Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.

     The final big house cleaning is being done.  Baked goods, candy and healthy goodies are being made.  Gifts are being wrapped.  The last bits of sewing and crafting are in the works.  Two of my three children at home have worked exceptionally hard and cheerfully today, but number three is now on the fast track…

With just five more sleeps ’til Christmas, I  finally hit that frantic “AUUUGHHH!!” stage this morning.  By mid-afternoon, though, I knew that it would all, somehow, still get done.  I’m not frantic anymore, but there’s not a lot of time for dilly dallying (or blogging!) either. I wanted to let Susan, Lea, Jolene, Melissa and…

I’d say I was dating myself with that partial song title; but as I’m fairly certain that all of you are aware of my age, I won’t say it.  The Carpenters were HUGE when I was a teen, and I can still hear the refrain, “Rainy days and Mondays always get me down” quite clearly. …

     Thank you, all of you, for your response to my drawing!  What fun it was to see all of your entries!  Your comments are a constant source of encouragement to me.  I wish I had a wonderful book or set of dish cloths for each of you!  Again, thank you.      The entries were too numerous for me…

That’s the by-word for our home today!  Virus!  The boys and I have one.  My laptop has one.  Virus!  Not good news on either front. Aaron was not feeling at all well last night.  Sore throat.  Chills.  He woke up this morning feeling a wee bit better, but he has dark circles under his eyes. …

Dani and I did the mega shop today.  It was so much fun to have her with me.  We were terribly silly for the better part of the day, and commented several times that, “Watch!  Now is when we’ll run into….” and then we’d name one blogging buddy or another that live in our area.  However, I…

      No, not stress….just further reminders to be in prayer, to realize our utter dependence upon God, and to open our eyes to the everyday ways He blesses us.       I’ve already mentioned the little fender bender my husband had while we were out shopping the other day.  Early this morning I had a call…

Whew!  We’ve had a fast and furious few days!  Christmas shopping with my husband all day Monday.  Tuesday was spent with my family taking part in some necessary herd management with our sheep and then in a wonderful family Christmas tradition.  Of course that meant an abrupt return to reality for everyone today, with homeschooling, laundry,…

     The best laid plans sometimes need to be put aside.  Holding plans loosely makes this effortless.  I had plans for this entire week.  And I had big plans for one day next week.  All of that sort of got turned on its ear today, but because I have learned to hold onto my plans…

the drawing is now closed! thanks to all of you who entered. Wow! That was a LOT of you! Winners will be announced Sunday evening, sometime before I head to bed   COPPER’S WIFE’S 100K GIVE AWAY!!      I got your attention with that, didn’t I?   I don’t have 100K to give away, but as…