Lent Day 30 ~ a friend for tea, sewing and Cleo

A friend is coming to tea today.

Meanwhile, 

I have been meaning to mention...

enjoyed this podcast with Ginny,

it was interesting also as a peak into the culture of 

Catholic Mothers and the general struggles that

many mothers, esp. of big families, have. 

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My Mom gave me this very cute graduation mug.
It has a crack now on the inside and outside,
so it has been 'retired' but I took these pictures to
remember it and my Mom's kindness in seeing it
and getting it for me.
It was a graduation gift for my
Masters in Library and Information Science,
along with a set of Dutch dessert spoons and forks
that are sweetly called 'Elizabeth'.
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Gretchen Joanna mentioned that the 

Ascetic Homilies of St. Issac are found

more inexpensively here

and free here!

Under a different title:

Mystical Treatises of Issac of Nineveh 

Very Neat!

Now everyone can read this if they so desire! 

thanks again Gretchen Joanna! :)

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Now I must get the kettle on, and God Willing write

the rest of this post later on today.

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[Now that the day is done I can write more]
I have kept my Annunciation Icon up, even though the
Feast is over.
It's from my godmother and is just so comforting,
the Lord's will,
"be it as you say."
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This day ended up being a sunny one.
My friend and I had tea and chocolate
and lunch together.
I made another green smoothie, it's becoming a habit :)
And I learned how quilt so I don't have so many loose threads when I am done.
I got one whole panel done of my godson's quilt!

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I am really seeing how much weight Cleo has lost.
I wonder if she is still losing weight,
I can feel her shoulder bones, her spine, she's really thin now
under all that fur.
She's taken to being in the hall bathroom bathtub for much of the day,
I coax her out with special treats.
She is clearly or has been quite worried/traumatized as I found

a scab, about a centimetre in circumference, under her chin.

She must of scratched it open yesterday :(

I am gaining in concern about her having more blood work on Saturday.

If something conclusive is found tomorrow, I am planning on 

asking if the second blood work with additional tests is needed.

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Mr. Husband and I are really feeling that it is towards the end of Great Lent.

I am hoping to bake chocolate chip cookies tomorrow.

I have been doing Pascha and these cookies for a few years now...

here's when I made them in 2011, but I think I had been baking them for probably

2 years before that.... 

so at least 7 years now! 

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I finally got out to take a good walk today,

after dinner with Mr. Husband.

It was nice to get out.

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Well, that's Lent Day 30!