http://www.ncregister.com/daily/u2_singer_bonos_ode_to_mary/ HT: Amy
Update on the colic thing
A few months ago, I was whining about the stress of taking care of family and a colicy newborn. Gabriel is nearly five months old now. He is very happy, he smiles, giggles, and talks all the time, and he loves his siblings. He is thriving well and is pleasantly plump. Note the little sausage… Continue reading Update on the colic thing
Am I the Only One Who Watches Intervention
From Momlogic.com, Marijuana Mamas: Is pot the new pilates?: A new wave of reefer madness is sweeping suburbia — but it’s not just teenagers who are lighting up. Middle-aged, middle-class soccer moms are smoking pot … a lot. These women aren’t stoners: they’re teachers, lawyers, and, perhaps, even your neighbor who prefers puffing a joint… Continue reading Am I the Only One Who Watches Intervention
So, what are we going to do about this?
Or realistically, what can we do? Via Jill Stanek: From the LA Times, June 25: President Obama suggested at a town hall event Wednesday night that one way to shave medical costs is to stop expensive and ultimately futile procedures performed on people who are about to die and don’t stand to gain from the… Continue reading So, what are we going to do about this?
Happy Feast of St. Peter
And Jesus answering, said to him: Blessed art thou, Simon Bar-Jona: because flesh and blood hath not revealed it to thee, but my Father who is in heaven. And I say to thee: That thou art Peter; and upon this rock I will build my church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against… Continue reading Happy Feast of St. Peter
Nabbed!
Rosey Posey thought she could get away with it. My husband keeps a few fun things in the freezer for times when I’m hungry…(and watches me eat them but doesn’t join me because they are “fattening”). Things like these frozen chicken nuggets. Of course with a house full, you have to sneak these, or eat… Continue reading Nabbed!
Lard is healthy?
Seriously? This shouldn’t surprise me. But how do you bake with lard in stuff like cookies? “Toldja so!” rant from Erik in 3… 2… 1…
Fulfillment lies in taking the harder path
Fulfillment does not lie in comfort, ease, and following one’s inclinations, but precisely in allowing demands to be made upon you, in taking the harder path. Everything else turns out somehow boring, anyway. Only the person who recognizes an ideal he must satisfy, who takes on real responsibility, will find fulfillment. It is not in… Continue reading Fulfillment lies in taking the harder path