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Lent: Day 12 (And Counting)

February 19, 2008 by Minnesota Mom Filed Under: Lent, Minnesota Me, Spiritual Growth 6 Comments

It feels a lot like Lent around here. I haven’t had a decent cup of coffee since, well, since Sunday. I have been staring at that bowl of M&Ms—you know, the one with all the blue & gold M&Ms picked out—and it keeps staring back at me. I left my Magnificat magazine and my In Conversation with God in the Adoration Chapel after … [Read more...]

The Great American Blue and Gold

February 18, 2008 by Minnesota Mom Filed Under: Minnesota Me, Moments of Incredible Joy, My Boys, Special Events 9 Comments

...was indeed where we were this afternoon.Thank you, everyone, for playing! (Please pick up a door prize on your way out.)The Blue and Gold Banquet is the culmination of a year’s worth of hard work on the part of our Cub Scouts. Both of our boys advanced to the next level of Scouting, which means that Joe is now a Boy Scout (sigh) and Jem, who … [Read more...]

Can You Guess

February 17, 2008 by Minnesota Mom Filed Under: Minnesota Me, My Boys, Special Events 4 Comments

…where we’re headed this afternoon? … [Read more...]

The Good Life

February 17, 2008 by Minnesota Mom Filed Under: Family Fun, Minnesota Me, Motherhood, My Girls 5 Comments

Ad majorem Dei gloriam, … [Read more...]

Lent (The South Beach Version)

February 16, 2008 by Minnesota Mom Filed Under: Lent, Minnesota Me, Spiritual Growth 13 Comments

My husband returned from a 3-day trip last night, bearing a box of chocolate truffles.His gesture was so sweet that I instantly forgave him for being out of town on St. Valentine’s Day! At that point I unfastened the deadbolt and let him in.I’m kidding. I was not angry with him because it wasn’t his fault that he was out of town. It was his … [Read more...]

V-Day 2008

February 14, 2008 by Minnesota Mom Filed Under: Family Fun, Homeschooling, Minnesota Me, Special Events 6 Comments

So how does a mother who’s suffering from PTSD (Post-Traumatic Speech Disorder) celebrate St. Valentine’s Day?Well, she doesn’t get too creative, I’ll tell you that much. Heart-shaped peanut butter and jelly sandwiches were pretty much the extent of it. (“You mean we don’t have to eat the crusts?!” They were ecstatic.)Even better, though, was the … [Read more...]

Reason No. 1001

February 14, 2008 by Minnesota Mom Filed Under: Minnesota Me, My Boys, The Dawg 4 Comments

...for investing in a puppy.Subtitled: One picture is worth a thousand reasons. … [Read more...]

The Miracle of Motherhood

February 13, 2008 by Minnesota Mom Filed Under: Minnesota Me, Motherhood, Special Events 18 Comments

Isn’t that an awesome name for a moms’ group? The Miracle of Motherhood. Well, ain’t it the truth.Pictured from left to right: sweet mom, sweet mom, sweet mom, sweet mom, sweet mom,sweet mom, sweet mom, sweet mom holding sweet baby, sweet mom holding sweet baby,sweet mom, sweet mom, sweet mom, surly mom pretending to be sweetThank you so, so much … [Read more...]

Eek.

February 13, 2008 by Minnesota Mom Filed Under: Minnesota Me, Motherhood, Prayer 15 Comments

It’s 3:00 a.m. and I can’t sleep.Why is that?I’ll tell you.I’m giving a talk to a moms’ group today—the first ever such talk for me as far as I can remember—and I think this means I’m nervous.Can you spare a prayer for me this morning?And a prayer for them? : )Ad majorem Dei gloriam, … [Read more...]

P.S. I Love You: A Review

February 11, 2008 by Minnesota Mom Filed Under: Minnesota Me, Reviews 8 Comments

I snuck away this afternoon to see this chick flick with a girlfriend. Such excursions are vital for us busy moms—not for the quality of the film, necessarily, but for the renewal of our spirit.Consequently I am not going to say that you should go see this movie, for it is every bit the chick flick (as I’ve mentioned). And specifically because it’s … [Read more...]

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