... is what the Holiday Insights Web site has to say: What's all the chatter about over this special day? Well, on Babbling Day, we celebrate those of us with a glib tongue. You know them when you hear them. They're ... on. They can turn a simple one sentence statement into an endless dissertation. Spend this day babbling like a baby, if you must. As for me, I will spend it by a babbling brook. ...

For the last few days, Lena has been babbling more. She looks at Megan and me and says "mema, mama, or mmmmoommooomm." Today she started saying "daddaadddaaa." Not really directed at any of us, but just to practice saying it. She still doesn't have any teeth, but her gums are really sensitive. She likes to shake her head no, but she doesn't mean no, she just does it for ...

... clothes when I lose weight (because when you are fat, it only matters that clothes FIT, not that they actually look good!) but who knows when that is going to be! Speaking of losing weight, I can't wait for Kayla to go back to school so I can get back to the gym. I love going to the gym, it's just that I love eating, too! Enough of this random babbling, time to go play on Facebook

Babbling brook...and giggling girls Here we are in Terčino údolí enjoying standing on a bridge listening to the stream gurgle and bubble below us. I thought you also might like to hear it so we filmed a bit for your enjoyment. Unfortunately, my girls could not hold in their giggles for even 30 seconds so you'll be hearing those as well.

... this new editor. If anyone out there uses the new editor, and I'm just a half-asleep moron missing the spell check, please let me know!! For now, I'm off to change my setting back to the old editor (hopefully, I can go back!!) so I can spell check this before posting it. At least there won't be spelling errors to add to the incoherence of my late night babbling and random typos.

+JMJ+ Babbling with Protestants What is Joseph Ratzinger's attitude towards ecumenism? In 1995 he said: Divisions within the Church . . . consist of a split in the confession of faith, the creed, and in the administration of the sacraments themselves; all other differences do not ultimately count: there can be no objection to them; they do not divide us in the heart of the Church. Division ...