Life of a Catholic Librarian

Well, my first foray into baking the Amish Friendship Bread was last night, and I think that overall it went pretty well. I've monitored...

Well, I made my Pillsbury pre-everything cookies last night, and unsurprisingly, they turned out rather well :) All I had to do was pop open...

I'm real inspired about baking and cooking lately. Some of it stems from my weight loss efforts (down nearly 7 lbs! *halo*) and some of ...

Last night, I was a guest speaker at the library school class of my good (read: fabulous) friend and much admired colleague, Chris. He teach...

I should be writing a book review, but here I am. Daydreaming about the cakes on Amazing Wedding Cakes . It's true - I'm a closet fr...

Mike is going to just die. Last night, when I blissfully had the tv all to *myself*, I watched not only Bridezillas (I would write about it...

This weekend, my husband was out of town, so I was on full-time Hank duty. I can assure you, working full-time is not nearly so exhausting a...

We had a tough night with Hank last night. As has been the case since June, one of us had to stay with him in his bedroom for him to fall as...

I recently viewed a film called Winged Migration, a chronicling of migratory birds on a full cycle of their spring and fall migrations. It w...

Hank and I call upon St. Anthony, patron saint of lost items, frequently. And he has found quite a few things for us, to Hank's delight....