aka Stream of ConsciousnessDo you ever cry out of guilt for your sins of omission? And then despair of ever being a saint? I do, all the time. And then, being human, I look around desperately for someone—or something—to take the blame, because I can’t bear the weight of being so darned imperfect. Usually, it’s the computer—as in, how dare I spend … [Read more...]
Pretty Happy Funny Real
The Pancake Breakfast Edition{pretty}The process of making pancakes for the masses is nothing if not a pretty one.What? You don’t agree? You do not find this photo to be the very soul of tranquility?Fine.I’ll zoom in on Mary and you cannot agree with that.{happy}Okay, so, we may well quibble about the first photo being “pretty”.Fair enough.And … [Read more...]
The Penderwicks at Point Mouette (An Update)
Done!Swoon.The Penderwicks at Point Mouette was every bit as wonderful as I’d hoped…and I’d been hoping for a very long time. I put in a library request for this book when I first heard it was being published—literally, about a year ago—and when I received the book—FINALLY!—from the library, it was so new that some of the pages hadn’t been cut … [Read more...]
The Penderwicks at Point Mouette: A (Rave) Review
The Penderwicks at Point Mouette is one of THE best summertime kids’ novels EVER!(Not to speak in the extreme or anything.)My only concern is that I’ve almost finished reading it. Only four chapters left, and then what?!! I will be left bereft and longing for yet another chapter in these lives I’ve grown to love so much.To speak in the character … [Read more...]
Underfoot
I have really been enjoying the blog Snapshots around the World. I have known these sweet ladies for quite some time—Kim lives in Germany; Sue, Japan; and Rebecca’s in Ohio—and it’s fun to to read about the cultural differences.Now, of course, we get to “see” them.Snapshots around the World is, as per the blog header, “Three women, three … [Read more...]
Faith the Size of a Quarter
While I get my thoughts, photographs and commentary from the MCHEC conference in order, I thought I would share with you a brief true story that took place last Friday.Note: I shared this story at the conference, so if you were there you may skip this post.Go have a coffee.Feed your cat.For those of you who weren’t at the conference, you should … [Read more...]
NOT what I wanted to hear…
…after a very full day at the home education conference.“Mom! George threw one of your plants into the bathtub!”“There’s dirt EVERYWHERE!” (This, incidentally, was during his sisters’ bath.)(His comedic timing is impeccable.) … [Read more...]
Conference Preview
Ever your obedient blogger, I made sure to get a picture of “the dress” last night.Unfortunately, I had the zoom lens on my camera.Aren’t those pinstripes cute, though?Okay, fine.I’m kidding.Here’s a photo of John & me with Andrew Pudewa.Happy?(I was. I love hanging out at homeschooling conferences!)There’s more to come but it must be later. … [Read more...]
Alert the media! This stay-at-home mom has started to care about clothing.
Thanks to Hallie’s fashion savvy, I knew—kind of sort of in a general way—what style of dress I wanted for hosting the Catholic home education conference tonight.What do you think?(Please don’t tell me that you hate it. With six kids and a babysitter to shop for, I do not have time to go buy another.)Oh, and I got the cutest little pair of … [Read more...]
Conference Call
Update: My husband read this post and squawked a protest. “I have too been to this conference! A couple of times!”You know what? The guy is right. I remember going for beer & pizza after the Friday night key note one year.“Oh.” Head bowed in shame, I realized that my writer’s flair for the dramatic had once again trumped the actual truth.“I … [Read more...]
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