This post contains affiliate links. P.S. I highly recommend Book Outlet! Use my link to receive $10 off your first order of $25 or more. #15. EVVIE DRAKE STARTS OVER by Linda Holmes || ★★★☆☆ An easy chick-lit read. I don’t read much romance and appreciated that this one wasn’t too racy. #16. GHOST: MY THIRTY YEARS AS […]
This post contains affiliate links. O Lord, stir up our hearts that we may prepare for Thy only begotten Son, that through His coming we may be made worthy to serve Thee with pure minds. Through Christ our Lord, Amen. Advent wreath prayer for the second week of advent The Second Sunday of Advent was […]
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Do you read Young House Love? John and Sherry’s blog was one of the first blogs I ever read and I’ve been checking in frequently ever since. I gather so much inspiration from their home projects and they have given me confidence to be creative in my own home. So when I heard of the release of their […]
For the last post in the Advent at the Farmhouse series, I’d like to share a poem by Robert Southwell. It’s a beautiful reminder about the power of sacrificial love and the importance of Christ’s birth for our salvation. He came with a love that burns like a fire! I thought it was an appropriate […]
A super quick post today! My teens have been invited to a few parties this month that have included a White Elephant Exchange. The limit is always around $5-$10 and I find it tricky to find something neutral enough to please most kids, but also something that’s not complete junk. (Typical me, over-thinking everything.) My […]
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This post contains affiliate links, which means I may receive a commission of any sale made at no extra cost to you. I’m trying something a little different for goal planning this school year. My new motto: we are not machines, we don’t have infinite energy levels, we can only do so much! Hopefully this new […]
(My apologies for using the same photo, two posts in a row! I’m losing some “Advent at the Farmhouse” steam.) I just finished reading Wisdom from the Lives and Letters of St. Francis de Sales and St. Jane Frances de Chantal by Louise Perrotta and really enjoyed the passages written by the two saints. Today […]
A simple, ordinary day in mid-December. Some highlights: cinnamon rolls with breakfast as a belated St. Lucy feast day celebration. Getting out little décor pieces and figuring out where they should go. Laundry…always laundry. More gingerbread men decorating with the littlest kids. Finishing up my book club book. Feeling tired, but grateful. P.S. This morning, […]
Last fall threw me for quite a loop and I never got my Mother Culture goals up on the blog. A new year is as good a time as any to get back on track, right? I’ve decided to use my monthly Mother Culture list to also help with my larger 2021 goals, so it’ll […]
This post contains affiliate links. The month of June is dedicated to the Sacred Heart of Jesus. I liked this quote from Pope Saint John Paul II back in 1999: Dear brothers and sisters, let us contemplate the Sacred Heart of Jesus, which is the source of life, since by means of it victory over […]
This post contains affiliate links. #39. DIARIES OF THE CHINESE MARTYRS by Gerolamo Fazzini ★★★★☆ I recall that Jesus himself arrived at the Resurrection only after he completed the ascent of Calvary, carrying the cross on the Via Dolorosa. Why should I, a follower of Christ, expect something different?…So I began to transform my fears […]
After days and days of boring, everyday living, we hit a string of busy tasks/events and this poor series fell to the wayside. (19/31 posts = 61% success rate. Oops.) The tiny bit of perfectionist remaining in me hated that I didn’t push through anyway, but I’m also old enough now to know that I […]