7 Quick Takes · About Us · camping · faith · finances · Keith · the night shift

Seven Quick Takes (#1)

#1 I have never participated in this before, but seeing as how I can’t seem to post on my own, I thought I would give this a try. #2 In the past six weeks, we have had to replace our water heater, the entire brake system in my 13 year old car (teenagers!), our computer,… Continue reading Seven Quick Takes (#1)

camping · life is messy · the night shift · vacation

TGIV

Thank God, it’s vacation. My hubby started his vacation yesterday at 8:45 am when he finally FINALLY made it home after a horrendous week. Our water heater burst, to the tune of $800 for the installation of a new one. The plumber had to return because one of the new pipes leaked. We had to… Continue reading TGIV

about me · adoption · blog friends · facebook · life is messy · running · sleep · the night shift

Vent

Random ventings from Rachel: * I am sick over what happened in Boston. I will never qualify for the Boston Marathon, but I am a runner. There is no other community as loving, encouraging and accepting as the running community. The 6 minute milers don’t care that I do a 12-15 minute mile…they just care… Continue reading Vent

anger · being a mommy · sick · the night shift

When It’s Hardest

I love being a mommy. I. Love. It. And I try, very hard, every day, to love every minute of it. I don’t know if that’s because we struggled for so long to become parents, or if it’s just me trying to live life to the fullest. But I try to love it all the… Continue reading When It’s Hardest

About Us · life is messy · marriage · schedule · sex · sleep · the night shift

Night Shift Blues

Keith started working nights in June. He now leaves for work at 7:30 pm and comes home some time in the morning, usually (*hopefully*) before we wake up. It doesn’t always work that way…this week at least once he got called at 6:30 pm not to come in until 10:30, and then he didn’t get… Continue reading Night Shift Blues

About Us · church · family · sleep · the night shift

It’s Been Six Weeks…

It has been six weeks since I looked at this blog for any reason other than seeing who had written (really need to figure out a reader or RSS feed… ). Keith started working nights four weeks ago, and I cannot exclaim loudly enough how great it has been for our family. And me. And… Continue reading It’s Been Six Weeks…