Photo Meme's

There's been several of these floating around facebook lately. I picked the ones I've seen that best described me.....

I found another one!! But I'm dedicating it to my hubby as it seems to fit him well too!!!

A Book Review

From the publisher Tribute Books:
The Priest and the Peaches (an ebook)
Historical fiction novel set in the Bronx in the mid-1960s

Take a seven day journey with the five, newly orphaned Peach kids, as they begin their struggle to remain a family while planning their dad's funeral.

They find an ally in the local parish priest, Father Tim Sullivan, who tries his best to guide them through the strange, unchartered and turbulent waters of "grown-up world." A story that is sad, funny, and inspiring as it shows how the power of family love and faith can overcome seemingly insurmountable obstacles.


I would suggest this book to Catholic teens and young adults. The story showed a family with a strong bond trying to live through a difficult time and make sense of all the heartache they've endured. There are several places where key aspects of the Catholic Faith and traditions are explained in simple language. The underlying themes that God is always with you, and you should love your neighbor regardless of the circumstances are strongly reinforced in each chapter. While I found the book to be sad, it is also a story of strength and inspiration.


About the Author:



Larry Peterson was born and raised in the Bronx, New York. A former Metal Lather/Reinforcing Iron-worker, he left that business after coming down with MS. He, his wife and three kids moved to Florida 30 years ago. Larry began doing freelance newspaper commentary after graduating from Tampa College in 1984.

His first children's picture book, Slippery Willie's Stupid, Ugly Shoes was published in 2011. In 2012, his full length novel, The Priest and the Peaches was released and he is presently working on the sequel.

He also has a blog where he posts weekly commentary. He lives in Pinellas Park, Florida and his kids and six grandchildren all live within three miles of each other.

To purchase The Priest and the Peaches:

ISBN: 978-0-9837418-4-8
ISBN: 978-1-4658-6327-0
Pages: 285
Release: January 1, 2012

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Welcome to Lent

And here's the Lent curtain!

The back is a solid black, I will turn the curtain around and show just the black from Holy Thursday to Easter Sunday. (aka the Triduum)

I wanted this curtain to be intentionally simple. The only beauty in this curtain is the fabric. In other words it's not to be a source of pride for me, just a nice curtain to remind us to put Christ first during this season of Lent.

As we move into Lent and prepare for Jesus's Crucifixion and Resurrection, I encourage us all to set aside sources of personal pride. Focus on the fact that without the love of God we can do nothing.





Here's what the kids have decided to give up for Lent. Sonshine - his Woody, Gator - all his cars, Sugars - a dog and a firetruck.

what are you giving up as a reminder of what Christ gave for you?

A chicken story....

Scientists at NASA built a gun specifically to launch standard 4 pound dead chickens at the windshields of airliners, military jets and the space shuttle, all traveling at maximum velocity. The idea is to simulate the frequent incidents of collisions with airborne fowl to test the strength of the windshields.

British engineers heard about the gun and were eager to test it on the windshields of their new high speed trains. Arrangements were made, and a gun was sent to the British engineers.

When the gun was fired, the engineers stood shocked as the chicken hurled out of the barrel, crashed into the shatterproof shield, smashed it to smithereens, blasted through the control console, snapped the engineer's back- rest in two, and embedded itself in the back wall of the cabin, like an arrow shot from a bow.

The horrified Brits sent NASA the disastrous results of the experiment, along with the designs of the windshield and begged the U.S. scientists for suggestions.

NASA responded with a one-line memo,

"Defrost the chicken." (True story, or at least, so they say)

Spring is coming!!!

Somedays facebook really cracks me up! Read these ads that were on my sidebar the other day.....taken from top to bottom I do believe they're sending some kind of message.......

Then there's this one:

"Fresh step litter cat sweaters are hot! Create your own digital sweater at the Fresh Step litter page....."does this mean they're making sweaters with pictures of cat poop on them??? Just wondering...and if a sweater was hot, wouldn't you take it off and put on a tshirt?

Just wondering.

Winter is waving the white flag around here! The weather has been very nice, sometimes rainy, briefly cold for 1 or 2 days followed by sun and highs in the 60-70s :-) I can't wait for all the flowers to be in bloom!

Look at the signs of spring in my flowerbed!! at the top are my Hyacinths, the bottom are Easter Lillies!! These guys are always to first to show, often before the last frost, and I greet them warmly each year!!

These two don't really get along.....I've never in 8 years seen them be this close without someone growling!!! Yikes!!

I figured out it was because it had gotten so cold in the living room!! Turned up the heat and sure enough, no more snuggle kitties.

If it said cat hair it'd be exactly right!!

I hope that everyone had a terrific Valentine's Day!


Mine was REALLY sweet......

Make it a great week everybody! And when things get tough, remember what Grandma always said "You can get glad in the same shoes you got mad in."