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Cranial Hiccups

Every once in a while and totally unintentionally my brain spews out a good idea.

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Keeping A Journal

February 27, 2011 by Montserrat {Cranial Hiccups} 11 Comments

Do you ever wonder, as you go through your days, what a typical day was like for one of your ancestors? How early did they rise? What chores or work did they have to do? What was it like to read by candlelight in the evenings or have to heat water before washing? The only […]

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Mish Mash Monday

February 21, 2011 by Montserrat {Cranial Hiccups} 6 Comments

Whew! The last two weeks of homeschooling posts were fun and informative but I am ready to post other stuff now. I realize I forgot to post this coming Wordfull Wednesday’s topic (Feb 23). It will be on “What comes to mind when you think of BEAUTY?” Remember all those who participate this month have […]

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Family Work

February 17, 2011 by Montserrat {Cranial Hiccups} 7 Comments

There’s a joke we like to tell in our family about my nephew. When he was about 5 years old his mom asked him to do some chore and, of course, he complained. Someone asked him if there was anything he disliked more than doing chores. My nephew answered, “Yes . . .jobs!” Jobs were […]

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Why Homemaking?

January 18, 2011 by Montserrat {Cranial Hiccups} 25 Comments

“His house was perfect, whether you liked food, or sleep, or work, or story-telling, or singing, or just sitting and thinking best, or a pleasant mixture of them all. Evil things did not come into that valley. “I wish I had time to tell you even a few of the tales or one or two […]

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Multiplying

January 15, 2011 by Montserrat {Cranial Hiccups} 58 Comments

See these eight beautiful children? They truly bring joy to my life. EVERY SINGLE ONE. They are alike in many ways: brown hair, brown eyes, like to laugh, and cook, and eat, and they each have a desire to do what is right. They are also unique and distinct from each other. One can cheerfully […]

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Bringing in the New Year

January 4, 2011 by Montserrat {Cranial Hiccups} 10 Comments

New Year’s Eve the three oldest girls attended a youth dance/game party hosted by our church. Mr. Ferrero Rocher drove them in and I went and picked them up at about 10:30. (You’ll hear some of my rants about that in another post) We didn’t stay up to ring in the new year (we’re boring). […]

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Counted

December 12, 2010 by Montserrat {Cranial Hiccups} 8 Comments

One. One little boy amidst seven girls. On Friday I drove most of the kids in to town for a Primary activity day. My son refused to get out of the van. “I just want to go with you, Mama.” I didn’t argue. We dropped off his oldest sister at the high school to take […]

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A little bit of this, a little bit of that

December 3, 2010 by Montserrat {Cranial Hiccups} 12 Comments

Do you have certain kids who are just big whiners when they are sick? This little guy is not one of them. Seriously he is such a trooper! He had a stomach virus two nights ago. I could hear some strange coughing from the baby monitor and ran into his room. He was standing next […]

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Wordfull Wednesday: Wholesome Recreational Activities

July 6, 2010 by Montserrat {Cranial Hiccups} 10 Comments

Can I tell you how much I love my family? My husband and my children are the world to me. I love all of their different personalities, talents, and quirks. I am also very lucky to have a great extended family. My own parents, brothers and sisters, as well as Mr. Ferrero Rocher’s parents and […]

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Once upon an evening

July 4, 2010 by Montserrat {Cranial Hiccups} 8 Comments

Before heading back to Utah my dad wanted go take some picture of the sand dunes. Of, course everybody wanted to go. We all piled into the van except for Mr. Ferrero Rocher who had to take a phone call. Um, we didn’t quite make it to the dunes. Instead we had an adventure! As […]

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Sprinkles of Sunshine

June 3, 2010 by Montserrat {Cranial Hiccups} 7 Comments

Glimpses of our week… Sunday Special Dark drew a very detailed tractor. Can you spot the treads on the tires, where it says “John Deere,” the smoke stack with one long trail of smoke, and dust coming behind the tractor because it is going so fast? Monday Eating grass… Boy cousins swinging Tuesday Roasting HUGE […]

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Down and Out

May 21, 2010 by Montserrat {Cranial Hiccups} 7 Comments

See this pretty little dear? She’s got some sort of flu bug. Poor thing was throwing up last night and dry heaving really bad. Her whole body would go completely limp after each little bout. I absolutely hate when my babies are sick. I feel so terrible for them. And I’m sure they feel hopeless […]

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Wordfull Wednesday: Caring for Your Family

May 12, 2010 by Montserrat {Cranial Hiccups} 8 Comments

“Caring for your Family – How do you let them know you care about them? What do you do as parents to show your children they are loved? “Husband and wife have a solemn responsibility to love and care for each other and for their children.” (Family Proclamation, paragraph 6)” Cooking, cleaning, laundry. Hugs, kisses, […]

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Clean or messy?

March 18, 2010 by Montserrat {Cranial Hiccups} Leave a Comment

mommymitaOkay – I am curious Is your home most likely to be found messy or clean? And if clean is it personality or just out of good habit. Also, how do you feel about arranged marriages? Looks like I’ve got almost a home full of boys to match up your girls – only kidding Hmm…not […]

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The Daily Grind

February 28, 2010 by Montserrat {Cranial Hiccups} Leave a Comment

I forget how much I’ve come to rely on modern conveniences until they break. Our dishwasher died Friday. We were already 2 loads behind due to some extreme baking done by Bon Bon and Semisweet. It took us an hour and a half to wash all the dishes by hand. This was a result of […]

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Hello, I'm Montserrat. I'm a farmer's wife, mother of eleven, homeschooler, chocoholic, music lover, and like to play a good game of Scrabble. You can read more about me here. . .

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