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Are you a true elementary school teacher?

by Filed Under: Homeschooling, Humor, Minnesota Me 6 Comments

I found this online at I Don’t Remember Where and laughed out loud to read it. (Yes, I am a teacher and I act like one.)And then I made a mental list of my more obnoxious habits and vowed to work on them.Are you a true elementary school teacher?1. Do you ask guests if they have remembered their scarves andmittens as they leave your home?2. Do you … [Read more...]

Dog Logic 101

by Filed Under: Humor, Minnesota Me, The Dawg 2 Comments

Question: How do you know your dog’s a homeschooler?Answer: She wants nothing to do with that big orange school bus! She avoids it at all costs.What’s really nice is that I could use this same line of reasoning when it comes to her fear of the vacuum. The puppy and I will be out on the deck, honey! You go right ahead.Ad Jesum per Mariam, … [Read more...]

If you give a mom a Holy Hour…

by Filed Under: Humor, Keeping It Real, Minnesota Me, Spiritual Growth 4 Comments

…from 4:00 to 5:00 a.m., she will need to brew a cup of coffee before she leaves.While she’s waiting for her coffee she will need to check her e-mail. Naturally.While she’s sipping her coffee and checking her e-mail, she may or may not get distracted. She may or may not have to hunt high and low for her shoes. She will totally try to ignore the … [Read more...]

A Question of Perspective

by Filed Under: Humor, Minnesota Me, The Dawg 6 Comments

See if you can name the following household items.Did you guess a pair of shoes?Wrong! Around here these are dog biscuits.You’re thinking these are books and magazinesto be set aside for later perusal, correct? Wrong! These are highly suspicious documentsand need to be shredded as soon as possible.And finally, you don’t want to know what this … [Read more...]

When She’s Hot, She’s Hot

by Filed Under: Family Fun, Humor, Minnesota Me 4 Comments

On any other day, an outing to the Minnesota Landscape Arboretum with four other families would be awesome. On a morning when the temps are in the 90’s, though, (a morning, mind you) and the heat-humidity index, drippingly high, such a trip is awesome and…uncomfortable.Mostly awesome.But also sticky, sweaty, and red-faced.Even a big … [Read more...]

And the award goes to…

by Filed Under: Hearth & Home, Humor, Minnesota Me 8 Comments

So here’s me thanking Miss Bonnie and Miss Blanca—they’re my housekeepers and yes, I need them—with a great big smile and a couple of Belgian chocolates. “See you in two weeks, ladies! I’m sure we’ll be ready for you!”Bonnie agreed, perhaps a touch too readily, saying, “Yep, yours is the one house where we always know we’re needed!”Isn’t it great … [Read more...]