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What a Difference a Week (or Two) Makes

by Filed Under: Anecdotal, Minnesota Me, Pregnancy, Special Events 29 Comments

The Blah-Blah-Blog Edition So I’ve been thinking back wistfully to the days when I used to update daily. Do you perhaps remember that? My eyes would pop open around 5:00 a.m. and I would bound out of bed, thinking, “I get to go write a blog post!” And off I’d go, quite happily, to brew a cup of coffee and jot down my thoughts. Not so, these … [Read more...]

Um, how old?

by Filed Under: Family Fun, Minnesota Me, Special Events 24 Comments

 For those that don't know, my birthday is rapidly approaching.  Its one of those milestones with a zero on the end, and a 5 or something on the front.  I won't tell you my exact age of course, as a blogger never tells. We are doing it up this year though, and I wanted to cook myself something special.  We just got a wok, you … [Read more...]

A Little Liturgical Lesson

by Filed Under: Living Liturgically, Minnesota Me, Special Events, The Faith 6 Comments

Today the Church celebrates the feast of the Nativity of Mary. In other words, Happy Birthday, Blessed Mother! One of the things that I talk about in my liturgical year presentation is keeping our feast day celebrations simple so that we actually do them. How simple (and delicious) is baking a birthday treat? It’s a piece of cake, right? And … [Read more...]

On the Feast of St. Anthony

by Filed Under: Family Fun, Living Liturgically, Minnesota Me, Special Events, Spiritual Growth 2 Comments

~ For our NiNi, with Love ~   We are very fond of good St. Anthony. Yes, he is the patron saint of lost objects and for that reason is our go-to guy on Sunday mornings. (Please, St. Anthony, I know you’re busy…but can you just help me find that blasted shoe?) It is also why we just finished up a novena yesterday: “St. Anthony, St. Anthony, … [Read more...]

The 14th Annual MN Catholic Home Education Conference

by Filed Under: Homeschooling, Minnesohta, Minnesota Me, Special Events 18 Comments

When I first attended this homeschooling conference, my oldest son was four and we were just starting out down the homeschooling path. Oh, what an eager-beaver, hooves-stomping-anxiously-at-the-gate mom I was! Really. I was just that mixed a metaphor. Well, that kid is now a 10th grader and I have since learned to relax a bit.  Granted, … [Read more...]