I’m nursing a migraine for the third day straight.  I just want to curl up in a ball in the dark and sleep until it goes away.  Last night at 1AM, I considered using the Computer Guy’s cordless drill to relieve the pressure in my noggin.  I couldn’t find the batteries.   You know it’s bad when brain surgery by Black and Decker sounds like a good idea. **************************************** My prayer buddy is working overtime on the school and moving front. ... Read more

We live amazingly well on a tight budget.  Years of poverty early in our marriage coupled with our hatred of waste has made us self-proclaimed experts on cheap living.  It is our fiscal ability which has made supporting our large family possible.  I’m often asked how we do it.  I’m not sure it’s all that unusual, but here’s how we do it: 1. I budget monthly down to the penny. I know where the Computer Guy’s paycheck is going before... Read more

We went this evening to have dinner with Drea from The Escape. ( Are you reading her yet? )  I knew we were friends when we made the crazed call to say, “We’re not coming after all.  We’re 5 minutes from your house and the 3 year old just threw up all over the back seat of the car.” To which she calmly replied, “Why aren’t you coming?  It’s just puke.  I have clean clothes to put on him and... Read more

Yesterday, I spent several hours running errands related to #3 and the school system.  I left #1 in charge of the whole shooting match and called often to check in with her.  She may be responsible and comfortable with crowd control, but I’m a mom so I still worry.  I don’t need to. #2 got into a bit of a dust up at swim team practice at our neighborhood pool.  The kids were horsing around at the end of practice... Read more

What an amazing year this has been, my son.  You started off so small and quiet. Being new was hard, so you slept.  A lot. You learned about being loved. And loving people in return. You made your big blog header debut. You got tired of the media spotlight. Being famous was hard work, so you took a nap. You watched a little TV. You wore dumb hats. You gave us your opinion on the dumb hats. You learned to... Read more

LarryD at Acts of the Apostasy tagged me with a meme asking me to list my five favorite devotions. They are, in random order: 1. The Divine Mercy Chaplet2. The Holy Rosary3. Stations of the Cross4. St Michael’s Prayer5. St Rita’s Novena Part of the meme is to tag five other bloggers.  So as not to anger the meme gods, I tag: Leile at Little Catholic Bubble Sew at Sew InfertileLaura the Crazy Mama from Laura the Crazy MamaCathMom5 at... Read more

The whole public school system seems to be incredibly inefficient and not at all designed to be parent friendly or even geared to best help the children enrolled in it.  To be blunt about it, their customer service sucks.  I’ve spent days on the phone with them.  I’ve been down there in person.  The people at the school district are doing the Hungarian D*ck Dance. You don’t know this term?  It comes from a grandmother I know.  She went to... Read more

A day late around here, but still here.  Today’s theme is Dress to Impress  Company’s coming.  What are you cooking to wow them but still have time to look amazing? At my house, I’m cooking Honey Pecan Glazed Chicken 1 boneless skinless chicken breast pounded to near uniform thickness per person plus a couple extra for the guys   3 cups buttermilk Seasoned flour (see below) oil for frying Seasoned flour: 2 cups flour 1 tbsp salt 1 tbsp garlic powder... Read more

He couldn’t. He couldn’t. He couldn’t. Then he decided that he could. //www.youtube.com/get_player It’s sideways.  I don’t know how to fix that.  Please turn your head or skip this one. (I know I forgot “What’s Cookin'” today.  I promise to do it tomorrow and buy myself a calendar.) Read more

This morning by happy accident (no one could find the 3 year old’s shoes until past the time for us to leave) we ended up at the local TLM chapel instead of our regular Novus Ordo parish.  We have friends who are regular parishioners there, and have attended Mass there on rare occasion in their old church. I grew up in the early post-Vatican II era.  I can remember the time before people held hands during the Our Father.  I... Read more