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Archives for November 2012

The Feast of St. Andrew, Nov. 30th

November 29, 2012 By Haley 3 Comments

Tomorrow is the Feast of St. Andrew. Daniel whipped up this fabulous meal of Tahini Tilapia for our celebration of St. Andrew (a fisherman)  a couple of years ago and it's still a staple at our house. And since November 30th is on a Friday this year, how handy that it's fish for us Catholics, right? The following is drawn from a post on Feast!, our woefully neglected Christian Year blog, that … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Christian Year, Feasting, Food, Husband, Prayers, Recipe, Saints Tagged With: feast, recipe, st. andrew, tilapia

The Adventure of Motherhood

November 28, 2012 By Haley Leave a Comment

You can find me today over at Mama and Baby Love talking about The Adventure of Motherhood: We recently got the wonderful news that we’re expecting Baby #3. (Yay!) I thought by the third time around, discovering we were pregnant would feel old hat. It didn’t. I was just as shocked and in awe at this news as the first time we found out we were expecting. Truly. I literally screamed “I’M … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Motherhood Tagged With: mama and baby love, Motherhood

Gluten-Free Real Baked Potato Soup with Sausage and Swiss Chard

November 27, 2012 By Haley 10 Comments

If you've been here awhile, you know that I don't post recipes very often. It's mostly because my husband is the real culinary genius in our home and he never cooks with recipes because he's brilliant and creative and handsome and wonderful. I am not skilled like him but I am slowly learning that I don't have to follow every recipe exactly and since our 3-year-old is severely allergic to gluten, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Food, Recipe Tagged With: baked potato soup, gluten-free, recipe, sausage, soup recipe, swiss chard

How We Celebrate Advent

November 26, 2012 By Haley 22 Comments

After writing about observing Advent instead of fighting Santa, I promised to tell you a little bit about what our family does to celebrate Advent. It's actually very simple and I think the difficulty lies in having to say no to a lot of festivities in order to spend Advent waiting, reflecting, and anticipating. What We Do: We bring out our Nativity Scene. My sweet mother-in-law gave us this … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Advent, Christian Year, Christmas, Faith & Liturgical Living Tagged With: advent, advent candles, advent music, advent wreath, jesse tree, nativity scene

The Cost of Parenthood: The Best Isn’t Something Money Can Buy

November 24, 2012 By Haley 38 Comments

The Cost of Parenthood // Carrots for Michaelmas

A friend sent me the link to the recent NYTimes article “Opting Out of Parenthood, with Finances in Mind” by Nadia Taha, probably because she knew it would get me all riled up. She was right. Here’s Taha’s premise: Children cost an unfathomable amount of money (her absurd estimate is close to 2 million per kid). If you want financial security and a comfortable retirement, your best option is to … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Baby, Children, Family & Homesteading, Motherhood Tagged With: children, cost of children, financial security, Motherhood, nadia taha, nytimes, opting out of parenthood

This Week’s Miscellany: Vol. 32

November 21, 2012 By Haley 16 Comments

Happy Thanksgiving Eve, dear readers! I fell asleep in Benjamin's bed when I was tucking him in for naptime this afternoon. I woke up looking at his precious sleeping face. Sometimes I'm just floored by the beauty of a sleeping child. I couldn't be more grateful for my two little ones, my wonderful husband and best friend, and our baby on the way. Not to mention our amazing extended family. … [Read more...]

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Little Holydays: A New Link Up!

November 19, 2012 By Haley 1 Comment

As you noticed from my recent posts on The Gift of the Liturgical Year and the season of Advent, I've been doing a lot of thinking about holy days. Partly because I'm so excited about our new link up: Little HolyDays: Redeeming Time with Feasts, Fasts, Holidays, and Everyday! It’s being hosted by over here at Carrots for Michaelmas and with Tammy and Hannah of Dualing Moms and Molly of Molly Makes … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Advent, Catholicism, Christian Year, Faith & Liturgical Living, Fasting, Feasting, Little HolyDays Tagged With: advent, christian year, link up, little holydays, liturgical year

The Best Baby Wrap?

November 19, 2012 By Haley 15 Comments

With Baby 3 on his/her way and my first niece due in the next month, I've been thinking a lot about my favorite baby items. One of my must-haves is a baby sling/carrier. I love baby wearing. It makes like so much easier to have your hands free and be "holding" your baby. Not to mention the perks of not galavanting everywhere with a giant, awkward stroller in tow (I didn't even bother buying a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Baby, Family & Homesteading Tagged With: baby carrier, baby sling, baby wearing, baby wrap, becozy, maya, mei tai, moby, ring sling

Holy Time: Observing Advent Instead of Fighting Santa

November 17, 2012 By Haley 26 Comments

Every year I hear folks bemoaning the secularization of Christmas and how commercialism has overtaken what used to be a Christian holiday. I read news stories about which retail stores are promoting “Happy Holidays” instead of “Merry Christmas” and which groups and organizations are boycotting those stores for choosing to greet their customers in one way or another.  People label it the “war on … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Advent, Catholicism, Christian Year, Christmas, Faith & Liturgical Living, Seasons Tagged With: advent, christian year, Christmas, holy time, little holydays, liturgical year, santa, scrooge

3 Slow Cooker Recipes and a Cookbook Review

November 14, 2012 By Haley 5 Comments

As you may know, I’m just now coming out of several weeks of horrible pregnancy nausea/vomiting. Food has been my arch-nemesis. I felt sick if I didn’t eat. I felt sick if I did eat. The thought of food was just unbearable. Now that my cookbooks aren’t vomit triggers and I can enjoy them again, I took an afternoon getting to know the beautiful new edition of my friend Stephanie Cornais’s From … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Food, Health, Recipe Tagged With: cookbook, eCookbook, freezer meals, from your freezer to your family, recipes, review, slow cooker meals, stephanie brandt cornais

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