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Pretty Happy Funny Real

by Filed Under: Growing Up, Letting Go, Minnesota Me, My Boys, PrettyFunnyHappyReal, Sports Stuff 15 Comments

The Sometimes-My-Teenaged-Son-Makes-Me-Cry EditionAlternately Titled: Independence Day {pretty}My son rode his bike to WalMart yesterday and when he returned, he brought me a treat.Pretty, no?I admired it for approximately 3.5 minutes and then moved on to other senses.{happy}My son (and his brother) have been keeping us very busy this summer. For … [Read more...]

Summer Deliciousness

by Filed Under: Family Fun, Food and Drink, Minnesota Me, Summer Deliciousness 4 Comments

Our Sunday night family fun included the movie True Grit (for the boys & oldest daughter) and these cherry pie-flavored milkshakes:Photo Courtesy of Dessert for TwoYum, yum and even more yum!They are wonderful, and much more economical made at home than if you were to buy them at Culver’s or DQ. (I am all about saving money these days. Leaves … [Read more...]

More Food for Thought

by Filed Under: Minnesota Me, Special Events, Spiritual Growth, Sports Stuff 11 Comments

“Coming from an unsuccessful background, I had developed deep feelings of inferiority and inadequacy. I had fallen into the mental trap of assuming that people who were doing better than me were actually better than me. What I learned was that this was not necessarily true. They were just doing things differently, and what they had learned to do, … [Read more...]

Odds & Ends & a Pie in the Face

by Filed Under: Blogging, Minnesota Me, My Girls, My Writing Elsewhere 7 Comments

So blogging’s going to be light over the next few days (Do I even need to make such a pronouncement?) because I’m on deadline for a Faith & Family article.Did you see the shout-out over there? Here’s the link. Please email me if you have words of wisdom to share or a package of coffee & chocolate you want to send.Once I’ve finished, though, … [Read more...]

43 & Wisdom-Free

by Filed Under: Health & Wellness, Just Me, Minnesota Me 16 Comments

Okay, so actually I’m forty-four.But that doesn’t rhyme now, does it?Can you tell it’s swollen? Or do I just look fat?I tried very hard to get a picture of my puffy, wisdom-toothless cheek this morning because, after all, if you can’t blog it then what’s it worth? Jem took the above photo……and I took this one, which in turn prompted Angela to … [Read more...]

Up…or down?

by Filed Under: Just Me, Minnesota Me, Spiritual Growth 10 Comments

It is a great honor to you who are married that God, in His design to multiply souls who may bless and praise Him for all eternity, causes you to cooperate with Him in so noble a work.-- St. Francis de SalesIt seems like everyone’s thinking about Father Corapi these days—everyone except my two-year-old, that is.I’ll tell you.George’s innocence … [Read more...]

Pretty Happy Funny Real

by Filed Under: Minnesota Me, Motherhood, PrettyFunnyHappyReal, Sports Stuff 9 Comments

The Soccer Mom EditionSo the wonderful ladies over at Like Mother, Like Daughter do their {Pretty Happy Funny Real} on Thursday…...and I’m getting mine up on Friday morning.Forgive me? I’ve been a day late and several hours’ of sleep short all week.{pretty}My photos for this week’s edition of {PHFR} were all taken at the local soccer field, where … [Read more...]