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  • 2008 Patron Saints

    We picked our yearly patron saint today.  To do this, I dumped all of our Holy Trader cards into a bag and we each picked a saint to learn about and pray to for their intercession.  We did this last year following Amy’s example but I had not posted on it.  This year we picked names again.  Ben is out at the range with his friends so he’ll pick his later.

    Editing to add Ben’s saint:  St. Anne and St. Joachim parents of Mary.

  • Happy New Year!

    Happy New Year, dear readers!  May y’all have a blessed 2008.

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  • Calendars, Housekeeping and Planning

    Oh, my goodness!  Did you see that great calendar Dawn made?  I’m going to have to steal this idea use this as inspiration to get my housekeeping and daily tasks organized. 

  • May He Rest in Peace

    Uncle_richard001_2Father Richard Powers, passed away on December 7, 2007.  He was Ben’s great uncle, a priest who officiated at many of our greatest life events.  Here he is baptizing Pumpkin. 

    Poor Ben tried mightily to attend his funeral.  He was slated to fly out on a flight very early on that Monday, the 10th.  It was canceled as were the four subsequent flights he was booked on.  He never made it. 

    I hear the funeral was beautiful with 30 priests in attendance including the retired auxiliary bishop of the Boston diocese.  As the mourners left the church, the priests were standing on the steps singing one of Uncle Richard’s favorite Latin hymns.

    I feel badly that this post is so late.  Please forgive me, Uncle Richard. 

    Eternal rest grant unto him, O Lord, and let perpetual light shine upon him.  May his soul and the souls of the faithful departed, through the mercy of God, rest in peace.  Amen.

  • Joy to the World!

    Merry Christmas, everyone! 

    Last night we attended the 5:00pm children’s mass.  It was a lovely, lovely service.  At one point, Father Richard has the children of deployed parents come up for a blessing to send on to their loved one.  It was poignant.  My heart ached for them and I had to blink away the tears.  The children sang "Silent Night" and then were blessed. 

    Please pray for all separated from their family today especially those in the military including spouses and children.

    God bless you all on this joyous day.

  • Busy Season

    Well, I’ve been very, very quiet everywhere.  That’s because it’s NOT been very quiet here.  Since last Friday, the 7th, we’ve done the following:

    • One play performance by our homeschool group (which I co-directed)
    • 2 dress rehearsals and 4 performances for the Nutcracker
    • 1 trip to the ER
    • Several trips to the airport to try to get Ben off for a funeral
    • School?  Maybe.  I think we did some math

    Luckily, for us, we school year round and it balances out in the end.  We’ve been using Catholic Mosaic, Christmas Mosaic, along with Elizabeth’s Tomie dePaola unit.  Our homeschool group has an activity each Friday from Elizabeth’s unit. 

    The above is a good list of things I want to blog about.  Oh, and there’s also our tree. 

    I guess I should talk about the ER trip a bit.  Pumpkin has pneumonia and an ear infection.  That’s the fastest we’ve been through the ER. 

  • Gloomycrab Selfishshorts

    That’s my Grinch name.  Ben’s is Stingywhiner Selfishshorts.  I put in everyone elses and here are theirs:  Brother–Frownyscrooge, Sister–Grimtroll, Honey–Crotchetycrab, and Pumpkin–Scroogeygloom.

    What’s yours?

    HT:  Left of the Dial

  • Please Pray

    Margaret needs your prayers.  Please storm heaven for her and her wee one. 

    My husband’s great uncle, Richard, has been asleep for the past 24 hours.  He’s not yet slipped into a coma, but Ben’s Aunt Vivian feels the end is near.  Please pray for a peaceful death for this wonderful Jesuit priest who I know has touched many lives.

  • Decades for 2008

    I’m not a very political person.  I follow what I can, but politics bore me.  I try to keep up with the issues that mean the most to me (i.e. pro-life issues), but otherwise, I rely on blogs, my husband, and sister to keep me informed of others.  I know, I know, it’s not really being a responsible voter. 

    This coming election has me quite worried.  So, I’m jumping in to join this group and pray a decade each day for the elections.  We need to start now.  This country is headed in a direction that worries me.  So, won’t you join in? 

  • Heartbreaking Articles

    Jennie from Far Beyond Pearls links to these sad, sad articles.  Heartbreaking.