We Believe

| February 23, 2009

(Or I believe… in fact,  both.) I don’t think we pray enough. I know I don’t, and I suspect you, gentle reader, would benefit from more prayer time. Who couldn’t? Every week I pray along with these prayers that I’ve known since childhood, but the words flash by so quickly that it is difficult to […]

Well, I Know Now I *Feel* Lovely

| February 16, 2009

Christine the Soccer Mom at Domestic Vocation happens to be one of my very favorite bloggers, and a frequent inspiration to me.  So it warms me that she sent this Lovely Award my way. “These blogs are exceedingly charming. These kind bloggers aim to find and be friends. They are not interested in self-aggrandizement. Our […]

And I Thought the Kids Never Listened

| February 16, 2009

Hypertot was playing “When Irish Eyes Are Smiling” on the auto play function on our keyboard, and I was telling him the name of the song. I realized he didn’t know what Irish meant, so I set about explaining it to him. “You are part Irish,” I said.  I went on to explain about having […]

Febreeze, Take Me Away!

| February 13, 2009

Remember when the harried mother’s cry was to Calgon? Obviously she didn’t have toddlers.