tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-53724202024-03-12T21:50:08.061-04:00liadanslyremy thoughts while under constructionmaureenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11244836686372328553noreply@blogger.comBlogger471125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5372420.post-14282921237504832152010-01-22T12:58:00.000-05:002010-01-22T13:00:12.423-05:00ten(ish) things in ten yearsthe start of the new decade made me reflective. so i wrote this post:here are some of my reflections and events over the last decade of my life. overall, i think the take home for me is the understanding that life is hard. i know- pretty revolutionary huh? i think the 90’s i just thought they were hard for * me *. not for you. but i am seeing more clearly that life is hard on either side of maureenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11244836686372328553noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5372420.post-81762904673615735522009-10-04T17:33:00.005-04:002009-10-04T19:26:17.700-04:00garden 2009just to keep a record of my adventures in gardening:so this season i tried a couple of things from seed. i had very low expectations and was pleasantly surprised with the outcome. i have had little to no time to maintain our allotment but it has been pretty self sustaining and we had regular rain as well.i did peppers, carrots, okra and spinach from seed and directly into the ground. i bought amaureenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11244836686372328553noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5372420.post-59337489933700171652009-02-01T13:43:00.004-05:002009-02-01T14:36:42.660-05:00constance turns 2!improv elmo/cookie monster plan b cakewell our baby is two years old. this is an attempt to record my emotion and the events of our day... no blogging comeback by a long shot. we celebrated today w/ family and had a wonderful time. we had dance party to open and conclude our time and at cake in between. it was a cookie monster/elmo hybrid cake. i had no choice but to make it a hybrid when i maureenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11244836686372328553noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5372420.post-91888216182944892142008-08-08T12:25:00.002-04:002008-08-08T12:45:33.878-04:00i am not deadi may resign my title as a blogger. i'm not heartbroken. just a bit overwhelmed with life. practically. emotionally. my energies are just elsewhere for now and any spare time i do have goes to recouping or trying to find things that feed my soul rather than pass the time. honestly, life has been challenging. but i know the Lord is working in me and changing me. so much of our lives are in maureenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11244836686372328553noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5372420.post-85274233561516969942008-05-25T22:01:00.001-04:002008-12-08T17:04:46.208-05:00patrick okonkwomy father in law passed away may 12th. we've been scrambling around and trying to prepare for charles' trip to nigeria to bury his daddy. needless to say, we have tried to manage the stress of work, school, baby, house, church and everything else- we have limped through it all! please keep us in your prayers. i wrote a long time ago about the customs involved with burial in charles' region ofmaureenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11244836686372328553noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5372420.post-22959910408970951982008-05-16T00:40:00.001-04:002008-05-16T00:43:29.111-04:00chewable vitamin"the vigorous, continual planting of new congregations is the single most crucial strategy for the numerical growth of the Body of Christ in any city, and the continual corporate renewal and revival of the existing churches in a city. nothing else...will have the consistent impact of dynamic, extensive church planting.": dr. tim kellermaureenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11244836686372328553noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5372420.post-33445101942602741392008-04-28T20:10:00.001-04:002008-04-28T20:41:32.492-04:00chewable vitamin“the Church is the only organization in the world that exists primarily for the benefit of those who are not its members.”~ archbishop william templemaureenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11244836686372328553noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5372420.post-32505806078232683042008-04-15T18:03:00.002-04:002008-04-15T18:05:12.114-04:00chewable vitamini heard this prayer lately and i have been praying it often."jesus bless you, jesus free you, jesus release you;jesus bless me, jesus free me, jesus release me."maureenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11244836686372328553noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5372420.post-85386045294976099762008-04-06T09:42:00.008-04:002008-04-06T10:46:50.206-04:00pic posti don't really have anything witty or profound to say. updating you via a post on life and its happenings seems like it would take a lot of energy and not cover the complexities of life right now. so a picture post will have to suffice!working the fro with a hcd (hair control devise)swinging and squeeling.nana and laurel's pizza birthday party.easter 2008pastaheadconstance's favorite place in maureenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11244836686372328553noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5372420.post-91051734120225095592008-03-11T18:00:00.002-04:002008-12-08T17:04:46.354-05:00buckley's to tanzanialyndi and constanceNoodles & Co. is spreading the word about their new Clintonville location at 5032 N. High St. (across from Graceland Shopping Mall) by holding an amazing fund-raiser for Thomas Worthington High School. The student council at the school has voted to use these funds to support the Buckley's move to serve in Tanzania.100% of the profits between 4- 9 PM this Wednesday, March maureenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11244836686372328553noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5372420.post-70847908461758010002008-03-03T08:25:00.000-05:002008-03-03T08:51:15.242-05:00content posttwo recent and lovely rendezvous with friends made me more aware of how isolated i have felt lately. when i feel isolated, my solution is to put new sheets on the bed, get my favorite newly washed pajamas, stockpile magazines and stay in our room for the night/day. i tried this recently. i thought it sounded like a good way to spend a saturday night. it is a good way to spend a saturday maureenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11244836686372328553noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5372420.post-59973103504064055122008-02-24T19:24:00.000-05:002008-02-24T19:25:12.444-05:00blehdear february,i'm so over you.signed,maureenmaureenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11244836686372328553noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5372420.post-81223995997751605392008-02-20T14:08:00.001-05:002008-02-19T19:08:26.703-05:00chewable vitamin"but what of black women?...i most sincerely doubt if any other race of women could have brought its fineness up through so devilish a fire."~ w.e.b. du boismaureenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11244836686372328553noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5372420.post-51421650902993940632008-02-17T10:21:00.004-05:002008-12-08T17:04:46.528-05:00an independent kosovoimportant things have come to pass this weekend. a culmination of blood sweat and tears over many many years. read about the journey for kosovo to become independent. this is a beloved part of the world to me. the story of albania and ethnic albanians in the balkans (and beyond) is a story that evangleicals should take to heart! the impact on the muslim world on the lives of albanians is maureenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11244836686372328553noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5372420.post-88598566007323920392008-02-07T22:53:00.000-05:002008-02-07T23:03:10.125-05:00chewable vitamin"where justice is denied, where poverty is enforced, where ignorance prevails, and where any one class is made to feel that society is an organized conspiracy to oppress, rob and degrade them, neither persons nor property will be safe.": frederick douglassmaureenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11244836686372328553noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5372420.post-12967083299670821532008-02-05T22:00:00.000-05:002008-02-05T20:14:23.413-05:00state of my union: 2008i've done this before in different manners- but this year- i just want to post two lists. the first list are things i will work towards this coming year. the second list are things i hope to be true when i'm forty.this year i will turn 35. which basically means that 40 is around the corner (eek!). when i was in may late twenties- i made a list of things i wanted to be true of me and i found maureenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11244836686372328553noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5372420.post-18031681641988944802008-02-01T11:42:00.000-05:002008-02-02T10:41:27.743-05:00my first ever post linking to oprahsince marrying charles, i have become an oprah convert*. i used to snidely discount anything she did said, or anything about her... but she's not all bad. in fact, i officially like oprah.this guest she had one recently is worth listening to. what a perspective! just be glad i didn't forward the forward of the forward that i got this link from...*i doubt i will convert to liking lionel maureenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11244836686372328553noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5372420.post-74258306480641520992008-01-24T09:59:00.000-05:002008-01-31T09:05:57.751-05:0010 world events i will watch in 20081. darfur. still. again.2. niger- delta conflict. (note: the link is dated- but provides a good overview if you're unfamiliar)3. the presidential race here in the united states.4. what president bush will do in iran.5. investigation of the assignation of former prime minister buhto in pakistan.6. if conversations about trade or economics(with mexico in particular) plump up rather than maureenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11244836686372328553noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5372420.post-57575068129524171372008-01-21T22:31:00.000-05:002008-01-21T22:45:06.380-05:00tantrums? a.d.d.? and attachmenti am unsure if i just witnessed a tantrum. maybe the fact that i'm asking that q question- answers the question. maybe when you see a tantrum- you just know. back arching, arms flailing and screaming. does this qualify? anyone with kids- please let me know the following:when was the first tantrum you remember?what were the markers?how old was your kid?what did you do?secondly- i've been maureenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11244836686372328553noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5372420.post-19156759978512996252008-01-17T21:56:00.000-05:002008-01-17T22:26:07.415-05:0010 things i cannot tire of...lentil soupmorning coffeemorning paperconstance's gigglemuga muga w/ charles (which is not a euphemism- it's a sullivanism for rubbing faces)deck screws. i know this one is weird- but i love em! the economistgoing to the movies by myself most any yard work with the exception of mowing the lawn. basically landscaping.89.7 wosu- except i'm disappointed they added npr talk to it. even though i maureenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11244836686372328553noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5372420.post-73061694203867331642008-01-16T13:27:00.000-05:002008-01-16T13:38:11.432-05:00top 10s - list making 101- maureen stylei like lists. i used to be compulsive about lists and now i only stalk people who are compulsive about lists. i have lots and lots of sites bookmarked where i look at people's lists. weird- i know. but true. lists make my world make sense. if i get overwhelmed- i make a list. i used to color coat them- but now i don't. progress not perfection eh? so i'm going to post some lists on here. maureenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11244836686372328553noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5372420.post-35036034075321419412008-01-14T18:14:00.000-05:002008-01-14T18:08:12.225-05:00chewable vitamin"... a humble self knowledge is a surer way to God than a search after deep learning...": a'Kempismaureenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11244836686372328553noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5372420.post-74205416711371410012008-01-03T06:21:00.000-05:002008-01-03T08:41:07.700-05:00it's finally here. election year 2008i thought i would catalog the evolution of my thinking and position where politics are concerned.here's my account:this is a snap shot of where i was over ten years ago...between the ages of 19 and 23 i did the following:wore black the day bill clinton was inaugurated. listened to rush limbaugh everyday (for pleasure. without barfing- not the whole five years but many of the five).ask for a maureenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11244836686372328553noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5372420.post-79481485573247402902007-12-31T01:18:00.000-05:002008-12-08T17:04:47.905-05:002007 recaphighlights, lowlights and middlelights.january:constance.what can i say about constance ebelechukwu? here's a pic that describes what has happened since she arrived:i cannot say how my heart has grown this past year. when i think about my heart in 2006 and what the gift of our daughter's presence has done to my heart in 2007- it seriously seems to me that my heart was teeny tiny and now might maureenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11244836686372328553noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5372420.post-18373938268711792582007-12-26T23:27:00.000-05:002007-12-26T23:32:42.852-05:00the cult of maci found this hilarious. hope you like it too.maureenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11244836686372328553noreply@blogger.com2