A blessed Advent to all!  This is one of my favorite times of year, and I'm so glad it has come around again. We just got back to town...

...for St. Patrick's Day, I suppose. I finally finished the baby blanket I've been knitting.  Perhaps (please?) just in the ni...

Some years, I lay out pretty detailed plans for specific Lenten practices and sacrifices I would like to make.  I mean, I literally write ou...

-1- Happy All Saints Day!   Once again, I procrastinated about preparing anything for an important feast day.  It  didn't even really...

  Some recent musings... I recently picked up a small book about Our Lady of Fatima .  It's a pretty basic overview of the st...

-1- Sly's little shoes after St. Nicholas paid a visit the other night. A candy cane, a toy cow, and a holy card showing St. Nich...

 **These thoughts are addressed to fellow Catholic mothers.  If you aren't Catholic (or a mother), I'm not sure how accessible this...

I was given the opportunity to review the book, From St. Hildegard's Kitchen from Catholic Family Gifts. Before looking through t...

I feel like I need to just preface this with a "sorry if I offend anyone" comment.  What I'm about to say is mostly addressed ...

1. I didn't watch the royal wedding. I doubt we even get a channel that televised it anyways. Plus, it takes something really special ...

My little leprechaun Luckily (is that a pun...almost?), it falls on a Thursday in the middle of the Ember Days this year. Which means...no ...

Constantine hands Pope Sylvester I a statuette of Roma Aeterna (eternal Rome) Today is the feast of St. Sylvester, who is the name-Saint ...

Inspired by the many interesting and inspirational blogs I've recently been reading on homemaking, housewifery , motherhood, etc., I...