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
My Digital Resolutions for 2012
Posted by Lisa Hendey in Just me on Thursday, January 05, 2012 11:00 AM
Happy New Year to all of our readers – I sincerely hope that your holiday celebrations were filled with peace and joy. These first few days of 2012 find me returning to my desk and computer after a nice long break over the Christmas holiday to savor time with family and friends.
The excitement and busyness of the past few years, with the growth of my work on the Internet, my speaking engagements... READ MORE
A 2012 Try
Posted by Arwen Mosher in Just me on Tuesday, January 03, 2012 9:00 AM
Are you a perfectionist?
I am, of the frustrated sort, and it makes the start of a new year difficult. On the one hand, I’m tempted to make exhaustive lists of ways to improve myself this year. On the other hand, I dread the guilt I’d inevitably feel as the resolutions fell, one by one.
In recent years I’ve sidestepped this problem by avoiding particular resolutions in favor of more general ones.... READ MORE
Most Fascinating Catholics of 2011
Posted by Lisa Hendey in Just me on Friday, December 23, 2011 11:31 AM
For the past three years, I’ve pulled together a “most fascinating Catholics” list at the end of the year to attempt to shine the light on the amazing efforts of men and women, ordained, religious and lay, who are inspiring the world around them with incredibly effort and heart. You can take a peek back at my 2010 list here.
The amazing thing about this list has been how increasingly difficult it’s... READ MORE
