Life of a Catholic Librarian

Hello all! So glad to have you with me along on this Byzantine journey. This week, I don't have a particularly Byzantine-y post, as Anne...

Happy August, everyone! I was going to chat about crafty things today, after updating everyone about Anne's First Communion, but I decid...

Hello all, and happy end of July! *virtual hug* July is my least favorite month of the year in terms of the heat, so I'm rather look...

Sunday night/early Monday morning, in the home of the Catholic Librarian: *Tiffany and Mike blissfully sleeping* Suddenly... *cough. c...

When I was a young adult, I pined to have a baby. I had a few friends who married much younger than I did and had babies in their 20's. ...

You're hoping this is going to be a post bearing some level of interesting material, right? ;-) Party time?! After all, it *was* a play ...

It's another sick day edition of: Today we talk about little bunnies being under the weather, exhaustion, midlife job crises, and ...

Yesterday evening, after a very enjoyable day, I gave Anne a bath. She lingered in there for a bit like she always does, playing with variou...

 This is very unusual, but I'm writing this blog post in the evening. Anne is upstairs asleep, after being comforted for an hour by your...

Hello ALL! My good mood remains. I saw my honey perform again over the weekend, which always enhances my spirits. *fans self* ;-) I was ...

Today...my baby turns 5. *SOB!* This seems like the biggest milestone birthday we've had with her since she turned 1. I'm not en...

All! I've missed you. *hug* I'm all emotional today, so expect lots of sappy lapses like that one. As is so often the case with ...

This morning, Anne woke up clutching this little foldout pamphlet with all 20 mysteries of the rosary printed on it that she had picked up a...

I am all discombobulated today, but in the best way possible. I mean, I don't even have an image to go in this post, and yet I don't...

...and how is YOUR Lent going, dear reader? :-) Mine is going just fine. Accountability: I have not been good with my morning devotional rea...

Anne & I in matching shirts this weekend, because I am a nerd Good morning all! Normally, I'm pretty happy when Tuesday rolls ar...

Right? Who's with me?! #BirthdayExtensionPartyPlanningCommittee Given that birthdays lose a bit of their luster after one turns 21, ...

Well hello there, dear reader! I'm not wild about this new schedule yet, as it feels like a long time between Thursday and Tuesday, but...

Morning all! It wasn't an easy weekend in the world news, to be sure. Oftentimes, when I think about heartbreaking situations such as t...

Hi all! Here with you on a dreary Monday afternoon, amidst a valiant attempt to keep my spirits high. That's no easy feat on Mondays thi...