What an exciting week! We're still on the road, but will be arriving home tonight after an amazing trip from Florida to New Orleans to Texas and back. We attended the wedding of a dear friend at the church where we were confirmed (and it was the first Catholic wedding we've ever been to!) Gorgeous wedding, glorious reception under the Texas stars. Then we got to visit my best friend's newborn … [Read more...]
Archives for April 2014
Benjamin, Native Texan, speaks his mind and only a few more hours left for books
If you get the Carrots newsletter (you can sign up on the right hand side bar), you know that we've been on a long family trip to New Orleans and Texas for a friend's wedding. We have had the most wonderful time enjoying friends and being together as a family. The kids are loving having Daddy off work. In Waco, where we used to live, we've gone to the amazing Cameron Park Zoo which is beautiful … [Read more...]
How to Create Great Images for Your Blog without Learning PhotoShop (For the Love of Blogging Series)
Welcome to the For the Love of Blogging series at Carrots! I often get emails and comments asking about various blogging-related things, so I thought it would be fun to answer some of them right here on the blog as a little on-going series. I hope you enjoy it and find it helpful! If you have a question about blogging, feel free to leave it in the comments and I may be able to answer it in a … [Read more...]
2 Wardrobe Tips for Nursing Confidently in Public
I’ve written before about breastfeeding (nursing in public because the Pope said to and because the Blessed Virgin Mary does it) and I’m often asked how to be modest when nursing a baby. I think this is the wrong question because breastfeeding is not immodest. In most places in the world, women don’t have to think twice about feeding their babies in public. Breastfeeding is not viewed as … [Read more...]
A Un-bookish Reader’s Guide to Falling in Love with Fiction
Guest post by Mandi Richards Imagine the quintessential “bookish woman.” In your image, is she sitting next to the fire or in a comfy armchair with a cup of tea in hand? Is she reading Austen? Shakespeare? Fitzgerald? I am not that woman. I’m ambivalent toward tea at best. I love to read, but I’m much more likely to lose myself in war history than a classic. Not only do I struggle … [Read more...]
Daniel Thinks So Much of my First Vlog He Wants to Give You a Free Gift Just for Watching It! (hey. wait a minute.)
My first ever vlog! I'm a little nervous, but here's my first ever video blog. It explains all about how to get a super secret gift from Daniel. I realized making it that I smile a lot when I talk (too much?!) and that my teeth are significantly bigger than I previously thought. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nFF4QjTxoKI And now here's all the details about the Ultimate Homemaking Bundle … [Read more...]
The Motto of the Working Mother
A guest post by Molly of Molly Makes Do: A perfect little house with just enough space to be comfortable and cozy. A yard big enough for adventures and exploration. A gaggle of smiling children. The ability to put real, wholesome food on the table for every meal. Hours spent living and growing in our lives together. A comfortable existence where every need is provided for and wants are … [Read more...]
Keep the crock: A ridiculously simple discovery about cooking with a pot
Guest post by Bonnie of A Knotted Life: I married a man who owned a crockpot. Because he already owned one we did not include a crockpot on our wedding registry. Two people noticed that glaring oversight and gifted us slow-cookers. On the first day of our marriage we were the proud owners of three crockpots. That’s a lotta crockpots. For the first six years of our marriage we used our … [Read more...]
We Call This Friday Good
Good Friday is here. We are so close to Easter, but Resurrection doesn't mean much if we haven't entered into Christ's Passion. If you have a chance, try to read from T.S. Eliot's Four Quartets, particularly East Coker, IV. The wounded surgeon plies the steel That questions the distempered part; Beneath the bleeding hands we feel The sharp compassion of the healer's art Resolving … [Read more...]
Eating Seasonally Through the Christian Year…
It's Holy Week, folks! This morning I'm honored to be at The Humbled Homemaker chatting about a liturgically-centered dinner table. So head on over with your Monday morning cup of coffee (unless you gave up coffee for Lent, in which case, may God give you strength...we're on the homestretch to Easter, people!) And don't forget about the Ultimate Homemaking Bundle 6 day sale beginning next … [Read more...]
