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My Winter Reading List

December 11, 2009

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10 Books, 7.5 weeks. I haven’t calculated pages or chapters per day or anything like that yet. I’ll do that… soon.

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My Winter Reading List – Matt Heerema

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Career move… Job change.

September 4, 2009

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In case you hadn’t heard in other channels, I am leaving AOL to go to work for Desiring God. More details at mattheerema.com

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Saturday Night at The Heeremas

March 22, 2008

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(Matt and Nancy sitting across from each other at the dinner table, each messing with their computers…)

Matt: humming annoying song

Nancy: “If you’re trying to impress me, that song isn’t helping.”

Matt: “What if I tried a different one.”

Nancy: Rolls eyes

Matt: sings “You never close your eyes, anymore whe…”

Nancy: interrupting “Okay, THAT makes me want to close my laptop and hit you over the head with it!”

Matt: laughs “Can I blog this?”

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Tips for Cleaning and Sealing a Deck

September 3, 2007

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  1. Do it in the Spring
  2. Buy the expensive tools for the job, not the cheap ones. They’ll break and/or not function properly, causing you to renounce your faith.
  3. Hand brushing is faster than using a cheap-o pump sprayer, but get a push broom to do it with rather than a 4″ hand brush
  4. Use a pressure washer to clean the deck, they are a lot of fun.
  5. Do it in the Spring
  6. Allow several hours for each phase, plus cleanup
  7. Hire someone to do it for you
  8. Tear your deck down and replace it with a concrete or faux-wood recycled plastic one.

This public service announcement brought to you by a hot, sweaty, messy, frustrated homeowner.

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Couscous and dirt

July 18, 2007

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So tonight I decided to make couscous (a first for me) as a side dish with our grilled Iowa chops for supper. (Mmmm-mmmmm!) (Matt did a splendiferous job of grilling, thank you my dear.) I’ve been on somewhat of a mission to have Elena try as many new foods as possible that are not choking hazards for her, so I gave her a bit of the couscous. (By the way, if anyone has any great ideas for healthy, baby-safe foods that one might not normally think of or a favorite snack your kids enjoy, I’d love to hear about it!) Boy, oh boy, did she love it! Matt and I took turns trying to spoon it directly into her mouth (no self-feeding for this food, folks!) and it just seemed like she was thoroughly enjoying the texture.

She must have still been on a quest for new taste sensations, because about 15 minutes later, I found her with her hands in the dirt of our ficus tree and a muddy tongue. :) At least she didn’t appear to enjoy the taste as much as the couscous, so hopefully there won’t be a take two of that scene!

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