IF: Who me???
So, you get married, and, as we Catholics like to say, are open to life. As newlyweds the bedroom is a happening place. Heck, so is the living room, basement, shower, back seat of the Buick, wherever....
View ArticleThankful Thursday
Today I am thankful for. . . * Your comments– Your comments on my last post, the first of the IF series, were so encouraging. When I set out to write that series I had something specific in mind, but...
View ArticleThings you don't expect your husband to say
Honey, watch out for the skull by the back gate.Huh???Oh!
View ArticleIF: Surviving
Read part 1 here.I can't run. I can't hide. This is my life. I've got to deal with it.How? Dear Lord, how?When Himself and I got married we both wanted “a lot” of children, at least four or five....
View ArticleMartha vs. Mary
On Monday I was talking with my neighbor when I went over to fetch Jack who had run off to play with Lucy. It was a beautiful evening at the end of a beautiful day. Kim doesn’t work on Mondays and...
View ArticleSewing will never be the same
Sunday morning while we were drinking our coffee Himself and I were talking about some sewing projects I want to work on. The hem fell of out a favorite skirt so I need to redo it. Himself asked if I...
View ArticleThankful Thursday
Today I am thankful for . . .* Joy Beyond the Cross - She did an excellent month-long series on the saints in October. I really enjoyed reading about some of my favorites and learning more about ones...
View ArticleEverything old . . .
. . . is still old. I love antique shops. They are like museums where you can touch and hold things, and, for the right price, even take something home. On Friday we ventured out of the house with...
View ArticleThru the lens of my BlackBerry
We had sunshine today after almost two weeks of gloomy, wet weather. These were a few things that caught my eye today.AMDG
View ArticleIF: Surviving 2
Read part 2 hereLearn your body. I assumed that since my cycle was regular, every twenty-eight days like clockwork, everything was good. Having had severe PMS, since almost the onset of menses as a...
View ArticleGuest Post: Be Not Afraid
Wednesday morning I woke up to the news on my clock radio. I learned that the birthday present I wished for the day before wasn't to be. We would not be getting the hoped for new president. I was...
View ArticleIF: When to ‘quit’
Read part three here.So, you’ve been actively been trying to conceive for how long? Two years? Five? Ten? Just when is it time to throw in the towel?You have been charting. You’ve had the month...
View Article40 days
Have you looked at the calendar lately? Thanksgiving is next week, Advent follows right behind it, and Christmas sneaks in right around the corner. Uggh! Christmas is only forty, yes, count them,...
View ArticleAnd they called it Puppy Love
Last weekend we went to the wedding of Himself’s eighty-two year old aunt. I have to admit, it was a curiosity to me. After all, what is a wedding for an older couple like?In a word – beautiful!Not...
View ArticleNow that was a first!
In honor of Small Business Saturday, Himself and I went to the local town square to browse the shops and do a bit of shopping. There’s one I’ve been wanting to go into for quite a while, a yarn and...
View ArticleIt's beginning to look a lot like Christmas???
I have to admit I don’t get the whole Black Friday shopping event. Yes, the prices are good if you can get the items. But, it seems to me the stores only stock so many and if you really want that...
View ArticleDid you know. . .
. . . that you can get Poison Ivy even when the vine has no leaves? I didn’t, but I do now!A week or so before Thanksgiving I did some end-of-year yard cleanup and decided to pull out a vine that was...
View ArticleThankful Thursday
This week I am thankful for. . .Prayer buddies– If you haven’t yet, there is still time to sign up. Check This Cross I Embrace for all the details.JBTC– I was lucky enough to win M’s give-away...
View ArticleIF: Does it get easier?
Read part four here.Yes.And no.It may be reluctant acceptance. This is my life. Deal with it. It might be blessed grace. This is my life, the one God gave me. Or it’s time or age or sheer...
View ArticleThere's no place like home
Last week I had to travel for work. To get to the west coast we first flew to the east coast - Washington DC to Washington state. That made for a not-so-fun, very long flight. It didn't help that my...
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