My two oldest are receiving First Holy Communion tomorrow with two of their homeschool friends at the 9am CST mass. I would really appreciate prayers. After mass, everyone will be headed here for a reception.
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Box Method: a method of cleaning quickly where you put all the clutter away in boxes to be sorted through later. This can be dangerous because you could end up with several boxes after a few months. For pack rats (like me), it isn't easy to just throw the box away even if it hasn't been opened in 6 months.
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Fourteen years ago, on a very cool, crisp fall day in Boston, we said our vows. The day was wonderful.
Our special plans for today? Well, dinner out, of course. But, with the children. No, it's not that we don't have any place to leave the children. It's because Brother would have such high anxiety that we have chosen to take the children with us. You see, Brother is going to receive First Holy Communion this Sunday with Sister. This, on top of his Gramma visiting is bringing enough anxiety to disrupt sleep. I can't add to that. It's just rotten timing.
Happy Anniversary to my dear, beleaguered husband!
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My dear friends tagged me for this. Thank you, dear ladies!
Here are the rules:
As a recipient of this award, I have to answer the following questions, with one word answers and one word only! Then I must pass this on to six others!
Here’s the questions!
1. Where is your cell phone? kitchen
2. Where is your spouse? work
3. Your hair color? black
4. Your mother? vacation
5. Your father? same
6. Your favorite thing? family
7. Your dream last night? none
8. Your dream/goal? heaven
9. The room your in? study
10. Your hobby? knitting/reading
11. Your fear? loss
12. Where do you want to be in six years? here
13. Where were you last night? home
14. What you’re not? pregnant
15. One of your wish list items? one?
16. Where you grew up? Houston
17. The last thing you did? scold
18. What are you wearing? skirt
19. Your TV? broken
20. Your pet? none
21. Your computer? busy
22. Your mood? mixed
23. Missing someone? yes
24. Your car? suburban
25. Something your not wearing? makeup
26. Favorite store? many
27. Your summer? hot
28. Love someone? yes
29. Your favorite color? purple
30. When is the last time you laughed? today
31. Last time you cried? 9/26/08
Now, I need to tag 6. Well, I would've tagged the three friends who tagged me. Since they've already been tagged, I'll name 6 more.
Margaret from Minnesota Mom who is celebrating a birthday and some great news.
Cheryl at My Thoughtful Spot
Alice from Cottage Blessings
Mary Ellen from Tales from the Bonny Blue House
Charlotte from Waltzing Matilda
Oh, and then there's Jennifer from S/V Mari Hal-O-Jen (you gotta love her pictures!) and Meredith from Sweetness and Light. Oh, the list goes on and on. I've already cheated so I'll stop here.
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This was going to be a self pity post. Wah, I'm not pregnant. Wah, my family doesn't understand and wants to give my crib away. Wah, wah, wah. Sigh. I was going to post that I was going to mentally prepare myself to not have any more children even though I desperately want more. I'm being greedy I keep telling myself.
Then, I read a prayer request by someone who is trying so hard to live God's life. She is so open to life and is expecting her eighth child, a boy. It's not been an easy pregnancy. I know that she's trying to live the best example of someone who is open to life. You know how it is, people say mean things without really thinking about it. They'll say, "What do you expect having so many children." It's mean. Plain and simple. People with two children have the same types of problems. This family, though is in need of some prayers and help. They're financially strapped. Seriously strapped. The-we're-about-to-lose-our-house-strapped. I want to help but don't know how. The only thing I can offer is prayer. And, gratitude. Gratitude that she has shown me the bigger picture.
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This poll was taken by the Associated Press and Yahoo. I found it interesting that they were able to determine that Barack Obama is losing about 6 percentage points in the polls due to the race factor. It made me wonder though. How much is McCain losing due to the race factor?
It is my strong belief that racism runs both ways.
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Today, I was a thermometer instead of a thermostat. I need to apologize to my kiddoes tomorrow. Sigh.
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Four years ago, around this time, we received the official diagnosis of autism for Brother. This came the day after finding out I was pregnant with Pumpkin. I despaired of many things, one of which was whether Brother would ever be ready for any of his sacraments (those who know him IRL probably would be surprised but he has come a LONG way). Well, we are at that point. Brother, with Sister, will go to confession tomorrow. I debated having them do it together or not, but in the end, I knew he would feel better having his best
sisterfriend next to him.Please pray for my two sweet children.
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Mark Bavis was a hockey player at my alma mater. I worked as the manager of the basketball team so I saw him in passing almost every day. We were not friends and not even acquaintances–we just saw enough of each other to say hi. He was on one of those planes that hit the World Trade Center. Here is a tribute with an interview with his identical twin brother:
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Extra-large LLBean bag full of library books. Check.
List of books our library has of this month's Author Fiesta author. Check.
Children. Check.
Start engine. Click, click, click.
Well, darn. I guess we're not headed to the library yet. Just when I think my days are ordered. God really likes to keep me on my toes, doesn't he? I think he knows that I like ordered days.
Ben, bless his heart, knows even less about cars than I do. So, I called a friend's son. The irony has not escaped me that this son's nickname on her blog is Carkiller. I am grateful for the help.
Hopefully, it's just the battery and I can get going by sometime tonight.
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