It's been awhile! Almost a month since I posted a TWM. It's been a pretty horrible month, to be honest. And not just because of this: It was enough to make you want to snarf down too much coffee while viewing life with your crazy eyes that scream "survival mode!" See what I mean? But it's almost February, so let's move on and focus on the good stuff... The Quotable … [Read more...]
Archives for January 2014
THANK YOU! You Made Carrots Sheenazing!
Y'all! I was floored to find out that Carrots won not one but TWO Sheenazing Awards this year because of your votes. THANK YOU SO MUCH! Just being nominated last year was so exciting that I am GIDDY that I have such awesome readers who took the voting by storm. Carrots won for Best Lifestyle Blog against some VERY intimidating competition (I seriously can't believe it when I look at all the … [Read more...]
Liturgical Living At a Glance: February
February can be such a bleak month weather-wise (it might SNOW today in FLORIDA! We're anxiously watching the skies!) so, we thought it would be fun to put the ebook version of Feast! on super sale to spice things up! I'm always trying to figure out how to make it easier for families to observe the Christian Year because we felt so overwhelmed when we first started that journey (which is why we … [Read more...]
Liturgical Living: Candlemas (Feb. 2)
Most of the content for this post about celebrating Candlemas is drawn from our book, Feast! Real Food, Reflections, and Simple Living for the Christian Year. Candlemas is coming up this Sunday and I wanted to share some information and resources for celebrating! About the Feast Candlemas on February 2nd celebrates the Presentation of Christ: the event described in the Gospel of Luke when the … [Read more...]
Grateful to Be Safe and Sound
First of all: I am ok. It was 7am and I was on my way to grab a cup of coffee and write a This Week's Miscellany for today when this happened: A truck ran a red light and slammed right into me. I was turning, saw him out of the corner of my eye and thought, "Oh God. He. isn't. stopping." The policeman predicts the car's totaled. Except for a badly bruised left knee and maybe some whiplash I … [Read more...]
Roasted Barley and Rosary Beads
(by Daniel) I got into brewing beer a few years back. It’s a fun process and the results are almost always drinkable. We’re fortunate to have a great homebrew store in town with very knowledgeable staff. I often talk to them about different ingredients and techniques. Once, I asked one of these guys about malting barley myself, a process that involves sprouting the raw grain and then roasting it. … [Read more...]
Sheenazing! And Sorry for the Crickets….
Yay! It's Sheenazing Awards time and voting is now open. It's like the Academy Awards of the Catholic blogosphere and you can support your favorite Catholic blogs by taking a minute to vote over at A Knotted Life. It would make my day if you voted for Carrots and I'm honored to be nominated with some of my favorite blogs on the ballot. You kind folks nominated me for: Best Looking Blog, Most … [Read more...]
Reading Goals for 2014
When I posted my Reading Goals last year, some of you said, "hey! Let's do a link-up!" which sounded delightful. So, I'm sharing my reading goals for 2014 and I hope you'll link up or share with us in the comments! First of all, there is a LOT of Austen on this year's list. That's because I'm joining Nicole of Gidget Goes Home for the Motherhood and Jane Austen Book Club. Check it out! We're … [Read more...]
Catholic Blogs You Should Be Reading
It's that time of year again! The Sheenazing Award nominations for your favorite Catholic blogs over at A Knotted Life where the wonderful Bonnie writes. The awards will likely be delayed for a bit because Bonnie's son James had a seizure and is in the hospital. He is recovering well, but please keep their whole family in your prayers as they run tests to figure out why James had this … [Read more...]
How We Do Simple Birthdays (and a Beatrix Potter theme)
(Flowers from our garden and simple homemade raspberry cupcakes for Lucy's first birthday party.) We do simple family birthday parties at our house. Not that we don't make a fuss over our kids! We make a fuss. It's just not an expensive, stressful fuss. It's more of a homemade laid-back fuss. We really can't afford large, extravagant parties and the details of event-planning are not (really … [Read more...]
