Are you pinning?

Posted by Lisa Hendey in Just me on Thursday, February 09, 2012 2:00 PM

If you’re online much, you’ve probably heard about Pinterest, one of the hottest new social networking properties around these days. Launched in beta in March of 2010, the site is now welcoming over 11 million visits per week and seems to be all the rage among many of my geek friends—especially those of the female persuasion.

What is Pinterest all about? Here’s an overview from the site’s “About”... READ MORE

Whither Weather?

Posted by Arwen Mosher in Just me on Thursday, February 09, 2012 10:00 AM

On Groundhog’s Day my husband joked that the little guy came out of his hole and declared that winter had already been over for six weeks.

Anyone else feel like the season is missing this year? Here in Michigan, we usually get buried by at least a couple snowstorms each year, and have a week or two of single-digit temperatures. Those things have not happened this winter. We’ve had rain instead, and... READ MORE

Say A Little Prayer

Posted by Rebecca Teti in Just me on Wednesday, February 08, 2012 9:25 AM

My home state of Maryland is one of several where same-sex marriage is being debated in the legislature.

Call it “no good deed goes unpunished,” but a column I wrote arguing that the debate over marriage is another front in the battle over religious liberty garnered the attention of the Maryland Catholic Conference.

I’ll be one of those testifying in defense of marriage before committees of the Maryland House of Delegates this Friday.

“Committees,” plural, because the process is being manipulated.

A similar measure was defeated in the judiciary committee last year, so this year the bill is being brought before a double committee in an effort to get it voted out for a floor vote.

The legislators are not very kind to marriage defenders, and I will admit I am anxious. (Though, since I’m not the head of any group, I’m not all that likely to draw fire.)

Say a little prayer, therefore, will you—for me and for all the witnesses?

May we be calm and our words gentle, but may they travel like arrows to the hearts of our delegates.

It would be nice if Maryland, founded as a refuge of liberty for Catholics, would refrain from turning the law into a cudgel to beat us all down.

Overcoming Emotional Jet Lag

Posted by Lisa Hendey in Just me on Monday, February 06, 2012 12:00 PM

Today, I’m sending out a huge thanks to the world’s best editor, Mrs. Danielle Bean, for her patience with my inability to post last week as scheduled while I was tromping around Israel. Despite my plans, technology and time conspired against me and I wasn’t able to share as much of the trip “live” as I had hoped. For those who want to know more about my adventures, I will be posting an ongoing series of recap articles over at CatholicMom.com.... READ MORE

Hurrah for the Paper Plates

Posted by Rebecca Teti in Just me on Sunday, February 05, 2012 4:00 PM

Do you ever get absurdly happy about little things?

Today after Mass our kids had a passel of friends over.

This was wonderful: something I love about our little neighborhood is that it’s walkable, and within blocks of our parish, so it’s natural for the neighbor kids to gather at one or another of their homes after Sunday Mass.

Today it was our place, which was fine except for the minor crisis posed by lunch.

We forgot to run the dishwasher last night, and hadn’t had time before church to do the breakfast dishes, so there wasn’t a clean plate in the house.

“Am I really going to have to wash all the dishes before I feed these kids?” I was sighing to myself.

(Job’s lament from today’s readings came to mind:  “Has not man a hard service upon earth, and are not his days like the days of a hireling?”

But soft! What is that glint of red in the pantry?

Leftover paper plates—exactly enough, as it turned out, for the number of diners.

My day was made.

Woman Caves?

Posted by DariaSockey in Just me on Tuesday, January 31, 2012 10:19 AM

My married daughter—who only has one child and therefore room to spare—tells me she has recently set up a “man cave” for her husband. This means the guest room now has a huge, old, non flat-screen TV that someone had given them,and a comfortable chair, and the desk top computer.  Now Mike can enjoy his beloved hockey games and catch up on computer work at the same time.  Bernadette benefits by getting... READ MORE

Smart Birds

Posted by Rebecca Teti in Just me on Monday, January 30, 2012 11:00 AM

While welcoming children and families from Catholic Action during yesterday’s Angelus, the Pope released two doves as a sign of peace.

One stayed on the sill and the other flew back into the papal apartment.

You can hear him chuckling, and then he tells the kids,  “They want to stay in the Pope’s house!”

So cute!

Lunch with the Girls

Posted by Lisa Hendey in Just me on Tuesday, January 24, 2012 10:00 AM

One day last week, I was headed out the door to meet two girlfriends for lunch. My wonderful husband, who was working from home that day, stopped me and reminded me of a meeting he needed to attend—the unanticipated issue: our heater was dead and we had workers in our home installing a new one (we’ll discuss my freezing, disgruntled feelings about that situation in a future post). One of us needed... READ MORE

Off to Israel

Posted by Lisa Hendey in Just me on Monday, January 23, 2012 12:00 PM

On Wednesday of this week, I’ll be able to cross a lifelong dream off of my “some day” list as I depart on a nine-day trip to Israel. I’ll be in the company of nine other Catholic writers as part of a trip arranged by the Catholic Press Association in conjunction with the Israeli Ministry of Tourism.

Our nine-day adventure will take us to many of the highlights of Israel—mentally, as I write this... READ MORE

Count Your Christmas Blessings

Posted by Rebecca Teti in Just me on Monday, January 09, 2012 3:00 PM

Unless you’re one of those stalwarts who can keep celebrating right through Candlemas on February 2, our Christmas celebration closes with Epiphany (yesterday) and today’s transferred feast of the Baptism of the Lord.

Each feast celebrates public manifestations of Christ: news of his coming reaching beyond Israel to the gentiles, and the beginning of his public ministry.

I thought it might be nice... READ MORE

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