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I received an email yesterday from a friend who learned of a casting call for HGTV. That particular show didn’t want us, but they told us of a new series beginning on HGTV that might be interested in our project. Here’s the description. What do you think?
(and do we really want this sort of attention? […]
An actual conversation from the Nelson dinner table, as we quiz our kids on American geography (yes, we have odd ideas of fun!):
“What’s the oldest continuously inhabited English settlement in America?”
[much guessing, all wrong, some ridiculous, finally we relent and give the answer]
“Jamestown, named after the guy who paid to have the Bible translated into […]
Tomorrow is the “absolutely final can’t-miss” deadline to finish our house, and Bob has not made it. In fact, like every completion date he has set, he has not so much “missed” it as “crashed through it with no signs of stopping”.
Guessing when a construction project ought to be finished is notoriously difficult. […]
This is an amazing video/prayer. So encouraging. We are so few– perhaps we can someday have an effect out of proportion to our own strength.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M-QfLJbEN3k
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Well, our power was cut off last Wednesday, during the worst heat wave in years in Los Angeles. The exterior temp was 108 in Eagle Rock this afternoon, according to our van, and 106 in South Central where we live. That’s Arizona-hot, and I didn’t actually mind it too much during the day. […]