Today I had an interview for a volunteer Chaplain position. I wasn’t really sure what I was signing up for, nor did I know if I was qualified, but my intuition told me that I needed to pursue it. I met with the Director of the program who was a retired nurse and Episcopalian...
As you’ve probably read here or on Facebook, it’s been me and the Nia-meister for the last eight days while Nick was away in Russia and Ukraine. I was definitely nervous about how the week would go, so I deferred to my tried-and-true strategy, the book-every-minute-with...
Hi everyone–If you’ve been following Facebook you know that I’ve been solo parenting for 8 days while Nick took a work trip to Russia and Ukraine. He did plenty of working, but in his spare moments he made it to the Winter Palace in St. Petersburg (above) and Red Square...
It was a lovely, quiet holiday weekend for the Novaks. Nick made us a Thanksgiving feast complete with homemade pumpkin pie, turkey, mashed taters and gravy. I was totally spoiled! It was our first ever turkey and a major upgrade from the Dominos Pizza we had last year! Other Thanksgiving...