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7 Quick Takes about the Minnesota Catholic Home Education Conference

June 6, 2014 by Minnesota Mom Filed Under: 7 Quick Takes Friday, Homeschooling, Minnesohta, Minnesota Me, Special Events 5 Comments

The 2014 Edition - 1 - MCHEC is the largest home education conference in the upper Midwest, for good reason. Conference Host, Amazing Speaker, Conference Host (There's no minimum height requirement for this event. Short hostesses are welcome!) We're talking fabulous organizers, awesome talks, amazing curricula and extremely good-looking … [Read more...]

Conference Preview

June 2, 2014 by Minnesota Mom Filed Under: Homeschooling, Jem, Minnesohta, Minnesota Me, Special Events 6 Comments

The weekend was busy and frenetic and FUN. Here is a sneak preview; I am posting it for Sarah: Andrew Kern and an Obnoxious Adoring Fan The full (or fullish) post is on deck. For now though, I'm eating cherry pie à la mode with my freshly minted 15-year-old. He was 7 when I first started blogging. I can't--cannot!--believe it. … [Read more...]

Minnesota Catholic Home Education Conference

May 30, 2014 by Minnesota Mom Filed Under: Homeschooling, Minnesohta, Minnesota Me, Special Events 2 Comments

The Minnesota Catholic Home Education Conference starts today! I'll be there; will you? They've got an awesome line-up this year, but then again they always do: Ken Davison from Holy Heroes; Andrew Kern from CiRCE Institute; Ginny Seuffert from Seton; Lacy Rabideau from Catholic Icing; and  Dr. Meg Meeker as the key note … [Read more...]

Post Memorial Day Musings

May 28, 2014 by Minnesota Mom Filed Under: Gratitude, Just Me, Marriage, Minnesota Me, Tributes 9 Comments

On What it Means to be Truly Free ~ To the dad in the check-out line at Rainbow Foods. You are why I'm writing this. ~ I really love Memorial Day. Yes, it's the start of a long overdue summer, but it's the flags & the grave markers that really get me. My life...your life...the freedom we have and take for granted... Just take a … [Read more...]

Puppy Love {and a Blog Announcement}

May 25, 2014 by Minnesota Mom Filed Under: Francis, George, Health & Wellness, Honest Blogging, Minnesota Me, Motherhood 16 Comments

George's birthday was yesterday. Can you believe that the baby in this photo is already five?! I can't. We celebrated quietly, as a family, with fish sticks & cake (eaten separately) and later, a monkey pinata in the backyard. I didn't take a single photo (because I can't find my memory card) but because I am working on a New Improved … [Read more...]

Something Other Than God

May 23, 2014 by Minnesota Mom Filed Under: Conversion, Minnesota Me, Motherhood, Reviews, Spiritual Growth 9 Comments

That's a wonderful book title, isn't it? A wonderful title, yes, but such a sad, sad thought.  Why would we want to choose something other God? And yet we do. We fill our days with things other than Him and, as you probably already know, if the devil can't make us bad he'll make us busy. Go on and ask me how I know this. And so even though … [Read more...]

My Little American Heritage Girl

May 16, 2014 by Minnesota Mom Filed Under: Family Fun, Minnesota Me, My Girls 7 Comments

Angela needed to do a poster, scrapbook or video to fulfill the Tenderheart Level Award... ...so she did a video of her poster. Isn't she sweet? And way more nervous than normal? … [Read more...]

Weigh-In Wednesday

May 15, 2014 by Minnesota Mom Filed Under: Health & Wellness, Minnesota Me, Weigh-In Wednesday 10 Comments

Vol. VII: On being dissed by the Target clerk for buying junk food Alternately Titled: Think-About It Thursday What? I was really busy yesterday. And in any case, I have been thinking about "weighty" issues a lot--one might even say a TON--and here are some of my thoughts on the matter: 1. It's hard, hard work to lose ten pounds. 2. It's even … [Read more...]

They love me; they love me not

May 12, 2014 by Minnesota Mom Filed Under: Honest Blogging, Just Me, Minnesota Me, Motherhood, Spiritual Growth 30 Comments

Or, how that deck of cards was stacked against me Did you have a good Mother's Day? I did...and then I didn't. And then I did...and then I didn't. Mother's Day is such a tough one!  It's all about us, allegedly, and so when it's not (all about all us, that is) we tend to pout and/or cry and/or be disappointed. I do, anyway. At least, … [Read more...]

Weigh-In Wednesday

May 7, 2014 by Minnesota Mom Filed Under: Health & Wellness, Just Me, Minnesota Me, Weigh-In Wednesday 11 Comments

Vol. VI: In Which I Ponder the Existence of Overweight Crickets So what do you think: Would changing the name of this series to Weight-Off Wednesday inspire people to link up? 'Cause I'm not really feeling the link-up love right now. No offense to your own sweet self, of course. You're great. It's just...it's just...I'm weighing the merits … [Read more...]

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