by Leslie Sholly | Mar 30, 2012 | Deep Thoughts, Politics, rants, Uncategorized
I think the Internet’s pretty awesome, really I do. It’s great to be able to settle dinnertime arguments and answer children’s millions of questions with a click of an iPhone button. It’s way convenient not have to travel down to the library to...
by Leslie Sholly | Mar 26, 2012 | Uncategorized
A few weeks ago, I finally got around to calling William and Lorelei’s dentist to make appointments for them. They hadn’t been there for over a year–I’d had to cancel one appointment, and then I got a little distracted by my house burning...
by Leslie Sholly | Mar 21, 2012 | FIRE, home decor, Uncategorized
In my pre-fire life, I used to think about redecorating my kitchen. Apparently some people actually do that kind of thing, but in a single-income seven-member family, you replace things when they break with whatever you can afford–you don’t...
by Leslie Sholly | Mar 17, 2012 | Uncategorized
“Catholic and Southern, Wife and Mother.” That’s how I described myself for my original About page on this blog as well as on Twitter. What I put first says everything about who I think I am and what is important to me. Being Catholic is at the...
by Leslie Sholly | Mar 16, 2012 | Uncategorized
Yesterday was the Feast Day of St. Louise de Marillac. Frankly, I don’t know the first thing about St. Louise, but I was well-acquainted with one of her namesakes. Sister Louise de Marillac Lovejoy (just Sister Louise to us) was my American History teacher when...
by Leslie Sholly | Mar 8, 2012 | Deep Thoughts, FIRE, Uncategorized
When I was eleven my family moved to a new house. It was a split level, and I had the basement bedroom. I had a three yellow walls, one wall with yellow roses, and wall-to-wall spring green carpet under my French Provincial 1970s bedroom suite, complete with canopy...