June 25th, 2008

Gas and Groceries

I give up. I keep spending more and more money on food, but my family just keeps eating the stuff. Between higher food prices and the expense of gas to drive 40 minutes to the larger stores where I know there are (slightly) lower prices, I feel like I can’t win.

Are you feeling the pinch this summer? What kinds of things are you doing to feed your family

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June 25th, 2008

Book Discussion at InsideCatholic

InsideCatholic announces an upcoming online book discussion:

InsideCatholic Book Circle is a feature we’ll be running July 14-18. Amy Welborn, Matthew Lickona, Joseph O’Brien, and Bishop Daniel Flores of Detroit will be discussing Ron Hansen’s latest novel, Exiles, and we’re encouraging readers to grab a copy and join in. We hope it to be a continuation of our blog discussion from a couple of months ago on the state of

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June 25th, 2008

Busy Boys

Here’s how we pass the time these days while the girls are away …

Question of the Day: Can I shoot a squirrel? Answer of the Day: Only if you eat it.

June 25th, 2008

Not easy being green

I took Gabrielle to a city yesterday. Well, okay, not a city city — we don’t have those in New Hampshire — but we went to a place that has parking meters and a “downtown” shopping area. This was new and exciting stuff.

“You have to pay to park here?” Gabby was incredulous.

Store after store, she skipped along happily beside me on the sidewalk. We stopped in a school

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June 24th, 2008

Catholic Summer Reading Program

From Aquinas and More:

This summer, why not take some time to discover the rich treasure of Catholic literature? Aquinas and More Catholic Goods, the official sponsor of the Catholic summer reading program, would like to invite you to join in a book discussion at your parish, local Catholic store or online at CatholicBookDiscussion.com. Kids can also get involved by downloading our Catholic Kids Reading Path and filling it in

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June 24th, 2008

Catholic Company News

Win $250! The Catholic Company has announced an exciting First Communion Photo Contest. Winners will receive a $250 gift certificate and will be featured on the Catholic Company blog. Read more details.

Catholic Product Reviewer Program Here’s an opportunity for bloggers, podcasters, and other webmasters to receive free review copies of new Catholic products. Participants who join the Catholic Company Reviewer Program will receive free products in exchange for an

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June 24th, 2008

Coffee Talk Tuesday

If you’re new here, welcome! Here’s what Coffee Talk is all about and we hope you’ll join us.

Happy Summer! What would you like to talk about today?

Technorati Tags: catholic family life, coffee talk, catholic moms

June 23rd, 2008

Milestone

You are not going to believe this … Dan sent me an email!

This indicates that:

1. He actually checked his email account. 2. He actually read something in there he thought I might want to see. 3. He actually figured out how to do a forward. 4. He actually clicked “send.”

To me! For me! For real! Major milestone!

If my traditional man now recognizes email as a legitimate

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