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My newest obsession is an online game called Xplorers, which closely resembles Settlers of Catan, although the site staunchly denies and refutes any connection. I’ve spent an embarrassing amount of time playing it lately.\par
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As addictions usually do, this one started out small. Rose, my sister in law, has the board game and invited us to [...]

Judah’s been saving up for a bike. But to his joy, a family at our church had an extra that they were quite happy to just give him. Praise God! Of course, as you can see, it’s a tad small for him – he’s still saving for a bigger one. But for now it’s his [...]

Michael got tickets to Dozer Day, held in Vancouver, WA last Saturday.\’c2\~When he told the boys about it, they hardly believed him: they were going to get into construction equipment? they were going to *gasp* drive it? themselves? Oh, with a “redult” helping them? Good, because they were a little worried they might crash one. [...]

Last week Monica took her first steps. A few days later she started standing up all by herself. Judah and I were there when she did and we started clapping for her – so she stood there and clapped delightedly for herself for several seconds. \par
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Also she says, “na-na-na” for me, “da-da” or sometimes [...]

So shouted Judah and Ezra as they burst into my bedroom door yesterday: Judah bearing a plate with french toast, eggs, and bacon on it, Ezra following behind with the utinsels. Michael had sneakily purchased french bread for this very french toast the day before and gotten up early to make me breakfast in bed. [...]

“These budding drug lords bumped up against an immutable law of labor: when there are a lot of people willing and able to do a job, that job generally doesn’t pay well. This is one of four meaningful factors that determine a wage. The others are the specialized skills a job requires, the unpleasantness of [...]