Beauty in the Ordinary
I think I might have mentioned in an earlier post that I’ve been trying to put something like this together for about a year now. I just couldn’t visualize what I wanted to put in it. So, I had loose ends everywhere. I knew it didn’t make sense, but how to fix it eluded me…until now. Kim at Starry Sky… Read More
I’m excited to have found a weblog from a great Catholic family – mom of 9 – describing in exquisite detail a home management book that I’ve been trying to make for some time now. Ever since Mom got me that great Kimberly Hahn CD set from St. Joseph’s I have been trying to piece together in my mind what… Read More
Well, we put it off long enough. We finally bought a bed this weekend for the Peanut. Rob got the bed at Costco – just a mattress. They carry brand names, and we thought surely this would be ok. He didn’t need anything plush. Sweet Pea and Peanut and I stayed home and dissassembled all the baby furniture. Sweet Pea… Read More
We had a great weekend here! Saturday was spent putting together and setting up Peanut’s new bed. More on that later. But Sunday was Sweet Pea’s day. After watching Gene Autry and enjoying a relaxing afternoon it was time for dinner. Sweet Pea made lasagna, salad, and our daily bread. Quite an accomplishment! She is begging for more grown-up responsibility,… Read More
I love Lent! This liturgical season has to be one of my favorites. I don’t know why, I just long for it. I am not by nature a melancholic person, I’m very joyful I think, but I love Lent. Maybe it’s because I am such a sanguine at heart – I need holy mother Church to remind me to “Be… Read More
Today seems much better. I always feel refreshed after a good nights sleep. I started early this morning, went through all of Peanut’s clothes – weeding the “too small” and adding some new, old stuff from Sparkle’s stores of outgrown clothes. All the kids had a bath – everything always seems better when the kids smell sweet! Rooms were tidied…. Read More
I think I might enjoy blogging – though I don’t really understand it all yet. Chatting endlessly to no one in particular seems like it might be enjoyable. But where are all the pretty colors and happy buttons I was promised. I wanted pink lacy things. I need shiny buttons. I shall tell “no one” about my day. It started… Read More
