The Art of Homemaking
Hi everyone! I’ve been on a blogging hiatus for a couple years, but I’m hoping to start back up with a new focus: homemaking. I love my role as a wife and stay-at-home mom, and I have realized that I love … Continued
DIY Ruler Growth Chart Tutorial (with Printable!)
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Mark your child’s growth on a DIY Ruler Growth Chart! These are very popular and very easy to make. All you need is a board (2″x10″x 6 ft), black paint and a thin paint brush (or a Sharpie), wood stain … Continued
The Lord is Now About to Enter His Temple
So, I’ve been working on three pretty meaty blog posts these past few days (I know, I know, finish a thing before you start another thing, I know)…but I’ve come to the conclusion that all of them are too sobering … Continued
Why I Don’t Blog Much/More/Enough
Yesterday, surveying my folder of half-written blog posts, I counted eleven. Eleven posts I started but never finished; eleven incomplete thoughts marked by more than one set of ellipses, meandering musings, and a few poetic, pithy and remarkably pathetic one … Continued
365(ish) Days of Wedded Bliss
My dear wife and I just celebrated our 1st anniversary: 365 days of wedded bless (as my mother would say…who herself has shared 13,870 days with my old man). And while I’m the first to admit that the whole “List” … Continued
Spidey Edie: Sidekick to the Saints
Whatever your interest in The Avengers, Batman vs. Superman, the Fantastic Four, I can say without hesitation that my daughter is a genuine superhero(ine). Her supernatural endowments include the following abilities: — Ability to suspend and animate all four appendages … Continued
Edith Thérèse
Usually Edie plays hide and seek whenever I put my hand on Sarah’s tummy. But last night, my daughter was dancing, I tell ya’. Edith’s been a permanent fixture in my mind, heart and prayers since we first discovered she’d … Continued
Learning Christ
My mother (posing above center, with a solemn dignity I might add) shared a little prayer card with me that she’d received in the confessional last week. After some searching, I discovered its contents to be one of the many … Continued