I know I am remiss in keeping up with this blog. Its een a GREA but busy holiday season, cumulating with the Bishop’s annual visit to Small Parish last Sunday. Our Bishop visited the parish on the Feast of Or LORD’s Baptism. We had about 8 or 9 confirmads and one Reception from the Roman [...]
Tonight Best Dude & I are having a traditional Hanukkah celebration. { he’s not Jewish…aswe met in church but he’s interested in learning about my Jewish heritage, so we’ll do this tonight} I’ve got my grandmother’s menorah on the table & we found birthday candles that * just * fit in the menorah. I’m cooking [...]
One of my pet peeves about the Advent season is that Corporate America has tured it into the worship of the Almighty Dollar. Instead of preparing ou hearts & minds for the coming of the greatest Gift our Creator ever bestowed upon us, we bemoan the fact that{ many of us, myself included} have less [...]
I never understood why so many Americans choose to go Christmas shopping on the day after Thanksgiving. I would much rather stay home & sleep off the turkey & eggnog overdoses than brave a mad crowd of shoppers at the nearest shopping mall or Big Box store. Ugh. By nature I am not a shopper [...]
HAPPY THANKSGIVING! Last evening Mom’s Brother & his two sons came over to Atlanta House for fun, fellowship & pizza. My brother ordered four pizzas, three without meat & one{ for we carnivores in my family} with three different meat. Haha, you can guess which pizza I allowed myself to enjoy. :O) This morning Chloe{ [...]
It is day 2 in Atlanta. Today I’ll spend the day with my sister-in-law. My brother has to work & the parents are going out to Roswell, Georgia to visit our great-uncle & then see a high school classmate of Mom’s whom I never met. SIL & I will probably take Chloe{ their little dog} [...]
Today is the Birthday { 236 years} of the United States Marine Corps! Semper Fi, y’all. :O) Tomorrow is Veterans Day. I live in a VERY military-infused part of our great nation, but my appreciation for those who serve our nation in her armed forces started when I was a wee lass. I come from [...]
Today is officially Memorial day, 2011. Thanks to ALL service people & veterans who served this great nation. Freedom isn’t free, so I am grateful for the sacrifice of so many military members & their families to ensure our freedom. I love my country. As a matter of fact, it is * because* of this [...]
AAAAAAGH…I’m told I have no patience & WordPress is* really* trying what little patience I ca claim with its goofy photo feature. As promised, here are some scenes from our Easter Sunday celebration. During the 8 oclock Mass, Best Dude & I hid candy-filled plastic Easter eggs for the children to find during the Coffee [...]
I have decided that 2011 is The Year of The Journal. :O) A school friend with whom I reconnected on FaceBook came up with the idea of keeping a daily log of life with the focus on the positive. Wow…I have not faithfully kept a ” pen & paper” journal since middle school{ and trust [...]
