If you’ve read this week’s National Catholic Register you’ve seen this already, but according to a recent study, kids with religious parents are happier and better behaved.You didn’t need a study to figure that out, though, did you.Here is the whole article. … [Read more...]
Baseball to the 4th Power
As in Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday evenings.As in stressed to the max trying to get five little bodies (not to mention my own) out the door every night by 6:00.Which means giving them dinner at 5 o’clock instead of the usual time, which is when Daddy gets home around 7:30. (I like to pretend we’re European.)Which means having the van and … [Read more...]
When I Retire
I am going to learn how to make marzipan babies.Or maybe I'll just track down the amazing lady who does these and sip my coffee while I watch her.At which point I'll realize that these cute little handfuls are not made of marzipan at all but rather, resin.HT: Cathie (We've been urban legended, my friend!) … [Read more...]
For All the Mothers
Have I told you today that you are loved?Thank you for what you are doing in your home. You do good work, you know, and many lives depend on your efforts.You are the shining light of your family. Please remember that.We have an expression around here: “If Momma ain’t happy, ain’t nobody happy!” It’s true, and you & I know it. As the mother, our … [Read more...]
Nearest Book, Fifth Full Sentence Meme
Subtitled: Stop blogging and go to bed, already.Here's what you do.Grab the nearest book and...1. Open it to page 161.2. Find the fifth full sentence.3. Post the text of the sentence along with these instructions.4. Don't search around looking for the coolest book you can find. Do what's actually next to you.I love it when the results of a meme … [Read more...]
Old and Gray
Is what Lorri of The Mac and Cheese Chronicles (I love that title!) is growing, waiting for me to respond to her tag, “Whatcha Reading?”It’s only been how long since she tagged me? Let me check.Oh, well, two weeks in Minnesota Mom time is nothing. I’m not so bad. On the contrary, I’ve been much worse.Without further adieu, then, (although I’m good … [Read more...]
The Tremendous Love and Courage of a Soldier and his Wife
Please, if you have a moment, pay a visit to Far Beyond Pearls this evening and offer a few words of comfort to Jennie.Godspeed, indeed.And God’s blessings, and peace, and guidance.We love you, Jennie.Be strong. … [Read more...]
On Being Charged by an Arachnid
Yesterday I dusted down months and months’ worth of cobwebs in my basement. They were distracting me from my primary vocation of pretending to run on the treadmill. (Can one really, truly run at a pace of 2 miles an hour? I didn’t think so.)Anyway, the months and months’ worth of cobwebs took me maybe 5 minutes to remove.Which was surprising, but … [Read more...]
First Holy Communion 2007 (Chez Nous)
You want to know the definition of a really nice Grandma and Grandpa? A really nice Grandma and Grandpa make a special trip to their grandson's house so that his mom (their daughter-in-law) can upload all the photos that they took at said grandson's First Communion off their camera and post some pictures on her blog.Grandma Cathy and Grandpa Doug, … [Read more...]
My Camera Hates Me
Correction: My cameras (plural) hate me.Why else would they be taking their own lives kamikaze-style every single time I buy a new one?The first one threw itself from the roof of a tour bus full of art students that was flying down the road in the Scottish Highlands. I had set it there during a rest stop while I tied the arms of my jacket around my … [Read more...]
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