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Feeling Social Saturday

by Filed Under: Hearth & Home, Minnesohta, Minnesota Me, Special Events 18 Comments

The sun is shining and the meteorologist has promised us temps that are almost balmy. We Minnesotans get very excited about 30-degree weather in February. It’s pretty sad, really.Sub-Degree Sports in MinnesotaSubtitled: Table Tennis Consequently we will be spending a large portion of our day outside, soaking up some vitamin D and breathing in … [Read more...]

To My Favorite Minnesota Man

by Filed Under: Marriage, Minnesota Me, Special Events Leave a Comment

With love on your 3*th birthday.If you were the wood, I'd be the fire.If you were the love, I'd be the desire.If you were a castle, I'd be your moat,And if you were an ocean,I'd learn to float. From “All I Want is You” byBarry Louis Polisar (Juno Soundtrack)You are a “few” years younger but many years wiser than your handful of a wife. Thank you … [Read more...]

I see the moon…

by Filed Under: Minnesota Me, Special Events 8 Comments

…and it’s totally cool!Are you keeping one eye on all things lunar, too? Full eclipse for us folks in CST at about 9:00 p.m.*Updated to Add:And here is what the kids were doing.(In addition to gazing up at the moon, of course.)Hey, they’d been cooped up all day. I can't say that I blame ‘em. … [Read more...]

The Great American Blue and Gold

by Filed Under: Minnesota Me, Moments of Incredible Joy, My Boys, Special Events 9 Comments

...was indeed where we were this afternoon.Thank you, everyone, for playing! (Please pick up a door prize on your way out.)The Blue and Gold Banquet is the culmination of a year’s worth of hard work on the part of our Cub Scouts. Both of our boys advanced to the next level of Scouting, which means that Joe is now a Boy Scout (sigh) and Jem, who … [Read more...]

V-Day 2008

by Filed Under: Family Fun, Homeschooling, Minnesota Me, Special Events 6 Comments

So how does a mother who’s suffering from PTSD (Post-Traumatic Speech Disorder) celebrate St. Valentine’s Day?Well, she doesn’t get too creative, I’ll tell you that much. Heart-shaped peanut butter and jelly sandwiches were pretty much the extent of it. (“You mean we don’t have to eat the crusts?!” They were ecstatic.)Even better, though, was the … [Read more...]

The Miracle of Motherhood

by Filed Under: Minnesota Me, Motherhood, Special Events 18 Comments

Isn’t that an awesome name for a moms’ group? The Miracle of Motherhood. Well, ain’t it the truth.Pictured from left to right: sweet mom, sweet mom, sweet mom, sweet mom, sweet mom,sweet mom, sweet mom, sweet mom holding sweet baby, sweet mom holding sweet baby,sweet mom, sweet mom, sweet mom, surly mom pretending to be sweetThank you so, so much … [Read more...]

The Power of Prayer

by Filed Under: Depression, Gratitude, Minnesota Me, Motherhood, Special Events 14 Comments

Subtitled: What a Difference a Day Makes!I would like to thank you all for your prayers and kind comments yesterday. Really. I hesitated before I said anything about being sad and even had my husband read my “Buried” post before I published it. He reassured me that my words were not, as I feared, all pathetic and totally whiny, though I wonder if … [Read more...]

Buried

by Filed Under: Depression, Living Liturgically, Minnesota Me, Special Events, Spiritual Growth 17 Comments

I came across this little leaf on my way home from walking the dog yesterday and I thought...“I know just how you feel!” Buried! And trying so hard to be happy, hopeful and full of life, when inside you just feel…gray. (Not to mention dead, but don’t tell this little leaf that.)February can be a hard month for us Northerners. The winter stretches … [Read more...]