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On Giving Good Example

by Filed Under: Conversion, Minnesota Me, Spiritual Growth, The Faith 12 Comments

On Monday of this week was the Feast of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton.On Tuesday, we made colonial bread in her honor, and on Wednesday, we learned about her life.This is pretty much how things go around here. We celebrate a saint’s feast week!St. Elizabeth Seton—or Mother Seton, as she came to be known—was raised in the Protestant Episcopal Church but … [Read more...]

Little Van on the Prairie

by Filed Under: Just Me, Minnesota Me 15 Comments

Tonight was a night filled with Too Much Travel—dropping off Jem at his 2 ½-hour play practice across town, a “quick” trip to the Super Target to return a gift, a stop at the library for Joe to do some research.It’s too much travel when you have six kids along, anyway.And I did.It was the kind of travel-filled night that required provisions—a good … [Read more...]

Mobile

by Filed Under: Hearth & Home, Minnesota Me, New Baby 12 Comments

Baby Anthony has been crawling for about a month now.The kid is clearly in love with being mobile.The Momma? Not so much.This is nothing new to the parents of an infant--nothing new at all, I know. No dog dish is being left unturned; no stray cheese puff, unconsumed. (This is why we got a dog! Slacker puppy! Eat those cheese puffs!)Thank heavens, I … [Read more...]

Can it really be Epiphany?

by Filed Under: Hearth & Home, Living Liturgically, Minnesota Me 13 Comments

I haven’t even posted my Christmas pictures yet!This one was my favorite.Angela kept holding the tips of her wings to make them flutter. I told her she could flap her arms but she wanted none of that.See? Still holding those wings.And then she got nervous and put her hands down.(This picture, by the way, is probably my second favorite photo from … [Read more...]

An Auld Lang Syne for the Year ‘09

by Filed Under: Gratitude, Minnesota Me, Special Events 21 Comments

~ January ~Watching...waiting...hoping...praying.~ February ~Growing...growing...growing.~ March ~Watching...waiting...hoping...sleeping.~ April ~Still growing...growing...growing.~ May ~Waiting...watching...hoping...clowning.Breathing easy...praising God!Welcomed to the World~ June ~No more waiting...only watching.~ July ~Welcomed to the Spiritual … [Read more...]

Wordless Wednesday

by Filed Under: Minnesota Me, The Dawg, Wordless Wednesday 2 Comments

~ For Paula ~Ed. Note: Sharon left a comment on my Notes from Home post, asking about Ellie’s breed. “Is she a Golden Retriever or an Irish Setter? I can’t tell.” We get that question a lot, Sharon! Ellie is a pure-bred Golden Retriever—the daughter of Sam & Ruby and the granddaughter of Paula, (listed above). We call her our auburn Golden! … [Read more...]

Home from the Holidays

by Filed Under: Hearth & Home, Minnesota Me 3 Comments

We did not do as much traveling as we would have liked this Christmas, due to the blowing snow and the icy roads. We were only gone for a day and a half.Still. In looking at this pile of laundry, one would think that we’d been gone for weeks.(Angela, you’ll note, prefers to look out from the laundry rather than at it. It’s much less intimidating … [Read more...]