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Handmade with Love

by Filed Under: Minnesota Me, Seasonal Crafts, Special Events 34 Comments

I am well aware of the fact that Advent begins in two short weeks, and Christmas—four weeks later! Rather than panic and procrastinate, (my usual response), I am trying to brainstorm a list of ideas for family members and godparents who need nothing but deserve everything.I want to go handmade this year as much as possible, though I am not (yet) … [Read more...]

Still Sick

by Filed Under: Health & Wellness, Just Me, Minnesota Me 7 Comments

Are you sick of reading about it? : )This thing is cycling through the family, its most recent victims being Joe & Jem. Poor kids, they were supposed to go hunting with John today and when Joe woke up in the middle of the night—his stomach in that telltale knot—he was devastated.Normally I’d think it was nice to be a family today…if only I felt … [Read more...]

7 Quick Takes Friday

by Filed Under: 7 Quick Takes Friday, Hearth & Home, Just Me, Memes, Minnesota Me 9 Comments

Courtesy the invitation of Jen from Conversion Diary. I am loving this week off from the children’s formal studies and am using it to catch up on all my lesson-planning DVD-viewing. I am nearly finished with this series, alas, and must savor the last two episodes. Are you as fond of war movies as I? Or do you avoid them like the plague? If you are … [Read more...]

I disagree.

by Filed Under: Memes, Minnesota Me 7 Comments

There Are 0 Gaps in Your KnowledgeWhere you have gaps in your knowledge:No Gaps!Where you don't have gaps in your knowledge:PhilosophyReligionEconomicsLiteratureHistoryScienceArtDo You Have Gaps in Your Knowledge?Okay, so I totally guessed on that question about the planets.Still, it was a fun little quiz and a pleasant change from “Would you … [Read more...]

Happy Thanksgiving!

by Filed Under: Gratitude, Minnesota Me, Special Events 13 Comments

“With incense sweet our thanks ascend;Before thy works our powers pall;Though we should strive years without end,We could not thank thee for them all.”(From “A Thanksgiving Poem” by Paul Laurence Dunbar)Happy Thanksgiving, everyone!Here in Minnesota, we will not be feasting as freely as we might. We have two more little girls who have caught that … [Read more...]

Turkey, anyone?

by Filed Under: Health & Wellness, Minnesota Me, Pregnancy 37 Comments

My back is creaky from having slept last night in one of the little girl beds in my little girls’ room. I use the phrase “having slept” loosely, because there were many, many times when I leapt from that little girl bed to cross the room and help Felicity.Poor little gal. She told me yesterday evening that she felt sick...and sick she really was. I … [Read more...]

Back-to-Back Birthdays

by Filed Under: Felicity, Minnesota Me, My Girls, Special Events 25 Comments

Six years ago on November 21st, I went into labor on Cate’s 2nd birthday. I called my doctor to see if I should go to the hospital.“Are the contractions regular?” she asked.“No, but they’re fairly strong,” I replied.She told me that if the contractions started coming every five minutes—or if they got to be more than I could handle—I should go in. … [Read more...]