When you have a few minutes go over the Bruggie Tales blog and try this amazing cookie recipe. Erin made these wonderful molasses cookies for us a little while ago. The whole house smells terrific and they were quite easy to do.

At 7:55 a.m. on this day in 1941 a treacherous attack took place at Pearl Harbor. An assault on the freedom of the American people. By 1:00 p.m. there were 2,403 dead, 188 destroyed planes and a crippled Pacific fleet. Despite all of this, six months later the brave men whose lives are dedicated to […]

There seems to be an epidemic of dental appointments in the Catholic homeschooling world. I took all five children yesterday for check-ups as did Cay and Danielle Bean. Funny. The appointment went well. The good news was…. 1. Kelli loves getting her teeth cleaned. 2. Erin’s six year molars are all in. 3. Ryan was […]

A wonderful homeschooling mom and author left me a comment with a suggestion on how to change the blog to lavender. Find the background color area in the template, erase what is there and type in lavender. Sounds easy. I tried that and all of my text disappeared. So I typed in purple and the […]

Dear St. Nicholas, in this most holy time of year when we look forward to the celebration of the birth of our Lord Jesus Christ, help us to focus our minds on Him rather than on self-centered, worldly celebrations. Pray for us that we will take time to reflect on His Incarnation. And dear St. […]