Merry (almost) Christmas everyone. My long hiatus is swiftly coming to an end as my seasonal employment winds up for the year. It has been fun and slightly profitable, but exhausting as well. I will be glad to be home every night with my little people. It has been interesting listening to the customers in our store chat as they prepare for Christmas. I can easily pick out the church-goer form the non-church-goer. There just seems to be a different... Read more

The guy who decided that food should come from spray cans. Whipped cream, cheese…are there any others? I just had a very enjoyable snack made from crackers and spray cheese. It was delightful. Don’t just turn up your nose at it if you’ve never eaten it. It’s weird but good. I warned you when I started this blog that I was the pink flamingo, cheap rhinestone, Hamburger Helper kind of girl. I guess we can add spray cheese to the... Read more

My eldest, my youngest, and I are leaving for Atlanta this morning. #1 is competing in the Irish dance regional championships, Oireachtas. We’ll be there until Monday when we get to fly home. If you’re in the area, come in and say “Hi”. If you’ve never been to an I.D. competition, you should go. It looks exactly like you would expect if a drag queen exploded. There’s lots of accordion music to keep your toes tapping, and you can get... Read more

I haven’t been blogging lately. I know it. You know it. My husband tells me daily. (At least I know he reads it.) So lets move on… I started working 2 weeks ago. Nothing big or exciting, just a part time job at the local craft store. They needed seasonal help; I needed money for Christmas. The job is okay. I like getting our of the house and talking to people. I am amazed at all of the clever projects... Read more

Ive been on a bit of a blogging hiatus. I’m back, just in time for Thanksgiving, I have some special recipes straight from my two junior chefs. I asked Little kids 3 (age 6) and 4 (age 3) how to prepare the holiday bird. I don’t recommend their recipes, but if you try them, let me know how they taste. #3’s Holiday Turkey 1. You have to get a turkey from Wal-Mart.2. Chop it up.3. Put it in the oven... Read more

Your Inner European is French! Smart and sophisticated.You have the best of everything – at least, *you* think so. Who’s Your Inner European? Read more

1 Please stop asking us if it’s legal. If it is — and it is — it’sinsulting to imply that we’re criminals. And if we were criminals,would we admit it? 2 Learn what the words “socialize” and “socialization” mean, and usethe one you really mean instead of mixing them up the way you donow. Socializing means hanging out with other people for fun.Socialization means having acquired the skills necessary to do sosuccessfully and pleasantly. If you’re talking to me and... Read more

Last night we got to have a really cool experience courtesy of some new friends of ours and we got to see how people live who aren’t “Everybody’s Cheapest Friend”. Man, we were in some tall cotton last night, and I must say it was pretty nice. Little kid #1 was doing a job shadow for hew homeschooling yesterday. We’ve decided to make her pick one job she thinks she might enjoy every semester and then spend the day with... Read more

My birthday cakes when I was a kid were amazing. My mother would craft them herself. Sometimes the sugar decorations would take her weeks to handcraft. She didn’t follow any patterns, just made them all from her own imagination. The cake I had for my 12th birthday stands out the clearest in my memory. It was this incredible confection of lace made from icing and hand-sculpted mini-bouquets of flowers cascading down the sides of a two tiered dream. It took... Read more

If Jesus is God and man, is the man part of him a saint? Read more