Category Archives: General Stuff

~ Capturing the context of everyday life ~ Today I am linking up with Rosie from Like Mother, Like Daughter for {pretty, happy, funny, real} {pretty} This past weekend, I wen to Birmingham, Alabama for a retreat with the Sister Servants of the Eternal Word. While there, I was able to visit with a family friend, Sister Joseph [...]

….just wondering….   If you really want to have another baby and “everything” is in place to have another one (think health, money, house, job security, good wages, other children out of diapers.) then why not have another one? I don’t, I don’t, I DO NOT, get it when a woman goes around moaning about [...]

Reading through the quotes and information from and about Rick Santorum regarding his position on war, I saw that he supported the sending of troops in to Iraq. (H.J.Res. 114; Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Iraq Resolution of 2002. The administration would be required to report to Congress that diplomatic options have been [...]

soapbox {Informing people about our religious freedoms being eroded and the United States Constitution being ignored is far more important then Catholic Schools Week and the lame-o activities that surround it. That is all. Oh, wait, one more thing….when attempting to promote vocations in a diocese, via social media, you might want to actually do that and not [...]

+ Gregory J. Hartmayer, OFM Conv., Bishop of Savannah has issued a letter regarding the HHS mandate that all employers required to provide health insurance to its employees under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), must provide health coverage that includes sterilization, abortion-inducing drugs, and contraception. Here is the letter read in many, if [...]

Sarah over at My Three Little Monkeys is having a GIVEAWAY!!! Woot! Check it out!   Check out the other stuff she does too! She made my wrap and I LOVE it.      

  From the Diocese of Arlington, VA: ARLINGTON, VA (January 24, 2012) – The Most Reverend Paul S. Loverde, Bishop of Arlington and spiritual leader of Northern Virginia’s nearly half million Catholics, today commented on the decision by the Obama Administration to mandate sterilization and contraceptive coverage, including abortifacients, in health insurance plans offered by [...]

Of course, as I’m sure you readers know, a lot of the talk that happens around here (for about the last 6 months or so) is about the Republican primaries, the candidates and the issues. Most often, this conversation consists of a mix of amazement and frustration. On one hand, it is hard to believe [...]

“On occasion, scientist working on nuclear program in Iran turn up dead I think that is a wonderful thing. I think we should send very clear message, if you are a scientist… working on nuclear weapons, you are not safe”. Rick Santorum   Does this sound like the words of a man who is “pro-life”?

I am so blessed to be able to stay at home with my wee children. If I didn’t I would have missed all of this: 1. Karol holding Milo the Cat and trying to tickle him under the arm. 2. Caecilia having a conversation between Kermit and her Lamb. (complete with bahhh, bahhh. bahhhh) 3. [...]