Must be a Jane Austen fanatic to enter...

I'm in a club. An exclusive club. You can join. But there might be a test or initiation. I'm not sure. I think I'll have to call a meeting to discuss that... You do have to idolize Jane Austen. You have to love more than just Mr. Darcy... you have to read the books (or want to), compare various on-screen versions, and quote Jane Austen lines on demand. Or at least when you feel like it. Or make one...

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Mama vs. the Cadets

Yesterday at Mass, I had one of those moments. You've probably had them before... those (hopefully) rare times when you feel that you just might really lose it, and you don't care who sees or hears you... We are ambitious. We've moved from the balcony at church down the second row. Not sure how we picked the second row - but it seems to always be empty, so it's been ours for the last several weeks. We are trying to get a bit more out of the Mass and hoping that the closer proximity will help our...

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Colleen's birthday ~ the big 2

Colleen's birthday was delightful - she had fun, which was my one and only goal. We celebrated her birthday the day before, on St. Patrick's Day.  The day on which she was supposed to be born... but I digress. It was good! She changed clothes twice during the evening, ate lots of her birthday cake (and is still asking where it went) opened presents and had fun with her friends. Perfect! Here...

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5 things I love about Colleen...

We celebrated my little Colleen's birthday on March 18th. Her little party was on St. Patrick's day and was delightful - simple and full of sweet friends, playing outside and lots 'a green! It sounds trite, but I really can't believe that my baby is 2. She seems so little and new and yet as if she's been here for decades. This is for you my little Colleen. Just 5 of the hundreds of things I love...

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My 5 Favorite Education/Homeschool Resources...

1.  The Story of the World by Susan Wise Bauer. I can't say enough about this series. Susan Wise Bauer starts with the earliest nomads and ends with the end of the USSR. The books are great read-a-louds and the cds are even better. We listen to them in the car, on road trips or on our extra long drive to piano lessons every Tuesday. And then, after the kids are out of the car, I keep listening......

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