While we're sharing about what we've read this year and looking ahead to what we'll read in the new year, I have a great giveaway of wonderful books from Usborne to share with you! When I was homeschooled (3rd-8th grade, I did a little bit of every kind of schooling), my mom would scour used bookstores for anything published by Usborne because they're such high quality books. As I'm starting to … [Read more...]
Archives for December 2013
What I Read in 2013 (and Link Up!)
Welcome to the Books I Read in 2013 link-up! I had so much fun chatting about books with you in the comments of last year's post that I decided to do a link up so you can share about your reads from the past year (and if you don't have a blog, feel free to share about what you read in 2013 in the comments!). Here's how it works, in your post just list out the books you read in 2013 (with or … [Read more...]
The Good Thing About Being Sick on Christmas…
(Prepare yourself for some poor quality iphone pics with bad lighting. Lucky you!) Waking up in the middle of the night Christmas Eve with a head cold that gets progressively worse all Christmas Day and becomes a throat infection until you're shivering, achy, and feverish, on the couch with a hot cup of tea might not be the ideal way to celebrate..... However.... The good thing about … [Read more...]
Advent Unplugged Wrap Up (Link Up)
This year I tried to do some intentional social media unplugging during Advent and lots of other folks joined me. You can read about it in the original post and the updates for Week 1 and Week 2. Advent is coming to a close and Christmas is almost here! Take a few moments before Wednesday and reflect on this season of Advent. Here's a few things I'm taking away from this season and I can't wait … [Read more...]
This Week’s Miscellany: Vol. 75
If you're new around these parts. TWM is the weekly wrap-up at Carrots, complete with my favorite links from around the web, quotes from my weird/awesome kids, book chats, backyard chicken updates, liturgical year ideas, and the obligatory cute baby photo. Somebody is really digging the Christmas tree. And now we know what all the night waking was about last week. She was getting ready to … [Read more...]
Breastfeeding in Public, Hungry Babies, and Pope Francis
I saw this snippet of a recent interview with Pope Francis on Jimmy Akin's post: "At the Wednesday General Audience the other day there was a young mother behind one of the barriers with a baby that was just a few months old. The child was crying its eyes out as I came past. The mother was caressing it. I said to her: Madam, I think the child’s hungry. 'Yes, it’s probably time…' she … [Read more...]
This Week’s Miscellany: Vol. 74 (Christmas Tree Edition!)
We got our Christmas Tree! Although I love the symbolism of waiting until Christmas Eve to set up the tree...I just can't wait that long. So we always go with Daniel's family to cut down a tree in mid-December and then we string the lights up but wait to add ornaments until Christmas Eve. Benjamin loves it and Lucy was old enough this year to really be excited, too. And yes, we're all in short … [Read more...]
Santa, Yoda, and the Persistence of Childhood Magic
(via) Occasionally my beareded husband Daniel drops in with a post. But they don't typically highlight how intensely awesome nerdy he is, so you're in luck with this one! Enjoy. - Haley This isn’t a post about whether you should do Santa or not (disclaimer: we don’t). I want to get that out of the way since this has curiously become a very heated discussion. Instead, I want to critique an … [Read more...]
What Happened to Christian Art? (Why Is CCM So Awful?)
A friend recently shared a piece on Facebook by Michael Gungor of the band Gungor that explored issues in the Christian Music Industry. Anytime the words “Christian” and “industry” are used in the same phrase is a sign there's a problem. But the main question Michael Gungor addressed was, why is CCM (contemporary Christian music) so dreadful? I’m just going to assume that we’re in agreement that … [Read more...]
Advent Unplugged: Week 2
I am so enjoying reading all of your Advent Unplugged posts. The insights you are sharing are so motivating to me and the accountability is really helping me strive to stay on course (or get back on course when I get wrapped up in my laptop again!) Here's some insights I'm having as I struggle to be/stay unplugged: The distraction of social media was becoming such a focus in my life that it … [Read more...]
