Obama Man

I loved this!!!

School Projects

We've been really busy lately! Along with everything else going on, we've had to fit in time for school projects. The kitchen table has looked more like an arts & crafts studio than a place to eat! V.'s castle and C.'s butterfly were both due today, and I'm really grateful we only have three more weeks left of school. With our luck they'll each have another project to do before its over!

Rebecca

So tell me she didn't say what I think she said.....

Nicean Blues

Since I'm having fun with videos on this blog, I'll add another:

6 Days

Well it's time to update my profile. When I created this blog three years ago I said I was a :

stay-at-home, rosary-making, Girl Scout troop leading, Catholic Mom of one very active little girl.

V. is still active, however she's not in scouts anymore. It was nice while it lasted, but I just couldn't keep doing the leader thing. I had never been a scout myself, so I really didn't know what I was doing. I still make rosaries, you can see them at www.rebeccasrosaries.com and I'm still Catholic. That, at least will never change. I still don't get paid for anything except the rosaries I sell, so I'm still considered a SAHM, although I'm never home anymore.

About 6 months ago I took over the Art and Environment Committee.
Here's a pic of our newest altar cloth:

Right now I'm avoiding thinking about Lent. Just kidding, almost everything is done, I just have to make sure everyone is going to show up to get it changed from Ordinary time. Other things have changed too, but I'll save those for another post.

It's still here!

Wow, I really thought this blog was probably gone due to inactivity. I was amazed when I discovered it was still here. Wow. It took a while to get back onto my "dashboard" because I couldn't remember my user name. With a little persistence, I made it back on! Woo hoo!

More Catholic Humor, or, Yes, I have been gone a long time!

I'll catch up later, but I wanted to post this:

Little David, who was Jewish, was failing math. His parents tried everything: Tutors, mentors, flash cards, special learning centers...and nothing helped.

As a last resort, someone told them to try a Catholic school. "Those nuns are tough," they said.

David was soon enrolled at St. Mary's. After school on the very first day, David ran through the door and straight to his room, without even kissing his mother hello. He started studying furiously...books and papers spread out over his room. Right after dinner, he ran upstairs, without mentioning TV, and hit the books harder than ever before. His parents were amazed!

This behavior continued for weeks....until report card day arrived. David quietly laid the envelope on the table, and went to his room.

With great trepidation, his mother opened the report. David had gotten an A in math! She ran up to his room; threw her arms around him;and asked, "David honey, how did this happen? Was it the nuns?"

"No!",said David. "On the first day of school, when I saw that guy nailed to the plus sign, I knew they weren't fooling around."

What up?

Well, not much on this blog, but plenty here at home. Since my last post, we've moved to a new house (new to us), ripped out the yard (complete with two bronze fountains, and a free-standing four-car garage), and now we're in the middle of re-construction on the inside of the house. I've been busy. I'm feeling a little overwhelmed right now, but I still think of things to vent about on the blog. So, no, I haven't abandoned it, I'm just putting a lot of things on the back burner right now. Here's a pic of the front of the house before:

Here's what it looks like now:

Just wait 'till I show you the work on the back yard!!!

Dual Parenting Action or Mariage part III

Great article on CatholicCulture.org:

There are a lot of social reasons why well-constructed families are important to our society. Research shows that poverty rates and criminal behavior among children in families with unmarried parents are likely to grow astronomically. However, in the United States federal and state governments are so fixated on treating the symptoms of this disease through problematic welfare and social service systems that it is left to a vanguard of Christian organizations to carry the banner for traditional marriage.

Catholic humor

I love good Catholic jokes....

The Franciscans, Dominicans, and Jesuits were having a big meeting that went well into the middle of the night. Suddenly all the lights went out in the meeting room. The Franciscans immediately took out their guitars and sang songs, and the Dominicans lept upon the tables and began preaching. The Jesuits went to the basement, found the fuse box and reset the breaker.

If you know anymore, post them below.