My crew. They make me smile. As usual most of my quick takes are just recycled updates about cute things the kids did in the past week that I previously posted on Facebook and/or Twitter. I’m sorry to the people who follow me in both places...
Recently on Facebook I mentioned something about baking bread. In response a friend asked me a bunch of questions about baking bread. Since I haven’t written about baking in a while, I figured I’d repost my response to her here...
At 4 pm the sun was setting. Dark at 4:30. It had been raining all day, cold, gray drizzle, and I’d not been able to muster the energy to get us out of the house. The children were anxious from being inside and from the uncertainty of the time...
Please join me in praying for the repose of the soul of David Campbell, my brother-in-law Peter’s father, who died on Sunday morning after being in the hospital for almost two months. And please pray for the consolation of all his family. Mr...
Last month Willa posted this scrumptious sounding recipe for Orange Chocolate Chip Oatmeal Bread. Doesn’t that sound delightful? Today was cold and rainy and so I was dying to bake. It seemed like just the thing. I tweaked Willa’s recipe...
The girls love to watch football with Dom. It’s a nice way to spend time with daddy. In the past two weeks Bella has told me half a dozen times that she’s had a dream about football. Sophie refused to nap today because she didn’t...
Doing a recap of yesterday along with a post for today. Yesterday I took the kids to Mass, even though it technically wasn’t a holy day of obligation here. It was the Mass for the parish school and a bunch of the kids dressed up in...
Sophie’s been waking up almost every night complaining that her teeth hurt and demanding medicine. She recently finished cutting her two-year molars and was, I believe, in considerable pain during the process. But I’m afraid it developed...
