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by Filed Under: Hearth & Home, Minnesota Me, Motherhood, Spiritual Growth 4 Comments

Part IThank you for all the feedback in my Puppies by Paula post. Wow. I wish I could say that it’s helped me to reach a decision, (my husband’s been in favor of getting a dog all along), but it hasn’t.This is a big decision—a huge decision—and it is up to me to make it.No pressure there or anything.Getting a dog is not like, say, getting a board … [Read more...]

Stuff and Fluff for a Friday’s Post

by Filed Under: Blogging, Hearth & Home, Minnesota Me, odds and ends 4 Comments

Great Grandma B. is due to arrive in an hour, (she's from the awesome state of Illinois, and is being spirited our way by Auntie Terri), and I have a couple of minutes to crank out a post before the brownie cupcakes are done & I'm called to entertain.Thank you very much for your input on my new banner! You helped me “over the hump” of my … [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...]

Piles

by Filed Under: Hearth & Home, Humor, Minnesota Me 11 Comments

I am afraid that I must share with you a rather indelicate revelation: my home’s been infected with piles.I am not talking about this unmentionable condition. (Except....if it’s so very unmentionable, then why for heaven’s sake am I linking to it?)No. Rather, I am referring to a superficial and unsightly condition that is brought on by busy-ness … [Read more...]

Only in America

by Filed Under: Hearth & Home, Minnesota Me, Motherhood 18 Comments

…does a person have so much extra stuff! Can you believe it?A sizeable donation, no? We do this three times a year.The key word here is “extra”. For the past four months, these bags have been sitting in my basement and—confession time—hanging from the doorknob in my laundry room, which is a handy (if not aesthetically pleasing) place to keep my … [Read more...]