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An Electronic Education

by Filed Under: Homeschooling, Honest Blogging, Minnesota Me, My Girls Leave a Comment

I have a love/hate relationship with the computer. Who among us doesn’t, really? On the one hand, (“one hand” meaning that I’m usually nursing), it is my window to the world. I am endlessly—and I do mean endlessly—inspired, entertained & edified. Best of all, (and this alone makes the computer worthwhile), I have made some of my dearest … [Read more...]

Sunday Snippets

by Filed Under: 7 Quick Takes Friday, Blogging, Current Affairs, Just Me, Minnesota Me, Special Events 18 Comments

Ed. Note: I had originally intended to publish this as part of “7 Quick Takes Friday,” then thought, hey, if I post it on Sunday I can leave the comments open! Is that…cheating, do you think? Of course it is! So sue me! Better yet, get my husband to sue me. He needs the work. [1] Speaking of John, he had a birthday last week. (He’s four … [Read more...]

Baby in Boppy: A Study in Sweetness with Muted Shades of Brown & Green

by Filed Under: Anecdotal, Minnesota Me, Motherhood, New Baby Leave a Comment

[photo cross-posted from Facebook for all my non-FB friends] [because I love ya] Can I just say... It’s a good thing this little guy’s so cute because he has been a total fusspot. Seriously. He will be exactly 2 months old tomorrow and at this point, all bets are off as to whether he’ll ever let me put him down. (The pose in the photo … [Read more...]

On Keeping the Love in Lent

by Filed Under: Lent, Marriage, Minnesota Me, Spiritual Growth Leave a Comment

  I am either the world’s best mom or the world’s worst Catholic or neither, but we celebrated Valentine’s Day yesterday. Remember when I said I was indifferent to chocolate? (I think this might have been on Facebook.) Well, yesterday was definitely not the case. I felt a bit guilty giving out treat bags full of candy because—Hello?! … [Read more...]

Life. Lemons. Lent. Love.

by Filed Under: Current Affairs, George, Lent, Minnesota Me, Spiritual Growth 9 Comments

Or: On Looking Uncertainty in the Eye So which would you like to talk about: Sunday night’s episode of Downton Abbey, (a double-header!) or the unexpected resignation of our beloved pope? Neither? Well good, because I think both subjects have been amply covered already. It’s not that I don’t have an opinion because I do. Don’t you? It’s … [Read more...]

From his Cradle to my Cross

by Filed Under: Depression, Health & Wellness, Minnesota Me, New Baby, Pregnancy, Spiritual Growth 33 Comments

Or: That Which didn’t Kill Me Made Me Stronger On Getting Through Three Weeks of Postpartum Depression My baby was only four days old when I knew that I was getting depressed. How did I know? Basically I was crying ALL the time. The tears started on Christmas Eve (I was very disappointed in how the gift-giving played out) and didn’t stop, … [Read more...]