We did not do as much traveling as we would have liked this Christmas, due to the blowing snow and the icy roads. We were only gone for a day and a half.Still. In looking at this pile of laundry, one would think that we’d been gone for weeks.(Angela, you’ll note, prefers to look out from the laundry rather than at it. It’s much less intimidating … [Read more...]
What I saw…
...when I stepped out of my bedroom after wrapping presents last night.Not a creature was stirring! Not even her ears.This is what I saw when I turned around and looked in the classroom.Okay, so obviously some creatures were stirring.These two are not so much boys as they are bear cubs.I mean, really. Could you take it outdoors?It’s a good thing … [Read more...]
Notes from Home
The Last Week of Advent ’09 EditionSo here we are in the final stretch. Are we ready? Are our hearts?Waiting expectantly for the world’s most important birth.(The question is: will we be able to find all those hidden baby Jesuses come Christmas?)We hauled out the Christmas decorations yesterday and had an industrious afternoon. Normally we trim the … [Read more...]
Yet Another Angeladote
Today is one of those crazy-busy days where I’ve got a hundred and one things to do—make that one hundred and two*— before flying out the door to piano lessons.I was trying trying trying to do one final kitchen tidy but couldn’t, as there was a seemingly endless stream of drifters who kept passing through and requesting food…drink…a paper hole … [Read more...]
Word Conservatism
[As per my 5-Year-Old]Felicity and Angela were involved in a complicated game that involved an old cardboard box and possibly every single stuffed animal that they have ever been given.All four hundred and sixty-three of them.I tolerated this game for a good two hours, as it afforded me the time that I needed to school Jem & Cate and—bonus … [Read more...]
Scenes from Our Weekend
Part I: A Tea in Honor of Our Lady of Guadalupe~ Thank you, Alice. ~Cate and I hosted her Little Flowers group on Saturday and decided to have a tea in honor of Our Lady of Guadalupe.(It was the second time we’ve had this tea.)If you’ve never had one of Alice Gunther’s beautiful liturgical teas, you must.You simply must.If you decide to host such a … [Read more...]
Proof that We are not (quite) Poor
It’s cold up here in Minnesota—only 20 degrees when last I checked.Consequently I just hauled my big poofy winter coat up from the basement. No more getting by on sweaters for me! I tried it on as the girls oohed and aahed, then slid my hands into the pockets. I found my black leather gloves that had gone missing and I also found……a big wad of … [Read more...]
(Almost the) Weekend Update
Angela has struck the records and wishes to amend her previous statement. She now concedes that Anthony is “almost as cute as Jesus.”We are busy busy busy today as we prepare to fête our back-to-back birthday girls. Cate turns 9 tomorrow and Felicity turns 7 on Sunday—oh, the excitement!(Oh, the planning! Oh, the errands! Oh, the good-natured … [Read more...]
Now we’re cookin’!
Subtitled: I really, really love my husband.So here’s a funny story for you. When I first proposed getting a gas stove to my husband, he was concerned—and rightly so—about the high costs involved. One of the biggest expenses we’d incur, he said, was the installation of a gas line beneath our decades-old electric stove. (It was here when we moved … [Read more...]
In the Key of C
Once again, it's the weekend.On the very full list for today is:Little Flowers for my two little flowers, in two different parts of town;A piano recital for my son Joe;And a couples' potluck in the evening.We don't have a sitter for the couples' potluck so I will be attending solo. That's just wrong. Do you think they'll even let me in?Oh, and … [Read more...]
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