Welcome to This Week’s Miscellany, the occasional round up of Carrots family updates, photo dumps, books I’m reading, links I loved, and big news. It's Eastertide! We survived another Easter Vigil with three kids. It gets a little easier every year and it's totally worth the effort because of how much they love it. Even though it's three hours. I mean, it starts with a giant fire and … [Read more...]
This Week’s Miscellany: Vol. 167 (Baby Animal Edition)
It's the best time to the year to hang out at the farm: BABY ANIMAL SEASON. I'm glad that even though the internship is over and we don't live there anymore, we can still snuggle all the babies because Daniel works there. The baby goats will always be my favorite. The kids love getting a chance to bottle feed the little snuggle muffins. Did someone say BABY BUNNIES? Meet Taco, … [Read more...]
This Week’s Miscellany: Vol. 166 (Adventure Edition)
Welcome to This Week’s Miscellany, the occasional round up of Carrots family updates, photo dumps, books I’m reading, links I loved, and events where you can find me. We're taking a breath after a very busy couple of weeks--including a road trip to two national parks! First up was our sweet Benjamin's 8th birthday (EIGHT?!!!!! WHAT??!!). His heart's desire was for his friends and … [Read more...]
This Week’s Miscellany: What I’ve Been Into Edition (Vol. 165)
Welcome to This Week’s Miscellany, the occasional round up of Carrots family updates, photo dumps, books I’m reading, links I loved, and events where you can find me. Number one thing I'm into lately: giant, messy buns. But first, let's talk about this no Lent until March situation. My friend Cari brought this up on social media the other day and I was like YES, GIRL. PREACH: February is … [Read more...]
This Week’s Miscellany: Vol. 164 (Haircut, Holidays, Felines, and More)
Welcome to This Week's Miscellany, the occasional round up of Carrots family updates, photo dumps, books I'm reading, links I loved, and events where you can find me. Well, we're back to the daily grind on our little urban homestead after a trip to Florida to visit family for Christmas. It was wonderful to be with our families and friends in Tallahassee. But that drive, tho. Sooooo long. … [Read more...]
This Week’s Miscellany: Vol. 163 (Long Overdue! Thanksgiving, Advent, You Name It)
Daniel and I ready to see Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them. Y'all. Since the last time I posted a TWM (which was WEEKS ago! Sorry!) I have been to the movies three times. Yes, you read that right. In six weeks I've seen THREE movies. This is positively unheard of in my life since we became parents. I don't really understand why the stars aligned this way but it was fun. Anybody interested … [Read more...]
This Week’s Miscellany: Vol. 162 (DC Edition!)
I don't always remember October being such a whirlwind! But it's been quite. a. month. I don't even know where to start. So, here's my attempt at a recap.... We got a dog! We adopted a two-year-old Goldendoodle named Olaf. He is THE SWEETEST love muffin. I'll tell you the whole story sometime, but suffice it to say we are head over heels for our little snuggle bug. He is in danger of being … [Read more...]
This Week’s Miscellany: Vol. 161
October is just THE BEST, isn't it? We got a few cool days and now it's back to your regularly scheduled Texas heat, but it's about to get crisp and lovely. I CAN FEEL IT. And the liturgical feasts this time of year are wonderful. We partied it up for Michaelmas (Feast of the Archangels), of course. We started with daily Mass. And did I mention that there's a parish JUST UP THE ROAD? … [Read more...]
This Week’s Miscellany: Vol. 160 (Road Trip Edition!)
Every summer since I was born (save the summer I was pregnant with Benjamin) I've gone to my mom's family reunion in the North Carolina mountains. It's been even more special now that I get to bring my kids to the same mountain to explore, spend time with family, and enjoy the cool weather. Now that we're so far away in Texas, the special time with their grandparents is even more … [Read more...]
This Week’s Miscellany: Vol. 159 (Moving Edition!)
Happy weekend, sweet friends! I know I've been MIA for the past couple of weeks but when I tell you why you'll forgive me. So we'd planned to be moved out of our apartment at the farm this coming Monday, but after Daniel interviewed for a few positions that would require him to start work this Monday we realized that we'd have to rearrange our plans for visiting family in Florida. So basically, … [Read more...]
