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December 2012

December 20, 2012

Everybody Freeze!

When a Christmas ornament breaks around here, I call out "freeze" and that means do...

September 2012

September 03, 2012

Preventing Your Daughter from Becoming a Salon Girl

I don't want my daughter to become a salon girl, and you shouldn't want yours...

October 2011

October 31, 2011

Differences between Us and the Weasleys

My kids are in to Harry Potter, and I told them that I relate a...

April 2011

April 12, 2011

Taking matters into her own hands

March 2011

March 30, 2011

Be Ye Perfect

Our Lent began in a haze, we all had the flu and infections, we stayed...

March 11, 2011

Lenten lessons

My feelings toward Lent in the past are no secret. It is usually a really...

June 2010

June 30, 2010

A Little More on Abandonment…

From today's meditation from In Conversation with God: So many people have their own plans...

February 2010

February 14, 2010

A Child of The Era of Changing Expectations

Recently my father and I were having a conversation in which he mentioned a local...

January 2010

January 08, 2010

Transparency

In the recent onslaught of holiday cards and letters, we received the gamut of greetings....

November 2009

November 30, 2009

“Let’s Not Tailgate Our Way to Christmas”

Happy first week of Advent, dear readers!I was blessed to hear a wonderful homily at...

October 2009

October 10, 2009

Reason #168 to hire 13-year-old babysitters

When she comes down with 101 degree fever the morning she's supposed to babysit, as...

November 2008

November 19, 2008

A New Fitness Empire

In light of the upcoming race, it seemed appropriate to post my current workout routine...

May 2008

May 19, 2008

Kindergarten in Heaven

We are planning to homeschool Gianna (age 4) and lately I have been spending a...

April 2008

April 10, 2008

Touching on Parenting Philosophies…with my fist :-)

Alright, I’m going to take the parenting philosophy discussion to the next level. While I...