03/28/2009
Hi everyone!
This month has been full of thoughts and activities and I am sorry that I have not shared them all with you in real time.
The most key thing I want to share is that this is my last entry at the mouse says. I have begun a new blog at cathblogs.livejournal.com. the mouse says has served me very well but I am ready to start a blog about what is on my mind and in my heart and that is separate from Rich's past deployment. Please come visit me there. Some folks found out about it this past week and have commented that it is easier for them to follow me with their RSS feeds. If that applies to you, I hope you enjoy it as well. I plan to spend equal time there talking about church, family, homeschooling, photography, ponderings, cooking, scrapbooking, the everyday and of course, Our Lady of Guadalupe. In this blog, I tried to maintain a whine0free zone. Not whining was key to me when Rich was deployed and afterward, I maintained that tone as much as I could. Cath Blogs makes no such promises. I may complain, I may moan, I may sing opera over there. Reader, beware!
I am taking my update of my past month over to Cath Blogs. I hope you will come join me there. Please comment when you visit the first time so that I will know who is still with me.
Love,
Cath
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03/04/2009
I have figured out what I should give up for Lent NEXT YEAR. This year I gave up my hair (donating 10 inches to charity again) and candybars. Not very deep, I suppose but I do think about God every time I am at the checkout counter which seems to be more often these days than some. And I had been stuffing too much candy so it's all good.
But next year, I am going to give up the terrible habit I have of trying to get other people to circumvent their own Lenten disciplines.
For instance, one of my friends has given up buying books for Lent. And I stood at a dinner party this past weekend, coming up with ways to get her books to read during Lent. Can she go to the library? Yes. Will she buy used books? No. What if *I* buy a new book and loan it to her, will she read it? SEE! That was never the point of her discipline.
And then there is another friend who has given up ice cream for Lent. Same dinner party, I suggest that he take up eating candy bars and I will eat ice cream for Lent because I fear the world markets for both may crash if we abandon them for 40 whole days.
And there are always the friends who give up alcohol for Lent who I remind weekend after weekend that Sundays are always Feast days and would they like to come over for a margarita.
Some people are party poopers, I'm a discipline pooper.
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03/02/2009
Deirdre is learning about the endocrine system in biology this week. Specifically, at this moment, she is reading about the relationship between the hypothalamus and the pituitary gland. And she says to me that, "Hormones seem to be very lazy. In one of their functions, Mom, it's like me calling Rebecca to ask her to call you to tell you to wake up Rhiannon."
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02/24/2009
I know this because otherwise, he's just offensive. He may be both.
Today I went to see what I had listed in my profile on this blog and saw his instructions for what to enter in the profile. This is what they say:
"Your Profile tells the world a little bit about you and your vessel."
Now if I accept that he loves his sailing blogs most, it's not so bad. Otherwise, he has no right to be talking about or thinking about my vessel at all. Right? I thought so.
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02/23/2009
I said, "Aine please go outside and exercise Mariah in the backyard. It will count as P.E."
Aine: "What??!"
Me: "P.E.... it means physical education, it's what kids do in school when they get to go outside and exercise."
Aine: "EWWWWWwwww!"
Me: "WHAT??!"
Aine: "That's disgusting: P.E. spells pee, Mom."
We lerns them good at home.
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02/18/2009
2 hours at Orthodontist, an hour at chiropractor, 2 hours at DMV, 2 hours at gymnastics... If you need more of an explanation of why I am not uploading pictures to share today... too bad.
Instead, I share this quote:
He who will live for others shall have great troubles, but they shall seem to him small.
He who will live for himself shall have small troubles, but they shall seem to him great.
William R. Inge
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02/14/2009
I have not uploaded pictures this week. I was derailed with activities and making a few gifts in time for Valentine's Day. But I am right on target with at least a photo a day. Tomorrow evening I expect I will catch up on sharing.
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02/13/2009
A: Ok, I know a bad combination.
Me: What?
A: Russian tea with okra pickle juice.
Me gagging
A: It's more disgusting than it sounds!
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02/10/2009
It was a nice idea. All I wanted was a simple nice picture of all three girls. We have a few older cheek-to-cheek-pictures, they know the drill, this should go fast.
Instead, this is what I got.
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02/08/2009
Dog days of... winter?
Perfect border crouch. Which is remarkable that I caught it because when she moves, she is rocket fast.
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