My Mother-in-Law is coming into town this weekend and is staying for a whole week!  I’m so excited to get to see her before we move to Texas and they move to Kentucky this Summer.  (It’s going to be a busy Summer.)  My sweet husband has tried to tell her about #7, but she has been so nervous about moving that she talked over him and never heard his big announcement…..which means someone needs to tell her before she comes... Read more

Ever since we announced this pregnancy, I’ve received a lot of sympathy over morning sickness, weird cravings, and extreme fatigue.  I just try to smile and accept their commiserations, but they don’t know the worst part of being pregnant.  I miss my brain.  (Pregnancy isn’t all bad.  Kicking babies are glorious.  The first trimester, however, is my own personal hell.) For six glorious weeks, I was on my ADHD medication.  I felt and thought like a new woman. For six... Read more

We had plans yesterday to go to an Easter egg hunt at a friend’s house.  The highlight of the evening was to be peeps roasted over a bonfire. We didn’t.  It rained all day so we spent the day curled up on the couch watching Gulliver’s Travels and eating pot roast.  That was our fancy Easter dinner….pot roast and gravy with steamed rice.  It was all kinds of awesome.  Who needs fancy ham and trimmings when you can have warm... Read more

Happy Easter!!!!  He is Risen!!!! Read more

One of the few memories I have of both of my grandfathers is of their reverence for the Blessed Sacrament.  When we would drive past a Catholic Church, my dad’s dad would always tip his hat (I love that he wore hats) and my mother’s father would inevitably cross himself. I can remember my older brother asking why once and hearing my dad’s dad say, “It’s because He’s in there, in the tabernacle.”  I recall looking at the church and... Read more

I’m too heavily medicated this afternoon to be thinking great thoughts, so you just get the randomness of my un-medicated ADHD brain. ***************************Are you reading the blog by the Bishop Emeritus of Corpus Christi?  You should be.  He finds really thought provoking links, is hilarious when he writes, and is a definite straight-shooter.  He wrote about V.P. Joe Biden Perhaps God, who knows whether or not Biden’s brain was permanently damaged by his brain surgery, will not judge him too... Read more

I’m lying here on the bathroom floor, feeling the cool tile beneath my cheek, moaning just a bit, typing one-handed and sideways, and rethinking my life. Motherhood, specifically pregnancy, is not for the faint of heart.  There is no way of predicting, until you get here, whether you will be the lucky duck with no symptoms or if you’re going to spend countless hours in the bathroom on your knees.  (Quick question…does moaning “Oh…G*d…” between retches count as prayer?  If... Read more

The on-line fashion magazine Pocketchange recently interviewed me for a “You Should Read This Blog” thing.  For some reason, it’s posted in home decor which proves that they’ve never been to my house or seen a picture of it, but I’m not complaining.  The cool kids found me and liked me enough to tell other people about me which I think makes me a fringe cool kid too.  Go read it here! Read more

****re-posted from last year  — I didn’t really have anything to add.  God bless those who died and those who were left behind.*** 16 years ago today, I was not yet “the Mom”.  I was not yet “the Wife.”  I was simply a newly engaged girl, much in love with my fiance. 16 years ago this morning, I can tell you exactly where I was .  I was standing behind the front desk of the high-end hotel where I worked. ... Read more

Can I admit a little something here since it’s just us?  This whole move thing is beginning to freak me out.  We found a great house (3400 sq ft, 5 beds, 3 1/2 baths) in the area we want.  We have a move-in date, June 1.  I’m trying to be calm, but it’s a lie…..A BIG FAT STINKIN” LIE! Here’s the thing….I just spent the last half hour on the phone with my friend, Peace.  We were talking about fun... Read more