Link Up: 10 Things You Probably Didn't Know About Me

Allison, over at Rambling Follower, my long time bloggy friend is doing a link up about 10 things you probably didn't know about me.

  Here goes!

1. I loved our home growing up, but I hated living in the 'boonies' in rural Minnesota. I've always dreamed of what it would be like living a city full of excitement.   I really like the location of our house now- sort of city, sort of not with a nice big back yard and old house. 

   2. Because we lived so far away from the city or big towns, there were very little job opportunities for a teenager aside from rock picking, detasselling corn, and babysitting (all of which I did for years).  I wanted to be a waitress, but I now I know I would have been terrible at it!  

   3.In a desperate attempt to get out of the house, my senior year, I drove 40 minutes to St. Cloud were I found a job telemarketing for Kerby vacuum cleaners and selling Cutco knives- NOT a step up from rock picking!

   4. During all this time, I made clay beads and rosaries which I thought was a very unglamorous occupation since I could not leave the house for this sort of work.  Now I am so thankful when I don't have to leave the house for work.  It's funny how God works!

   5. I am very strong willed, which has been a source of a lot of trouble, but also it has been my saving grace.  When I make my mind up about something, it's very hard to change it.  I made my mind up about the Catholic Church when I was in 9th grade and have never had doubts about it since.  I have learned a lot since then, but there is nothing that could change my mind about the Catholic Church.  It's the one true church!

   6. I am a very thorough person- not a perfectionist, but thorough all the same.  I like to do things the right way or not at all.  I've read so many parenting, marriage, spirituality, diet, homeschooling, and education books, that my brother makes fun of me. He says parenting is not a science! Well, no, but there still is a right way and a wrong way to do it- as well as many other ways in between and different styles.

   7.  I have a terrible habit of focusing in on things that I am doing and ignoring everything else.  I often get lost in my work.  When my husband tries to ask me questions while I am focused on the task at hand, I say something blankly like "yes" or "no" or "Ok, that great" without knowing what he even said.   He patiently says, "Sarah, do you even know what I said?"  Now my daughter is starting to do the same thing!  bad, I know.

   8.  My husband and I have our date nights (in) on Wednesday and Thursday.

   9. Our date nights (at home) have gotten better since we only get two nights a week together. It makes it more special and we usually drop all other work just to hang out together. 

   10.  Probably no surprise, my love language is quality time together. No amount of words, gifts or physical touch comes close to sharing a good conversation, a laugh or even some tears together.  I also love this when it comes to friends, but I am finding it so hard to do these days.

   Now your turn. 

   Link up with Allison

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Hey Girl

Ginny posted her own "Hey Girl" and I couldn't resist posted my own too- the Clay Rosary Girl edition, of course.

A Princess Turns Three

My little Analee is three today (and feeling much better, thank you!).   This picture if her with Cinderella has a sweet little story with it.  Last time we went to Disney World, both the kids were scared to death by all those stuffed creatures that have the Disney logo sewed on their butts. Pooh, Eeyore, Mickey, Minny, you name it, my kids shreaked in terror if their were within 20 feet of them.  So all those long lines where you can stand and wait for your kids to take their pictures with one of the Disney characters, I happily passed by. 

This year, Liam as not scared, but Analee still was very scared. She was even unsure about seeing the princesses whom she loves so much.  One night we got in line to see the three princesses after she agreed to go inside.  She changed her mind twice while we waited and as we got closer, she didn't want to go.  Then it was her turn to go and talk to Cinderella- her absolute favorite.  She was shy at first, but thankfully Cinderella was quite charming and got her to warm up quickly. 

It was not hard to get a picture of her smiling this time. She was beaming from ear to ear and didn't stop until we were done with all three of the princesses' pictures.   Then as we were walking away from Cinderella, Belle, and Sleeping Beauty, she says, "Now I want SNOW WHITE!"  Eric and I just laughed. The shy little girl, who didn't want any pictures with any princess, was getting greedy!

She is my shy little girl, but she is so sweet and head strong- which I know will come in handy...someday!

What I Learned

I'm thinking about trying to this new thing called: "What I learned today" posts.  As you may have noticed, I've stopped trying to compose posts on what I know.  It was short lived since I really don't know that much to begin with.  But what I don't know, boy, I could go on forever.

So what I'm learning today: how to make bone broths.  According to several sources (Dr. McBride Campbell, Weston A. Price etc), they are really healthy and used to be the backbone of many civilizations' diets.   I have two broths going right now: a beef and pork mixture, and a chicken broth that will be used tonight for soup.  Hoping it will help my kids get over the food poisoning I probably inflicted on them. Which brings me to my second "What I learned today"...

Don't leave chicken fat out for several hours and then cook something in it.  My traditional eating one track mind got ahead of me and I thought it would be ok since it was mostly coconut oil anyway.  NOT such a good idea.  Lesson learned.  Refrigerators are my friend even if they weren't used a hundred years ago.

That's it for now. I'll save the other hundred things I've learned today for another post. Like how to clean up multiple vomit spills in less than 1 minute with a baby on my hip.

Our Vacation

Here are tiny tidbits from our Disney World Vacation.  My Father in Law, who is equally great in his love for Disney as is his generousity toward his children and grandchildren, paid for all 17 of us to go to Disney World.   It was great vacation and we are very thankful. 

The kids had just as good of time being with their cousins that they seldom see as they did on the rides! It was fun to see them play along so well even though they see each other only a couple times a year.

After spending 10 days in the parks, and 12 days all together in the Fort Wilderness Cabins (which was a fantastic location if you are ever thinking about which resort to stay in), this mamma was ready to come home.  The kids were very sad to say goodbye to grandparents and cousins, though.    

Now I have read the entire GAPS book (thank you, hubby for that extra down time in Disney World) and am even more sold on this diet for saving the world (that and Jesus) as I was before I read it. I wish I could afford to buy everyone I know and don't know, a copy of their own.  
We are starting this diet (or rather, lifestyle) as much as I can right now.  Good buy bad gut bacteria, hello good gut flora! 

Rosaries for Sale

My shop is now open for business for the season! I have several rosaries for sale and will be adding more rosaries, chaplets and jewelry soon.  I just got back from vacation, so I will be putting up the chaplets, bracelets, etc. shortly.   For now, if you try to go to the chaplets or jewelry pages, you will get "password protected".  That just means it's not for sale and I cannot give access to pages of items that are not for sale.

Vacation pictures coming soon too!