InsomniMom

My husband went up to bed about forty-five minutes ago because he put in a full day at work today and got up two hours before the rest of us...

The four of us watched Bill and Megyn at Times Square for the last half hour of 2007, our annus horribilus in some ways, but in other ways,...

We ate all we could hold while watching Fred MacMurray and Annette Funicello (she's such a doll) in The Shaggy Dog . The actual dog was ...

We just got home from church -- we went to the Vigil Mass for the holy day of obligation that falls on January 1, the Solemnity of Mary, Mot...

Poppy just called from his cell phone a few minutes ago. He and Nanny arrived in Florida this afternoon, where it is a balmy 83 degrees. The...

At my friend Debbie's request, I am writing a post about one of the many realities of homeschooling. I've always written about real ...

Happy birthday, honey. I know you forbid me to call in and tell the office girls that Today is Your Day, but you didn't say anything abo...

My niece, Kiersi, is not-quite-two and is the cutest baby in the whole world. She just is, and I do not respond to challenges on this subjec...

I wanted to get this particular memory set down before I forget because it is so funny -- priceless moments with a loved child. My younger n...

Minuit Chrétiens, c'est l'heure solenelle... That's the first line of the famous French carol, O Holy Night, one of my favorite...

I am always looking for new and delicious recipes to try for Christmas Eve morning and Easter morning: I keep trying to find something that ...

O Emmanuel -- December 23 Emmanuel, our King and our Law-giver, Longing of the Gentiles, yea, andsalvation thereof, come to save us, O Lord ...