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September 27th, 2006 A reader recently wrote me a touching email in which she reflected onthe different “seasons” of our lives— childhood, teenaged years, youngmarried life, mothering small children, mothering older children, emptynesting, aging… It’s a theme you read about and hear about often, but I realizeit’s not one I give nearly enough thought to. It helps to stop everyonce in a while and realize: Today is not forever. Each stage of life,however September 26th, 2006 Carnival of Homeschooling This week’s Carnival of Homeschooling is up at Palm Tree Pundit. Diaper Deal Want Not points us to a disposable diaper deal at Amazon. Buy $99 worth of Pampers, Luvs or Kandoo products and receive a $30 Amazon gift certificate. Warning: Offensive Christian Vegetables Could someone please tell me what on earth NBC thought the Veggie Tales cartoons were all about when they first decided to air September 25th, 2006 A reader writes: I’m looking for some perspective regarding my 4 year old”princess.” She has been enamored with Cinderella (the only Disneyprincess movie she has actually seen) and recently Sleeping Beauty(from books and mom’s old Disney records). I’m a bit taken aback bycomparing the old Disney princesses who were sweet and kind, eventhough they were treated badly (much like Frances Hodgson Burnett’s”The Little Princess”) to the new Disney princesses who September 25th, 2006 Kateri: (to our resident lasagne-hater) If you didn’t haveanything to eat all day and you were starving to death and all youcould have to eat was a giant bowl of ricotta cheese, would you eat itor wait until the next day for a bowl of cereal? September 25th, 2006 Today is the day to start a novena to Saint Francis of Assisi. And there’s still time to get your hands on this beautiful book before October 4. September 25th, 2006 Last night I bought a 6-pack of beer. At the convenience store, Ipicked out my husband’s favorite brand and plunked it down on thecounter. The clerk, a rather young man, paused and held the scanner inmidair over the 6-pack as he sized me up. “Do you have a valid ID?” he asked. Be still my heart. My cheeks flushed with the flattery of it all.My eyes welled with thankful tears. September 24th, 2006 We are feeling quite seasonal… Here’s a look at what we did yesterdayafternoon. Since the fall season is upon us, I thought it might be niceif some of my fellow recipe geeks out there shared their favorite applerecipes. Do you make a perfect pie? Apple doughnuts? Cider? Crisp orcrumble? Email it to me and when I get a collection together I’ll post them for everyone to enjoy. |
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