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The 10th Day of Christmas

by Filed Under: Family Fun, Living Liturgically, Minnesota Me, Special Events 5 Comments

Are you still celebrating?☺We are, and it’s wonderful, but I have to admit that tomorrow’s “Weigh-In Wednesday” is hanging over my head like a fudge-covered anvil. More on that later, though, because today we are making…These!We have never, ever made gingerbread houses as a family. (The house that Cate’s assembling in the post below is from a kit … [Read more...]

16 Years Ago Today

by Filed Under: Marriage, Minnesota Me, Special Events 27 Comments

Who we were...Our first year of marriage and first ever visit to the Minnesota State Fair. We survived both!Who we are...Lakeside with the family in August, 2011. As Minnesotans, are we ever not lakeside? Who we hope to be...My beloved mom & dad will celebrate their 65th in January!In a way, I owe it all to them. Happy Anniversary, Honey!I’m … [Read more...]

The Christmas Chronicles (Part II)

by Filed Under: Going Home, Gratitude, Minnesota Me 6 Comments

The “All I want for Christmas” EditionAngela thought about asking for her two front teeth this Christmas, then changed her mind since she already has them.That would be weird and just a little morbid.Instead she asked for...and received...a visit home to see all the family! This meant three different houses in just two days.They got to see Grandpa … [Read more...]

The Christmas Chronicles

by Filed Under: Just Me, Minnesota Me, Special Events 6 Comments

Part IWe are freshly home from two days of Christmas travel (arriving home LATE last night and doing little else than brush my teeth and read a paragraph of my current read before passing out—not literally—until this morning) and I have a fair share to do to feel “caught up”.(Can someone tell me, please, exactly what that feels like?)And so, in … [Read more...]

Kooky for Cookies

by Filed Under: Food and Drink, Just Me, Keeping It Real, Minnesota Me 19 Comments

Ed. Note: Thank you, everyone, for your kind participation in the “Gift of Self” discussion below. I will continue the series with Part II soon. This past Saturday was a day of culinary reckoning. Low-carb diet notwithstanding, I simply had to start making our Christmas goodies because—apart from the sugar cookies we baked on St. Nicholas Day—I … [Read more...]

The Gift of the Magi for Modern Wives

by Filed Under: Marriage, Minnesota Me, Spiritual Growth 34 Comments

Subtitled: From Rocks in the Mattress to Flowers in your HandDisclaimer: This post is for healthy, married women only. If you are in your third trimester, if you are sick, if you are in Phase-Whatever-It-Is-When-You’re-Practicing-NFP-and-Can-Flirt-But-That’s-It… If you are any of those things or, conversely, if you’re a guy… Then this post is not … [Read more...]