Somehow we have hit a rhythm that is working this semester. Maybe it is working for me because I get to sleep until my Lyme diseased body...

I am linking up, yet again, with Kelly for Seven Quick Takes. 1. We celebrated the Nativity of Our Lady yesterday, and the girls wante...

It is summer break time here in the Spencer home. This means that we get to experience all the benefits of having a professor in our home. T...

I don't know how some moms do it all the time: parent for days without their husband or even make it through the night with an infant wi...

A recent online discussion among friends in my husbands philosophy department made me remember something that I have known for years. We w...

We are at the beginning of our second straight school year without the birth of a new little Spencer. It is the strangest thing for me t...

1. It was 97% humidity here when we woke up this morning. It was like breathing water. I am not sure how the weather manages to do that wit...

Planning ahead... So, we are going on one of our family road trips at the end of month, and M has decided that I am going to take a vacatio...

1. Happy June 1! June is pretty much the best month in the calendar year. We get my birthday and our wedding anniversary. So, you can't ...

1. When most people write their Seven Quick Takes, they include in the title a few details of what they discuss. I think that I like it a l...

1. With the basement finished ( my post with pictures is here ), I am not sure what else to look forward to, but then I have nothing to comp...

"[I]t seemed to me that there appeared above my head a woman of a countenance exceeding venerable. Her eyes were bright as fire, and...

I made waffles the other night for dinner in honor of the Feast of the Annunciation. M is wonderful and does the dishes every night. When he...

M after reading a text for an hour: "I should have written my dissertation on ________! He is awesome!" He goes on describing ho...

It's that time of year again when my dear doctor is flooded with grading. Nearly a hundred finals and papers a piece to grade; papers wh...

We went out last night with M.'s adviser and his wife. While we were discussing a logic class and certain professor M. explained that th...