…while you wait for the Pro-Life post. Today is my son’s last day of 8th grade. Does this mean he’s smarter than a 5th grader? Hmm.One thing it means for sure is that he’ll be home for the summer to do the two things he does best: help with George and harass his other siblings.This is what’s known as a mixed blessing.* * * * *The other day my … [Read more...]
Gaellic Rain
This could be a post—a full-fledged post—about the Scottish fair we attended today.Instead it’s a post—a wee little post—that must tell in five photos...His name was Braveheart. I didn’t catch hers. ...what we saw in the briefest of hours today.‘Twas raining, me friend, and bitter cold…Sibling rancor is overcome by spun sugar! I had to capture that … [Read more...]
D-Day Plus 2 (An Update)
Subtitled: I need an adrenal beater. Thank you for all your caffeine-related advice, everyone! Yesterday I limited myself to a single cup of coffee when I got up and by 2 p.m. I was a puddle of tissue on the floor.(Credit goes to Dr. Mary for that analogy.)(Gosh, I love Dr. Mary.)I tried to distract myself by taking the kids to library and the … [Read more...]
Attention, Google Reader Readers!
I have a new blog header photo. No more smudgy cookie face!(George said it was starting to itch.)Do you like it? : ) … [Read more...]
From Sunshine to Storm Clouds and Back Again (I hope)
So I sat down to write a blog post this morning and saw that my Blogspot followers went down overnight. Unable to help myself (and yet, knowing better) I clicked over to Google Reader and saw that over there, too, I was down by two.Losing my readers always makes me wonder--was it something I said or something I didn't? Am I too fluffy? Offensive? … [Read more...]
Catching Up
Holy Thursday Lenten Tea Good Friday Service Abortion Protest Easter Vigil Horse and Chariot CAST INTO THE SEA North Dakota Grandma Grandpa Food Swimming FOOD Hallmark Hall of Fame Movie Unplanned by Abby Johnson Driving Home Court of Honor Tonight...Look! I made my very own Triduum/Easter word cloud.Now to just catch my breath...unpack...and … [Read more...]
T.G.I.S.
This past week found me in the possession of:A uncooperative, unrepentant computer that went on the blink not once but twice;An extremely demanding toddler who was (by all accounts, just ask his siblings) never not nursing; andA persistent God Who, on more than one occasion throughout the time leading up to Ash Wednesday, said "Yes, Margaret, you … [Read more...]
A Bit of French & the Blue Screen of Death
Hey everyone, it’s me—trying to get my blogging sea legs back after the unexpected loss of my computer. It happened like this: I was in the kitchen signing our Christmas “Ordinary Time” newsletters (hush) at 4:00 a.m. the other morning (double hush) when I walked past my desk and saw that the screen had gone all blue on me.Scanning the text, I saw, … [Read more...]
It’s my party…
And I realize that, yes, it is my prerogative to cry if I want to.But…why?Why did I decide to watch Steel Magnolias today?For the FIRST TIME?!!Because I could, I guess.Drat that Netflix.Updated to add: Okay, so evidently I have seen this before because that scene at the end where Ouiser makes the little boy cry was very familiar. Still. What was I … [Read more...]
Daybook: My Very First One!
The Last-Week-of-Advent VersionOutside my window...Lots of snow and quite cold—go figure.My front yard is pockmarked with assorted snow forts. The streets are lined on both sides with snow banks—some of them as tall as a man. (Though I have measured neither that man nor the snow banks.)We will have a white Christmas, barring some aberrant freak of … [Read more...]
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