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February 2012

February 27, 2012

Praying Like Pagans

"I've started a novena so that God will make her knee better..." I explained to...

February 23, 2012

The Thing I Can’t Say Out Loud

I will not say bad words.I will not say bad words.I gave them up for...

February 22, 2012

Accepting the Challenges of Lent

As millions of Catholics around the world mark the beginning of the Lenten Season with...

February 20, 2012

The Gifts They Want to Give

When I was 22 and gave birth to my first child, I had very definite...

February 16, 2012

The Case for More Sex

****This seems really obvious given the title, but this post is about sex. If you're...

February 14, 2012

3 1/2 Time Outs Tuesday # I forget

1. #7 was Baptized this weekend in our Oklahoma parish. (I miss that parish. It's...

February 13, 2012

Facing Reality

I must confess that I am a bit of a hypochondriac where my children are...

February 12, 2012

Clarification

The Obama Administration is using the "preventative care" mandates of the 2010 Patient Protection and...

February 08, 2012

Numb

There is fear. Real. Choking. Fear. I tell myself that it is not "of God,"...

February 04, 2012

You Don’t Get In Trouble For That

Last night an hour after bedtime, the Computer Guy and I heard the sound of...

February 01, 2012

Prediction

"I expect to die in bed, my successor will die in prison and his successor...

January 2012

January 30, 2012

A Call to Arms, My Brothers!

Then they came for the Catholics,and I didn't speak out because I was Protestant.Then they...

January 27, 2012

My To-Do List for Today

**It's bad poetry day today at StT. See how I embarrass myself for your entertainment? ...

January 25, 2012

Dinner for Theresa

My friend Theresa asked for my goulash recipe. I asked her if she wanted it...

January 23, 2012

The Pro-Life Thing You Should Start Doing Today (Even if You’re Pro-Choice)

Today was the March for Life in Washington D.C. and thousands congregated in our nation's...

January 18, 2012

Three Girls In White – Our Season of Grace

This is the year of our White Spring. All three of our daughters are receiving...

January 17, 2012

3 1/2 Time-Outs Tuesday #5

1. My 7-year-pld daughter broker her toe last week. We have no idea how she did...

January 14, 2012

2 months

How can our #7 be 2 months old already? It doesn't seem possible. Her newborn...

January 10, 2012

3 1/2 Time-Outs Tuesday #4

1.Last week I wrote The Standard Bearer's Battle Hymn which was linked to by The...

January 09, 2012

Rambling – Eight Minutes Inside My ADD Brain

**I started one post and my mind started wandering, so I wrote it all down. ...

January 06, 2012

The Standard Bearer’s Battle Hymn

Armies everywhere used to march into battle with their standard bearer (the guy with the...

January 03, 2012

Throw a Napkin On It

Women are not sexually attracted visually. We don't see a beautiful man and think nothing...

January 02, 2012

3 1/2 Time-Outs Tuesday #3

1.I picked up the baby yesterday morning. She studied my face for a moment. Her...

December 2011

December 31, 2011

What Kind of Crazy Do You Take Me For?

Whenever #7 and I leave the house to run errands, I do most of the...

December 27, 2011

3 1/2 Time-Outs Tuesday #2

When you're not cool enough for 7 on Friday.1.It's still Christmas, y'all. Are you still...

December 25, 2011

Merry Christmas!

A very merry Christmas from our house to yours!L to R: #4, #6, #1, #7,...

December 22, 2011

What She’s Taught Them

Sweet #7 is warm and snuggly and wonderful to hold and cuddle. Her siblings fight...

December 20, 2011

3 1/2 Time-Outs Tuesday (Vol 1)

Because my life isn't interesting enough for seven on Friday with Jen, and because I...

December 19, 2011

One month old

I'm not sure how she can be a month old already, but the calendar says...

December 14, 2011

6 Years from Freedom

12 years ago this Friday, our #2 was born. We had what we were told...