Lots of Coffee, lots of kids. It's a peaceful life.
(are you a World War II buff? if so, you got the reference.) We had plenty of weird, wet weather yesterday. It was a good day to build forts and hole up inside, except when the thunder rolled and the 3-year-old shrieked. Really shrieked. As in, run-through-the-house-with-a-terrified-look kind of shriek. I explained to him that … [Read more...]
~ For our NiNi, with Love ~ We are very fond of good St. Anthony. Yes, he is the patron saint of lost objects and for that reason is our go-to guy on Sunday mornings. (Please, St. Anthony, I know you’re busy…but can you just help me find that blasted shoe?) It is also why we just finished up a novena yesterday: “St. Anthony, St. Anthony, … [Read more...]
See this couch? Seizing their opportunity while Mom’s in the bathroom This couch is my new normal. Sitting on it, lying on it, splayed with a book and not-going-NOWHERE on it...that is the stuff and nothin’ of my days, it seems, at least until we—meaning Baby and I—work our way through this first trimester. And I am using the word … [Read more...]
Updated to Add: A strong, healthy heart rate in the 160’s! (The baby’s, that is, not mine.) Thank you thank you thank you for your prayers! Please be assured that you have mine—prayers of gratitude, relief and JOY. * * * * * …that I have my first OB appointment. I have been waiting six weeks to hear that little … [Read more...]
When I first attended this homeschooling conference, my oldest son was four and we were just starting out down the homeschooling path. Oh, what an eager-beaver, hooves-stomping-anxiously-at-the-gate mom I was! Really. I was just that mixed a metaphor. Well, that kid is now a 10th grader and I have since learned to relax a bit. Granted, … [Read more...]
Not to worry, though—this one comes to you angst-free. Yay, right? That river of insecurity is more of a gentle…stream this morning. Must be the good night of sleep, the sun that is shining, and that chirp-chirpy bird in the tree I’m hearing. Oh, and that cup of French Roast didn’t hurt. So. The cake. Jem had a couple of friends spend the … [Read more...]
Happy, handsome homeschooling dads? Or a couple of local politicians? Fun-loving, free-spirited homeschooling mom? Or a random heckler? Be back with a re-cap later! If you could say a prayer for the success of this conference, and for Catholic homeschooling parents everywhere, that would be much appreciated. AMDG, … [Read more...]
Okay, so these are two rather late-night announcements, but we had a birthday today and this is how I roll. First, the Minnesota Catholic Homeschool Conference starts tomorrow. Are you going? Please say you are! I will be hosting the Homeschooling Bloggers’ Chat at 4:30 p.m.on Friday. If you’re around at that time and have a blog or want a blog … [Read more...]
(born just one week—and ten years—apart) My son remarked that it seems like I always give him breakfast cereal. “Hey,” I told him, “What I lack in originality, I make up for in love and dental bills.” (Next year I’m getting him a box of dry Zwieback.) Happy 13th birthday, Jem! It will great (I’m sure) having two teenagers in … [Read more...]
A.K.A. My Fallen, Flawed, Predictable Me The “real” cake, of course, was absolutely gorgeous. “It had to be,” NiNi’s godmother teased me, “You bragged up my cakes in that birthday post!” (Okay, so she didn’t say exactly that…though there was some ribbing about having set the bar so high.) (When I thought about it, I realized she was … [Read more...]
