Category: Odds & Ends

There are so many children’s books to sift through related to adoption! When we first started trying to collect books for Samuel, I admit I was overwhelmed. There are lots of resources and not all of them are consistent with the way we speak about adoption in our home. These…

Joining a new link up this week! Along with Mix & Match Mama and Sheaffer Told Me To I’ll be sharing: what we’re eating this week, what I’m reminiscing about, what I’m loving, what we’ve been up to, what I’m dreading, what I’m working on, what I’m excited about, what…

We attended a retreat this weekend at St. Meinrad, a Benedictine Monastery in southern Indiana. The event was focused on young adults in the Church. It was very interesting to see what programs other parishes have done and how that compares to my parish. It was a nice reminder of…

TGIF! -1- For book club one month last year, we read Cinder by Marissa Mayer. It was decent for Young Adult fiction, so I decided to check out the rest of the series. Summary of the series from Marissa Mayer’s website: “The Lunar Chronicles are futuristic retellings of classic fairy tales.…

I feel exactly the way Arwen looks in this photo. Exhausted and eager to snuggle to sleep! We spent the afternoon ripping out a bunch of dead bushes in the front yard, and it made me realize/remember how little upper body strength I have. The front yard looks a lot…

Happy Friday, friends! This weekend is Mark’s birthday, so I’m looking forward to a few days of celebrating my favorite guy. -1- The Murmurations album by The Well Pennies is so upbeat and has been brightening these chilly winter days for me. Oh My Blue Sky is my recent favorite.…

Thanks to the book club my sister started, my 2018 goal of reading at least 2 books per month from the library (instead of buying them), and the fact that we cut the cable — I read lots of books this year. My top 10 favorites of the 44 I…