Hi, here's a fun list of questions from Therese over at Aussie Coffee Shop. Join in if you'd like!
1. Sweet or Savoury? both, definitely have a sweet tooth, but have major cravings for savoury
2. Dresses or Jeans? Jeans (like dresses too, but definitely prefer jeans)
3. House or Apartment? House
4. Shop Online or Offline? Online
5. DVDs or Downloads? Both, mainly DVDs, but love Netflix instant view
6. Cocktails or Juice? Juice (I'm pregnant :) ), otherwise beer or wine, not really cocktails
7. Chocolate or Strawberry? CHOCOLATE
8. Laptop or PC? Prefer PC, but use laptop too
9. Magazines or Newspapers? Neither, books are my thing
10. Facebook or Twitter? Neither (blush)
11. CDs or MP3s? CDs but have itunes on our computer
12. Kids or Pets? Kids
13. Macaron or Cupcakes? Cupcakes
14. Walk or Run? Walk, although usually running late, so run (but not a runner, bad knees)
15. Breakfast in Bed or Breakfast Out? Breakfast in bed, definitely!!
16. Market or Supermarket? Supermarket, but would prefer market
17. Sourdough or Grainy? hmmm....either, both are great!
18. Heels or Flats? Flats, used to be heels, but not so coordinated anymore :)
19. Late nights or Not? Late nights when not pregnant
20. Coffee or Tea? Both! not a regular coffee drinker though, more with desserts, drink tea more regularly
Wednesday, November 24, 2010
Tuesday, November 23, 2010
Blues Traveler
Well, sometimes all I can do is post music. Here's Hook by Blues Traveler. I don't even know what the lyrics mean, I just have always liked this song:
Have a very Blessed Thanksgiving!
Have a very Blessed Thanksgiving!
Sunday, November 14, 2010
Wow, that was good!
A dear friend came over last night and we had the best tea EVER!!! It was from TEAVANA. We had strawberry lemonade pomegranate herbal tea, sweetened with german rock sugar. What a treat! If you have any tea lovers in your family, this might be the best Christmas present for them.
Saturday, November 13, 2010
Gyro Bowl
Well, this is something new! I might possibly be tempted to get something like this if the person's voice who is talking on the video wasn't so darn cheerful about it all:
Here's what William Jacobson had to say about it:
H/T Legal Insurrection
Here's what William Jacobson had to say about it:
My reaction to this device when I saw the advertisement on TV was not "how ingenious."He must not have four children under the age of 8 right now ;)
My reaction was, why don't you teach the $#@%! kid not to spill the $#@%! food bowl.
But then again, I'm old school. And lately I've been cranky.
H/T Legal Insurrection
Thursday, November 11, 2010
Thank you on this Veteran's Day!!
Happy Veterans Day and a very big thank you to all Veterans! May God bless you and your families and loved ones. Thank you for your sacrifice for all of us.
A tribute to Bataan Death March survivors from Minnesota National Guard:
H/T Michelle Malkin
A tribute to Bataan Death March survivors from Minnesota National Guard:
H/T Michelle Malkin
Book Giveaway at Homestead Bread!
My friend Melanie is doing a book giveaway at her blog Homestead and Bread. The book is Little Star by Anthony deStefano. It looks like an awesome book! While you're there check out her wonderful recipes! Thanks Melanie :)
Monday, November 8, 2010
My Day Today
Me: "You sit on this couch (to DD1) and you sit on this couch (to DS1). Now, neither one of you can come off of these couches until you can have a civil conversation."
A few minutes later, DD1: "Mom, can we come off of the couch now? We're having a civil conversation! Ummm, except that it's more like a civil war! You said civil didn't you?"
Me thinks: Just keep smiling, just keep smiling!! Smiling, smiling! (Like Dory, just keep swimming!)
Hope you're having a wonderful Monday too!
A few minutes later, DD1: "Mom, can we come off of the couch now? We're having a civil conversation! Ummm, except that it's more like a civil war! You said civil didn't you?"
Me thinks: Just keep smiling, just keep smiling!! Smiling, smiling! (Like Dory, just keep swimming!)
Hope you're having a wonderful Monday too!
Sunday, November 7, 2010
In Defense of Purity
A friend sent me an article A Case for Purity: In Defense of Overprotective Parenting by April at Catholic Phoenix.
I highly recommend reading this article, it is wonderful and was very encouraging to me as I struggle with doubt about parenting in our oversexualized culture. Living an authentic Catholic faith is truly swimming upstream, and many times I am so exhausted with it all and with my own sinfulness that I just decide to quit paddling and go with the flow. I am so thankful for this article because it has encouraged me once again the absolute importance of protecting our children's purity. It really is an act of heroic faith to not give in to the ways of the world. Let us pray for eachother to stay the course. I hope this article is as encouraging to you as it is to me.
Have a wonderful Sunday. Praise God, our Almighty Creator!
H/T swissmiss
I highly recommend reading this article, it is wonderful and was very encouraging to me as I struggle with doubt about parenting in our oversexualized culture. Living an authentic Catholic faith is truly swimming upstream, and many times I am so exhausted with it all and with my own sinfulness that I just decide to quit paddling and go with the flow. I am so thankful for this article because it has encouraged me once again the absolute importance of protecting our children's purity. It really is an act of heroic faith to not give in to the ways of the world. Let us pray for eachother to stay the course. I hope this article is as encouraging to you as it is to me.
Have a wonderful Sunday. Praise God, our Almighty Creator!
H/T swissmiss
Wednesday, November 3, 2010
A Beauty Veiled
Yesterday, I posted a video of early life development that was amazing. And it is. But after Women's Holy Hour last night, I realized that there is no video, no ultrasound, no genetic biology explanation that can even come close to describing the beauty and mystery of God's creation. And certainly my own words cannot do this.
The sad part about it all is that the beauty and dignity of life is under attack in such a diabolical way right now in our world that it seems necessary to prove that life exists from the moment of conception. And I am so thankful for all the ultrasounds out there that have saved a child and his or her mother's life. I am also very thankful for the work at LiveAction.org to show people the truth about abortion and abortion providers. I am thankful for scientists who have uncovered genetic biology and can prove life begins at conception.
But most of all, and most importantly, I am thankful to You God, for giving us life, for the mystery of Your creation, a beautiful mystery that I know by faith. I pray for all of us who at times require proof of Your Majesty, Your Almighty Power. I pray for all of us who miss the beauty of keeping Your Mystery veiled. Have Mercy on us.
Thank You for the Mercy of being in Your Presence in the Blessed Sacrament, for veiling Yourself as the Eucharist so that we may dare to enter Your gaze as sinful as we are. In Your Holy Name I pray. Amen.
Psalm 139
Lord, You have probed me, You know me:
You know when I sit and stand;
You understand my thoughts from afar.
My travels and my rest You mark;
with all my ways You are familiar.
Even before a word is on my tongue,
Lord, You know it all.
Behind and before You encircle me
and rest Your Hand upon me.
Such knowledge is beyond me,
far too lofty for me to reach.
Where can I hide from Your Spirit?
From Your Presence, where can I flee?
If I ascend to the heavens, You are there.
If I lie down in Sheol, You are there too.
If I fly with the wings of dawn
and alight beyond the sea,
Even there Your Hand will guide me,
Your Right Hand hold me fast.
If I say, "Surely darkness shall hide me,
and night shall be my light"
Darkness is not dark for You,
and night shines as the day.
Darkness and light are but one.
You formed my inmost being;
You knit me in my mother's womb.
I praise You, so wonderfully You made me.
wonderful are Your works!
My very self You knew;
my bones were not hidden from You,
When I was being made in secret,
fashioned as in the depths of the earth.
Your Eyes foresaw my actions;
in Your book all are written down;
my days were shaped, before one came to be.
How precious to me are Your designs, O God;
how vast the sum of them!
Were I to count, they would outnumber the sands;
to finish, I would need eternity.
If only You would destroy the wicked, O God,
and the bloodthirsty would depart from me!
Deceitfully they invoke Your Name;
Your foes swear faithless oaths.
Do I not hate, Lord, those who hate You?
Those who rise against You, do I not loathe?
With fierce hatred I hate them,
enemies I count as my own.
Probe me, God, know my heart;
try me, know my concerns.
See if my way is crooked,
then lead me in the ancient paths.
The sad part about it all is that the beauty and dignity of life is under attack in such a diabolical way right now in our world that it seems necessary to prove that life exists from the moment of conception. And I am so thankful for all the ultrasounds out there that have saved a child and his or her mother's life. I am also very thankful for the work at LiveAction.org to show people the truth about abortion and abortion providers. I am thankful for scientists who have uncovered genetic biology and can prove life begins at conception.
But most of all, and most importantly, I am thankful to You God, for giving us life, for the mystery of Your creation, a beautiful mystery that I know by faith. I pray for all of us who at times require proof of Your Majesty, Your Almighty Power. I pray for all of us who miss the beauty of keeping Your Mystery veiled. Have Mercy on us.
Thank You for the Mercy of being in Your Presence in the Blessed Sacrament, for veiling Yourself as the Eucharist so that we may dare to enter Your gaze as sinful as we are. In Your Holy Name I pray. Amen.
Psalm 139
Lord, You have probed me, You know me:
You know when I sit and stand;
You understand my thoughts from afar.
My travels and my rest You mark;
with all my ways You are familiar.
Even before a word is on my tongue,
Lord, You know it all.
Behind and before You encircle me
and rest Your Hand upon me.
Such knowledge is beyond me,
far too lofty for me to reach.
Where can I hide from Your Spirit?
From Your Presence, where can I flee?
If I ascend to the heavens, You are there.
If I lie down in Sheol, You are there too.
If I fly with the wings of dawn
and alight beyond the sea,
Even there Your Hand will guide me,
Your Right Hand hold me fast.
If I say, "Surely darkness shall hide me,
and night shall be my light"
Darkness is not dark for You,
and night shines as the day.
Darkness and light are but one.
You formed my inmost being;
You knit me in my mother's womb.
I praise You, so wonderfully You made me.
wonderful are Your works!
My very self You knew;
my bones were not hidden from You,
When I was being made in secret,
fashioned as in the depths of the earth.
Your Eyes foresaw my actions;
in Your book all are written down;
my days were shaped, before one came to be.
How precious to me are Your designs, O God;
how vast the sum of them!
Were I to count, they would outnumber the sands;
to finish, I would need eternity.
If only You would destroy the wicked, O God,
and the bloodthirsty would depart from me!
Deceitfully they invoke Your Name;
Your foes swear faithless oaths.
Do I not hate, Lord, those who hate You?
Those who rise against You, do I not loathe?
With fierce hatred I hate them,
enemies I count as my own.
Probe me, God, know my heart;
try me, know my concerns.
See if my way is crooked,
then lead me in the ancient paths.
Tuesday, November 2, 2010
Amazing Video of Early Life Development
Wow, this is amazing!
HT Creative Minority Report and LiveAction
Update: If you have trouble viewing the video, you can watch it at liveaction.org
HT Creative Minority Report and LiveAction
Update: If you have trouble viewing the video, you can watch it at liveaction.org
Monday, November 1, 2010
Prayer Vigil for All Nascent Human Life
From LifeSiteNews:
By John-Henry Westen
VATICAN, October 29, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) - Pro-life activists worldwide are pledging to promote Pope Benedict XVI's initiative to have all Catholic churches in the world to join him in celebrating a vigil for all nascent human life on November 27th, 2010. Moreover, a campaign to thank the Pope for the initiative is being promoted in seven languages.A new website has been launched "yes-for-benedict.net," where pro-life people can send a message to the pope in their own language.
The message states: "We express our sincere gratitude to you, Holy Father, for your leadership in this gravely needed initiative, and in the fight for life around the world. In prayer, we renew and redouble our efforts, trusting that the Author of Life will guide us toward victory in defending our most vulnerable brothers and sisters.
"On the evening of November 27, 2010 at the liturgical beginning of Advent - a time of joyful anticipation for the celebration of birth of Christ - His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI will celebrate a prayer vigil in St Peter's Basilica at the Vatican for the intention of all nascent human life. At the request of the Holy Father, a letter was sent to all the episcopal conferences of the Catholic Church this past June asking them to take part in this prayer and to organize prayer vigils at the beginning of Advent in all local churches.
"Let's do everything possible so that our parishes, communities, prayer groups and families join in this universal prayer for life, in communion with the Holy Father," said Lech Kowalewski, a national leader of the pro-life movement in Poland, who is also coordinating the "yes for Benedict" effort. "Personal prayer in union with the Church for the intention of defending preborn human life is our duty and raises great hope that with God's help the civilization of life and love will triumph.
"For details on how to join Pope Benedict in prayer during the Vigil for All Nascent Human Life, click here.
To sign on to the message of thanks to the Pope for instituting the vigil for life please click here.
By John-Henry Westen
VATICAN, October 29, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) - Pro-life activists worldwide are pledging to promote Pope Benedict XVI's initiative to have all Catholic churches in the world to join him in celebrating a vigil for all nascent human life on November 27th, 2010. Moreover, a campaign to thank the Pope for the initiative is being promoted in seven languages.A new website has been launched "yes-for-benedict.net," where pro-life people can send a message to the pope in their own language.
The message states: "We express our sincere gratitude to you, Holy Father, for your leadership in this gravely needed initiative, and in the fight for life around the world. In prayer, we renew and redouble our efforts, trusting that the Author of Life will guide us toward victory in defending our most vulnerable brothers and sisters.
"On the evening of November 27, 2010 at the liturgical beginning of Advent - a time of joyful anticipation for the celebration of birth of Christ - His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI will celebrate a prayer vigil in St Peter's Basilica at the Vatican for the intention of all nascent human life. At the request of the Holy Father, a letter was sent to all the episcopal conferences of the Catholic Church this past June asking them to take part in this prayer and to organize prayer vigils at the beginning of Advent in all local churches.
"Let's do everything possible so that our parishes, communities, prayer groups and families join in this universal prayer for life, in communion with the Holy Father," said Lech Kowalewski, a national leader of the pro-life movement in Poland, who is also coordinating the "yes for Benedict" effort. "Personal prayer in union with the Church for the intention of defending preborn human life is our duty and raises great hope that with God's help the civilization of life and love will triumph.
"For details on how to join Pope Benedict in prayer during the Vigil for All Nascent Human Life, click here.
To sign on to the message of thanks to the Pope for instituting the vigil for life please click here.
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