Things we love…on Valentine’s Day!

Today I came across people and I asked them, “What do you love? What can you tell me you love today, Valentine’s Day?” And this is what they said. My parents: very devout and the influential people to me My older brother, John: really smart and always offers sound advice My niece, Giovanna: really cute,ContinueContinue reading “Things we love…on Valentine’s Day!”

Faces y places

Supposed to be What-I-Wore-Wednesday, I know. But I’m just wearing a million winter clothes in a million layers and my BUSINESS hat because: Valetine-y business in the city! 🙂 We’ve been having some fun, and here are some photos. First of all, I was looking back in the archives of the ol’ blog. This wasContinueContinue reading “Faces y places”

Seven quick takes BECAUSE IT’S FRIDAY!!

— 1 — There’s never a convenient time to loss your voice, right? Especially a week of dance lessons, though! Yesterday was a dance lesson/ theology chat with some of the young’un’s at a local Univeristy. They look so good, right?? Fun fact: I’m, like, so old. I have this professional schedule that doesn’t usuallyContinueContinue reading “Seven quick takes BECAUSE IT’S FRIDAY!!”

Lesson learned: be careful what you promise!

Soooooo. I told Kathryn she could post in my blog and then she was like, “But you need to promise me I can post whatever I want” and BECAUSE I TRUSTED HER she wrote this. Enjoy. Dear readers of Danielle the Great and Powerful, I am not Danielle. My name is Kathryn. Need some background?ContinueContinue reading “Lesson learned: be careful what you promise!”

Life can be so…life-y.

Life can be so…life-y I went on retreat. This you know. And here’s a photo of the retreat featuring some too-cute young’un’s who rescued some puppets I made out of paper lunch bags. It was beautiful, you know? My dear friends were there. The creative Josie and the crazy brother Thomas and Father Pio whoseContinueContinue reading “Life can be so…life-y.”

What Christmas looked like

I love this. I love every bit. And, of course, the most important part looked like this: But, of course, I forgot to take pictures of mass so instead you just have pictures of my beautiful family. Here we go. ***IMPORTANT NOTICE*** If you are David or Esther or someone who likes to SPOIL SURPRISES,ContinueContinue reading “What Christmas looked like”

4 simple ways to spread holiday cheer and merriment!

I learn from the best. I’ve been doing my thing this Christmas season, and some old friends have shown up for the Advent party. How ADVENTtageous. I’ll be here all night. Anyway, here are four simple ways to spread Christmas cheer, as promoted by mis amigos. 1. By singing loud for all to hear PictureContinueContinue reading “4 simple ways to spread holiday cheer and merriment!”

Celebrating people.

Because I love the church and her saints and all of the feast days, guess what? TODAY YOU LEARN MORE. My hero, St. Hildegard. Yesterday was her feast day. I love her first of all because my coworker had a quote of St. Hildegard’s on the wall. I love her secondly because she is aContinueContinue reading “Celebrating people.”

AND THEN I WAS GONE FOR AGES. Working on crafts.

My friends my friends my friends, It’s not that I haven’t been thinking of you. It’s just: I’ve been prepping for the beautiful Christmas season and something had to get neglected and, I’m sorry I’m sorry I’m sorry, it looks like the blog wasn’t favored as much as presents-for-my-friends. Also, as a side-note, it snowedContinueContinue reading “AND THEN I WAS GONE FOR AGES. Working on crafts.”