Check out the hellburns website. It's by a nun who reviews movies. You might find one there.

Like Zaccheus, who made reparations!

^^^^^ amen!

My oldest three sleep in metal loft beds from Ikea. They love them.

Are you out of your d*^n mind? If I lie or cheat or even steal, a child doesn't get raped. And I don't know that murderers make good parents either, FWIW.

Yes! We go to the contemporary service (because I'm too lazy to get 6 kids up and get to the traditional early service). We went to Lenten service and my kid had no idea how to follow along with the missal, and they didn't know that the hymnal actually helped me sing the song (by reading the music). I think we need to drag ourselves out of bed a few times. (Though the lack of nursery for my extremely active 2 yr old at the early service is a factor as well.)

Could you deal with SACC's? "We believe that the Bible is the Word of God and in the inerrancy of scripture. We believe in the Father, Son and Holy Spirit, in Christ crucified, buried and risen. We will always refer to the Bible as our foundational teaching tool." I guess it does have that "inerrancy" part in it. But do the Catholics believe that the Bible is full of errors? I wouldn't take that to mean a literal 6 day creation. So say a document is without err doesn't mean our interpretation is without err. So you could have Genesis be true, but be talking in metaphor. Jesus told parables. I don't think there was a real prodigal son, but it doesn't mean the story's meaning isn't true, KWIM? And you would NOT want to be part of that PE group. They are evil.

We've done the Percy Jackson books. the Gregor the Overlander books, the 39 Clues series, Inkheart series, and bunch of others!

Do I need the DVD for Fable stage? What is on it?

That's weird. I naturally say "sev ehn" and "prob lehm".

We took all six of ours to Wreck it Ralph and they loved it.

BOXER! I am not a dog person and have always been afraid of them after seeing my friend lose an ear to a Doberman in 1st grade. But our Boxer was the sweetest, most loving, gentle do ever. I adored him.

I've purchased really nice ones at Costco and at Overstock.com

I think dh is right sexy with a beard. But I hate the way it feels on my neck and thighs.

You can't change your spouse. You can only change yourself. You can choose your behavior, but you cannot choose your consequences. Sin will always take you farther and cost you more than you expected.

Um, I trick or treated well into college. I was short and poor. :)

My grandma, who was a nurse, used to say we needed some "antitibotics." She also called it spaghettuh and ravuhohluh. My ex SIL types "bonified" and "walla!" all the time (bone fide and voila!) My husband says supposably and simular.

I took all the food out of our pantry/laundry room. Hung two closet rods up on the wall. And added some shelving. Dh, ds1, dd2 and 3, and I all have one laundry basket on a shelf. The girls also have joint smaller baskets for undies, socks, jammies and uniforms. They are required to empty their baskets daily. I keep all the youngest 3 kids' clothes in the laundry room. The little boys have joint baskets for undies, socks, jammies and uniforms. Then they each have additional baskets for tops and bottoms. Leah has a basket for tops, bottoms, dresses and jammies/socks. I also have a family swimsuit basket (so they're all in one place), a kitchen towel basket, an upstairs towel basket and a sheets basket. I sort all laundry directly from the dryer into the right basket. Or hang it. And I only do two kinds of laundry: clothes (warm) and towels (hot). That's it.

Dh: Saturday Me: Saturday Nate: Saturday Susannah: Friday Abigail: Thursday Luke: Monday Gabe: Friday Leah Claire: Thursday Only the last was scheduled.

Around here, "bonk" means TeA. ;)

I'm so sorry, honey. I've been there 5 times. It really and truly sucks. Even when it was a surprise blessing. Wish I could make the pain go away.

I take it you have not been invited to Jesusween. Seriously, Jesusween. http://jesusween.com/ That is not okay. That is stupid. The name just sucks. I'm sure people use it to call the Lord a weenie. That is also not okay. Just. No.

Part of it depends on how long you're under. If this is who I think it is, your procedure will be short. You should feel better in a day, but may be easily fatigued for a week or so.

When it happens at church I am NOT afraid to call out that attitude as sin. (I'm not saying bc is sin, but the attitude that children are not blessings definitely is!) I look them straight in the eye and tell them I'm sorry they disagree with the Lord on the subject (Ps 127:3, Ps 128:3), but children are a gift and a blessing.

People are douchcanoes. Really. Our first five came in 7 yrs. So when we were finally blessed with Leah 3 yrs later, people were like, "Oh, I thought you'd finally figured out how that happens! What were you thinking?" Made me a little stabby. She was a very wanted, very prayed for baby, as I'd lost two that year. It's like when people say (in front of their kids!), "I don't know how you homeschool. I'd kill my kids." Nice.