Cleaning House, Making Home
Posted by Danielle Bean in Homemaking on Saturday, November 26, 2011 7:00 AM
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Our weekend forum is for discussing Homemaking. Have a great craft idea? Want to share your favorite cleaning products? Have a super recipe to share? Want to ask a question or share a strategy for meal planning, family schedules, laundry techniques, or any other household dilemma? This is the place to do it.
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School Daze
Posted by Danielle Bean in Family on Friday, November 25, 2011 7:00 AM
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Whether your children attend school or are homeschooled, this is the spot to ask questions about curricula, religious education, parent-teacher relationships, or academic concerns of any kind.
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Happy Thanksgiving To You & Yours
Posted by Rebecca Teti in Just me on Thursday, November 24, 2011 12:00 PM
I am grateful for my faith, my family, this magnificent country of ours and its wonderful people—especially all of you.
Here’s a reprise of my brother’s illustration and poem from Thanksgiving a few years back.
Almost Thanksgiving
by Sam Ryskind
Roasted turkey, turkey stuffing
Gravy flowing in a boat.
Crans and hams and mashed potatoes
Whipped until they nearly float.
Yellow cornbread, black molasses,
Butter for a ton of rolls—
Almond, green bean, carrot, spinach,
Pearl onion casseroles.
Stalks of broc and brussels sprouts,
Corn and lima-bean goulashes,
Steamy brains of cauliflower,
Shapely deformed winter squashes.
Soups of root like rutabaga,
Pars’ and turnip, radish, beet,
Codfish stew and salty chowders,
Crammed with clam and oyster meat.
Piping pies hot from the oven—-
Call all hands to bring them in:
Apple, pumpkin, sweet potato,
Nutmeg spiced and cinnamon.
Coffee—lots of cream and sugar—
Tasty tarts stacked on a tray—
Stuffed? Don’t panic, this was practice.
Thanksgiving’s still an hour away!
Thanksgiving Trivia
Posted by Rachel Balducci in Family on Wednesday, November 23, 2011 3:00 PM
Do you have any favorite bits of Thanksgiving trivia?
Here’s mine: the first baby born in the New World was Virginia Dare.
Here are a few other links for some good Thanksgiving information.
My family has an annual Thanksgiving Day Trivia contest, which might sound geeky but is a lot of fun. (The stakes are high as there is a resin Turkey involved as top prize.) So I’m off to study and hopefully dominate... READ MORE
Harmonica in Carnegie Hall
Posted by DariaSockey in Family on Wednesday, November 23, 2011 1:00 PM
There is so much to thank God for, things beyond count, from the sublime and solid facts of our creation and redemption, down to the smallest pleasures of life, like watching a sleeping baby or savoring a cup of tea.
At this particular moment, I am thanking God for the talent of the man in this video, which at once has me gasping in amazement and laughing. Rejoice with me over the fun and the beauty... READ MORE
Washington's Prayer For His Country
Posted by Rebecca Teti in News on Wednesday, November 23, 2011 2:00 PM
Each time I read George Washington’s first Thanksgiving Day proclamation something new strikes me.
This year what most draws my attention is his unquestioned assumption that there is no contradiction between faith and reason, and that good government will promote the practice of religion and virtue as well as the increase of science.
Here’s the entire text.
Whereas it is the duty of all nations... READ MORE
Take A Walk Before Thanksgiving
Posted by Rebecca Teti in Health on Wednesday, November 23, 2011 12:00 PM
I somewhat resent health advice attached to holidays.
Of course eating well and in moderation and regular exercise are habits worth cultivating both for physical health and spiritual and emotional well-being.
But they should be cultivated the rest of the year.
We’re not to fast while the bridegroom is with us. Therefore the bizarre ladies’ magazine urge to greet every feast day not with joy, but with the fear of getting fat I don’t understand.
Rest assured, therefore, that I’m sharing this article on what happens in the body after a big meal because it’s interesting and not to shame you out of your Thanksgiving dinner.
Specifically, it shows that insulin resistance seems to begin in our muscles and that half an hour of walking or other exercise about a half day before a big meal is an enormous aid to the powers of digestion.
In a related story at the same link: the tryptophan in turkey likely has nothing to do with your feeling tired after your big meal.
“You would have to eat the entire 20-pound turkey to get enough tryptophan to induce sleepiness,” [an expert] says.
Thankful For: Humor
Posted by Arwen Mosher in Just me on Wednesday, November 23, 2011 9:00 AM
I know he’s not everyone’s cup of tea, but Dave Barry never fails to make me laugh. At holidays, I like to hunt down his relevant columns and reread them.
In case your sense of humor is similar and you need a break from prepping your family/house/food for Thanksgiving, I’ve collected a few links to past Thanksgiving columns of his.
Did you know Colin Powell is the capital of Vermont? Read about it in “By the way, those turkey snakes have giant fangs, too.”
This one includes the phrase “a ticking Meat Bomb of Death”: “Defusing the turkey bomb.”
And last but not least, a whole scene with Pilgrims: Great American turkeys.”
(Oh, and don’t worry about the snakes. He’s totally making that up.)
Faith & Your Fertility
Posted by Danielle Bean in Marriage on Wednesday, November 23, 2011 7:00 AM
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This weekly thread is a place where you can share your struggles, triumphs, links, resources, concerns, and questions about all things related to Natural Family Planning.
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Beyond Words with Mark Hart
Posted by Lisa Hendey in Faith on Tuesday, November 22, 2011 4:44 PM
I’ll admit to being a major fan of Mark Hart (the “Bible Geek”), Executive Vice President of Life Teen and author of several amazing books. Mark is deeply spiritual, but also a phenomenal communicator and a very funny guy. While I’ve never had the pleasure of meeting him in person, we’ve spoken on the phone a few times and share a love for a certain college football team.
So I was psyched to discover... READ MORE
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