Avodah {My One Word for the New Year}

January 7, 2013 by Montserrat {Cranial Hiccups} 24 Comments

Worship. Serve. Work. Create. All these areas of my life dividing me, pulling me into a million fractured pieces. How is one to find happiness when you feel split knowing a “house divided against itself shall not stand?” (Matthew 12:25) The division within causes resentment because instead of creating you have to go and work.Worry […]

Five Things for Friday: New Beginnings

January 4, 2013 by Montserrat {Cranial Hiccups} 3 Comments

1. Remember my Eucharisteo post at the beginning of the year? I am pleased to say I have kept up counting gifts through my photography blog and reached 1,000 on December 31st! Now my plans are to get last year printed as a book, my own One Thousand Gifts, and a journal of sorts of […]

This week . . .

December 21, 2012 by Montserrat {Cranial Hiccups} 1 Comment

– Listening to The Manger of Bethlehem. Boy sopranos are a love of mine.– Reading this. The artwork chosen to accompany the text is exquisite.– Creating our annual gingerbread houses.– Enjoying all the nativity scenes around the house. © 2007-2012 Chocolate on my Cranium, LLC all rights reserved © 2007-2013 Chocolate on my Cranium, LLC […]

Give Thanks – Eucharisteo

November 21, 2012 by Montserrat {Cranial Hiccups} 8 Comments

For a little over a year I have been on a personal journey. I’ve realized this is the only real goal I want to carry forward in my life. Not because I don’t want to accomplish other things or better myself but because this one thing has the power and capacity to be the catalyst […]

Five Things for Friday: Of Phones, Turkey, and Easter {yes, Easter!}

November 16, 2012 by Montserrat {Cranial Hiccups} 4 Comments

01. I got a new phone that can actually send and receive texts! Welcome to modern technology, right? I still don’t know yet whether this is a good thing or not. I was gone to Reno all day yesterday and received countless texts from my daughter who also got the same style of phone. It […]

Me, Old?

November 14, 2012 by Montserrat {Cranial Hiccups} 16 Comments

Do I look old? I sure don’t feel old. I don’t have any signs of aging – no grey hairs or major wrinkles. And yet I look around at all my kids and think I should at least feel old because there are so many of them and together we’ve done a heap of living […]

Never Check Your Religion at the Door – Defend the Family!

September 28, 2012 by Montserrat {Cranial Hiccups} 17 Comments

There is no question there is an attack on the family. Just scan the headlines of any news outlet and you’ll find startling evidence of the strategic ways the adversary is trying to destroy this most beautiful and basic of human relationships. “It used to be called illegitimacy. Now it is the new normal. After […]

Women Today

September 21, 2012 by Montserrat {Cranial Hiccups} 18 Comments

I’m Chantelle. Born and bred in the North-East of England, I met my sweetheart in 2007 and was married in September 2009. I am a daughter of God and follower of Christ first and foremost, a Mother to an almost two year old boy, the quintessential bookworm & love homemaking, thrifting, baking and blogging at […]

How The Family: A Proclamation to the World Inspired the LDS Mother’s Almanac and My Life

September 20, 2012 by Montserrat {Cranial Hiccups} 18 Comments

Janene Baadsgaard has written extensively for over thirty years offering her readers valuable information, insight and humor about life. She is the author of hundreds of newspaper columns and features, magazine articles and over a dozen books. She is a graduate of Brigham Young University in Communications with a journalism emphasis and has taught courses […]

Rolling, Rolling, Rolling

July 23, 2012 by Montserrat {Cranial Hiccups} 4 Comments

Beautiful heavenly rays greeted us as we headed down the mountain into town early this morning.”The dawning of a brighter day majestic rises on the world.” We headed to a friend’s house, then the church to drop off girls for a week of camping. My girls, they are growing up! They didn’t ask for help […]

Circling

July 11, 2012 by Montserrat {Cranial Hiccups} 7 Comments

The days, they roll together like waves of green blowing across the alfalfa field.Swath, rake, bale, haul, stack.Swath, rake, bale, haul, stack.Round and round just like the pivots delivering dew from above, precious life giving water. As we circle the field, Mr. Ferrero Rocher and I talk about our children.The cute antics of the two […]

Tackling Chores

June 18, 2012 by Montserrat {Cranial Hiccups} 2 Comments

Chores. Family Work. Zones. Jurisdictions. Whatever you call them at your house they are a necessary duty that needs to be performed in order for your home to run smoothly, be clean, and maybe even somewhat organized. I say that because my house is so not organized, and sometimes its not even clean or running […]

The Gift of Giving Life

May 31, 2012 by Montserrat {Cranial Hiccups} 17 Comments

If there is one thing I hope people visiting my blog know about me it is this: Motherhood is a joy and a gift in my life, even through the ugly days. I have known when it was time for each of my children to join our family. It is amazing to me how similar, […]

Grocery Budget for a Family of 11

May 30, 2012 by Montserrat {Cranial Hiccups} 7 Comments

Food. It’s necessary for survival. It’s good for you. It’s bad for you. What used to be good is now bad…what used to be bad is now good. Knowing what to feed your family can get confusing at times! And expensive. Rather than re-write how we go about grocery shopping I thought I’d post links […]

Pregnancy and Weight Gain

May 24, 2012 by Montserrat {Cranial Hiccups} 21 Comments

My side of the closet is bigger than my husband’s side. I have twice as many clothes as he does. Not because I am a fashionista, far from it! Instead my clothing is divided into regular, maternity, and in-between. One shelf for each {see, I told you I am not a crazy clothing lady!}. The […]