Getting ready?

I've been thinking about the fact that I've written very little with spiritual substance on my blog lately. Perhaps because it takes so much more time to write something of that nature. It's so much easier to just tell about instances in my day-to-day life than to write out something with some thought. I do want to get back to that....
There has been lots on my mind in that regard and I have been thinking about the state of our world and about issues concerning my children. I've been having lots of bad dreams lately....I find myself wondering if our dear Lord is trying to tell me something in them. I've been lying awake at night thinking and saying little prayers and wondering if things are going to happen; if things are going to change; if God is calling me to get ready and to help those I love get ready.
We live in challenging times.

A blessed Wednesday to you all....

Sounds like a good time to take a nap....

Having a busy weekend....
Last night we went out with Paul and Denise to dinner and a movie.
This morning we went to the funeral for Suzy's dad.
Tonight we are chaperoning the homeschoolers' Christmas Dance.
Tomorrow I have a bridal shower to go to in the afternoon.

I have the largest pile of shirts and pants in my ironing basket that I have ever had....it is overflowing.
I have bills to pay and lesson plans to write for school Monday.
I'm also beginning to plan a bridal shower for Will's sister next month and I have a baby shower to plan also.

I think I'll go take a nap.

A blessed weekend to all.......

A Happy Blessed 2009 to All!!!!!

I'm busy getting ready to have a dinner party for Mark's family and our family friend from England who is visiting us this Christmas season. But I did want to take the time to wish all my dear blogging friends a blessed, holy new year....

A Better Day

I did have a better day today. I had a talk with both of the people who I was upset about yesterday and things have improved. I was upset with two of the people dearest to my heart and I was having a hard time dealing with the anger I felt. At Mass today, I lifted up the anger to God and asked Him to please help me deal with it and in both cases, He did.
I always struggle with my prayer life when I'm angry about something. I tend to think of anger as being something bad but I know I need to get away from that feeling. It's not the anger that's wrong, it losing your temper and/or acting in an inappropriate way with it that's wrong. I need to learn that lesson. Growing up, anger was always thought of as a bad thing at my house and I know it's because my poor mom had to deal with her father's alcoholic temper. I don't blame her, she was just reacting to the trauma of her childhood and never had anybody to help her really deal with all of it.
So I need to get past that mindset and know that just because I'm angry doesn't mean I'm being bad unless I act in a sinful manner because of it (and I must admit that sometimes I do lose my temper in those situations.) In one situation yesterday I did lose my temper and yelled (which I felt really bad about and apologized for) and in the other, I kept praying for the Lord to help me with the anger and He did and hopefully, I didn't handle it too badly.
I guess that's a bit confusing...
But anyway, thank you for the prayers sent my way. I do really appreciate it and I know those prayers helped me.

I'm off to bed. We're having Mark's family over for New Year's Day and I have a lot of work to do tomorrow plus the homeschool moms are having a Mom's Lunch out, which we haven't done in over a year. I'm really looking forward to that.

A blessed peaceful night to all......I can't believe that tomorrow is the last day of the year.....

I had a crummy day.
It started crummy and it ended it crummy and inbetween wasn't too great either.
I want to write about all the crummy stuff but I guess I shouldn't. I'm just going to bed.

God bless...

Christmas Weekend

The last few days have been very busy....
Our Christmas Day went very well. We actually had sunshine for a change...a beautiful day. My parents were healthy and we were able to spend Christmas dinner together at my sister's home.
Friday we spent a bit of time cleaning up our house after the mess and I made a huge batch of barbecue for dinner today. We had Community Mass in the evening and then went to friends' home afterwards for some Christmas cookies and a lot of fun conversation.
Saturday found me up early to morning Mass. I came home to Michael making marvelous omelets...they were wonderful! I told him he can make me an omelet any time his little heart desires. I spent the afternoon with grocery shopping and getting ready for today's dinner. Last night found us at a local pub listening to Will's Irish band.
Today was 11AM Mass and lunch out afterwards. I had invited Will's band to our house for dinner so they arrived around 5. They decided to turn it into a recording session using our piano. So all evening they have been singing and playing Christmas carols. Many beautifully done....
The only problem is that it is now almost midnight and my dear husband has to get up at 5:45 to go to work. I really didn't expect them to go this late and I'm hoping he can sleep. He put in the earplugs he uses when he goes shooting and hopefully he will be able to drift off. If he can't sleep, I guess I'll just have to kick them out...hehe....

I hope all of you have had a blessed Christmas weekend....may you sleep tonight in the comfort of His gift of love..

Merry Christmas!!!!!!

May you know His peace and joy.......