Mandi over at Catholic Newlywed had her little baby! Head over and check out her beautiful little girl!

Today is Caecilia's Baptism Day! We celebrate them pretty big here. I am making her a saint coloring book for a gift and for dinner she is getting her favorite, Chicken nuggets and french fries. I will probably make Coleslaw too. She has candy from yesterday to feast on for dessert.

Well, what do you know, the Faceparents (uh, myself and Joshua) got it together to have things ready for St. Nicholas Day before we went to bed last night. We hung stockings filled with a bit of candy (even for Benedict) and a small toy or game for each of them. We woke up early this morning to make breakfast so we...

Don't forget to enter the Christmas Card Giveaway, entries close at 9:00 pm Eastern Time tonight!    

I just added Betty Beguiles to my side bar, under the category of Fashion + Modesty.  She is also holding a contest to win an item from DownEast Basics, go check it out!   **PS, don't forget about the Christmas Card giveaway here!**

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 **Winner Announcement!** At 9 pm last night, I closed comments then printed them off. I cut each of them out and put them in a bowl. The bowl sat next to me for a while as I did some work, mostly because I was procrastinating picking a winner, I wanted ALL of you to win. In the end I had Joshua pull the name and he...

This year we are going to grill our turkey bird, what are you experimenting with this year?

In your charity, would be so kind as to offer prayers for my friend's grandmother who passes away last evening, her name was Mary. Eternal rest grant unto her, O Lord, and let perpetual light shine upon her. May the souls of the faithful departed, through the mercy of God, rest in peace. Amen.

* I asked you all how your parish is handling the New Translation (coming soon and very soon!) but I didn't tell you how mine was handling it. Our pastor and deacon have been giving a series of homilies on the New Translation and what it means, why it's being done and what else we can expect. I have to say that they...