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With Heartfelt Thanks

by Filed Under: Gratitude, Minnesota Me, Pregnancy Leave a Comment

I am breaking my blog fast already—I know! I know!—to thank the person responsible for the package I received in the mail today. It came from the National Shrine of St. Gerard in Newark, New Jersey (St. Gerard is the patron saint of expectant mothers) and included a prayer book, a medal, and a beautiful handkerchief with St. Gerard’s image on it … [Read more...]

An Advent Fast

by Filed Under: Blogging, Living Liturgically, Minnesota Me, Spiritual Growth 22 Comments

In honor of our dear Infant Lord and in order to better prepare my heart and home for the feast of Christmas, I will be taking a break from this blog for the next four weeks.Have a blessed, beautiful Advent!With much love and many blessings,Updated a wee bit later to add: Please know that this will not be an easy four weeks for me! Nor do I think … [Read more...]

Handmade with Love *Update*

by Filed Under: Minnesota Me, Seasonal Crafts, Special Events Leave a Comment

Thank you, everyone, for all the great ideas that you've been sharing in the post below! I did a little digging around this morning and I found a handful of really fun websites to add to the list. Here they are:50 Homemade Gift Ideas (You need to click on the name of each idea to get to that tutorial. On my computer, the links weren’t in bold or … [Read more...]

Handmade with Love

by Filed Under: Minnesota Me, Seasonal Crafts, Special Events 34 Comments

I am well aware of the fact that Advent begins in two short weeks, and Christmas—four weeks later! Rather than panic and procrastinate, (my usual response), I am trying to brainstorm a list of ideas for family members and godparents who need nothing but deserve everything.I want to go handmade this year as much as possible, though I am not (yet) … [Read more...]

Still Sick

by Filed Under: Health & Wellness, Just Me, Minnesota Me 7 Comments

Are you sick of reading about it? : )This thing is cycling through the family, its most recent victims being Joe & Jem. Poor kids, they were supposed to go hunting with John today and when Joe woke up in the middle of the night—his stomach in that telltale knot—he was devastated.Normally I’d think it was nice to be a family today…if only I felt … [Read more...]

7 Quick Takes Friday

by Filed Under: 7 Quick Takes Friday, Hearth & Home, Just Me, Memes, Minnesota Me 9 Comments

Courtesy the invitation of Jen from Conversion Diary. I am loving this week off from the children’s formal studies and am using it to catch up on all my lesson-planning DVD-viewing. I am nearly finished with this series, alas, and must savor the last two episodes. Are you as fond of war movies as I? Or do you avoid them like the plague? If you are … [Read more...]

I disagree.

by Filed Under: Memes, Minnesota Me 7 Comments

There Are 0 Gaps in Your KnowledgeWhere you have gaps in your knowledge:No Gaps!Where you don't have gaps in your knowledge:PhilosophyReligionEconomicsLiteratureHistoryScienceArtDo You Have Gaps in Your Knowledge?Okay, so I totally guessed on that question about the planets.Still, it was a fun little quiz and a pleasant change from “Would you … [Read more...]

Happy Thanksgiving!

by Filed Under: Gratitude, Minnesota Me, Special Events 13 Comments

“With incense sweet our thanks ascend;Before thy works our powers pall;Though we should strive years without end,We could not thank thee for them all.”(From “A Thanksgiving Poem” by Paul Laurence Dunbar)Happy Thanksgiving, everyone!Here in Minnesota, we will not be feasting as freely as we might. We have two more little girls who have caught that … [Read more...]