I have business cards, and boy, do they come in handy. How? Here's some of the ways I use my cards.
1. Give them to other moms. How often have you scrambled for a scrap of paper to write down your phone number for a mother of your child's classmate or ...
Hack your budget back! Join me as I try to reclaim my grocery budget. Post your shopping trip, tips for saving in the kitchen, or how you keep your grocery budget in check so we can all help each other!
My goal to hack my budget back is to spend $200 a ...
A lot of people asked for more specifics on how to earn money from home. There are many ways to make some quick cash online. Your first step is to do an (honest) inventory of your skills and knowledge. What do you know how to do that someone will ...
Last year, we moved our school room from the little office/den to the family room. When we ditched the office, we ditched the white board.
A year later, I finally got a clue and realized that I could reclaim this space for a home office instead of wasting it on mere ...
I've been more and more interested in trying and making Indian food lately. I make Mark Bittman's dal and even the neighbor kids like it. But I don't know much about the cuisine and all of the recipes I've cooked actually come from old white guys (Bittman, and Andrew Weil.)
Indian ...
It's time for toy shopping.
I'm not a big fan of toys that do only one thing, make a lot of electronic noises, and limit the imagination. I want toys that inspire the mind and encourage the kids to be active; open ended toys that can be played with by children ...
thank you for having nine children. What a wonderful website–If I ever decide to have a dozen mouths to feed, I’ll be sure to plug back in to your wonderful musings on coupons and faith. Nine kids. Has the pope sent you a card on your good Catholic values? Seems like the least he could do.
MilehimamaApril 4, 2011 at 8:48 pm
@I’m just wondering,
If you would like to make up things about what Catholics believe, then you are free to start your own blog. We’ll stick to facts on this one. You’re on moderation.
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The success of love is in the loving
- it is not in the result of loving.
Of course it is natural in love to want the best for the other person,
but whether it turns out that way or not
does not determine the value
of what we have done.
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House keeping Perspective
I agree with Equuschick:
But the point is, she has never even considered it as her job to "keep house." She is not a house-keeper. If her only job was to keep the house clean, she could be replaced by a maid who might not even speak her family's language. (But could probably do a better job.)
The older women in Titus were not commanded to teach the younger women how to get stains out of the carpet and the best way to dust wood furniture. The commandment was to teach young women to "love their husbands and keep the home."
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thank you for having nine children. What a wonderful website–If I ever decide to have a dozen mouths to feed, I’ll be sure to plug back in to your wonderful musings on coupons and faith. Nine kids. Has the pope sent you a card on your good Catholic values? Seems like the least he could do.
@I’m just wondering,
If you would like to make up things about what Catholics believe, then you are free to start your own blog. We’ll stick to facts on this one. You’re on moderation.
I think faith is good to have:)!