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7 Quick Takes Friday

July 28, 2012 by Minnesota Mom Filed Under: 7 Quick Takes Friday, Minnesota Me, Special Events 12 Comments

Vol. XXVIII for Me q --- 1 --- Hey! Remember me? I’m the lady who used to post daily! Oh dear. You’ve forgotten her. Well, I may not have been blogging regularly but I sure have been productive.  For example, I’ve updated my Facebook status 730 times! And left comments for 842 friends!  Is that applause for my efforts that I … [Read more...]

Wordless Wednesday

July 26, 2012 by Minnesota Mom Filed Under: Gratitude, Minnesota Me, My Girls, Wordless Wednesday 4 Comments

The “Reunited and It Feels so Good” Edition … [Read more...]

Blog. Interrupted.

July 24, 2012 by Minnesota Mom Filed Under: Blogging, George, Just Me, Minnesota Me 13 Comments

It never fails. No sooner do I announce that there will be a certain post on a specific day than whoosh! Suddenly I’m back in college. There’s a deadline looming on a 5-page paper and I’m in full procrastination mode. Trust me. I was really, really bad about getting those papers handed in on time. Really bad. It’s a psychological thing. There … [Read more...]

Giveaway Results…and Another Chance to Win!

July 20, 2012 by Minnesota Mom Filed Under: Give-Aways, Marriage, Minnesota Me 5 Comments

So I asked you to stop by Sarah’s blog, Amongst Lovely Things, and read a post entitled “Shutter Speak 2.” Some of you were thinking, “Why in the world would she have us do this? I am not a photographer.” And then you saw her darling photos…and got to the part about that book’s dedication to the author’s wife… And you responded, “Oh, I get it. … [Read more...]

{Pretty Happy Funny Real}

July 19, 2012 by Minnesota Mom Filed Under: {pretty funny happy real}, Family Fun, Minnesota Me, Pregnancy 15 Comments

The “Slice of Summer” Edition {Pretty} Summer salads are pretty, don’tcha think? I found this recipe in Taste of Home and will post it on my narcoleptic cooking blog when I get a chance. (Never mind! Found it online!) (Here it is. Aren’t I lazy?) * * * Pretty, too, is this rose from my husband’s Marian garden. I stopped to smell … [Read more...]

Stop the Internet Presses!

July 18, 2012 by Minnesota Mom Filed Under: Give-Aways, Marriage, Minnesota Me, Photography Stuff, Spiritual Growth 41 Comments

I absolutely loved this post. Read it and see if you can guess why. Leave a comment on my blog with your thoughts and you just might win! (Hint: it’s a give-away. I will be closing comments on this post at midnight.) I’m not going to tell you what you might win. You have to make a leap of faith. Yours sporadically but just as cryptic as … [Read more...]

Wordy Thursday

July 12, 2012 by Minnesota Mom Filed Under: Felicity, Marriage, Minnesota Me, Motherhood, Unemployment 7 Comments

(as opposed to, say,  Wordless Wednesday) So I don’t have the time to do an all-out Daybook post, but I do have a photo thought I’d like to share with you.   Two of my Favorite People! (Although granted, I have lots.) A photo thought and a short little story. This morning Felicity lingered after breakfast. The rest of the kids … [Read more...]

A Simple Treat for the Feast of Saint Benedict

July 11, 2012 by Minnesota Mom Filed Under: Family Fun, Living Liturgically, Minnesota Me 3 Comments

I happen to love St. Benedict. Maybe it’s the story of him and his twin sister, St. Scholastica. You know the one, right? They had gotten together for their annual visit and, when evening fell and it was time for St. Benedict and his monks to leave, Scholastica beseeched him not to go. “I have to go, sister,” he informed her. “It’s our … [Read more...]

Grace sufficient for my Weakness

July 10, 2012 by Minnesota Mom Filed Under: George, Gratitude, Letting Go, Minnesota Me, Spiritual Growth, The Faith 15 Comments

First, an admission: I am—and have always been—prone to drama. This is a shocking revelation, I know. You had no idea. And yet, even knowing as he does my off-Broadway tendencies, my husband was startled when he read my latest post. “Sheesh,” he said, and I’m quoting him verbatim. “Sheesh.” Because even for me, that post was dramatic. … [Read more...]

On Raising Boys & Watching Lost & Baking a Banoffee Pie

July 6, 2012 by Minnesota Mom Filed Under: Letting Go, Minnesota Me, Motherhood, My Boys 32 Comments

(Oh, and a wee little bit about blogging) Prologue: I had a jarring experience two weeks ago. It was, for me, a sort of spiritual September 11th—thoroughly unexpected and entirely unasked for—and yet it happened and I know it was God's will.  Since then, I’ve been pretty quiet over here. It is hard to blog when you can’t say what you most … [Read more...]

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