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Artwork by Angela

November 3, 2010 by Minnesota Mom Filed Under: Minnesota Me, My Girls, Original Art 3 Comments

“Someday you will find the most wonderful flowerwith a wonderful scent.”Isn’t that a lovely thought? … [Read more...]

Salt and Light

November 1, 2010 by Minnesota Mom Filed Under: Minnesota Me, Special Events, Spiritual Growth, The Faith 9 Comments

We are all called to be...“I had a vision of a great multitude, which no one could count, from every nation, race, people and tongue.”Happy feast of All the Saints!!!(What? You thought I wouldn’t use exclamation points?!)As I told my son on the way to his school, (poor kid, he doesn’t have the day off like the rest of us), “Don’t forget to pray to … [Read more...]

Clearing the Cobwebs

October 30, 2010 by Minnesota Mom Filed Under: Just Me, Minnesota Me, Special Events, Stuff I Think About While Folding Laundry 6 Comments

It's a funny time of the year, isn't it? The streets are crowded with ghouls & ghosts while the church halls are filled with pint-sized saints.(We'll celebrate both the secular on Sunday and the sacred on Monday, which, I am DISMAYED to discover, is not a holy day of obligation this year. Aargh and aargh and I'm very frustrated.)(But I … [Read more...]

A Free Joke for You

October 28, 2010 by Minnesota Mom Filed Under: Humor, Minnesota Me, My Boys 3 Comments

…from my 11-year-old son, Jem, because you’re probably every bit as busy as I am today and could use the laugh.Child Number One: Mommy, why was I named Rose?Mother: Because when you were born, a red rose fell upon your head.Child Number Two: Mommy, why was I named Lily?Mother: Because when you were born, a fragrant lily fell upon your head.Child … [Read more...]

Blog Bleg: Photography Stuff

October 28, 2010 by Minnesota Mom Filed Under: Blogging, Minnesota Me, Photography Stuff 19 Comments

I am breaking my Wordless Wednesday word fast to pick your brains.Tonight’s topic is photography. Where do you get your digital pictures printed? Are you happy with their services? I happen to have a vast graveyard of undeveloped photos stored on my hard drive. Sound familiar? The grandparents are going to love me, though, because I … [Read more...]

Wordless Wednesday (Round III)

October 27, 2010 by Minnesota Mom Filed Under: Felicity, Minnesota Me, My Girls, Wordless Wednesday 5 Comments

The It's-Cold!-and-That-Means-Time-for-Tights Edition … [Read more...]

Wordless Wednesday (Round II)

October 27, 2010 by Minnesota Mom Filed Under: Minnesota Me, New Baby, Wordless Wednesday 2 Comments

The I-Fear-the-Poems-I-Read-at-Lunch-were-Boring Edition … [Read more...]

Wordless Wednesday

October 27, 2010 by Minnesota Mom Filed Under: Friends of the Heart, Minnesota Me, Special Events, Wordless Wednesday 5 Comments

The She-Had-No-Sooner-Entered-the-House-than-They-Thrust-this-Book-into-Her-Face Edition … [Read more...]

A Betsy-Tacy Kind of Day

October 26, 2010 by Minnesota Mom Filed Under: Friends of the Heart, Minnesohta, Minnesota Me, Special Events 24 Comments

I have not read the Betsy-Tacy books.As such, my spending the day in Mankato, Minnesota (birthplace of author Maud Hart Lovelace) with Lovelace historian Kathleen Baxter and Betsy-Tacy savant Melissa Wiley……was either an act of bravery or leap of stupidity.Or both.Have you read the Betsy-Tacy books? Have you been to Mankato, Minnesota? You really … [Read more...]

7 Quick Takes Friday

October 22, 2010 by Minnesota Mom Filed Under: 7 Quick Takes Friday, Keeping It Real, Minnesota Me 17 Comments

Vol. XXI: The Halloween Rollover Edition~ Take 1 ~I apologize. Not a lot of time for blogging today, as we're busy getting the house ready for a very special guest. (No big deal, right? It's not like I'm kicking the girls out of their room and...oh...painting it or anything.)Consequently you're stuck with these.Yes, we've been playing with Picnik. … [Read more...]

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