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It takes a village…

by Filed Under: Current Affairs, Minnesohta, Minnesota Me 2 Comments

The lightning storm that caused this fire kept my Felicity up most of the night and sent her scurrying into my bed. I told her that it would be okay—that she was safe inside.Not so for the little girl who lived in this house.Please do what you can to help her family--offer a prayer or a donation. I can’t imagine having our home hit by lightning. I … [Read more...]

A Garden Party

by Filed Under: Honest Blogging, Living Liturgically, Minnesota Me 15 Comments

(Weeds and All)We are on our third year of doing The Garden of the Good Shepherd: A Sticker Calendar and are incredibly blessed, really, to be on the receiving end of Charlotte and Jessica’s creativity when it comes to hosting a garden party.I hope this post doesn’t embarrass them.Here we are out on the deck, beginning our very informal Garden of … [Read more...]

Scone Morning

by Filed Under: Food and Drink, Hearth & Home, Minnesota Me 9 Comments

One of the things that I love about staying home with my children—and there are many—is that I can drop everything and bake when my children ask me to.Drop Everything and Bake.This is also known as DEAB and is not to be confused with the DEAR in Ramona Quimby’s classroom. (That stands for Drop Everything and Read, and we’ve been known to do that … [Read more...]

My Tiny Dancer

by Filed Under: Felicity, Growing Up, Minnesota Me, Motherhood 7 Comments

Felicity's favorite day is Friday, because it is on Friday afternoon that she has dance class.She is the only one of our three girls who is taking dance class right now, not because we want to show preferences but because--of all the three--Felicity is the one who pined for lessons.Felicity's the one who begged for them.We first "tried on" dance … [Read more...]

Talkin ‘bout…

by Filed Under: Blogging, Hearth & Home, Minnesota Me, Obnoxious Rodents 13 Comments

So far the highlight of my morning has been noting that I wrote “precede” on yesterday’s blog post when I should have said “proceed”. Anyone catch it? Ten Hail Marys for you if you did.(And why the heck didn’t you tell me?)(And okay, that wasn’t the only highlight.)There was also seeing this red squirrel at the bird feeder.She’s cute, yes, but also … [Read more...]

Life Lessons

by Filed Under: Gratitude, Marriage, Minnesota Me 6 Comments

(The Easter Version)In the days and weeks preceding Easter, my little girls would ask me every morning…“How many days until Easter, Momma?” Even though they had been diligently coloring their Lenten calendars, they still felt compelled to count out loud.“How many days?”“How many days?”“How many days?”The anticipation is almost as delicious as the … [Read more...]

When it comes to Easter…

by Filed Under: Living Liturgically, Minnesota Me, Special Events 18 Comments

There are church photos:And there are church photos:I like them both.Here’s a shot outside the church:It’s one of approximately 302 that I took.(I have a ten-year-old son, you see.)(You understand.)I also have a 12-year-old son.I like to embarrass him in public and plan to keep it up until he’s 21 or so.At which time I figure he’ll pay me back.Now … [Read more...]