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Ready and Waiting

by Filed Under: Homeschooling, Minnesota Me, Special Events 12 Comments

Happy First Day of School, everyone!(Oh, and in case you’re wondering about those multi-colored carrots, they are German schultütes and I schtöle the idea from Barbara.)All for the Glory,Live Blogging Update 1: Schultüte cones make excellent dunce caps!And megaphones!And peg legs.Live Blogging Update #2:“Back to School” means lots of deep … [Read more...]

Labor Day, Quite Literally

by Filed Under: Family Fun, Hearth & Home, Homeschooling, Minnesota Me 8 Comments

So one of us is home working on our lesson plans and the rest of us are here.(At least Ellie the dog stayed behind to keep me company. She is currently lying under the desk, licking my legs and making me feel, um, loved.)Speaking of which.I love my husband. He's the best. I just wish that when I asked him if he'd take the kids someplace fun so that … [Read more...]

McCain’s Pick

by Filed Under: Cultural Commentary, Current Affairs, Minnesota Me, Politics, Prolife 46 Comments

So where were you yesterday when you found out that McCain picked Sarah Palin as his running mate?I was upstairs doing mom-type things—folding laundry, making my bed, tidying up our classroom. My husband phoned to say the word was out—and he gave me the name of a woman (a woman?) I’d never heard of.Surprise! It wasn’t—as per the local … [Read more...]

Circular Reasoning

by Filed Under: Homeschooling, Minnesota Me, Motherhood, Prayer 1 Comment

My 3-year-old is screaming bloody murder right now.Why?I've just put her in her room for quiet time.Why?She's been bouncing off the walls for hours and I needed to take a small break from her.Why?I've been trying to work in the classroom today and I feel frustrated that I'm not getting much accomplished.Why?We start school on Monday and I need to … [Read more...]

A Day at the Fair (Part II)

by Filed Under: Family Fun, Minnesohta, Minnesota Me, Special Events 7 Comments

Subtitled: In which this blog gets a little bit political. The reason we chose to attend the fair on the day that we did is because I found out that morning that they were offering—on that day only—both reduced admissions & ½ price rates on all the rides.“Pack your bags and grab your boots, kids!” I hollered. “We’re a goin’ to the fair!”[Okay, … [Read more...]

A Mother’s Love

by Filed Under: Minnesota Me, Motherhood, Prayer, The Faith 3 Comments

Or: On the 2nd Day of Two Great FeastsFrom In Conversation with God (Vol. VII):The example of St. Monica remained engraved on the soul of St. Augustine so that years later, perhaps recalling his mother, he exhorted: Do everything in your power to obtain the salvation of those in your family.And from Pope John Paul II:People said of St. Monica that … [Read more...]

A Day at the (Minnesota State) Fair

by Filed Under: Family Fun, Minnesohta, Minnesota Me, Special Events 11 Comments

One of the reasons that I like to go to the fair is that it is our last big hurrah of the summer.That and I just really like to spend my husband’s money.I’m good at spending my husband’s money.And he’s good at making more of it.It’s a symbiotic relationship.(He loves it when I joke like this, by the way.)What were we talking about? Ah yes, the … [Read more...]