Unlike its creepy avatar in my sidebar, Little Kid #6 likes to move. There’s not a lot of passive floating around and sleeping going on in there. From what I can observe, there’s a disco in there and #6 is doin’ the Hustle. It’s either that or advanced acrobatics. Either way this kid is in trouble because there’s no way I gave permission for that kind of activity. To the other children’s disappointment, #6 isn’t big enough to be felt... Read more

I’m a liberated woman! That’s right, alert the media, call the gang at NOW and tell them that freedom has come to the backwards-thinking, homeschooling, stay-at-home mom, have a bunch of kids and be monogamous crowd. I’m not burning my bra, I kind of need that thing, but I’ll think of something to do in celebration. When did it happen? According to the Vatican, it happened with the invention of the washing machine. That’s right. Someone at the Holy See... Read more

We’ve had the flu for the last week, all of us except for #1. I don’t know how she escapes these things, maybe it’s because she hides in her room doing Algebra and listening to whiny teeny-bopper music. Sunday morning we were better, marginally. Better enough that we could have made it to Mass and sniffled our way through it. A few years ago, we would have dragged ourselves from bed and forced ourselves to go. We no longer do.... Read more

I admit it. I’m a global warming skeptic. I think Al Gore is, pardon the pun, full of hot air. It’s not that I think that climates don’t change, I just doubt my car has had that much to do with it. I think some really big parts of it are man-induced. I just don’t think we’re blaming the right people. I blame FDR, his New Deal, and his socialist agenda with its make work projects. I think liberalism caused... Read more

I promise that videos aren’t all I’m about now. I’m working on a thing about global warming or climate change or whatever you want to call it. Come back and look for it tomorrow. A tip of the hat and a big thank you to the Cavemen. Read more

Or one just like him. Has your husband (or have you, if you’re the dad) ever played Pretty, Pretty Princess and worn the earrings and the tiara? If so, then he’s (you’re) this guy, too, and God bless him/you for it! Read more

Small feverish boyCurled up ball, glazed vacant stareMom’s own lap warmer Read more

Check out the latest film by Mel Gibson. (Love him!) It is, of course, a period piece, but in English this time. Still, it’s by Mel and therefore guaranteed to leave tongues wagging and audiences wishing for more. h/t to the Cavemen Read more

Every Child A Wanted Child….Better Aborted Than Abused… Why Have Them If You Can’t Care For Them?….Better Off If They’d Never Been Born Have you heard these excuses for the infanticide that is abortion? Compassionate people look at news reports of abused children, hurt and broken at the hands of those who were supposed to love and protect them, and conclude that abortion would have been a kinder fate. Why does no one ever ask these children? Where are the... Read more

  Remember that you are dust and unto dust you shall return. So begins our Lenten observance every year, and one of my favorite days to be Catholic. I like walking around with my dirty forehead and declaring for the whole world that I am indeed a member of the One True Church, a devoted follower of Jesus Christ. I like putting it all out there in black and white. There is a personal challenge in having a cross written... Read more