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These Walls
Hello! I’m Julie Walsh, a stay-at-home mom to two toddler boys. I’m a former lobbyist, an all-day NPR listener, and an avid Catholic-mommy-blog reader. I love, love, love to get into a good...
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An Ideal Government
There was an interesting discussion on the crisis (if you will) of democracy in the West this morning on The Diane Rehm Show. As per usual, I didn’t get to hear the program in its entirety because, you...
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7 Quick Takes Friday (Vol. 1)
Let’s call this the brand-spankin’-new-blog edition. — 1 — I am so excited to (finally!) be able to jump on the 7 Quick Takes bandwagon. Friday mornings are one of my favorite times of the week. Once...
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Sunday Best
Grace of the always-worth-visiting Camp Patton is trying a new link-up today called “Sunday Best.” The idea is to blog on your “Sunday Best” clothes and/or your children’s “Sunday Best” (or far from...
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7 Quick Takes Friday (Vol. 2)
— 1 — When I started this blog (a whole 12 days ago) to take the place of some fantasy of time-spent-in-a-bar-or-coffee-shop-talking-about-interesting-things, I knew that it was going to be...
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These Days
It never ceases to amaze me how dramatically different one stay-at-home-with-the-kids day can be from the next. And how very, very difficult it can be to predict what kind of day you’re in for....
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Monday Morning Miscellany (Vol. 2)
— 1 — Well, good morning! I feel like I’ve just emerged from a tunnel, blinking at the bright light of the great outdoors. I’m worn out, bleary-eyed, and trying to get a handle on the long, long list...
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7 Quick Takes Friday (Vol. 3)
— 1 — Whew! I finally took the plunge into controversial topics yesterday with this post on immigration reform. That (posting on controversial issues) was the idea when I started this blog, but so far...
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Monday Morning Miscellany (Vol. 4)
— 1 — Remember when I wrote about my Friends Who Blog a couple of weeks ago? Well, my friend Mary, this lovely lady: Sorry it’s fuzzy. Cell phone pic. She has finally launched her blog. It’s called...
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7 Quick Takes Friday (Vol. 13)
— 1 — Well, we survived the first day of school! Though by “survived,” I mean something different than most parents do in referencing that Big Day. As expected, our big 3-year-old (and his parents)...
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Monday Morning Miscellany (Vol. 6)
Once upon a time, not so very long ago, I promised myself that I would stick something, even if just a bunch of miscellany, on the blog every Monday morning. I like myself some fresh reading material...
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7 Quick Takes Friday (Vol. 16)
— 1 — You see this cute little stinker? He’s turning TWO in a few days. (Which, I have to admit, I’ll be kind of relieved to say. Just like his older brother, the kiddo looks about a year older than...
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Monday Morning Miscellany (Vol. 7)
— 1 — Today is the little guy’s big 2nd birthday! When I went to get the boys out of bed this morning, they were standing up, waving around stuffed animals, and cheerfully yelling. I said, “Good...
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7 Quick Takes Friday (Vol. 17)
— 1 — Well, it looks like I’ve done it again: I’ve fallen into the rut of only blogging when I have a list of miscellaneous items to post. 7 Quick Takes? {pretty, happy, funny, real}? Monday Morning...
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{pretty, happy, funny, real} (Vol. 4)
We went apple picking this week. Our sister-in-law is staying with us right now and she suggested that it might be a nice activity to do with the boys. And of course Lisa was absolutely, 100% right:...
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Tiny Conductor
Last week at my church choir practice, I was reveling in being part of a choir again. I was enjoying having to stretch my brain to achieve something. I was getting a kick out of adjusting my voice just...
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Monday Morning Miscellany (Vol. 8): St. Nicholas Day, Toilet Hate, and SNOW
—1— I started writing this post as a 7 Quick Takes Friday, so I was all set to open with a “Happy St. Nicholas Day!” but, um… see numbers two and three. The day was fun, but it pretty much sucked the...
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An Honest Little Vignette of Home
I had a good but exhausting day today. We seem to have spent most of it running in and out of the car in frigid temperatures. (The boys actually, literally cried this morning when we left the house,...
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The Kids Are Alright (And the Parents Are Too)
(Everyday Bravery, Day 3) In the years since I became a parent, there have been a series of signs I’ve wanted to hang on my person/child/stroller/grocery cart while my children and I roam in public....
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