Whiteboard Idea

| October 31, 2008

I get these bees in my bonnet. When we’re lucky, they’re inexpensive or they pass. Today, it’s a moneysaving idea, and I’m looking forward to implementing it as soon as I get a chance to get out of the house. It’s a personal whiteboard for each kid old enough to read. If you homeschool, you […]

Everydae is Sundae

| October 31, 2008

Or it will be, soon. My apologies to the two or three readers who have glanced at both blogs, but I’m about to begin the process of shutting down Carmel Everydae and moving its contents gradually over here. The reason? I didn’t have the energy to keep up two blogs and actually try to get […]

Define "Slow Learner."

| October 27, 2008

Is it a person who has multiple children? Only if the children were a mistake. Ergo, no. Maybe the slow learner is the one who has a blessing… or is fortunate enough to have multiple blessings and still thinks only a slow learner would want to be so blessed. Oooh, people who assume that children […]

Note to Monkeytot

| October 23, 2008

I don’t think you’ll have much success slicing the cheddar cheese with a plastic wrench. Sorry. And no, you may not grab a sharp knife to do it with instead. And NO, the hunk is not for biting directly into.

Knife Holder

| October 18, 2008

I really like the idea behind this Schaschlik knife holder. I’d never seen it before tonight, but as soon as I saw it, I could immediately see the usefulness, as well as the beauty. I do not, however, have any desire whatsoever to pay $125 for a knife block, no matter how much I like […]

Catechism Highlights

| October 9, 2008

Some teaching worth reflecting upon as those of us in the United States prepare to vote: 1867 The catechetical tradition also recalls that there are “sins that cry to heaven”: the blood of Abel,[139] the sin of the Sodomites,[140] the cry of the people oppressed in Egypt,[141] the cry of the foreigner, the widow, and […]