*****I rant a little bit lot in this post and make frequent references to the dangly parts of male genitalia.  If you can’t hang, then come back tomorrow.*****   The mobs in Cairo were growing.  It was frightening to everyone inside the American embassy.  After several hours, the embassy released a statement: The Embassy of the United States in Cairo condemns the continuing efforts by misguided individuals to hurt the religious feelings of Muslims…. Seriously?  Are you kidding me? The... Read more

I’m having an ADD day today….let’s be honest, it’s an ADD life…but the last two days have been a fog of zippy brain and few coherent thoughts.  This is beyond frustrating when I’m trying to homeschool my children, write a book about homeschooling my children, clean the house, plan a baby shower, make packing lists for our upcoming trip to Oklahoma, and oversee the sale/renting of our OKC house.  A little clarity of thought would be beyond useful at this... Read more

Helping LarryD to take over the internet one meme at a time! 1.  Ever have something make sense in your head and total and complete sense when you explain it out loud and then not at all when you write it?  Happened to me yesterday.  I took it down to retool an rewrite.  Thank goodness blogs come with a do-over button. 2.  I’m working like a mad woman on my book. I don’t know that I’ve ever been this focused... Read more

Last week at the writers conference I had the incredible pleasure of meeting Sarah Reinhard, the author of Catholic Family Fun.  This little beauty right here: She was terribly nice and very encouraging to the wanna be author who is me.  (Isn’t it a welcome surprise when people are exactly as nice and as funny as you’d hoped they would be? She is.) She graciously gave me a copy of her book and when I said I was going to... Read more

 ***Thank you to Nicole for guest posting today.  I hope this means that she’s going to start blogging!*** Well, here I am writing a blog post when I don’t even have my own blog which would have  at least given me a little experience.  Bear with me.  I’ve been married to my husband Eric for 18 years this October and we have six children: Max (15), Audrey (14), Grace (12), Isabel (8), Michael (5) and Simon (3).  Yes, we are... Read more

Helping LarryD take over the internet one week at a time. 1. School started last week for #1 and this morning for everyone else.  I love the first day of school where they all are eager, listen well, and work hard, and I don’t have to spend any of my day nagging them to get back to work.  It’s the day I lie to myself that it will always look like this: School at the kitchen table 2. I ended... Read more

 *** It’s a long one.  Sorry about that, but it’s worth it.  I promise.**** For the past year, my husband has worked too much.  He’s been working too much for a lot longer than that, but for the last year, the number of hours demanded by his job has been insane.  We miss him.  I miss him.  He leaves for work every morning before all the children are even awake, and arrives back home just in time for bedtime prayers.... Read more

I recently realized that my “Who I Read” list is totally out of date.  There are blogs up there which have died and more than a couple I no longer read or feel comfortable sharing.  Which means I’m looking for a few new ones to add to my list and to my morning read.  I’d love to pack it full of people who also happen to read me.  I’d love to put you on the list, so just leave me... Read more

The winner is Congratulations to Nicole!  I don’t see a blog on your info page, but that’s okay because I’ll let you borrow mine!  Write out a post and send it to me at [email protected] and I’ll put it up here for all the world to see. And because she made me laugh, Mikki gets an Honorable Mention and can also borrow my blogging soapbox for her meme Thank you to everyone for your great ideas! Read more

A friend of mine took this pic of #7 and it’s just screaming to me a meme!  I’m not techno savvy enough for that, which means.. Meme Contest!  Best Caption/Meme gets the chance to guest post here at Shoved to Them and introduce yourself to a whole new crop of readers.  You don’t need a blog to enter.  Good Luck! Read more