I’ve been down with a horrendous cold that had me sleeping all weekend and out most of last week. While I’m a little better, I’m still not recovered by any stretch of the imagination — and the girls have it now too. Lucky for me, my lovely hubby completely cleaned my house AND watched the […] Read more…
Living Into Focus {Book Review}
I recently received a copy of Living into Focus: Choosing What Matters in an Age of Distractions by Arthur Boers as a part of the Patheos Book Club. As I had mentioned earlier this month, I’m not as intentional, or as focused as I think I am or want to be. This book was a really […] Read more…
Curriculum Review – We Choose Virtues
A few months ago, I purchased the We Choose Virtues complete homeschool package after it was reviewed by several bloggers. I have to say, that knowing that no matter how much I try to remain neutral, I have a tendency to follow the old, “if you can’t say anything nice, don’t say anything at all,” […] Read more…
Ash Wednesday
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Lent 2012
First,for the girls (age 1 & 4). We will be using the following resources for Lent this year: Lent/Catholic Resurrection Eggs @ Catholic Icing Stations of the Cross on Fridays Bring Lent To Life by Kathleen M Basi (see my review @ Catholic Mothers Online) and Welcome Risen Jesus by Sarah Reinhard. Lenten […] Read more…
Award-Winning Italian Sausage Orzo Soup
Award winning, you ask? Yep. I won a soup contest in a local magazine with this soup recipe. Ingredients: 1 lb bulk Italian Sausage, 1 c onion, chopped fine 1 Tblsp Garlic, minced 5 c. chicken broth 2 (15 oz) cans / 2 pts tomatoes, diced 2 tsp dried basil 1/2 tsp pepper 1/3 c […] Read more…
Bring Lent to Life {Book Review @ Catholic Mothers Online}
I had the opportunity to review Bring Lent to Life for Catholic Mothers Online. I’ve got a huge list of someday items for Lent. Why someday? Because they just don’t work in my current life. My children are young (4 and 1) and many activities are either over their heads or over their tolerance level. […] Read more…
Find Your Happiness {Chicken Soup For The Soul Book Review}
This is pretty poor timing on my part since I waited until nearly Lent to post this, but I got a new Chicken Soup for the Soul book while I was on vacation — Find Your Happiness. One of the reasons that Chicken Soup for the Soul has been so successful is that are not […] Read more…
Just Say No {Gabby Moms}
I thought I had the intentional living thing down as far as my schedule was concerned. I don’t have my 4 year old in any regular activities. The only thing we have scheduled is my Monday mom’s group because it helps keep me sane. We don’t run all over on play dates — there is […] Read more…
Fat Tuesday: How to Make Authentic Polish Paczki {Catholic Mothers Online}
Have you ever wanted to know how to make REAL paczki? I grew up in a Polish family and every year, my grandmother made hordes of Paczki. One day, my husband told me of how his friends would get up super early on Fat Tuesday to go the bakery and get Paczki’s. He proudly presented […] Read more…