January 31st, 2007

Linkage

Hooray for the Good Guys! “Five men old enough to qualify for senior-citizen discountsfoiled an armed robber and his accomplice yesterday during the 8 a.m.Mass … “ Read the whole story.

Carnival of Homeschooling at the Palm Tree Pundit this week.

A Calorie is a Calorie Yes! You can skip exercise and still lose weight. As long as you skip dessert too.

House Art Journal I have quietly added her

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January 31st, 2007

At the Convenience Store

I placed my purchases on the counter, realized that I forgot one item, and ran to grab it from a shelf.

“Whoa,” the clerk said when I returned. “You must have company.”

“Huh?” I blinked back at him.

“Company,” he said again, and gestured toward the counter.

I looked at the things I was buying: 2 gallons of milk, a jug ofcranberry juice, a carton of orange juice, and a

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January 30th, 2007

Sirius-ly

You can hear me interviewed on this guy’s show on The Catholic Channel at about 4:40 (EST) this afternoon.

January 30th, 2007

Your Turn: Perfect Moms

A woman approached me after Mass one recent weekend. “You are such a perfectmother,” she said as she shifted her own toddler from one hip to the other. “I was watching you with your baby and you are just so patient. How do you do that?”

Well now. That’s silly, isn’t it? Or maybe it’s sad, because I am pretty sure that while in her own mind this mother was

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January 29th, 2007

Emmanuel Books

on sale!

January 28th, 2007

Things that I Have Learned (Now that I am 22 months old)

by Raphael Bean

1. Gum is some of the best stuff on the planet, and thereare a few different ways to enjoy it. Once you have a chewed piece inyour mouth, you can take it out and squeeze it between your fingers.You can mash it in your fist. You can rub it on the dog, on the floor,or on the underside of the toilet before putting it back in your

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January 28th, 2007

How I Know I am Not Living in Paradise

Child #1: What’s the temperature today?

Child #2: 10 degrees.

Child #1: Oooooh, it’s warm!

January 28th, 2007

From Today’s Gospel

“When they heard this, all in the synagogue were filled with wrath.And they rose up and put him out of the city, and led him to the browof the hill on which their city was built, that they might throw himdown headlong. But passing through the midst of them he went away.” Luke 4:28-30 (Fr. Augustine’s homily attached)

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