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Erin Franco

Archives for March 2010

I challenge you to…

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“…let nothing disturb you; let nothing dismay you; all things pass; God never changes. Patience attains all that it strives…
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Miss Thrifty strikes again

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I accidentally blew through our grocery money this month, and in lieu of giving in and just spending more, I…
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Field trip to the farmer’s market

Field trip to the farmer’s market

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Gabriel slept in this morning–which means I did too! The feeling of my grateful body awaking naturally from a night of…
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There’s a baby dinosaur in my house

There’s a baby dinosaur in my house

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On any given day, my neighbors probably think I’m raising a baby dinosaur in here. Gabriel seems to be going…
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Parties, peas in a pod, police, and a pretty good Saturday

Parties, peas in a pod, police, and a pretty good Saturday

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Whenever anything funny happens to us now, it’s always a race to see whether Michael or I will blog about…
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Missing Orion

Missing Orion

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I’ve been thinking lately about hobbies, and how I don’t actually have any. Orion.  He was a purebred German Oldenburg…
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Toot sweets, Settlers of Catan, and Laundry Epiphanies

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Well, Michael is now slightly obsessed with a board game called “Settlers of Catan.” It’s a strategy game that’s kind of…
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I love Daddy

I love Daddy

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Already a TV bum?  Daddy’s chest is the best place for falling asleep. Especially when you get a handful of…
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Holding down the fort

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Both Gabriel and Michael haven’t been feeling well since last weekend, and I’m a little tired. I’m learning that the…
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I'm a south Louisiana girl, Catholic wife, writer, speaker, and mother of six. Since I started my blog way back in 2009, life has been a roller coaster of babies, plot twists and a plane crash or two. I've been chronicling things here as I've been learning to love and suffer and laugh and trust in the goodness of God in the ordinary and the extraordinary--with a little espresso and a lot of Divine Mercy. Read More…

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