I searched the house for my 11-year-old only to find him up a tree.[Reading a Cabela's catalogue, of course.]"Is supper ready?" he wanted to know."It's in the crockpot, waiting on you," I responded."Great! Could you bring it out to me?"Accompanied by a bowl of peeled grapes? I'm wondering. And maybe a palm frond for fanning? "That's fine," I called … [Read more...]
The Cloud of Unknowing
It was just a silly little library book, really, and yet I longed for it more than anything.Why? It had gone missing. I searched the house from top to bottom (once, twice, three times easily) and asked the kids to do likewise. They gave me an indulgent nod and assured me that they would, though I knew full well that its retrieval was far more … [Read more...]
An Excellent Idea for All Saints’ Day
When I was asked to review a couple of the costumes from Our Coats of Many Colors, I hesitated. This would mean, of course, that I’d have to choose…and how does one choose from all these beautifully sewn options?I felt very much like little Thérèse: I choose all.Alas, such gluttony was not an option. I finally narrowed my selections down to St. … [Read more...]
O Happy Fault
The Story of My ConversionPart I (In the Beginning) ;Part II (The Age of Reason) ;Part III (Ages 11-14);Part IV (“Hitting Bottom” Prologue);Part IV (“Hitting Bottom”) Part V: Free at LastGod knew what He was doing when He left me stranded in St. Paul.I was on my way home to Fargo after spending the summer overseas. Having parked my car in the … [Read more...]
A Culinary Update
Just so you know, I made good on my promise to serve beets at the next meal.It was a single serving, granted, and it was very, very good.Diced beets + goat cheese + spinach leaves + a few squirts of this = I don’t care what the rest of my family thinks. Personally, I’m in heaven. … [Read more...]
O Happy Fault Resumed
The next installment of my conversion story (Part V: “Free at Last”) is on deck. I don’t know if I’ll get it posted today, but for now, here are the links to the rest of the story.Part I (In the Beginning) ;Part II (The Age of Reason) ;Part III (Ages 11-14);Part IV (“Hitting Bottom” Prologue);Part IV (“Hitting Bottom”) Thank you for your … [Read more...]
Beware the Purple Vegetable
I had a lot of fun at the Farmer’s Market yesterday and my family paid the price.“What’s this?” they asked suspiciously, as they sat down for dinner.“That’s breaded eggplant!” I responded happily. “Sometimes when you go to an Italian restaurant, you’ll see eggplant parmigiana on the menu. This is similar to that dish, although…”I stopped. No one … [Read more...]
Squeaky Clean
Because I know that you’ve been losing sleep over whether I got Cate’s shirt clean or not, I present to you the following before & after:Before...and After!All I have to say is, thank goodness for OxiClean. An overnight soaking did the trick, (provided you don’t look too closely) and spared my daughter the wrath of Mom.Not really, though I’ll … [Read more...]
Okay, so seeing this:
...made me almost overlook this:I said almost. … [Read more...]
Saturday Sidelines
It’s the weekend! Do you have any exciting plans?I don’t know that our day will be all that scintillating (unless the Spirit moves us to undertake some unplanned outing), but I do have a list of next week’s coming attractions here on the ol’ blog front:A review of the one homeschooling resource that your home should not be withoutAn excellent idea … [Read more...]
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