Great prizes for an even greater cause can be found over at my friend Suzanne’s. Play now, play often, and may God bless you for your generosity.Ad Jesum per Mariam, … [Read more...]
Progress Report
Buy groceries. Make cherry streusel pie. Make pumpkin cheesecake pie. Open up several cans and serve their contents for lunch. Make green bean casserole. Make my dad’s famous stuffing. Think of my dad. Call my mom & dad to wish them a belated Happy Thanksgiving. Talk to them about one of my favorite aunt’s recent death. : ( … [Read more...]
I hope my daughter won’t need therapy…
...because I wrote her birthday post one day late.Such is the hazard that comes with being born in the third week of November! (I maintain that a Christmas birthday would be worst.)Anyway.Happy Belated 5th Birthday, Felicity! You will always be my little honey, ever my sweet, straightforward gal.We love you very much! When I told Felicity that I … [Read more...]
What are you thankful for today?
Happy Thanksgiving frommy Minnesotan home to yours! With love & God’s richest blessings,Margaret … [Read more...]
Back-to-back birthdays are not that bad…
...when you’ve got kitchen help in triplicate!I used to make them wear hairnets, but as they got older they started to balk. Eh bien, I figure that having not one, not two, but three sous chefs is a luxury.And besides. It’s their cake.Ad Jesum per Mariam, … [Read more...]
“7 in 2007”
My daughter Cate turns 7 today.She loves the fact that, having been born at the turn of the millennium, she will always have a handy mnemonic for remembering how old she is. (Assuming that like her dear old mum, she needs it.)And speaking as her dear old mum, I can never resist retelling (and retelling) the story behind her conception and birth … [Read more...]
The cranberry relish I could do without…
….but I always take lots of stuffing!You Are The StuffingYou're complicated and complex, yet all your pieces fit together.People miss you if you're gone - but they're not sure why.What Part of Thanksgiving Are You?One of my favorite memories from Thanksgiving Day is watching my father stuff the turkey. He makes the most delicious dressing I’ve ever … [Read more...]
Speaking of Birthdays…
We’ve got back-to-back birthdays next week. Cate turns 7 on Wednesday and Felicity gets to share her day with a big fat turkey bird & lots of football.Yes, I’m feeling slightly (but only slightly) overwhelmed with all the planning.Consequently, I wanted to share with you the following exchange, which was so sweet and which did my tender, … [Read more...]
“Thankful for Alice” Thursday
Instead of listing ten reasons for my gratitude today, I am giving you only one.Her name is Alice.And today she joins the club. I love her so much that I just have to say: 40 Hail Marys for you today, Missy!Happy Birthday, Alice!!!With much love and many regrets (today) that I am,PS. I don’t know that Alice, being Alice, will even mention the fact … [Read more...]
The Apple of My Eye
It’s that time of the year again. It’s…November.November is here and with it, that two-month period known as “crunch time”. There are only three weeks to go until Thanksgiving— my family doesn’t even know where we’re going yet—and then immediately we launch into that bittersweet season full of both reverent beauty and lunatic shopping known to most … [Read more...]
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