DS and I took the dog for a walk in a local beauty spot this afternoon and we managed to do some conquering, or should I say conkering while there (though we didn’t play, we just did a spot of investigative work to find the treasure we desired). If you’re a Brit you’ll likely [...]
Entries from September 2006
September 30, 2006
First Holy Communion
I have been helping to prepare Christian, Dimitri and David for their First Holy Communion over the last few months, today they make their First Confession, tomorrow their First Holy Communion.
The reason I have been helping to catechise them is that none of them attend Catholic schools and have needed regular catechesis. This [...]
September 30, 2006
Loose Canon
photo of my childrenfoolin’ around inside Caernarfon Castle this summer
Are anyone else’s children as stroppy and argumentative as mine? I love them dearly, but goodness me, can’t I skip hell and purgatory and go straight to heaven for doing my penance on earth with these two!
…tongue firmly in cheek ;-)
September 29, 2006
Journey – Don’t Stop Believin’
Oh, what is this like!?! It’s a youtube parody of Journey’s ‘Don’t Stop Believin’. Enjoy!
Beats singin’ into yer hairbrush any day!
September 29, 2006
Friday Feast -Join in in the com box!
AppetizerWhat is your favorite herb or spice?
Fresh basil. This ingredient makes all the difference between making a really tasty pasta sauce and a bland one. I learned all about the importance if basil when I was married to my italian ex husband, I became particularly close to his mother and we would while away [...]
September 28, 2006
Daddy Long Legs
As an inhabitant of insectopia (the place I reside) I was rather amused to read this earlier today. I’ve battled plagues (okay maybe I can’t call them plagues really, but how else do I convey the gravity of the problem) of worker and queen ants year after year ever since I moved here. [...]
September 28, 2006
Lupus Awareness
Our friend Valerie has a special request for the forthcoming month of October, visit her website to read more about what that is.
In April 2004 her own daughter was diagnosed as having lupus nephritis, so bringing an awareness of the condition and of the need of financing research to find a cure, [...]
September 28, 2006
Abortion
Rosemary has a great post up in which she relays her doorstep conversations with proponants of abortion. This thing called ‘choice’ that so many support, this ‘choice’ to commit moral evil by ending the life of the unborn.
My own response to those who claim that ‘people’ have the right to ‘choose’, is that the [...]
September 28, 2006
Thomas’ Example Helps Us With Our Doubts, Says Pope
VATICAN CITY, SEPT. 27, 2006 (Zenit.org).-
Benedict XVI, citing the example of the Apostle Thomas, recommended that believers in times of uncertainty have the courage to tell God they don’t understand him and need his help.
“In this way, with such frankness, which is the authentic way to pray, to converse with Jesus, we express the [...]
September 27, 2006
Brown Witch Project
Blair is packingBrown is clappingDavid’s laughing.
But did you know they all had their own websites? Tony’s, Gordon’s and David’s. Well, actually, I lied, Gordon doesn’t quite have his own site, he just wishes he had and he hopes to take over Tony’s in the near future. If you’d like to hear about Gordon’s [...]
September 27, 2006
Offerings
Dear son had home economics today. Of course, he didn’t tell me until last night just before I was going out the door to go to a meeting, that he needed a variety of ingredients! BOYS! Fortunately Mum and Dad were babysitting and they managed to rustle up the majority of ingredients.
DS [...]
September 26, 2006
The Geography Jean Meme
Thanks to Jean for the Meme
1. A Place You’ve Visited and Your Favorite Thing there.
My grandma’s front parlour. My grandma was very ill when I was growing up and we lived so far away that I could only get to see her once or twice a year. In those days it took 8 hours [...]
September 25, 2006
The White House
With everything that’s been happening lately, I never had time to upload this when we returned from our holiday in Wales. This is especially for my American readers ;-)
DS pictured standing outside a derilict hotel in Llandundno this summer.
September 24, 2006
Pictures of Colwich Abbey
On the approach to Colwich Abbey
We had a really great time on U.C.M retreat today. The day began with thunder and lightening but by the time of our arrival, the bad weather had passed which made it all the more pleasant. Reflections on the Beatitudes and a lecture on fighting heresy were the discussion topics [...]
September 23, 2006
No fleas please!
Thought I’d give you all an update on things in my household.
The dog has fleas. FLEAS! I mean, what a week to have fleas. I’m told this is part and parcel of having a pet but it doesn’t make me feel any better about it. I have spent an absolute fortune [...]
September 23, 2006
Same Sex Marriage Debate
In light of the recent blog discussion on homosexual marriage and same sex union this podcast brought home with great clarity the argument against it. William N. Eskridge Jr. and Maggie Gallagher, thrash it out.
September 23, 2006
Enough on my plate
A few years ago DD made me a beautiful gift. She went to a local pottery factory with the rest of her primary school class and painted me a plate… when my DS had ended his time at primary school a couple of months ago he came home with a bag full [...]
September 23, 2006
Jumping Ship on the Piracy Blogwaggon
There’s been a lot of joviality about pirates in cyberspace of late, but this recent story highlight’s with stark reality that they’re not all of the ho-ho-ho variety.
September 22, 2006
Friday Feast
AppetizerMeasured in minutes or hours, how much exercise have you had in the last week?
Very, very little, I’ve been horizontal as I’ve been knocked out with pain killers and antibiotics for the mouth abcess I’ve had. I did get up all through each night to collect ice from the freezer and I cried myself [...]
September 22, 2006
What’s the Power-Point?
I’m feeling too run down physically for work today, so I thought I’d do work from home instead. I tweaked and printed out a double sided brochure I’ve designed on Reconciliation to give to the children in the First Holy Communion Preparation group tomorrow…please pray for them, they’re only 2 weeks off making [...]
September 22, 2006
My Hero
RobK has invited me to write a piece about someone special who I consider my hero. I actually have more than one, but will go where my heart first led me.
The criteria for this meme/piece is that I should try to;
1. Honor a living hero2. Preference given to Firefighters, Police Officers, Paramedics, EMT’s, [...]
September 21, 2006
Meez havin’ some fun!
This was really fun and I found it on Jennifer’s blog. I really wish you could get the full effect of a really overweight version of the pretty little ‘me’ in the box below though! Just for the fun of it and to scare you all silly! If only I did look like this [...]
September 21, 2006
Keeping Kid’s Catholic
Catholic Mom has emailed to ask if my readers and I would like to get involved in a discussion on ‘Keeping Your kid’s Catholic’. Looks like it could be interesting, why not head over there and take a look?
September 21, 2006
Footloose
baby girl wearing her footless tights
A recent post over at Laodicea evoked memories of years gone by, particularly the bit about the latest fashion of footless tights. I know, I know, footless tights are nothing new…but the younger generation like to think that they created everything, don’t they. If only they knew [...]
