Heading Into Advent Daybook
Outside my window … Bright, sunny, and COLD. The menfolk have been busy, though, and there are tall, neat stacks of wood out there too. I am thinking … that it matters what we allow ourselves to think. If we let ourselves mope, complain, judge or criticize — even if only in our own heads — that attitude translates into our words and actions. Even if we don’t mean for it to. I am thankful for … a date night with Dan on Saturday. We’re not so old after all. We went to a bar with live music where I had the Bison Burger and it was more fun than I thought it would be. I am

Three Years Old
9 months of gestation, 15 months of nursing, 4,380 diaper changes, and 506 loads of laundry later … The boy is told to eat his dinner and dares to respond with: “I hate you, Mama.” I sent him to the corner. And consoled myself with his mashed potatoes.

Mute Monks’ Halleluia
Very cool performance by some creative high school students. HT: Mark Shea via Suzanne

And Doggie Too

Good Goodness for Thanksgiving
Over at Faith & Family Live we’ve got lots of good stuff going on for the upcoming holiday … In today’s feature column, Sherry Antonetti shares her humorous take on five traditional Thanksgiving conflicts along with her proposed solut