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A Crazy Busy Kind of Life

by Filed Under: Keeping It Real, Minnesota Me, Spiritual Growth 13 Comments

I have so much to do this weekend that I really have no business blogging.You are thinking, “I have so much to do this weekend that I really have no business reading your blog.”Should we just ditch it all and go for coffee?I’ll give you but one example of the title of this post in action and then I will open up the comments for discussion. ; ) … [Read more...]

Only for Today

by Filed Under: Minnesota Me, Spiritual Growth 10 Comments

Lest you think that my love of Magnificat magazine is unfounded, here is the daily meditation from yesterday, which is every bit as applicable....today.How Much More Will the Father Give1) Only for today, I will seek to live the livelong day positively without wishing to solve the problems of my life all at once.2) Only for today, I will take the … [Read more...]

Three Years Ago Today

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

I was hastily placing a last-minute order on-line—mittens from Hannah Anderrson for the cold Fall days ahead—as I bounced from foot to foot through the contractions.My husband then sped us up the road to United Hospital, while I blinked through the discomfort and tried to appreciate the beautiful, pink sunrise.Two hours later, my baby girl was … [Read more...]

Who is this Murphy guy? ‘Cause I really hate his law.

by Filed Under: Hearth & Home, Keeping It Real, Minnesota Me 20 Comments

If it could go wrong today, it did.(Brace yourself for a big whiny post. Here it comes.) Jem slept on the floor next to the puppy’s kennel and woke up covered in hives. Is it dander or dirt or dust mites? (I don’t really want to know and yet, I do.) After giving Jem a large dose of Alavert and sticking him in the tub (at 10:00 a.m.), Cate … [Read more...]

Hi, my name is Margaret.

by Filed Under: Keeping It Real, Minnesota Me, Spiritual Growth 7 Comments

And I am a MagnifiMom.I never really knew how addicted I was to my Magnificat magazine until 2 weeks ago, when I went to get the October’s edition out of the drawer where I always kept it and discovered—to my surprise and then my horror—that it wasn’t there.You can imagine the mad scramble that took place over the next few days. To have this happen … [Read more...]

She said “Yes.”

by Filed Under: Family Fun, Minnesota Me, Special Events 18 Comments

So. Given the spirited discussion that took place after my Puppies by Paula post way back in August, I thought that there might be a slightly acerbic remark or two regarding the fact that we’d gone and got a puppy.As there wasn’t even a single reference to that gorgeous, furry, freshly adopted face in the middle of Sunday’s post, I am led to think … [Read more...]

Blog Ambition

by Filed Under: Blogging, Minnesota Me, Special Events, Spiritual Growth 20 Comments

A little over a month ago, I decided to take a break from blogging.I am back now, none the wiser but every bit as cheeky.(Ah heck, you’re saying. And for this I’m checking in?)Okay, I lied. I’m totally wiser.Hee.To tell you the truth, (because that’s what I’m here to do), I do feel slightly different. I’m older since I went away, for one thing. … [Read more...]

B-Day

by Filed Under: Blogging, Gratitude, Minnesota Me, Spiritual Growth 19 Comments

Hey, how ya doin’? (spoken in my best Chicago-ese)Today is Day 33 of my blog break.It is First Saturday.It is the vigil of the Feast of Our Lady of the Rosary.And it is the last day of my Preparation for Total Consecration to Jesus through Mary. (Yikes! Prayer request!)I have much I hope to talk about, assuming I remember how to write. ; )Most of … [Read more...]