shopping.

I spent all day Saturday (like 6 hours worth!!!) shopping!

The good part was that I was out and about in the sunshine alone, getting things marked off a rather long awaited todo list.

The bad part is that it was 106 degrees outside according to my car thermometer.

The good part is that it WASN'T tax free weekend!!!

The bad part is everyone and their dog was out anyway, apparently, like me, avoiding tax-free weekend!!

First I filled the gas tank....which is where I saw this sign on the windshield squeegie holder:



I have no idea what it means. don't understand it in the slightest.....but it makes me laugh like crazy!!

My next stop was Michael's

The good part is that I found some of the needed stuff for this years Christmas gifts!

The bad part is here we are half-way through August already! I'm BEHIND getting started!!

But Michael's didn't have the medal I needed to fix hubby's rosary so I headed down to Hobby Lobby for that.

The bad part is Hobby Lobby had only 1 choice of rosary medals.

The good part is now all our rosaries that were in bits and pieces are back in working order yeah!!

I stopped by my favorite quilt store....

The bad part is that I spent a lot getting all the fabric for this year's Christmas ornaments...

The good part is I found a huge remnant of gorgeous white on white with MUSIC NOTES! at 15% off.

My next stop was the Outlet mall.

The bad part is that ice cream makers are seasonal and they're sold out.

The good part is that the Reebok store actually had my size in the easytone shoes.

The bad part is that the stethoscope I wanted was $230.

The good part is I was able to find scrubs that actually fit......TWO SIZES smaller than what I've been wearing for the last two years!

Then it was on to Target for some weekly shopping.

The good part is I got everything on the list.

The bad part is I forgot to put on my new shoes before beginning my solitary Target Trail of Tears.

a quick drive through Saxby's, my favorite coffee shop and I made it home in time to put the hooligans to bed.

It was a great day!

Oh, and I wanna tell you that I am THAT person! You know, the one who goes through the store singing and be-bopping to the in-house music? Yup that'd be me. Thank you.

Thesaurus Thursday 2010 #3

I just LOVE quick and easy and super cute projects! These baby blankets take about 2 hours to make each. They're soft and sweet and the perfect size and weight! Makes me feel so PRODUCTIVE!

This one's for SherryTex's January baby girl.

This one's for Jill's January baby boy.

Now, let's see, last week our words were:

chebec - A small grayish bird (Empidonax minimus) commonly inhabiting fields and groves of eastern North America. Also called least flycatcher.

cheddite –noun Chemistry .
an explosive for blasting, composed of a chlorate or perchlorate mixed with a fatty substance, as castor oil.

NO SMARTY PANTS WINNERS THIS WEEK!

Winners of the Silly Goose Awards are:

Roger with: Chebec - a liberal version of Glen Beck, he's all the rage in the jungle.

and Lori with: cheddite---a religious group similar to Hutterites and Mennonites. They worship cheddar cheese, wear cheese hats, eat cheese curds, and carry a cheese slicer at all time. They milk goats to make and sell cheese.

Congratulations Roger and Lori! Thanks to all of our players for the laughs you gave me this week! Please pick up your award from my sidebar before you leave...


This week's words are

busticate

attar

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Now get out there and exercise your BRAIN and your FUNNY BONE at the same time!!

goals

HEY! time's running out to put up a guess on this week's Thesaurus Thursday!!

Time to check in on my weekly goals. Last week's goals turned out to be quite ambitious!

a) get money order and passport photo and fingerprints ready to send for La license. nope.
b) mark rest of quilt nope.
c) make baby blanket well, turns out I have TWO blankets to make! I got one of them done.
d) mail stuff to Steph ready to go out soon as the other baby blanket is done.
e) complete and post 3 favorite prayers meme that Lisa tagged me for. done.
f) complete and post 5 favorite devotions meme that Sherry tagged me for. done.
g) edit and post the Absolutely Awesome pictures my brand new camera took at the water park last week. done.
h) survive my stress echo tomorrow morning....for some reason running on a treadmill immediately after working for 12 hours is NOT appealing...but rather appalling done, all is as well as ever.
i) enroll my middle child in KINDERGARTEN!!!! done.
j) take the kids to the Dallas Aquarium!! nope. looks like we won't make it before school starts....maybe one weekend here soon. we'll see.


Here's the baby blanket I made. kinda cute huh?

Friday we are finally getting our headlights fixed! yeah!! then I'll be able to get back to the gym!

So, next week's goals are:

z) get to the gym

y) to the post office

x) get stuff for La license

w) mark rest of quilt

v) make other baby blanket

As summer draws to a close

The boys went to day camp last week. Sunshine had a great time in his music class. Every day he brought home an instrument that they made. Who knew you could make so much music with paper plates!!

Here he is at the little recital they put on the last day of camp.




Gator had a good time in his Dr. Seuss class too!!

To celebrate the end of camp we went out to lunch at our favorite local catfish restaurant.

The roses hubby bought me last week have opened up HUGE!!

School starts two weeks from today. And while I'm a bit stunned that I'll have 1 in FIRST GRADE and 1 in KINDERGARTEN. I'm really looking forward to re-establishing some routine around here! These loosey-goosey summer days are too much for me or the kids!

But let's discuss school supplies for a minute. I mean REALLY!! I have to buy TEN boxes of crayons!! TEN! That's 240 crayons for 2 kids!!! School's only in session for 180 days.....So are they going to use a different crayon EVERY DAY of the year???? amazing!

Devotions and Prayers and Memes Oh My!

So, twice in two weeks I've been tagged.

I haven't been tagged in I think a year. And these two memes are unlike any I've seen floating around the internet before.





Lisa tagged me for a 3 favorite prayers meme and then Sherry tagged me for a 5 favorite devotions meme.

Now, the difference between a prayer and a devotion is beyond my understanding.
But I thought I'd show you a couple of prayers I really like and the books that I found them in...


Enlarge all the pics so you can read the prayers!!!

First off is this little prayer book that I got at church when I was in RCIA (conversion classes)





The prayers I like most in this book are this prayer for Peace in the Family



And the Prayer of St Francis.


Next there's the first prayer book written by my Favorite Friar, Fr Philip Powell




Which he was kind enough to sign for us when he was over to dinner a couple weeks ago!

Inside is this beauty which I find very comforting.

Don't we all have the occasional "Dark Night of the Soul"?

You can get a copy of this prayer book here.
And Fr Philip's second prayer book is also available, here.


Then, there's what seems to be every Catholic's favorite standby....

Praying the Rosary.






Because I know most of my readers are Protestant I thought I'd explain a little of what's said when a person prays the Rosary.

First there are 4 basic prayers. Which are shown here from the first prayer book:



There's also another prayer not listed here that is "optional". But my church says it at our group rosaries and I happen to just love it.

"Oh my Jesus, forgive us our sins and save us from the fires of Hell. Lead all souls to Heaven, especially those most in need of Thy mercy. Amen"

kinda says it all, huh?

Each bead, along with the crucifix and medal on a rosary is a reminder of what order to pray the prayers in and where you are. To pray an entire rosary usually takes about 20 minutes....depending on how fast you speak/think/pray.

Each rosary is divided into 5 parts (known as decades). During each decade you focus on one portion of the Gospel. These portions are called "mysteries" and are divided into 4 types of Mysteries, The Joyful, the Luminous, the Sorrowful and the Glorious Mysteries.

You can see the mysteries and their accompanying scriptures here:






It is recommended that you pray a rosary each day and rotate which "type" of Mystery you're focusing on. If you actually follow this schedule, you will go through Jesus' birth, miracles, death, and resurrection every week.


Just a note. You will see in the Hail Mary that it says "pray for us, sinners...." To say a Hail Mary isn't so much a prayer TO Mary, as a way to ask Mary, the woman who bore Jesus our Savior, to pray FOR us. My husband refers to this as the Heavenly Buddy System. Just as I will ask you, my friends, to join me in lifting a prayer request to Jesus; Catholics also ask Mary (and the Saints) to join in lifting their prayer requests. And the words of the Hail Mary are scriptural, Luke 1:28,42,&45.


Then there are the prayers that I pray most often. These are a group of specific prayer requests for our family and each member's needs. And the prayer that I started putting my oldest to sleep with when he was a newborn that now each kid says every night.

"Dear God, please send Angels to watch over my (mommy's) babies and keep them safe tonight. Amen"

But what is probably my favorite devotion is simply basking in God's beautiful handwork.

"Be still, and know that I am God."
Psalm 46:10.


I'm tagging ALL of YOU!!!
If you have read this post, then YOU are tagged and I would love to read about your favorite prayers and devotions!