Once again, the original intent of a post that has been sitting in my Drafts queue too long has been lost. Never mind that, I have another idea. A couple of weekends ago my lovely wife and I gave a talk about NFP to a group of Pre-Cana couples. This is something new that weContinueContinue reading “Why I am an NFP teacher”
Category Archives: Controlled Chaos
Diapers
What a wonderful invention. I Honestly can’t imaging a world before diapers, but it mus have been a lot dirtier and smellier. The more I look into history the more I realized that until the last century, much of the world was probably a much smellier place. We use cloth diapers for a lot ofContinueContinue reading “Diapers”
The 12:30 Saturday Home Depot Run
Today is the day that we normally try to get all out the work done around the house. During the summer that means that we also have outside chores to do. I don’t think that this is all that unusual. About 10:30 I started to realize that I was going to need to go toContinueContinue reading “The 12:30 Saturday Home Depot Run”
Book Review – Catholic Family Fun: A Guide for the Adventurous, Overwhelmed, Creative, or Clueless
When I first heard about Sarah Reinhard’s book, Catholic Family Fun: A Guide for the Adventurous, Overwhelmed, Creative, or Clueless I knew I needed to read it. My wife and I are always looking for idea of things to do with the kids as a family. Now, being the parents of 9 kids means thatContinueContinue reading “Book Review – Catholic Family Fun: A Guide for the Adventurous, Overwhelmed, Creative, or Clueless”
Where the heck have I been
As a bit of a companion to the post from yesterday, and because I wanted to put some of these pictures up. I decided I would tell you were I have been. The reason I was here officially ended about 2pm Friday afternoon. So this afternoon into this evening I had some time to kill.ContinueContinue reading “Where the heck have I been”
What in the world have I been up to
This has been kind of an odd week. I don’t do a lot of traveling for work, and most of the time I don’t travel West, at least not very far West. This week however, I traveled about as far West as you can get and still be in the lower 48 states, and cameContinueContinue reading “What in the world have I been up to”
Today has not been my day
To say today has not been a good day would be an understatement. It started out well enough, we got to sleep in until about 8. Breakfast was good. Everything seemed to be going pretty normal. Then it all when south, here is a short list: Lawn mower on fire Bread dough left to riseContinueContinue reading “Today has not been my day”
How to get your wife pregnant
I think I have finally figured out the mystery. So guys pay attention. Now understand this is second hand knowledge but it makes as much sense as anything else I have heard. The other day one of my wife’s friends said she saw us holding hands and looking sweet. Then commented, “I bet I amContinueContinue reading “How to get your wife pregnant”
It is Wednesday and I haven’t posted anything yet
It should come as no surprise to anyone who knows me, that I am spread a little thin. What might surprise some of you is that I stress about things like that a lot. A lot of stress is coming from my day job. There is nothing I can do to control that but IContinueContinue reading “It is Wednesday and I haven’t posted anything yet”
Learning Latin
Last week I talked about taking a bigger role in home schooling our children. I started this process by spending some time in the mornings with my older boys. Mostly getting them started on the work that they needed to do, and adding a few things that they needed work on. (Essay writing for example.)ContinueContinue reading “Learning Latin”
The Great Hites 