Alicia

Escaping the Dreaded Mom Style Rut

From my earlier post, My Style Journey: From high school on, I developed the mentality that it’s not what on the outside that counts.  I can rock inside stuff like being kind and helpful, but I can’t rock the outside stuff.  So I’ve pretty much given up trying any harder than “presentable.”  Clothes were designed to […]

Library Haul {12}:  Mom Reads

Welcome to Just Enough Info (JEI).  The internets can be a great source of community, and I’d love to get to know you better!  Feel free to share your answers or a link to your own post in the comments.     I’ve been reading more than usual on my own and to the kids. […]

SQT:  Friday Funnies

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7 Quick Friday Funnies   It’s been a topsy-turvy week of getting behinder and behinder with another trip to Mayo, getting my stitches out, and swim therapy.  So here are some quick funnies from life with the kiddos.       1.  Some questions are best left unanswered. Me:  (working in the kitchen, noticing the Bea […]

I am Monet:  Exhaustion and Doubt in Motherhood

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    Today we did another up-and-back to Mayo for Cee.  That makes two trips in eight days.  We returned home with more questions than answers and an MRI to get scheduled.  David and I are exhausted in every sense of the word.  It’s hard.  It’s really hard. Given all this, when I read a […]

JEI:  Surviving Old Maid

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Welcome to Just Enough Info (JEI).  The internets can be a great source of community, and I’d love to get to know you better!  Feel free to share your answers or a link to your own post in the comments.   What’s your favorite family movie and/or game? For St. Nicholas’ Feast…or Christmas…I can’t remember […]

MSB {22}:  On Gawking and Wayward Ducklings

Oh, man. We were due.  We’ve had a lot of so-so or fine Mass experiences lately.  So we were due for a whopper. But first– the picture.  This is my Sunday best from last week, because I didn’t get around to posting then.  It works out great because this week I didn’t get around to posing. […]

SQT:  A Television from Heaven and the Best "B" Word Ever

  Seven Quick Takes 1.  An Addition to ERA Preschool I’ve posted before that Moe’s only school goal for the year is to avoid the emergency room.  Aside from that, anything goes.  But this week he started asking to do school “with paper” like the older girls.  So we started.  I don’t really care if […]

Library Love {11}

  Here are some of the winners from our library basket from the last few weeks.  (Although the goal is to suggest materials for your family’s next library trip, if you happen to order something using these Amazon links, we receive a small commission at no cost to you!  Thanks!) I hope to make this […]

What's saving me right now...

Modern Mrs. Darcy is hosting a linkup in honor of the doldrums of winter.  The idea is to share what’s helping us all survive this season. What’s saving me right now…   These Words A Gentle Mother’s post this week, Enjoy Every Moment, inspired all the heart emojis.  If you’re not following Christina, you should […]

My Mission Trip

I’m over at Brittany’s blog, Everyday Thoughts, today, talking about the mission trip I took and how it’s impacted me even years later.  Yes, it involved puppetry. Check out the details, and say a prayer for Brittany while she’s off on her first mission trip.  <3