do see true Christians demonstrating the relationship they have with Christ by their actions on a daily basis.  The Life Pointe church my brother is now part of appears to be absolutely full of them.   {to be continued…}

Burr Grinder

I highly advise everyone who wants to enjoy your coffee to heavily consider getting yourself a burr grinder.  If you are using the type that simply hacks away at the beans over and over again, then you are not getting a consistent granularity of grind. The Krups that you see here is the one we have been using for over a year now.  I think it’s one of the most economical types on the market and it does the job nicely.

It does take a little work at first to identify the right setting of granularity and content for your particular brewer, but it’s more than worth the effort

Komodo Dragon

I’m drinking the dragon this week.  Not much to say other than it could easily steal the catch phrase, “Um-um good” from Campbell’s soup.  With each drink, I want to close my eyes and sigh while enjoying the depth of flavor and warmth.  Nice.