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Back-to-Back Birthdays/Food-Fueled Gratitude Palooza

by Filed Under: Family Fun, Felicity, Food and Drink, Minnesota Me, My Girls, Special Events 19 Comments

Prologue: I have to admit that the closer I get to my little guy’s due date, the more eagerly I try to clear the calendar. It’s a beholden-to-no-man (save for my doctor) kind of thing… And she’s a woman, so there you go. Hosting Thanksgiving as well as a sleepover for my back-to-back birthday girls last week was the last big To-Do on my list, I … [Read more...]

Upon the Completion (i.e. Survival) of Last Week

by Filed Under: Give-Aways, Just Me, Minnesota Me, Special Events 7 Comments

Happy Monday, everyone! Have you eaten up and/or frozen all those turkey leftovers yet? (We haven’t. It’s on the list.) I have nothing new for you this morning other than to cheerfully direct you to yesterday’s post. Do enter the giveaway and do share your favorite Advent traditions. Myself, I plan to keep things fairly simple this year, … [Read more...]

On the Feast of Christ the King: A Double Giveaway

by Filed Under: Give-Aways, Living Liturgically, Minnesota Me, Spiritual Growth 44 Comments

“Everything that belongs to the spouse belongs to the bride as well. So also everything that belongs to the Lord, no matter how much it is, He entrusts to you. Yet you do not understand this nor do you perceive your dignity…” --Psuedo-Macarius,  Egyptian monk and hermit I absolutely love today’s great feast. The thought that Our Lord … [Read more...]

In Giving Thanks

by Filed Under: Gratitude, Minnesota Me 10 Comments

I haven’t been taking very many pictures lately because—sigh—my favorite camera lens is broken and, frankly, at this point fixing it is just One More Thing. So I haven’t. Last night, though, as I knelt by the side of my bed to thank God for the day… And to beg His forgiveness for my list of transgressions… Which lately seems as long as a … [Read more...]

Rest for the Weary

by Filed Under: Just Me, Minnesota Me, odds and ends, Pregnancy 16 Comments

Have you ever survived such a spate of days that, when finally you reach the end of them, you sigh, “There but by the grace of God went I” ? In the words of my 3-year-old, “Foofda.” We survived. On Thursday I had an OB appointment in the morning (Baby’s fine!) and gave a talk to our homeschool co-op in the evening. (I  just love our … [Read more...]

From Zero to Sixty, Drama-Style

by Filed Under: Current Affairs, Minnesota Me, Politics, Spiritual Growth 10 Comments

I’m going to tell you a story that has nothing to do with the recent elections. Is that okay?  The time change really screwed me up this weekend. I went to bed worried on Saturday night, anxious that I’d miss my 4:00 a.m. holy hour, and tossed & turned for several hours. When I woke up and saw that it was 1:52, I thought I’d might as … [Read more...]