Happy Feast

Happy Feast of the Annunication!

Preach the Gospel at all times. If necessary, use words. - St. Francis of Assisi

Smart Martha's Catholic Guide for Busy Moms

I just recieved my copy of Smart Martha's Guide for Busy Moms. I can't wait to start reading it!




Thank you to Fr. Longenecker for sending me this book to review.

Preach the Gospel at all times. If necessary, use words. - St. Francis of Assisi

I have to say we might have some of the coolest priests ever. The priest singing is not "our" priest. We do have Marian priests at our parish and our parish priest is in several of the pictures, and we know many of the other priests pictured. 

Preach the Gospel at all times. If necessary, use words. - St. Francis of Assisi

"Mary's Sons" Music Video (Performed by Giuseppe Mignano and Br. Brent T...

Preach the Gospel at all times. If necessary, use words. - St. Francis of Assisi

Mother daughter tea

Preach the Gospel at all times. If necessary, use words. - St. Francis of Assisi

chore packs

I made the kids each thes packs as there schedules. So each day starts with their name,

then the day,

then their bathroom and bedroom things that get done each morning,

as they do each thing they put it to the back of the stack, in the clear pocket.
each item in the pack follows the same time line as our daily schedule, these just have all the details,

whn you make it back to your name you are done! That way if I am working with someone else there is no one inturupting saying, "do I do all the questions for my math?" So far everyone likes them, They like being able to look ahead and see what they have to do exactly, for each subject.

and they can wear them, so no misplacing them.

Preach the Gospel at all times. If necessary, use words. - St. Francis of Assisi

Lenten simplifing

So here is a list of things for our Lenten simplifing. In addtion to this things I am also tring to really think things through that I buy, even little things. I am not running to the store, unless it really is needed, inbetween grocery visits. I pared down how much food I make for each meal, we were thrwing away more leftovers then I care to admit. I want this to not just be a Lenten donation, but a lifestyle change where we are not focusing on "things" or spending more time then needed dealing with our "things"

each day we will go trough and clear out the unwanted/needed things from these areas.
3-19 vhs/dvd movies, books
3/20 nightstands
3/21 school books
3/22 games
3/24 pots and pans
3/25 stuffed animals
3/26 dresser drawers
I will also be clearing out my facebook "like pages". I deleted 118 blogs that I did not read on a regular basis.

Preach the Gospel at all times. If necessary, use words. - St. Francis of Assisi

simplify, simplify, simlify

We are taking this Lenten season to simplify our lives. Last year we did a variation of 40 days 40 bags. This year we are just going to pick 1 area/thing to go through each day. The other day I went through my clothes and was shocked to see that after getting 2 boxes, of just tops, together for donation/garage sale that I still had more tops then anyone person needs. I am especially mindful of how much we have as we pray for those in Japan who have lost everything. In today's society of more more more, oh wait I need that too, I really want to teach my children that we need to keep our eyes on the prize, Jesus! but then I go through my clothes and remember that I struggle very much with the more, more, more myself. And that I need to keep my eyes on the prize, Jesus, and teach by example more then words.

Preach the Gospel at all times. If necessary, use words. - St. Francis of Assisi

maple syurp

Today we went maple syrup tapping.

Preach the Gospel at all times. If necessary, use words. - St. Francis of Assisi

Free copy of "Smart Martha's Catholic guide for busy moms"

Last time I checked there was still 1 copy left, here. All you need to do is donate an amount of your choice for shipping and handling, and then review it on your blog.

Preach the Gospel at all times. If necessary, use words. - St. Francis of Assisi

ugh...

First I would like to say thank you for the prayers, my b-i-l is doing pretty good. He is still in the hospital and will be for a while. We got home in thime for the craft show I had signed up for. Which was a total bust,  but more on that another time. The girls had been a little under the weather last week and by the end of Mass Saturday it had hit me like a ton of bricks. I am out of bed which is something. More later when we are feeling better.  

Preach the Gospel at all times. If necessary, use words. - St. Francis of Assisi

prayer request

Prayer request,
My husbands brother suffered a stroke yesterday morning. If you could please say a prayer. We are currently in Iowa to spend time with my husbands family. May God bless you durning this Lenten season.
Preach the Gospel at all times. If necessary, use words. - St. Francis of Assisi

Hello Tuesday

Good morning all,
on todays agenda,
Mass, for me and Pio, the girls have mighty big colds so they will stay home with dad
handwriting today will be The Confetior
history/geography will be a PBS movie on India, we will watch part 1 of a 6 part series
english will be their reading book and the literary guuide workbook 30 minutes on each
fine arts will be reproducing a Fra Angelico painting and using it as illunanation writting, write the corisponding prayer or Bible verse. Pictures to follow. This is something that is so fun to do.
Have a blessed day.

Oh, while reading my morning blogs I read this, I give it a big boo!

Preach the Gospel at all times. If necessary, use words. - St. Francis of Assisi

so much...

Oh so much to say... I have been doing a lot of praying about this blog, I love to read the blogs I follow and I love to write posts. I just don't feel like I am a good post writer. Sooo...
I will be trying a few different things with my posts until I find my niche.

Today we started our new schedule. Not too different from what we did before, I just moved around a few lessons for a better flow, I have also been reading and looking at different time/schedule keepers for the kids to keep track of things like their chores, groups, practices etc...
I think we will be going with a homemade version of this

new schedule
M-F
9:00 prayer
9:15-9:45 bible/religion
9:45 handwriting
10:00 M math TU history/geography W Blue Army prayer group TH math F math
11:30 M english TU english W history/geography TH history/geography F english
M-F
12:30 lunch
1:00 free time
2:30 M science TU fine arts W science TH fine arts F science

right now we attend a home school group on Friday afternoons, so we either do science before if time or after, but as that schedule will be changing to meet only 1 Friday a month I figured no need to have it be part of the schedule, we will just do our work before, after or Saturday morning. Or maybe just skip our lessons that day.

Preach the Gospel at all times. If necessary, use words. - St. Francis of Assisi