Lots of Coffee, lots of kids. It's a peaceful life.
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...]
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...]
…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...]
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...]
The It's-Cold!-and-That-Means-Time-for-Tights Edition … [Read more...]
The I-Fear-the-Poems-I-Read-at-Lunch-were-Boring Edition … [Read more...]
The She-Had-No-Sooner-Entered-the-House-than-They-Thrust-this-Book-into-Her-Face Edition … [Read more...]
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...]
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...]
Nope, not yet.It is fun to dream and to think about, though. Where would we go next, if we could?Certainly we could have spent another week (at least) in Texas. There are so many blogging friends of the heart down there—KC, I’m sorry that we missed you!—but only so much time in a weekend.And flying with a 16-month-old? Not on the list of my … [Read more...]
