From The Blue Fairy Book by Andrew Lang. With Christmas coming, many parents tremble at the idea of adding more toys to the overflowi...

By H J Ford, L Speed - The Red Fairy Book, 1890., 10th impression 1907 Lang, Andrew, 1844-1912; Ford, H. J. (Henry Justice), 1860-1941; Sp...

I am joining in Anna's linkup, because she is awesome. //listening// Bach's unaccompanied Cello suites have been my favorite m...

This post is inspired by Haley at Carrots for Michaelmas who reviewed her reading goals from the beginning of last year and let us know h...

1. I have not done quick takes in over a month . The thing is, they are not exactly quick to write, but I have about 30 minutes if the baby ...

Once upon a time, M and I decided to home school our children. Well, we did not have any children, yet. And I have been slowly dreading it t...

I am over at Church POP today, writing about married couples in literature. This was a hard list to compile as most of my favorite novels...

One of the things that is a constant struggle with little kids is helping them be quiet and if they are able be attentive at Mass. Something...

It has been 5 weeks since our first trimester ultrasound, and now is our traditional time for announcing pregnancies. But you are all so luc...

1. I have heard from other moms about having a bad week or day this week, and I confess that it has been particularly rough for me here in t...

25 pounds or 1/2 bushel of ripening Georgia peaches. Have you ever read through all of the Laura Ingalls Wilder books? After reading li...

1. Space 2. Aliens 3. Bad guys 4. Space Travel 5. Good guys 6. Space Aliens 7. C.S. Lewis But seriously, head on over to Ch...

I read Something Other Than God during my recovery time from my miscarriage/extreme loss of blood/trip to the ER. I found myself engross...

1. I spent most of Monday in a little panic about silverfish bugs in our basement. I found a couple in our basement school cupboard, and th...

**SPOILER ALERT** I have not seen the new movie that came out on Christmas, and will probably not get a chance until it is on video or at...