Last week was busier than I thought it would be, and… well… real life has to take precedence over blogging. I wanted to get to the computer so many times last week, but was unable to do so. So here I am — finally — in front of the computer long after everyone else in … [Read more…]
My husband is my hero. Truly. My kids are wonderful, and I do consider it a joy to teach them at home, but that doesn’t mean our days are stress-free, or that everything is all love, joy, peace, and a whole mess o’ sparkles. Like most families, we had been having some problems lately. The … [Read more…]
You know, I can have some pretty bizarre thoughts run through my head when I drive at night (I can have some weird thoughts during the day, too… but that’s beside the point). As I was in the car this evening, I was listening to one of our local radio stations, which has evidently gotten … [Read more…]
… here’s Marie doing her best Dalek impression. Make an on-line slide show at www.OneTrueMedia.com
The full title of this book is Jesus, Present Before Me: Meditations for Eucharistic Adoration (by Fr. Peter John Cameron, O.P.) As the title implies, this is a wonderful book to take to Adoration. It is a small, unassuming little book, filled with 30 meditations — one for each day of the month — which … [Read more…]
… they spot a mistake in a saint booklet. [Reilly came up to me and said, “Mom! Can you believe this? This article is about St. Martin de Porres, but they put a picture of St. Martin of TOURS on it!]
It was a horrible week. I was lay-on-the-couch-can’t-really-homeschool depressed for most of it, and I thought it best to lay low and not to share my thoughts with the rest of the world. Eucharistic Adoration and First Friday Mass helped tremendously… not that I “felt” anything at the time, but afterwards I can honestly say … [Read more…]
…and not succeeding very well. “Some trust in chariots and some in horses, but we trust in the name of the LORD our God” (Psalm 20:7). May God have mercy on America.
Me: “Shakespeare described witches as old crones huddled around a cauldron, casting spells and saying, ‘bubble, bubble, toil and trouble…‘” Reilly: [bursting into hysterics] “Did you just say, ‘bubble, bubble, TOILET trouble’?”
Many, many thanks to Jessica from A Shower of Roses, who directed her readers to this movie: Come What May. Done by homeschooled students, it tells the story of a student at Patrick Henry College who is torn between taking the easy way out or doing the right thing. I stayed up until 2:00 am … [Read more…]