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You gotta wonder….

Posted in Diary of a Dieting Family on March 26, 2007 | 2 Comments »

I read this funny article…and it does make you think deeper.  I mean….Why call it "devils food"?… and why could something that is so darned tempting be ..oh so bad for you??….Pass the salad please! 

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I am so blessed!!

Posted in Living the Family-Centered Life on March 22, 2007 | 11 Comments »

…to have a dear sweet husband that loves so much and sends me the sweetest bunch of spring flowers for my birthday…laced with purple because he knows I have the mantle decked out in purple for lent… …to have SEVEN sweet children who bring so much light and love into my heart….…to have so many [...]

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The Contemplative life in the Domestic Monastery?

Posted in Elegant Simplicity, Living the Family-Centered Life, Tending to Virtue on March 20, 2007 | 5 Comments »

Just some random thoughts….more on the Domestic Monastery…
I have a lot of great ideas…well planned wonderful fruitful things that always seem to get rained out by real life.  I remember an actor once saying that he would not work with children and small animals because they would "steal the show".  I know how he [...]

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Happy St. Patrick’s Day!

Posted in Liturgical Year Notebook on March 17, 2007 | Leave a Comment »

I was just visiting at Mary Ellen’s for the Loveliness of St. Patrick’s Day!!…what a beautiful  job Mary Ellen!!

Saint Patrick’s Breastplate
I  arise today
Through a mighty strength, the invocation of the Trinity,
Through the belief in the threeness,
Through confession of the oneness
Of the Creator of Creation.

I arise today
Through the strength of Christ’s birth with his baptism,
Through [...]

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What is Your Irish Name?

Posted in Just for Fun! on March 17, 2007 | Leave a Comment »

Your Irish Name Is…

Maura Murray

What’s your Irish Name?

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I’m Speechless….

Posted in Family Centered Homeschooling, Living History Books! on March 16, 2007 | 2 Comments »

I just can’t speak. 
My voice is gone. 
I have read aloud the Hidden Treasure of Glaston for the last two days and looooved every minute of it.  But, alas, my voice doth fail me!  Catholic high adventure during the middle ages at its finest!

The twins (13yodds) were seated on chairs next to me…No… on [...]

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Please Touch!

Posted in Family Centered Homeschooling, Montessori on March 8, 2007 | 2 Comments »

The little ones learn with their fingers.  Don’t you feel like you are forever saying "Don’t touch!" while they are young?  Oh, come on!  Give in!  …;o)  just teach them HOW to touch!  Do you wonder why they trace the same things with their fingers over and over??  I do!  They are looking and learning [...]

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Visual DNA

Posted in Just for Fun! on March 7, 2007 | Leave a Comment »

Read my VisualDNA™     Get your own VisualDNA™

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How Crunchy Are You?

Posted in Just for Fun! on March 7, 2007 | Leave a Comment »

Super Nutty, Ultra-Crunchy, Granola Earth Mama!…just 5 more points and I could have been as crunchy as grape nuts!  LOL! …never woudda guessed ;o)HT: to Margaret

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Taking on the Kingdom…

Posted in Family Centered Homeschooling, Living the Family-Centered Life, Special Blessings, Tending to Virtue on March 5, 2007 | 2 Comments »

I got hit in the head by a brick today.  I mean it!  (Figuratively speaking of course!  LOL) "It" happened while trying to teach large-motor boy(8) to learn…ok, I mean ….trying to teach large-motor boy how to buckle down and pay attention to some of the "school subjects", I had to be willing [...]

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