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November 2013

November 30, 2013

My iRobot friend

Do YOU have something that you are wishing for this Christmas? Recently, my husband, T,...

November 27, 2013

Study the Gospel All Year Long!

Before I begin my post, a happy birthday shout out to my 91 year old...

November 24, 2013

11 Years Old, and Celebrating Therese’s Birthday for the Very First Time

My first child was born and died on a snowy Michigan night 11 years ago....

November 21, 2013

Thoughts for Thursday

It is an honor to post my very first "Thoughts for Thursday." The tradition is...

November 20, 2013

Nothing Left to Give

The Cosby Show is a major source of support and inspiration in our household. In...

November 16, 2013

Why oh Why do you Come?

Our house is just us. The nuclear AWOL Family is alone after a solid month...

November 12, 2013

Ducks In A Row

I love Kellie's annual Christmas post. Every year it inspires me to get it together and...

November 10, 2013

Christmas List 2013!!!

Two years ago, I did a Crazy Christmas Prep post in October, laying out our family...

November 06, 2013

A few quick thoughts

A few of my children are under the weather, and I am not feeling 100%...

November 03, 2013

Catholic Publications

Friends, Readers... I would be remiss if I did not link to this article () on...

October 2013

October 31, 2013

Call for your Halloween Pictures!

Okay Builders, I want to see what all your cuties were up to this year....

October 31, 2013

No more secrets

This year, our oldest started first grade. As part of first grade she has weekly...

October 30, 2013

Compulsory Hide and Seek

Can you believe that this sweet little guy steals like the dickens? I don't know...

October 29, 2013

Chasing Perfect

I've been learning a lot as a mom lately. Learning how little control I have...

October 27, 2013

Wife Credit

Is wife credit a part of your marriage? How long is the shelf life?

October 23, 2013

Freeze This Moment!

My days are busy and I am not finding much time to stop and smell...

October 18, 2013

Columbus Day Camping

Newly back in America after five years of living in Europe, we are getting into...

October 17, 2013

Down with Traditional Birth Control (from the secular media)

Recently, there have been rumblings in several cultural magazines of female dissatisfaction with available birth control methods. ...

October 15, 2013

A Crockpot Kind of Day

We awoke this morning to dense fog. It was the creepy kind that obscures traffic...

October 08, 2013

More on the “tensions” and, babyfood, and breakfast

I am running on fumes here, so forgive me if this makes very little sense...

October 04, 2013

I Don’t Want to Be Told That Women Can Have It All

... and Professor Elizabeth Corey has finally laid out the tradeoff in a beautiful, thought-provoking...

October 03, 2013

Playing with Legos

My four and a half year old son, E, loves Legos. Each day, he looks...

October 02, 2013

Two More Fall Recipes

It seems hard to menu plan because we are still having some 80 degree days,...

October 01, 2013

A Mother’s Prayer to Start the Day

Two children mill around our kitchen fetching bowls, spoons, pouring cereal. I grab the milk...

September 2013

September 29, 2013

Benedict said it first, but it didn’t make headlines.

If you think Pope Benedict was a rule-oriented curmudgeon, and Pope Francis is charting a...

September 26, 2013

Back to School: All In!

Our little Catholic school is opening a Moms' Morning Out program on Thursday mornings this...

September 23, 2013

Tiny victories

I still very much feel like I’m in new mama land, but today is a...

September 20, 2013

Bizarro Army Stepford Neighborhood

The Army has plunked us down in beautiful Kansas, but boy is our neighborhood strange....

September 17, 2013

Wedding Survival With Kids In Tow

Our family is still happily reeling from the whirlwind wedding weekend of my husband's brother...

September 12, 2013

Half-and-half Dinner

When you are a firstborn one-year-old, your mom feeds you square meals at home and...