About a week before Lent began, I wrote a post about Lenten penances. What do you plan to do? I asked my readers, and received a variety of responses.One email arrived from a friend in Nebraska. Patsy said that she and her family were going to put a large “X” over the dishwasher. Their penance—shared collectively—would be one of abstinence from … [Read more...]
Of Mice and Men and Grain-Fed Steer
This is Jerry.He’s a cattle farmer from North Dakota and is what you would call a good guy.That’s what you’d expect, right?Cattle farmer + North Dakota = A good guy.That’s the equation.Jerry was in town yesterday to drop off a load of beef. His sister attends our parish, so he parked his truck outside her house and that’s where we met him.The kids … [Read more...]
Wanted: One Stuffed Snowman
My daughters have literally scores of stuffed items.Whenever one of them goes missing, (ahem!), I will overhear them discussing its absence:“Do you know where your snowman is, Felicity? It’s in the attic!”That’s where they think all the “lost” objects are, you see. What they do not know is that we don’t have an attic.We do, however, have a … [Read more...]
Lenten Penance Readymade
My kids were so pleased when I brought home four boxes of toaster waffles from the grocers.Then we all remembered that I threw out our old broken toaster three months ago. … [Read more...]
Got heat?
The vent in our dining room does, which makes it prime real estate for little bodies.Especially when it looks like this outside:Yup, we’ve got ourselves a snow day. … [Read more...]
When the Television Breaks
What do you do when you’ve got a fun new DVD for family movie night and the TV won’t cooperate?You watch it on Daddy’s laptop, of course!It seems as though almost every last electronic device in this house is conspiring to break on us. First the CD player in the van went. It seems—ahem—that someone decided to put a nickel in it. (Curiosity killed … [Read more...]
A Fair Question
Daddy: Don’t put stickers on the furniture.Angela: Okay. What are furnitures?AMDG, … [Read more...]
Leafy, Green & Mean
I whipped up a batch of homemade spaghetti sauce yesterday while the guys watched the game and the little girls did their thing. I opened a can of spinach, (thinking I might sneak in a bit of green), and then changed my mind. Canned spinach is so much stronger than fresh or even frozen that I knew my family would mutiny.I left the open can on the … [Read more...]
I love my husband
…but I have to admit, I find it annoying when I grumble, “We’re out of milk,” and he proclaims, “Rome is burning!”Ever the wife of a sarcastic spouse, I amUpdated to Add: Said sarcastic husband later brought home eight gallons of cold and creamy 2%, thus sparing me a trip to the store in 10-degree weather. Have I mentioned that I love my … [Read more...]
That Kind of Day
The Kitchen Counter: BuriedThe Kitchen Island: Sinking FastThe Kitchen Table: A Mess of Muffins and Playdoh (Let’s hope those girls don’t get confused.)Marilyn wrote a post about how she felt like Sisyphus most days, and I thought I’d share these photos in empathy. There is never an end to mess around here. It’s part of the...joy of my … [Read more...]
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