7 Quick Takes Friday: Details on the 7th birthday celebrations, getting into the Christmas spirit, avocado toast, cookie baking, Santa Pikachu, and a 50-cent horn

So I like throwing birthday parties at home. I really do. I like planning games and decorating and making themed food and all the rest. But a birthday two weeks before Christmas brings an extra challenge. So this year we had Daniel’s party at a kung fu place, and the
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7 Quick Takes Friday: Christmas is coming, gift-giving, peace apples for Christmas Eve, a dip party, two missing front teeth, and a little bit of snow

Our Christmas tree is up! I can’t believe it. I thought this might be the year for a Christmas Eve tree-decorating event, but the tree is in place, the stockings are hung, and we are done. I’m not sure whether I have all the gifts I need, but some of
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7 Quick Takes on the 6th day of Christmas: celebrating Christmas, our new/old dining table, slugs in a bag, couch shopping, and more

Happy sixth day of Christmas! One of my friends and fellow bloggers asked the other day how people celebrate the 12 days of Christmas in their homes. Since all four of us are off from work and school until the New Year, and since we invariably have cousins by the
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7 Quick Takes: Snow superstitions, celebrating Epiphany and the New Year, long-distance Pokemon fun, couch shopping, and trying Blue Apron

With snow in the forecast last night, our first grader came home from school determined to ensure a decent snowstorm—and a day off of school. He insisted on putting ice cubes in the toilet, wearing his pajamas backwards, and sleeping with a spoon under his pillow.It was all in good
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MIAA winter all-stars 2006-2007

MIAA winter all-stars 2006-2007 The Maryland Interscholastic Athletic Association proudly announced their basketball all-stars. The Catholic Review is proud to list those athletes representing our Catholic high schools.
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The 36th Annual BCL All-Tournament Team

36th Annual Baltimore Catholic League All-Tournament Team
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IAAM Winter Sports All-Stars

The Interscholastic Athletic Association of Maryland proudly announced their 2006 – 2007 Winter Sports All-Stars. The Catholic Review is proud to list those female athletes representing our Catholic High Schools.
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Young lobbyists take to Hill for Catholic schools

WASHINGTON – A wave of teenage – and preteen – lobbyists descended upon Washington Jan. 31 to make the legislative case for Catholic schools on a variety of issues, including educational choice. They were Catholic school students themselves and were at the Capitol for the annual National Appreciation Day for Catholic Schools, part of the...
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The last dance as daddy’s little girl

Kimberly Hartman has been eagerly planning her June wedding for months now and after searching through typical father-daughter wedding songs, she and her parents decided on Heartland’s “I loved her first.” It is tradition for the father of the bride to dance with his daughter on her wedding day. This is the last dance that...
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Active mind may decrease chances of Alzheimer’s

Dr. Barbara Ensor is hooked on Sudoku, the challenging 9-by-9 grid Japanese brainteaser seemingly everywhere lately in print and online. The challenge of Sudoku is that a number between one and nine can appear only once on each row, in each column and on each 3-by-3 area. The doctor realizes the puzzle is a way...
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Soul mates without the soul

Without mention of the soul, the Merriam-Webster dictionary describes a “soul mate” as “a person who is perfectly suited to another in temperament; a person who strongly resembles another in attitudes or beliefs.” Monsignor Jeremiah F. Kenney, judicial vicar, agrees that the soul is not involved. “The Church has no position on the term if...
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Explore ways to find love after 50

Mary Ann Leard learned how to lay laminate flooring by attending clinics at Home Depot on Saturday mornings. She attended to learn the skill, not to meet someone; however, Ms. Leard said that’s one good way for singles to meet people. “It takes the focus off yourself,” said the single 60-year-old president of the archdiocese’s...
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