I’ve taken a step back from blogging. Two steps. Three steps. When Cee’s flare started to ramp up in October and then through the beginning of November, it didn’t get as depths-of-despair as it has in the past in our house. Maybe it’s because we’ve gotten used to how life looks in a flare. […]
My Sunday Best: New Shoes! Welcome to My Sunday Best, hosted by Rosie at a blog for my mom. To Mass this week I wore the dress of always with a grey older-than-dirt sweater and black leggings. The stars of the show are my new not-Croc shoes! Lands’ End ran a super great Black Friday […]
This week the Seven Quick Takes over at This Ain’t the Lyceum are paused for a reflection on how quickly things can change. If there’s one thing that a serious illness has taught us, it’s that we can’t take life for granted. The last couple months have been a challenge, but November was […]
Welcome to the weekly link up, 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 in the comments or link up if you have a blog. Faith Formation 1. Do your children attend your parish’s religious education program? […]
After figuring out the books for Advent and Christmas, my next step was to plan our Christmas cards. (You can read about our crazy November prepping here.) Although I didn’t get everything sent out before Advent, most the preparation (buying stamps, writing the letter, ordering the cards) was done before Thanksgiving. I’m still working […]
This is a recycled picture, but the outfit is exactly the same. My kids couldn’t figure out the camera this week, so I gave up after 10 pictures of the ceiling fan, just my head, just my torso…you get the idea. The last time I linked up for My Sunday Best, the title […]
Welcome to the weekly link up, 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 in the comments or link up if you have a blog. This week’s topic seems like a good followup to last week’s Thanksgiving […]
Welcome to the weekly link up, 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 in the comments or link up if you have a blog. David joked the other day that we’re getting ready for the kids’ […]
We try to have as much of our gift buying as possible done before Advent starts. I love gift guides that come out early so I can get all our November prepping done! Here’s a list of ideas for those hard-to-buy-for people. 1. The Big Family The Big Boss Swirlio This bad boy big […]
Welcome to the weekly link up, 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 in the comments or link up if you have a blog. “I know what women want. They want to be beautiful.” —Valentino […]