Lots of Coffee, lots of kids. It's a peaceful life.
That if only my husband would take the kids away for a week...Or perhaps a week of weeks...Then I could get this house in order.But then I'd be lonely and watch movies the whole time.And my husband would kill me when he got back. … [Read more...]
It’s a good thing I’m not getting paid to update this blog every day, ‘cause if I were…Man, would my boss be mad at me.We’re still here though, as overworked and underpaid as always. Our days alternate between lazy-daisy and crazy-busy, in true summer fashion, and I find that—as always—I am eating up the season in great big gulps. I love summer in … [Read more...]
I...love...LOST!!!I know.I am so completely behind the times that it's groundbreaking, really. Cool & retro, that's me! (Not really.)Well, I may not be trendy but I know a good thing when I read about it...and read about it...and read & read & read about it. My husband and I started watching Season 1 of LOST on Netflix a couple of weeks … [Read more...]
How does your garden grow?Any more questions? … [Read more...]
Thursday afternoon found me both tired and cranky. (Scandalous, I know.) We had been going & going & going all day and still we had obligations—a baseball game for Joe and (simultaneously, at a different field) a soccer game for Cate.Who decided we were a sporting family, anyway? I blame my husband.So yeah, tired and cranky, that was me. … [Read more...]
First, the poem.I gave two talks at the recent Minnesota Catholic homeschooling conference. The first was titled, “Keep Your Eyes on Your Own Work: On Guarding Your Heart and Not Losing Hope,” and refers, in my mind, to both success in the classroom and spiritual growth.Because if we’re not growing spiritually then what’s the point.Right?At the end … [Read more...]
A reader, Jan, emailed to ask me about the medal that I always wear.Would you like to hear its story?It all began with the girl in this photo—a lovely young lady named Guillemette.You know how that’s pronounced, right? Because it would kill me if you pronounced my friend’s name wrong. It’s Ghee-ya-mette, with a hard “g” as in “great”. Guillemette. … [Read more...]
Here’s how I’m keeping those nerves at bay: by singing this song at the top of my lungs to the embarrassed amusement of my children.Did you know that, in a pinch, a DVD remote works every bit as well as a hairbrush? … [Read more...]
After my big conversion at the age of 23, (see this semi-completed, half-started, entirely abandoned series), I spent six months in France trying to figure things out.Hey, there are worse places to have an identity crisis!I got a job teaching at a small Catholic school near Lyons. I taught Science, Geography, Singing, Sewing, Art and English.(The … [Read more...]
They should make library cards like middle school hall passes. You know, those great big chunky blocks of wood that are IMPOSSIBLE to misplace.Note to Self: Please please please put that card away when you are done with it. By “away” I mean in your wallet, where it goes.Not in your pants pocket.Not in your jacket pocket.Not in the book bag with the … [Read more...]
