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If you give a mom a Holy Hour…

by Filed Under: Humor, Keeping It Real, Minnesota Me, Spiritual Growth 4 Comments

…from 4:00 to 5:00 a.m., she will need to brew a cup of coffee before she leaves.While she’s waiting for her coffee she will need to check her e-mail. Naturally.While she’s sipping her coffee and checking her e-mail, she may or may not get distracted. She may or may not have to hunt high and low for her shoes. She will totally try to ignore the … [Read more...]

A Crazy Busy Kind of Life

by Filed Under: Keeping It Real, Minnesota Me, Spiritual Growth 13 Comments

I have so much to do this weekend that I really have no business blogging.You are thinking, “I have so much to do this weekend that I really have no business reading your blog.”Should we just ditch it all and go for coffee?I’ll give you but one example of the title of this post in action and then I will open up the comments for discussion. ; ) … [Read more...]

Who is this Murphy guy? ‘Cause I really hate his law.

by Filed Under: Hearth & Home, Keeping It Real, Minnesota Me 20 Comments

If it could go wrong today, it did.(Brace yourself for a big whiny post. Here it comes.) Jem slept on the floor next to the puppy’s kennel and woke up covered in hives. Is it dander or dirt or dust mites? (I don’t really want to know and yet, I do.) After giving Jem a large dose of Alavert and sticking him in the tub (at 10:00 a.m.), Cate … [Read more...]

Hi, my name is Margaret.

by Filed Under: Keeping It Real, Minnesota Me, Spiritual Growth 7 Comments

And I am a MagnifiMom.I never really knew how addicted I was to my Magnificat magazine until 2 weeks ago, when I went to get the October’s edition out of the drawer where I always kept it and discovered—to my surprise and then my horror—that it wasn’t there.You can imagine the mad scramble that took place over the next few days. To have this happen … [Read more...]

Puppies by Paula

by Filed Under: Family Fun, Keeping It Real, Minnesota Me 36 Comments

It’s time you knew the scary truth.We are thinking about…considering, really…the possibility of getting...a dog.What is this homeschooling mother of five and wife to one thinking?!!I don’t know.Call me a crazy Frenchwoman and I’d agree. I think it’s because I don’t have enough to do with my time as it is.Check out these little furry faces, though! … [Read more...]