Posted in geek blogger on January 31, 2008 | No Comments »
To all my dear readers using IE (Internet Explorer):
Apparently, many of you have only been able to view a single post at a time on this blog for the past couple of months…Egads, how boring! I’m attempting to address the problem (which doesn’t exist BTW when viewing with Firefox…which is what I use). [...]
Posted in encouragement, st. francis de sales on January 31, 2008 | 1 Comment »
From today’s Daily with De Sales:
What a great mystery the human spirit is! Religious would like to sing the song of the bishops, and married people that of religious, “so as to serve God better,” they say. You fool yourself, my dear friend. You should not say you want to do this to love and [...]
Posted in poetry, sunrise on January 31, 2008 | 1 Comment »
15 degrees and it feels like 9…a winter storm is on the way…
But–what a glorious sunrise!Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - Sunrise on the Hills
I stood upon the hills, when heaven’s wide archWas glorious with the sun’s returning march,And woods were brightened, and soft galesWent forth to kiss the sun-clad vales.The clouds were far beneath me; [...]
Posted in crafting, needle arts, needle tatting on January 30, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Today I was given the singular privilege of teaching a young woman a new skill…needle tatting. As a relatively new “tatter”, it was quite an honor to pass this skill on to my dear friend, Krislynne. As a dear friend had taught me, so now I must teach.
“Each one teach one…”
It is imperative [...]
Posted in blogging, excellent award on January 29, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Lovely Amy Caroline at Knit and Pray has given me a most delightful, though undeserved award. Thank you my “bloggy” friend!
The rules: By accepting this Excellent Blog Award, you have to award it to 10 more people whose blogs you find Excellent Award worthy. You can give it to as many people as you [...]
Posted in children's clothing, dressing modestly on January 29, 2008 | No Comments »
What a darling website!
I’d like to encourage you to pay a visit to Daddy’s Little Princess. A very talented mom has designed a line of literature inspired children’s clothing.
Adorable!
Posted in silly girl on January 29, 2008 | No Comments »
Emily discovers new and creative uses for a director’s chair.
Voila! An airplane…notice the the super-neato headgear. She calls those her “ear pods”. I think that’s the toddler version of ipod…
Posted in meme on January 28, 2008 | No Comments »
An interesting meme…I haven’t done one in a while, so here goes!
BTW, thanks for the tag Esther!
1. Thai or Mexican
Mexican (I’ve never had Thai!)
2. bubble bath or back massageBack massage…by the very best masseur, my husband!
3. boots or sandals
Boots
4. the 90% “pro-life” good chance or the 100% pro-life long shotThe 90% prolife good chance.
5. a [...]
Posted in john bianco on January 28, 2008 | No Comments »
Introibo ad altare Dei, ad deum qui laetificat juventutem meam.
I will go unto the altar of God, to God who giveth joy to my youth.
Today marks the one year anniversary of the death of a dear friend, Mr. John Bianco. John passed away last year, quite unexpectedly, just a few short months before he [...]
Posted in brown scapular on January 27, 2008 | 3 Comments »
My dear son, Galahad, has such a great devotion to the brown scapular. He never takes it off…well, he does take it off to shower, but only because a wet scapular doesn’t exactly promise a good night’s sleep.
This evening, one of his scapular cords broke, frayed to pieces it was. He [...]
Posted in HPV vaccine, cervical cancer, deaths, gardisil, miscarriage on January 25, 2008 | No Comments »
There are so many reasons to avoid this vaccine. Here are a few more:
Two Women Die After Receiving Cervical Cancer Vaccine
From FoxNews and the Daily Mail:
The death of two young women who received the cervical cancer vaccination is causing some in the U.K. to question a strategy that calls for hundreds of thousands [...]
Posted in amero, north american union, prayer for the united states on January 25, 2008 | No Comments »
I’ve been living in a shell…a nice little shell. No television. No newspapers. I don’t listen to the radio. I check the weather every morning via the internet, scan the headlines at CNN and FoxNews, research what I really need to know and try to get as close to the source [...]
Posted in handwork, homeschooling, sewing on January 24, 2008 | No Comments »
Life isn’t easyFor the Pin Cushion QueenWhen she sits on her thronePins push through her spleen.–The Pin Cushion Queen, Tim Burton
Yesterday marks the beginning of a new adventure for the little ladies of the house: the joys of handwork.
Charlotte and Emily are six and four, respectively. With great delight I began teaching [...]
Posted in introduction to the devout life, st. francis de sales on January 24, 2008 | 3 Comments »
The world holds us to be fools; let us hold it to be mad.
Today is the feast of St. Francis De Sales. St. Francis is the patron saint of writers, authors, journalists, educators and is also the patron of Columbus, Ohio. My own devotion to St. Francis De Sales has grown over the [...]
Posted in american revolution, history, johnny tremain, school house rock on January 23, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Sacred Heart Academy is taking a little history side trip. We’ve stepped out of ancient history for a bit to delve into the early history of our great land, focusing particularly on the American Revolution.
We are currently reading Johnny Tremain by Esther Forbes. Do you remember Johnny Tremain? What young [...]
Posted in clinton falls asleep, humor, politics on January 22, 2008 | 3 Comments »
This would be painful to watch, if it weren’t so doggone funny!
Posted in prayer to end abortion, pro-life, roe v. wade on January 22, 2008 | No Comments »
48,632,071 little lives lost since January 22, 1973.
Thirty-five years of Roe vs. Wade. Thirty-five years of legalized infanticide. Thirty-five years of “civil” war on the front lines of the pro-life crusade. Thirty-five years of political doublespeak.
Thirty-five years of prayer and sacrifice.
From the USCCB:
In all the dioceses of the United States [...]
Posted in humor, pets, rag doll cat on January 22, 2008 | 2 Comments »
You have to read this post of Amy’s. It provides the perfect backdrop for this:
I have a cat. I didn’t want a cat.
Late last summer this really adorable kitten (we live on a farm…everyone assumes we are the local animal shelter, they drop off cats all the time!) showed up on [...]
Posted in shoe rack silliness on January 21, 2008 | 6 Comments »
The shoe rack. If you don’t have one, and you have more than four children, you’ll wonder how you ever lived without it!
Shoes off at the door. On the rack. No more lost shoes…
My old rack broke several months ago. We’ve been limping (hah, nice pun!) along since then, without it.
Until [...]
Posted in Septuagesima on January 20, 2008 | No Comments »
“Septuagesima Sunday, on which the canticle of the Lord, Alleluja, ceases to be said”
from the Roman MartyrologyThe Christian Yearby John Keble
SEPTUAGESIMA SUNDAY.
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I am a traditional Catholic homeschooling mother of 9 children, married for 27 years to the most patient and sainted man. As converts to Catholicism in 1991, our family has only recently discovered the beauty and full expression of our beliefs in the timeless liturgy of antiquity, the Extraordinary Form also commonly referred to as the Traditional Latin Mass. An avid knitter, I also enjoy gardening, reading and immersing myself in the everyday graces of my vocation.
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