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This statue of Our Lady was bought by a dear friend while visiting Portugal. He later entered a monastery and we were given the statue, a gift from a godfather to his godson. This fall, the godson will be traveling to Italy to see his godfather be ordained to the Holy Priesthood.

The people behind our lady are my grandparents, my mother’s parents. They are no longer with us, but they left a lasting impact on my life. We named our first daughter, Margaret, after my grandmother. (I am still working on getting Norbert on the boys name list. ;))

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The beginnings of fresh baked bread. I have been making no knead bread for a while, but this week I switched back to simple Italian bread and like the change of pace. This bread will go with our chicken soup dinner tonight. (That was simmering away on the stove  on the other side of the kitchen.)

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Caecilia loves to have a minion to call her own. Benedict is more than happy to play that role. Here she is eating her breakfast, with Benedict begging for some scraps. She was telling him, “No, Bencky-Benk, no eaaaa.” He thought it was hilarious!

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Yep, this is how it is after meals in our house, Benedict actually gets more food in his mouth than on the floor, but the floor still gets pretty messy.

 

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{pretty happy funny real} Camera Phone Edition (take two)

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On Sunday, after Mass, we headed over to a peach shed, to get the first peaches of the season. Oh my, are they goooood!  This is just a handful of what we had, I think we bought a half bushel.

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Last night I decided to make peach cobbler and it was the best cobbler I have ever had. The best part? My husband, who claims not to like warm peaches, love it! (You can find the recipe here.)

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I made hot dog buns the other night but either a.) didn’t let them rise long enough or b.) heated my milk too much and killed the yeast. I vote for the second. They were not good at all. Benedict seemed to like them though and chewed away at his.

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This is what my kitchen looked like after dinner. I am trying not to use the dishwasher because it doesn’t seem to clean as well as it used to, not to mention it takes three hours to do a cycle, (is this normal?) and when I use it regularly, I see the difference in both the electric and water bills. Since it is A/C weather here in South Georgia, I do what I can to reduce the electric bill in other places.

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International Day of the Midwife

I have been blessed to have had all of my children at home, under the watchful eye of a midwife.

As we have moved a lot, and one of our midwives moved, I  have had a different midwife with each child, and two with Benedict.

But each of those women have been supportive and have helped me to have the best birth possible…and never batted an eye when I wasn’t very nice during transition.

They did not push their opinions on us, only gave options. Nothing was forced on us, no unnecessary interventions, no requirement to be at a certain point at a certain time, no one size fits all labor.  Nature has been our guide during each labor.

Thank you, my wonderful midwives, for all that you have done and continue to do!

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Southern Living

A few comments about living in The South.

First, today, I had a conversation with our pest control guy. About cockroaches. Where do I live? We have a few a month and I could bleach every night and we would still see them from time to time. Last week, we had dinner and a movie. Margaret screamed “Cockroach!” and flew (yes flew) from the floor to the recliner. (I ran to the dining room.) Joshua was a man and dealt with the situation. I told the pest control guy about this and he said they were trying to get away from the rain…and that cockroaches in the south are no different than having crickets.

Yeah, but crickets aren’t creepy looking!

Second, last night we were listening to the Wings game and man, what sort of accent do you Michiganders have? I am a native and I swear I don’t sound like that. Okay, maybe I do, but seriously, last night, the announcers and the commercials were very, uh, accented. Also, Wings, let’s aim for a win next time.

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An Introduction

I want to introduce you all to a new blogger in the blog world. I met this woman, in real life, just about 10 months ago, shortly after we moved to Georgia. She was the apprentice to my midwife, so I can honestly say that she got to know my belly, my blood pressure, my weight and my other check up stats before we got to know each other. She was at Benedict’s birth (she had taco bell for lunch that day, something I am sure she 1. doesn’t expect me to remember and 2. didn’t expect to have as I didn’t except to have a long labor!)  She took a picture Benedict on his way out and called the time of birth at the same time, she is that talented.

However, it was only after she stopped by to pick up some diaper covers for her new baby, five months later, that we discovered that we really had a lot in common, being Catholic, homeschooling and totally in to home birthing. While I am in denial that she is 11 years younger than me, she has become a true and good friend down here in South Georgia.

Edited to add: We have also been asked to be the Godparents to her beautiful little baby girl, Luca.

(I stole this picture from her blog, mwahahahahaha)

So, without further ado, I introduce to you, Cassie @ Beginning with Faith.

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Partly Cloudy, With a High of 79

Yes, I realize that a majority of my readers live in a land similar to Narnia under the reign of the White Witch. Yes I know that you live for the days when the sun just shines, regardless of the temperature. Furthermore, I get that you have only seen 70 degrees a handful of times since this year. I understand, I really do, that was me just a year ago!

No, this is not a post to complain about the above average temperatures (read lots of 90 degree days) we have been having here in South Georgia for close to three months now.

This post today is to tell you that I turned off the air conditioner and opened the windows today. I loathe turning on the a/c because I know  what my electric bill will look like in a month, but for the sake of the children and my husband, I do it. So, today it is chilly and the windows are open and things are airing out and I love it! I think we have another day like this on tap for tomorrow too! Yahoooooo!

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I Have Found a New Friend

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The picture comes from my phone in a slightly darkened living room, so the picture is not all that great, but I wanted to introduce you,  now, at this moment, to my new friend, San Pellegrino Limonata. No HFCS and 18% lemon juice, a wonderful treat!

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On World Events

Osama Bin Laden – as everyone knows – has had the gravest responsibility for spreading hatred and division among people, causing the deaths of countless people, and exploiting religion for this purpose.

Faced with the death of a man, a Christian never rejoices, but reflects on the serious responsibility of everyone before God and man, and hopes and pledges that every event is not an opportunity for a further growth of hatred, but of peace.

Fr. P. Federico Lombardi – Vatican Press Office
(via the National Catholic Register)

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