I really do teach them better than this…
Me: “Thomas, what is a mortal sin?” Thomas: “Ooh! I remember! It’s two sins stuck together!”
Me: “Thomas, what is a mortal sin?” Thomas: “Ooh! I remember! It’s two sins stuck together!”
Before any MORE time goes by (arrggh! There are never enough hours in the day to do what I’d like to do!), I wanted to at least post that YES, we did, in fact, make it down to Disney World. Long story made short: my husband got a great deal on a place to stay … [Read more…]
Today is the feast day of St. Isaac and St. Jean, two amazing Jesuit priests who faced terrible hardship and ultimately gave their lives while witnessing to the Hurons in the 1600s. You can learn more about them at Catholic Culture. We had read this book (and I read this one) last year as we … [Read more…]
How, indeed, can I make up for my light blogging of this past week? All I’ve got to offer you is this: …which I truly hope you enjoy. I hope it runs through your head like it’s been running through mine this evening! *grin* [truthfully, I used to love this song when I was a … [Read more…]
From this… …to this… …to this. [OK, OK, I’m cheating. I actually used up all the old apples in my pantry to make the apple butter. That nice basket of apples is still on my counter… but that doesn’t negate the fact that it has been a long, hard day of work! The apple butter … [Read more…]
…but we have new doors! Hallelujah! [for 12 years we’ve had those horrible, flat panel doors that just looked…. cheap. I’m sorry, but there’s really no other way to describe them. They just shouted “1950s-standard-suburban-brick-ranch-this-is-how-we-built-the-entire-neighborhood,” which, of course, is where we live. Thankfully, my husband and father-in-law were able to replace several of our doors … [Read more…]
Marie (age 3), reciting the Hail Mary: “…Holy Mary, Mother of God, PLAY with us sinners, now and at the hour of our death, Amen.”