A few months ago, I did a review of Catholic Family Fun and I had been wanting to do the Tea Party with God activity in the last chapter. One morning, we all got a super late start and instead of making breakfast, I decided we would have a brunch tea party with God. Clothing […] Read more…
My newest post went up at Homemakers Challenge today, Everything I Know About Cleaning I Learned in a Camper. No joke! There was a time where we decided to move and we were temporarily living in a 20-ft camper in the Keys for 2-1/2 months with a 1 year old. More recently, we drove to […] Read more…
In last month’s Catholic Christmas Countdown post, I suggested that you start thinking of what you were going to buy or make as Christmas gifts. I even suggested that you start purchasing now, if you haven’t already. After you have your gift list, projects, supplies and other brainstorming done you need a place to […] Read more…
Welcome to Minute Meditation with St Francis de Sales! Each Sunday, I go through the book Introduction to the Devout Life and share a small piece to meditate on for the week. From Chapter 2 – The Nature and Excellence of Devotion Even in the bible, naysayers ran down devotion. When God was […] Read more…
One of the things that I like to do for my husband, is to do something that really bugs him just a little better than normal. My husband, for instance, really likes the kitchen to be CLEAN. Like house showing clean — nothing on counters, all wiped and sparkling with not a dish or pan […] Read more…
Sigh. Just writing the title of this post annoys me. I bought these perfectly nice pieces of curriculum and they just didn’t work for us. It totally irks me that I spent the money on things we didn’t use, but at least I’m not alone :). CHC – Who Am I? levels A & B. […] Read more…
A few weeks ago, I just ended a 5-day teaser series of The Husband Project: 21 Days of Loving Your Man–on Purpose and with a Plan. Kathi Lipp mailed me an extra copy of this book and I’m going to give it away as the final giveaway for my Blogoversary. To enter, use the rafflecopter […] Read more…
August is the greatest month for produce in Michigan. Our CSA box is starting to fill up with a variety of summer produce — potatoes, beets, tomatoes, carrots, onions, garlic and a bunch of veggies that I haven’t got the slightest clue what to do with :). Luckily, I was blessed to be able to […] Read more…
I love it when I find a mystery with intrigue, suspense and all the good things that go into a good suspense novel, without all the things that are so prevalent in mainstream novels. And when it includes a little romance buy a REAL MAN? Count me in! Previously, I had reviewed the first two […] Read more…
Last week, I had a fabulous time visiting family in my hometown and I also managed to spend a little time hanging out with Katie of Kitchen Stewardship. We’ve known each other since Kindergarten and our birthday’s are a day apart. Mine is today and always falls right during blogoversary week. Katie was such […] Read more…