A “Kairos” Parent Prayer Service

This evening, the hubs and I attended the “Kairos” Parent Prayer Service at the basilica where JP & AC attends school. This special prayer service was for the parents to reflect on their son or daughter who is away on a 3-day spiritual retreat . . . . . . JP left Monday morning [...]

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Litany from Parent to Child . . .

I gave you life, but I cannot live it for you.
I can teach you things, but I cannot make you learn.
I can give you direction, but I cannot be there to lead you.
I can offer you advice, but I cannot take it for you.
I can give you love, but I cannot force it upon you.
I [...]

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Short notices for activities . . .

First of all, I didn’t find out from AC until late Friday night that she had her varsity softball practice on Saturday morning and secondly, she didn’t tell me about the arts festival that she had school choir performance at one of the private high schools. I/we don’t mind taking AC to her activities [...]

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To blog or not to blog . . .

Well, first of all, I haven’t been “blogging” as much because I’ve been busy on my Flickr site.  I didn’t realize I could spend hours (kid you not) on my Flickr site . . . uploading photos, editing them, making fun projects out using Dumpr, visiting other Flickrites’ sites, commenting on them and back again.  [...]

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“Getting to Know Me” Meme

This was first sent to me via email from other friends but I got “tagged” by Sardonicnell so this one is for him . . .. BTW, I’m now only posting this but I answered these questions this morning.
1. What is your occupation? Interior Designer turned Administrative Analyst
2. What color [...]

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Today was the day that Toby got neutered . . .

I sort of dreaded this day because I didn’t want to have Toby go through the pain of being neutered. We knew it had to be done after weighing in all the pros and cons of being neutered vs. not being neutered. There were more “pros” so of course we had to go [...]

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First the hubs, then me, then . . .

AC! Yup! AC is under the weather. When we picked AC up from her school dance she attended Friday night, she was complaining about her throat and that she didn’t enjoy the dance partly because she started feeling bleh. Her BFF, Leah was apparently sick already (but I think she told her mom she [...]

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Meet Stella . . .

This morning we met with the owners of the dog, Stella, who had bit JP on Valentine’s Day in front of Peet’s Coffee. We had talked yesterday as to where we would meet. It was funny because the owner said that he would be the one with the dog in front of Peet’s [...]

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Take a bite out of Valentine’s Day . . .

Well, that’s exactly what this dog (a Rottweiler Mix) did to JP yesterday while he was on his way to work at the truffle shop.  Of all the days the truffle shop needed JP the most, he was not able to work.  You see, as he was walking towards the truffle shop, a dog who [...]

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AC and I . . . we “be” famous

Thanks to Thess and Sardonicnell for this “meme” . . . I couldn’t find any current photos on my lap top and I was too lazy to go downstairs to get my USB sticks so this is the only one I could come up with . . . see, AC and I “BE” famous and [...]

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