19. A Distant Melody (Wings of Glory #1) by Sarah Sundin (4 stars — see my review) 20. The Silent Governess by Julie Klassen (4 stars) 21. Michal (Wives of King David #1) by Jill Eileen Smith (4 stars) 22. The Centurion’s Wife (Acts of Faith #1) by Davis Bunn & Janette Oke (4 stars) […] Read more…
Great Mother’s Day Giveaways!
It’s time for the 5 minutes for mom Mother’s Day Giveaway again! They have some AWESOME super big and cool prizes and they’ve changed their rules so that everyone has an equal chance of winning. Go check it out! Read more…
Frequent Confession & Communion
Photo by Lawrence OP I have been struggling lately with sin and feeling this intense need to go to confession and be in a state of grace. This month, I was listening to a Fr. Corapi video on making a good confession and he made the point that if you are not in the state […] Read more…
Book Review – True Devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary
True Devotion to the Blessed Virgin is a spiritual classic written by St. Louis de Montfort in the early 1700’s. It is thought to be one of the quintessential works on Mary and after reading it, I understand why! I have to say, I did drag my feet on reading this book. I’ve had it […] Read more…
Building a Household Notebook – Building Schedules
*** I apologize for those of you who were expecting to see this post a month ago. I’ve had some pressing personal issues that prevented me from working on my blog until recently. I will restart this series but will be posting every other week instead of every week as I originally intended — it […] Read more…
Apostolate of Holy Motherhood
Photo by Lawrence OP Recently the book club of Mothers In Christ decided to read the small, yet heady book Apostolate of Holy Motherhood. Before we read the book, I tried to look up information about the book and it is nearly impossible to find anything about it. It’s also impossible to find–we bought our […] Read more…
Book Review – A Distant Melody (Wings of Glory #1)
A Distant Melody is the first novel in the Wings of Glory series by Sarah Sundin. Allie, a daughter in a wealthy family with impossible standards, will do anything to get her mother’s approval. She has resigned herself to marrying a man she doesn’t love but then meets Lt. Walter at a friend’s wedding. For […] Read more…
UBP 2010
Hello & thanks for visiting Happy Little Homemaker! Last year when I participated I was scattered among 4 different blogs and participated at my old blog Simplicity, Small & Cheap. Since then, I’ve come to the conclusion that I am NOT a frugal blogger. After a year of consolidation and discernment, I’ve decided that my […] Read more…
{CLOSED} Enter to Win!
*** Congrats to Jacquie on winning this contest! *** In celebration of the Easter season and in conjunction with the Ultimate Blog Party 2010, I am offering a giveaway during the festivities. I am giving away a copy of Fr. Frank Pavone’s new book, Pro-Life Reflections for Every Day as well as a […] Read more…
April 2010 Prayer Intentions
Fundamentalism and Extremism General: That every tendency to fundamentalism and extremism may be countered by constant respect, by tolerance and by dialogue among all believers. Persecuted Christians Missionary: That Christians persecuted for the sake of the Gospel may persevere, sustained by the Holy Spirit, in faithfully witnessing to the love of God for the entire […] Read more…