Yes. I admit it. Vanity is something I struggle with. I have been resisting taking my laptop with me to class to take notes because of the Total Geek factor. In my mind, somehow, someone at my age should not succumb to the need for laptop notetaking when doing it the old fashioned way has […]

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I think I’d like to demand another couple of weeks in 2008. Quiet weeks with absolutely nothing scheduled so that I could do nothing but finish everything I had planned to do in 2008. What do you think the odds are? (Shhhh don’t answer that.)
Between school, vacation (drove a couple thousand miles), and a […]

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I was grocery shopping today and as the clerk hit total (which was somewhere around a bazillion dollars) the little coupon machine spit out a coupon for me. It was for Vivarin.
How did they know? Is there some sort of digital sensor on the machine that counts the number of children accompanying the person swiping […]

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I know I promised that I would blog about our diaconate journey, but honestly there just hasn’t been that much to tell. We read a lot, we go to class a lot, but it’s just not so remarkable that it generates much bloggable material. Perhaps that is my fault and I am not looking with the right […]

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So after being up almost 24 hours yesterday, I struggled out of bed this morning…then…Workout. Clean the kitchen. Holler at the children to quit bickering at each other and do their schoolwork. Workout. Holler at children. Eat breakfast….although at 11 am it is questionable whether or not one could call it breakfast. Do scripture study […]

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I don’t know what happened. It wasn’t on my planner even in pencil much less in pen but my life seems to have entered an unbelievably busy cycle. (Perhaps this has something to do with trying to get all of my Christmas shopping done by Thanksgiving in order to observe Advent with a little more […]

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It’s almost that time of year. Oh let’s face it, it will be here tomorrow at the rate the days have been zipping by. I wanted to share a couple of ideas I have for decorating for Advent. As a Catholic parent I will confess, that I find it difficult….impossible?….to hold the line against the […]

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My first words after learning that I had just given birth to a boy were, “The Lord has a sense of humor and he’s not driving until he’s 30.” Apparently everyone thought I was joking at the time. I wasn’t.
My son has gotten his learner’s permit. I suggest extra prayers for those travelling the […]

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After 2 1/2 years of formal preparation, my husband has been accepted as a candidate for diaconate formation. Only another 4 years to go…..
What the heck is a Deacon in the Catholic Church? Read here.
What is the general process for applying? Read here. (Opens PDF)

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It’s been quite a ride! Things are still not back to “normal.”  I haven’t quite gotten everything that was moved for the evacuation put back yet but most of it is. The debris is mostly picked up and put in piles and busy killing the grass while we await the arrival of the crews that will haul […]

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I am operating on very little sleep at the moment because I stayed up last night to watch the storm come ashore. The eye of Ike passed directly over the top of my house. I want to be very clear here. I do not mean that the eye of Ike passed near my house. I […]

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My life is plagued by a fungus which I have named as “stupid plastic cups.” You’ve met these plastic cups and perhaps some even live in your house. They are the “souvenir” cups that come with children’s drinks at restaurants and the large size drinks at just about every event that occurs in a stadium. […]

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I am sorry for not blogging. I really had no intention of ignoring my blog but life has swept me away in a massive tide of cleaning, re-organizing, and re-focusing. I am sweeping away the distractions in my life and at present blogging would distract me from doing that. I’d like to say that I […]

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I am going to be on a silent retreat this coming week and so I am dedicating this week to the topic of silence. I've got some stuff set to auto-publish while I am gone.

In the attitude of silence the soul finds the path in an clearer light, and what is elusive and deceptive […]

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