Last Week’s Tweets

• Today's morning activities include making Chex mix. Maybe we'll eat it for breakfast…why put milk on cereal when you can COOK it? #
• "It's not school," 5yo insists, "unless it has speriments" (as in science). So far, brainwashing is successful. #
• My latest at Faith & Family Live: "Turning to Mary for Comfort" on Our Lady of Tears http://bit.ly/67QsHh #
• (Me too!) RT @10MinuteWriter: It's Miracle Monday, meaning that if I actually survive without a meltdown, it will be a miracle. #
• Oh happy smell of PineSol. #
• Urgent prayer request for a friend's 5yo son who was just rushed to Children's, unable to breathe. Mary, Mother of God, pray for us! #
• RT @arwenelizabeth: Should be a proverb: "Age 2: you'll feel like pulling your hair out. Age 3: you might actually be driven to do it." #
• RT @RachelleGardner: Dear Spammers, No matter how many times you email, I will never, ever, ever help you claim your Nigerian inheritance. #
• RT @10MinuteWriter: Woe to child who asks Mommy simple question right after she's gone round & round with younger & more difficult sibling. #
• Suddenly, going to the store pre-dinner doesn't seem like such a good idea. #
• Nomination for Mom of the Year by 5yo: dinner INSIDE at Mickey Dee's. (Then grocery shopping.) Woohoo for me. #
• RT @maureenwittmann: When in need, pray the bead! #
• RT @elizabethesther: Many Christians pray for an end to abortion. But I wonder how many of them use abortifacient birth control? #
• A nearly perfect day, full of ponies and grandmas and friends and tea. #
• Wearing my first pair of knitted (not by me) socks. I'm sold! (Too bad I don't knit!) #
• 2yo's new game: take things out of the fridge, put other things in. It's great fun (for her). #
• Nothing like a shot of ginseng peppermint tea and some dark chocolate to get this party started! (the lasagna making party, that is) #
• I will…not…covet…an…iPad…because, after all, I have new boots that smell horsey. And that is WAY better! (In my world, it is!) #
• RT @MarkRSz: To deeply breathe the sweet essence of the night…sleep in peace, unaware of the morrow's madness #
• RT @CurtJester: Pro-choicers are like pigs in Animal Farm – some choices are more equal than others. #
• RT @KarinaFabian: Don't forget FREE Catholic Writers Online Conference Feb 26-Mar 5. Register by Feb 15. http://www.catholicwritersconference.com #
• For Lent, I was thinking of reading Augustine's Confessions. The last week, though, it's been on me to study the Catechism. Want to join me? #
• TWO chances to win Regina Doman's Fairy Tale Novels: http://snoringscholar.com/2010/01/two-chances-to-wi-the-fairy-tale-novels/ #
• RT @Karen_Ed: Clearly, Apple products are a tool of the devil, designed to make me covet, envy, & define techie materialism as virtue. #
• Star of day to 5yo, who taught Impossible Dog to fetch (or did the Jack Russell teach her?). Now, no need for treadmill! We can "work" her! #
• Email from husband beginning "kudos to my wife maker of fine lasagna" just made my day. What a guy! #
• Right now, in my house: two 5yo girls, galloping through the house and neighing every so often, for good measure. #
• One 5yo to other: Pretend you saw a coyote trying to steal a horse (loud neigh) & you had to save it. #
• I can't get the idea of delving into the Catechism for Lent out of my mind. I'll blog a plan on Saturday (fingers crossed, breath held). #
• Are you as addicted to SQPN as I am? If so, put your money where your mouth is at http://www.sqpn.com #sqpn #
• A comment I made on my blog today has inadvertently spawned great curiosity among readers. I'm tempted to fan the flames… #
• Some people will use any excuse to get together…@Deacontom has issued the Lasagna Challenge…is this his way of inviting us to dinner? #
• In addition to the other messes on my desk, 2yo has been working on transforming it into a Banana Graveyard. #
• RT @bego: Fridays are the perfect day for schemes and shenanigans. and laundry. always laundry. adam and eve messed up a good thing. #
• My latest CatholicMom.com: When Little is Huge (http://new.catholicmom.com/?p=8062) #Family #Love #Marriage #
• Proverb at my house: dishes done, desk a disaster. Desk clean, laundry piled. Laundry done, dishes heaped@asmanyasgiven @antiquemommy #
• RT @conversiondiary: Getting the baby dressed is often like trying to put a tuxedo on an angry octopus. #
• Do you think @arwenelizabeth would like to come and stay at my house, be my personal chef, if I watch her kids? Maybe with @Deacontom & Dee? #
• From a friend: 5yo yells "This is desquisite!" (exquisite & probably delicious) 2 bites later "Too exquisite and now disgusting." #
• Tempt me not with offers of an upgrade to smartphone, Verizon. I am immune of gadgetlust not related to iPad (for this moment, at least) #
• I love that someone found my blog searching "is cesar millan catholic" (I suspect yes. I have no proof.) #
• Party at my place includes @arwenelizabeth cooking and childcare by @Deacontom, Dee, and me. Anyone else want to join? #
• Rumor has it that @Deacontom's word of the week is TRIPE, as in "It's tripe that @arwenelizabeth is cooking THERE, not HERE." #
• RT @RealLifeRosary: "Don't know how to pray? Put yourself in the presence of God, & as soon as you have said, "Lord…" http://bit.ly/ctwP3x #
• Have you entered to win the Fairy Tale Novels at CatholicMom.com? It's not too late: http://bit.ly/79HEGn #
• Don't forget to enter the fabulous Fairy Tale Novel giveaway by tomorrow at Faith & Family Live: http://bit.ly/6jV4nc #
• I think I'm going to have to read Fr. Larry Richard's BE A MAN. Listening to @LisaHendey's interview on this week's Catholic Moments. #
• RT @WeareTHATfamily: Oh, Saturday, YOU are my favorite. But don't tell Friday night or Sunday afternoon. K? #
• RT @LisaHendey: Only a few more days to enter our @ReginaDoman novel Giveaway! Enter at http://ping.fm/uBULp soon to win! #
• 5yo's latest, the If Game: "Mom, would you rather eat an elephant or a dinosaur?" (We go back and forth taking turns. Quite amusing.) #
• I only meant to geek out in budget-Excel mode for a half-hour. Where did the last hour-and-a-half go? (But the spreadsheet IS pretty cool.) #
• So much for sleeping tonight. My preorder of @LisaHendey's book was in my mailbox. Woohoo! #
• 5yo asks: "Would you rather eat a green tomato with a dead wasp or a red tomato with a tomato bug on it?" (Neither isn't an option.) #

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