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Blogging Moms Trade in their Keyboards for the CVBS Classroom

by Filed Under: Blogging, Family Fun, Keeping It Real, Minnesota Me, Special Events 6 Comments

Here we go.Today is Day 1 of Catholic Vacation Bible School: a crazy busy but extremely fun kind of week, and one where my kids need to be dressed and loaded into the van by 7:00 a.m.if we’re to make it.Which is so very not my normal rhythm.I will be volunteering in the nursery, along with fellow Minnesotan and friend-of-the-heart Erin, so … [Read more...]

If Chris Hewitt of the St. Paul Pioneer Press Pans a Movie…

by Filed Under: Family Fun, Minnesota Me, Reviews 12 Comments

…then I know I’m good to go.Which I did last night with my sweetie-pie friend and her son (who slept through it all, but hey, he’s an infant).Evan Almighty is both biblical and family-centered, which is why it annoys the secular media. There is nothing offensive at all in the film—no swearing, no sex, no disrespect— although there is a splatter or … [Read more...]

A Day at the Lake

by Filed Under: Blogging, Family Fun, Minnesota Me 13 Comments

River, actually. Minnesota has one or two of those, as well. We went to: Whitewater State Park Where there was: slightly green water (not that the kids minded) Which in turn was filled with: tadpoles tadpoles tadpoles! (They were so cool.) I met a friend-of-the-heart and fellow blogger from Texas who is currently vacationing in … [Read more...]

So much Summer, so little Time

by Filed Under: Anecdotal, Family Fun, Homeschooling, Minnesota Me 11 Comments

According to my calendar, today is the first official day of summer.Is that right? I get confused. (And me my children’s teacher. Sigh.)As if that isn’t cause enough for celebration, we are also—my soon-to-be 5th grade son and I—tying up the one last loose end of his schoolwork THIS MORNING.A book review on Blessed Teresa of Calcutta.And then he’s … [Read more...]

Minneapolis is not the capital of Minnesota!!!

by Filed Under: Anecdotal, Cultural Commentary, Minnesohta, Minnesota Me 10 Comments

Pardon the exclamatory headline, friend.It’s just that…did you know that?A friend of mine recently sat in on a bar-side trivia game in Jamaica, (lucky her), where one of the questions was—you guessed it—what is the capital of Minnesota? She was the only American who knew the answer!Which is: St. Paul, of course.Everyone else said … [Read more...]

Only in America

by Filed Under: Hearth & Home, Minnesota Me, Motherhood 18 Comments

…does a person have so much extra stuff! Can you believe it?A sizeable donation, no? We do this three times a year.The key word here is “extra”. For the past four months, these bags have been sitting in my basement and—confession time—hanging from the doorknob in my laundry room, which is a handy (if not aesthetically pleasing) place to keep my … [Read more...]

Tired but Happy

by Filed Under: Blogging, Minnesota Me, Special Events 8 Comments

~ A Photographic Re-Cap ~ Saturday Evening (Post Chestercon): Supper with the Van HecklersAlicia and JohnAlicia and Me Make your Own Sundaes (Meaning: your guests do all the work!)Sunday Afternoon sur la Green Grass: a Picnic with Diane & FamilyDiane and MeMy husband likes to take pictures of me talking.Hmm...what's his point? This little sweetie … [Read more...]

Then and Now: a Father’s Day Remembrance

by Filed Under: Minnesota Me, Tributes 4 Comments

Then... ...and now.~ To my father with love on Father’s Day ~My father, George, has been an amazing role model for my five siblings and me. In addition to the cap that he is seldom without, (“Grandpa’s cap,” my children call it) he has worn many other hats in his lifetime: soldier, father, farmer, truck driver, Catholic deacon, and friend. At 82 he … [Read more...]