A Special Day.. for more than one reason!
It is an extra special day at our home since it is also the Anniversary of our wedding, 8 years (and 5 kids) ago today!
I was just surprised with a beautiful arrangement of flowers that my husband had delivered… Don’t you just love it when you have fresh flowers to decorate your kitchen table!
The first book we read is a favorite around here. It was illustrated by a guy that was also at Christendom College during the year I spent there, Ben Hatke, and is titled Angel in the Waters. You can actually read the book online (if you don’t own it) here.
We also read the selection for today from Catholic Mosaic, My Guardian Dear. It is a story about our Guardian Angels and tells of God’s love in giving each of us an angel of our very own to guard and care for us.
After our story & discussion time, the kids sat down to do some coloring (a picture of angels attending Mass) and copy work (The Guardian Angel Prayer–of course).
Meanwhile I headed to the kitchen and baked a couple Angel Food Cake’s, one for our tea time and the other for my husband & I after we get home from dinner. My mom graciously offered to watch our kids so we could go out for dinner, a rare treat indeed.
-St. Augustine
Don’t you just love the fall?!?
Number Fun
Some Good News…
I am SO excited!!! The libraries will be open in November! Yay!!! Check out the article here.
Novena to Saint Therese of the Child Jesus
O Little Flower of Jesus,
Saint Therese,
What happens while I’m busy baking…
Catholic Mosaic, Crafts, Coffee, Cocoa and Cupcakes!
Today we finally had a chance to read Peter Claver, Patron Saint of Slaves for our Catholic Mosaic study. St. Peter Claver’s feast day was actually on September 9th. But better late than never, right?!
We all got comfortable on the couch and read the story. I just love the reading selections that Cay has used in her book. I would have never found some of these books on my own.
The kids helped me make chocolate cupcakes for our tea (which will actually be hot cocoa) this beautiful fall afternoon.
The cupckaes are not quite diet friendly, so I will satisfy my cravings with a cup of this:
(Thanks Regina for the recommendation–it’s absolutely DELICIOUS and only has 30 calories!)
The kids moved into the school room and colored their pictures of St. Peter Claver and did a bit of copy work from the book.
– St. Peter Claver
A Goal for the New Year
Well… today I am beginning yet ANOTHER diet, in an attempt to shed the byproducts of the last THREE pregnancies! I finally decided to go back to Herbalife. I was on it 5 years ago and was able to lose over 30 pounds in approximately 6 months. If I could do that again, by New Year’s Eve preferably, I would be SO happy!
It’s not all that bad either.. Today I had a Mocha Chocolate Protein Shake for breakfast and a Pina Colada Protein Shake for lunch. I am eating my Yummy snack of a Chocolate Peanut Protein Bar now and later will have a “healthy dinner” of Chicken, Salad and Steamed Veggies and Red Potatoes.
I can handle any diet that allows Chocolate and Coffee ~ no wonder it worked last time 🙂
Please tune in to EWTN on Sep 14th!
I just received this information from my brother-in-law who is a Deacon with the FSSP.
The Priestly Fraternity of St. Peter is going to be front and center on EWTN celebrating a Solemn High Mass at the Shrine Altar of Our Lady of the Angels Monastery on September 14th to kick off the implementation day of the Holy Father’s recent Motu Proprio Summorum Pontificum granting permission to all priests to say the Traditional Latin Mass.
SOLEMN HIGH MASS
EXTRAORDINARY FORM OF THE ROMAN RITE (90:00) LIVE
Celebration of the Traditional Latin Mass from the Shrine of the Most Blessed Sacrament in Hanceville, Alabama.
Sept. 14 8:00 AM – Live
Sept. 14 6:00 PM Encore
Sept. 15 12:00 AM Encore
Make sure to tune in and please spread the word!
More Details can be found here: http://www.unavoce.org/news/2007/TLM_on_EWTN.pdf
and here: http://www.ewtn.com/tv/index2.htm
It would also help tremendously if EWTN were given positive feedback on the broadcast. Although many at EWTN, including the nuns of the Shrine, are delighted that we are saying the mass there, there are some on the production side of the business that are not so enthusiastic and are consenting to this somewhat reluctantly. So the more positive feedback EWTN receives on the Latin Mass the more they’ll be inclined to do more Latin Mass broadcasts in the future.
EWTN’s contact information:
emal: [email protected]
smail mail:
EWTN
5817 Old Leeds Rd.
Irondale, Al. 35210-2164
(205) 271-2900
We’re Debt Free!!
In the spring of 2006, while absolutely drowning in debt and in desperate need of getting our finances under control, I read The Total Money Makeover by Dave Ramsey, which I HIGHLY recommend.
On behalf of our family, I am proud to say that as of today WE ARE DEBT FREE*! (*minus our house)
We are now working on Baby Step 3, which is saving up 3 to 6 months of take home pay for a fully funded emergency fund.
I’d like to thank God for his blessings on our family and for helping me control my shopping habits… mostly by staying away from one particular store! (Any guesses which one?!?)
If you’d like more information on Dave, and his AWESOME program, check out his website.
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