If all goes as planned, on Christmas Day my mother and I will show up at the movie theatre with my six-year-old and eight-year-old daughters to see Greta Gerwig’s new adaptation of Louisa May Alcott's classic novel Little Women. It will be exactly twenty-five years (to the day) since I watched the 1994 film with my mom when it opened in theatres. This upcoming cinematic rite of passage has … [Read more...]
Fall Reads 2019 (So Many Books!)
Since I love chatting about books, I’ve been trying to share our family’s current reads on a regular basis here on the blog. (This post contains affiliate links. If a sale is made through an affiliate link, I may be compensated but all opinions are my own.) Lately I Finished…: The Life-Giving Home by Sally Clarkson Sally Clarkson continues to be my go-to voice on motherhood and … [Read more...]
My February/March Reads
Since I love chatting about books, I've been trying to share our family's current reads on a regular basis here on the blog. And I like sharing the love by giving away books to my readers! Here’s a few of the great titles I’ve picked up lately as well as my #cathLIT2019 reads (And just scroll down to see how to enter the giveaway!): (This post contains affiliate links. If a sale is made … [Read more...]
Carrots 2018 Gift Guide! (Featuring Small Catholic Businesses and Thoughts on Gift Giving)
UPDATED FOR CYBER MONDAY I hope you're snuggled up on the couch in your jammies today eating leftover pie and not fighting the crowds! We are recovering from a somewhat dramatic Thanksgiving Day. Part of it was absolutely lovely! We cooked yummy food and feasted with new friends. But our nine-year-old, Benjamin, had the worst asthma attack he's had since he was three years old. It was … [Read more...]
It’s My Birthday! Wanna Get Me Something (Free)?
It’s my hobbit coming-of-age birthday. So my fellow Tolkien nerds know I’m 33 today! via GIPHY And I get to share a birthday with Mama Mary which is pretty special (don’t forget to call your mom pray a Rosary). Daniel and the kids made me some homemade candles with wax from Daniel and Benjamin’s beehives! And then a friend came over to watch the big kids so Daniel and I (and Baby … [Read more...]
My August Reading Stack (and a giveaway of my new book!)
Since I love chatting about books, I've been trying to share our family's current reads on a regular basis here on the blog. And I want to celebrate that MY book is releasing next Friday (eek!!!!) by giving away a copy to a lucky reader. The giveaway is at the bottom of the post! Here’s a few of the great titles I’ve picked up lately: (This post contains Amazon affiliate links.) Lately I … [Read more...]
My June Reading Stack (And Some Book Giveaways!)
So many books and so little time. Since I love chatting about books, I was thinking I might start sharing what we're reading around here on a monthly basis. Love the idea? Hate the idea? Tell me in the comments. Here’s a few of the great titles I’ve picked up lately: (This post contains Amazon affiliate links.) The Scandal of Redemption by Bl. Oscar Romero: I started learning more about … [Read more...]
Anne of the Island Is the Best (or at least the coziest) Anne Book
Anne of Green Gables is the first and most famous book in the series of L.M. Montgomery’s beloved Anne books. And it is marvelous. But it’s not the best in the series. In fact, two books easily beat it out: Anne of the Island which follows Anne Shirley’s college years and Anne’s House of Dreams which sees her enter newlywed life and young motherhood. These two installments in the series are … [Read more...]
Big Book News: Pre-orders are HERE!
Last week a friend messaged me to tell me she pre-ordered my book. "HOW?!" I asked. "It's up on Amazon!" she said. So OBVIOUSLY I dropped everything to check it out and lo and behold, it was there. MY BOOK. The one I've been working on for the past 14 months with Ave Maria Press. It doesn't even feel real that it's finally here. I took a deep breath and shared the big news with … [Read more...]
When You Realize You’re Amy March…
Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy. One of these March sisters is not like the others. While we all want to believe we’re Jo (because she's the greatest), some of us admit to ourselves that we’re actually more of a Beth or a Meg. Nobody wants to confess that deep down they’re an Amy. Because Amy is the worst. One of my only beefs with the beautiful newly released film adaptation of Little Women is that … [Read more...]
