Our older daughter is studying Manifest Destiny this week in history. It’s a huge black mark on American history, and shameful. She’s preparing her first draft of her paper on the topic as I type this. We just finished watching “We Shall Remain,” a part of Ken Burns’ series on American history. I focused…
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Betty Beguiles wrote ten neat things about her and her husband, and I thought I’d play along. I was dating someone else when we met, which he did not know. Nor do I think he cared. He told me later he knew he’d marry me the moment he saw me. We were already married when…
So I’ve now read multiple articles telling me the same thing: iPhone 5 looks unlikely this year. Which likely means that iPhone 4 won’t get the price drop I’ve been waiting for this Summer. Which means that I either have to wait ANOTHER year for one, or suck it up and buy one this Summer…
I have the honor of guest-posting at Snoring Scholar today, which is Sarah’s territory. I’m grateful that Sarah has asked me to write about why I gave up Facebook & Twitter for Lent and how it’s all going for me. Here’s a snippet, but please head over to visit Sarah for the entire post. *…
Please be sure to check out the Seven Quick Takes lineup at Jennifer’s site, because there are surely more interesting lists than this one. 🙂 ~one~ I have been, as my title suggests, without my kids all week. Just my husband and me! WHOOO! So that means my week has been like this: Saturday: Drive…
I saw these posters at Design Milk and laughed! There are more (you should be able to get to them by clicking the picture above), but they are not necessarily safe for your kids to see. But they are definitely funny!
Because we started school later than I’ve ever started it before, and then had meanderings, vacations, illnesses, Holy Days of Obligation, funerals (at which our older daughter altar served during the week), and the general craziness that is the final week of Advent, I am just now finishing up writing lessons for the third quarter…
Just a quick reminder: I *have* given up both for Lent, but this blog auto-posts to Facebook and Twitter. So if you’re seeing links, just know that the blog is just posting to both on its own, and I am not logging into either, nor am I getting notices or text messages from either source.
Just read that Elizabeth Taylor – the one I’m not related to – passed away. May she rest in peace, and may she have embraced the One Who has truly loved her all her earthbound life so she may be with Him in her eternal life.
