rita buettner commentary BlogOpen Window A little comfort after an airplane crash Rita BuettnerAugust 8, 20183 min read Colleen McCormick and Don Hudson were taking off from an airport in Mexico with their children last week when their plane started shaking and crashed. BlogOpen Window How much is that doggy in the window? Rita BuettnerAugust 6, 20183 min read Our 8-year-old wants a dog. He’d probably settle for a cat, but he really wants a dog. BlogOpen Window Rooting for the Orioles, a rainbow, a sunset, a trip to the Green Dragon, school supply shopping, and more (7 Quick Takes) Rita BuettnerAugust 2, 20185 min read We’ve had a mixture of rain and sun this week, and one night I slipped out of the house to run to the store for strawberries. BlogOpen Window A memory from the feast of St. Ignatius Rita BuettnerJuly 30, 20183 min read Then I thought of something. It was the feast of St. Ignatius. When you can do nothing else, you can pray. BlogOpen Window My birthday celebrations, arcade wins, praying the Rosary, and more (7 Quick Takes) Rita BuettnerJuly 27, 20185 min read Yesterday was my birthday! Birthdays are the best. BlogOpen Window One way to get tickets to visit Alcatraz Rita BuettnerJuly 23, 20182 min read Apparently Alcatraz tickets are a hot commodity. BlogOpen Window When you discover you aren’t the only people still playing Pokemon Go Rita BuettnerJuly 21, 20183 min read Two years into playing Pokemon Go, my sons and I may not be playing with the same enthusiasm we did when it started. But I’m not so sure. There’s still plenty of excitement there. BlogOpen Window Recovering from vacation, for Pete’s sake, a new iCade, household chores, and the worst sounds in the world (7 Quick Takes) Rita BuettnerJuly 19, 20184 min read Nothing is more fun than taking a vacation week at the beach. But I can’t believe how tired I still am from a vacation that ended a week ago. BlogOpen Window Cookies for breakfast and sloths for everyone (or what we do on a beach vacation) Rita BuettnerJuly 16, 20183 min read It’s 7:30 a.m. on a morning of our beach vacation. I haven’t even poured my first cup of coffee. And I’m pretty sure I could have used another three hours of sleep. BlogOpen Window Toes in the sand and peach cake in my hand or what we did on our family beach vacation (7 Quick Takes) Rita BuettnerJuly 12, 20184 min read You might think that a blogger who is on vacation all week would have time to write a blog almost every day. In fact, I thought that myself. Previous 1 … 67 68 69 … 88 Next