Elena 
Copyblogger gives us 5 Common Mistakes that Make Us Look Dumb! (I do some of these all the time when the fingers are flying faster than the mind can edit them!) HT ProBlogger (a blog I think every serious blogger should be reading almost daily anyway!
Father Jay talks about his experience as a Catholic priest watching the Catholics in the pizza shop experience a wave of Catholic Guilt on a Friday during Lent. Really cute to read it from his perspective. HT Tony from Catholic Pillow Fight.
Meredith at Like Merchant Ships introduces us to The Aldi Queen!
My site contains menu planners and information on the store and I never expected the response that we received from these planners
Sounds like a winner to me!
I thought this embroidery inspiration from Pleasant View Schoolhouse was worth making special note!
Carolyn at Guilt Free Homeschooling had a great post about dealing with difficult students in the homeschool environment. I find that some days are better than others. By the end of the week it’s time to do stuff like nature studies and science experiments etc. The first part is more for the hard core academics. That’s what works for us anyway.
Seems like childbirth was a big issue in the blogosphere, at least for me this week. Alicia at Fructus Ventris had a lot of great information including this article called Drugs, Knives and Midwives.
Today, more than 15 years after Jessica Mitford detailed the potential hazards of obstetrical forceps, fetal monitoring, and diagnostic ultrasound in The American Way of Birth and more than a quarter century after Immaculate Deception, author Suzanne Arms’ expose of high-tech birth, sold more than 250,000 copies, the number of American women who die around the time of birth is on the rise. According to WHO, 28 countries — including Croatia, Ireland, Kuwait, and Portugal — have lower maternal mortality rates. Forty-one countries have lower infant mortality rates.
This is a topic near and dear to my heart that I use to have such a passion for. I felt that passion aroused somewhat this week when I read comment after comment from women who absolutely loved or approved of their C-sections, every one of them thinking theirs was “necessary” or life saving. How is it that most mammals can have their babies with no interventions whatsoever but 30% of American women need major surgery is beyond me. I feel a posting come on for this topic, possibly tomrrow.
Alicia also shares this article about her friend’s midwifery practice.
A report that Older Mothers are more likely to have Cesareans. The cynic in me says, of course they are! Older women have better insurance. Ht Pam Pilch.
The Bookworm wrote a piece that I loved about Good Lent/Bad Lent
Good intentions fall apart, and we do only a fraction of the ideal. Life is busy, even hectic, and I never manage to carve out time for reflection … sometimes I don’t even slow down enough to remember I ought to be trying to find time.
sigh… I can relate. It would be so helpful if tax time and Lent/Easter didn’t always happen simultaneously.
Amy Muses on how to raise kids on less:
Let me give an example. Now that times aren’t as lean, we could reasonably afford to spend $300 on a crib for Kid #5. But the hand-me-down crib that worked for #1 works just as well for #5. Here’s the thing, though: the side rail doesn’t go down. It never has. I frequent garage sales and listen to playground mommy chatter, but until I can score one for a good price, we’ll just stretch a little more to pick up Baby and keep the crib with the broken rail. (It is not a safety hazard.) The crib is a depreciating asset, and unless it produces income or increases in value, we ought to think carefully before purchasing a new one
Amen Amy! When my first child was born we didn’t have a room ready for him. He slept in a second-hand crib for about 20 seconds and then with us for the next 24 months or so. None of my kids have ever had the bright shiny nursery that you see in magazines (or in some blogs) with brand new furniture and beautiful new clothes. I use to mourn that but now that my kids are older, I see the wisdom of it. More importantly I see how they are much more practical at their young ages than I was, and that’s a good thing! They value substance over fluff!
A look at domestic life in Turkey that I enjoyed. I’d love to implement this:
We do not wear shoes in our home and take our shoes off when visiting other homes. NO one wears shoes inside a home
And to end on a high note, I give you the fiery, controversial, charasmatic and correct Zell Miller on how abortion is hurting our country. HT Barb over at MommyLife
OK, well my mommy life is very busy today. I have a ton of transcribing to do that MUST be done before tomorrow morning, ballet class for Izzy, art class for Noah, and a meeting about homeschooling through high school tonight! But there are plenty of links here to keep you busy.
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