My grandfather died last night from complications following the flu. We are not in the headspace to post just now, our focus is on family but don’t feel like you have to stop commenting or anything. Back soon 🙂
Entries Tagged as 'Family'
Bloggers Drinks and Birthdays
April 3rd, 2009 Comments Off on Bloggers Drinks and Birthdays
We had a bit of a relaxed blogging day yesterday; I am now aged 36 so I’m officially old so I figured I needed a nanna nap so I didn’t read any news or blogs though I did see Whale Oil on TV3 news – something about Labour MP’s being impersonated on Twitter and then […]
Tags: Events
Quiet on the MandM Front
February 9th, 2009 Comments Off on Quiet on the MandM Front
A regular reader complained over the weekend that MandM has been too quiet of late – not enough posts. I had explained some of the reason for this in a comment, but I will do so here so it is not missed. Matt is away in Tauranga doing his teaching diploma for the next two […]
Tags: Announcements
A New Chapter
January 31st, 2009 17 Comments
It is official. I have lost my job; termination due to medical incapacity. This happened last week, the same day I got my news about my recovery setback, but due to the details needing to be sorted I couldn’t say anything til it was official. Yesterday was my goodbye morning tea, Matt and I cleared […]
Tags: Car Accident · Career · Disc Replacement Surgery
Recovery Update
January 22nd, 2009 2 Comments
I saw my surgeon this week and had confirmed what we expected; my recovery is outside the norm, I am not doing as well as expected. This means an extra month off work, at least, and no time frame as to when I can expect to return to work. Most people are back at work […]
Tags: Car Accident · Disc Replacement Surgery
Dissecting a Great White
January 8th, 2009 6 Comments
We took the younger kids to see Madagascar 2 the other day and our youngest, Noah aged 7, loved the bit at the end where the shark came out of the ocean, gave chase snapping its teeth and ultimately fell into a live volcano. When we heard about today’s opportunity to see a dissection of […]
Tags: Home Education
Happy New Year
January 6th, 2009 3 Comments
Happy New Year everyone. Sorry we have been rather quiet of late, we have been taking a break. I did put up something on Rawls but no one seems to have bitten so I figured most of you were taking a break too. We have not been away due to Madeleine’s recovery, which is unfortunatly […]
Tags: Car Accident · Disc Replacement Surgery · New Year
A common objection to belief in the God of the Bible is that a good, kind, and loving deity would never command the wholesale slaughter of nations. In the tradition of his popular Is God a Moral Monster?, Paul Copan teams up with Matthew Flannagan to tackle some of the most confusing and uncomfortable passages of Scripture. Together they help the Christian and nonbeliever alike understand the biblical, theological, philosophical, and ethical implications of Old Testament warfare passages.
