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Mission: Apostolate

by Filed Under: Friends of the Heart, Gratitude, Minnesota Me, New Baby 11 Comments

Today finds me in a thankful mood. Why? ‘Cause I’m writing out thank you cards, of course!(Five down…over 25 to go. I’m doing well.)This is actually a much-loved task for me, believe it or not, because with every note I am reminded—and humbled—by the incredible kindness we have been shown since Anthony’s arrival.I only hope that I remember … [Read more...]

Campy

by Filed Under: Family Fun, Humor, Minnesota Me 9 Comments

Have you heard about those super cool drive-in theaters? The ones where you can camp on the grounds while watching a fun family movie?This is our version.Yes, we are cheap.(Ten points if you can name the fun family movie.)Yours in times of fiscal conservatism, … [Read more...]

Larger than Life cont.

by Filed Under: Minnesota Me, Motherhood, Spiritual Growth 4 Comments

Thank you for chiming in on my itty bitty missive yesterday. I was rushing out the door to a funeral (the mother of a dear friend, sigh) and wanted so much to check in with my Internet friends before I left.I didn’t really have the time to be blogging, though.As you could probably tell.For the record, I made it to the funeral on time and had a sad … [Read more...]

Larger than Life

by Filed Under: Just Me, Minnesota Me 13 Comments

Uffda. The transition to being the wife of one and mother of six has been something else. I have a hundred posts floating around in my head but (seemingly) zero time to compose them.Wouldn’t you rather just meet for coffee? I promise I’d talk your ear off if we did.AMDG, … [Read more...]

And the winner is…

by Filed Under: Family Fun, Give-Aways, Living Liturgically, Minnesota Me 4 Comments

According to RANDOM.ORG, the winner of Making Music Praying Twice (The Easter/Pentecost Edition) is...Sarah!Please contact me so that I may get your songbook and CD in the mail, Sarah.* * * * * * *Thank you, everyone, for participating! It was great fun to read your thoughts on this subject. Guess what, though? There’s more! John and Kate Daneluk, … [Read more...]

Making Music Praying Twice

by Filed Under: Family Fun, Give-Aways, Homeschooling, Minnesota Me, Reviews 55 Comments

Subtitled: Out of the Frying Pan and into the Pot…and How We are SurvivingOn Sunday night I smiled to realize something: Directly following our crazy-busy weekend was…two full weeks of swim camp.* I smiled because what else can I do but deal with it? That is, after all, what we busy moms do best.Now then. Because we have a half hour of drive time … [Read more...]

Uffda

by Filed Under: Family Fun, Keeping It Real, Minnesota Me, Special Events 15 Comments

We survived this past weekend but only just. God is good; He gave us the grace to meet every challenge and we didn’t even kill each other.It would be a bad thing to kill one’s husband on Father’s Day, don’t you think?On the contrary, by the time we reached Sunday—by the 10:00 a.m. Mass at the Cathedral on Sunday—we were on the downhill slide of an … [Read more...]

Calling all (local) theater buffs!

by Filed Under: Minnesota Me, Special Events 7 Comments

Something Super is a play written by Lee Ann Hotovy and directed/produced locally by actor Jeremy Stanbary. (You’ve seen him, perhaps, in Lolek and Allesandro, as well as in “The Apostle of Common Sense” on EWTN.)Joe, Jem and Cate took part in Jeremy’s Catholic Theater for Youth classes this past year, and now Joe is making his Twin Cities Debut … [Read more...]

And the winner is…

by Filed Under: Give-Aways, Minnesota Me 6 Comments

Wow! If I’d had any idea that the response to this giveaway was going to be so positive, I would have purchased a book for everyone.But then I’d be broke.*And my husband would close down this blog.But you’d have your cookbooks so it wouldn’t matter.Ahem. The winner of the 125th Anniversary cookbook is… Ouiz!Congratulations, Ouiz! Please email me … [Read more...]