and all other dog owners of wisdom! (Paula, that means you, too.)My children need your help. The puppy thinks that they (meaning anyone 4 and 1/2 feet or under) are walking raw hides. My children don't like this game.My question is: What does one do about the nipping? The books I've read say to ignore the bad behavior and that what the puppy really … [Read more...]
Because I know you’ve missed them…
Here are a couple of cute kid stories that I dutifully saved while on my break:First, in the “I thought I’d heard them all” category, comes four-year-old Felicity and her plaintive:“Mommy, if I finish all my supper and my dessert I won’t have room for breakfast.”(Therefore she shouldn’t have to eat all of her supper to get dessert. Not bad for a … [Read more...]
I’m getting old.
And this is how I know: I slept in until 7:00 a.m. this morning!Should I call the doctor?Then—to my further embarrassment and shame—when I got to the coffee pot (which is always my first stop of the day) there was a note (which is always where my husband leaves them, because he knows that they’ll be SEEN) that read:Wake husband PLEASE.Which I would … [Read more...]
Guilty as Charged
...but still very cute.“Maybe if I hide my face, they won’t know that it’s me.”Busted. “Fine. You caught me. At least it wasn’t Cate’s dress this time.”Ad Jesum per Mariam, … [Read more...]
A Crazy Busy Kind of Life
I have so much to do this weekend that I really have no business blogging.You are thinking, “I have so much to do this weekend that I really have no business reading your blog.”Should we just ditch it all and go for coffee?I’ll give you but one example of the title of this post in action and then I will open up the comments for discussion. ; ) … [Read more...]
Puppy Math
One of these plus one of these equals lots of these and a couple of these.Ad Jesum per Mariam, … [Read more...]
Only for Today
Lest you think that my love of Magnificat magazine is unfounded, here is the daily meditation from yesterday, which is every bit as applicable....today.How Much More Will the Father Give1) Only for today, I will seek to live the livelong day positively without wishing to solve the problems of my life all at once.2) Only for today, I will take the … [Read more...]
Three Years Ago Today
I was hastily placing a last-minute order on-line—mittens from Hannah Anderrson for the cold Fall days ahead—as I bounced from foot to foot through the contractions.My husband then sped us up the road to United Hospital, while I blinked through the discomfort and tried to appreciate the beautiful, pink sunrise.Two hours later, my baby girl was … [Read more...]
Who is this Murphy guy? ‘Cause I really hate his law.
If it could go wrong today, it did.(Brace yourself for a big whiny post. Here it comes.) Jem slept on the floor next to the puppy’s kennel and woke up covered in hives. Is it dander or dirt or dust mites? (I don’t really want to know and yet, I do.) After giving Jem a large dose of Alavert and sticking him in the tub (at 10:00 a.m.), Cate … [Read more...]
Hi, my name is Margaret.
And I am a MagnifiMom.I never really knew how addicted I was to my Magnificat magazine until 2 weeks ago, when I went to get the October’s edition out of the drawer where I always kept it and discovered—to my surprise and then my horror—that it wasn’t there.You can imagine the mad scramble that took place over the next few days. To have this happen … [Read more...]
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