Catching My Breath

Thursday: Feast of Ascension, lunch, grocery shopping, 

getting home late, eating left overs...

Friday: a blur (I talked to C., cleaned and remember

being exhausted) and prepared for Saturday (stew making

and biscuit baking)

Saturday: taking, with friend G, a lovely 15 year old to her 

first (and my first) Broadway show, A Bronx Tale, then cabbed to local church

for vespers and then dinner at home! 

Chicken stew with biscuits!

The only thing I want to do differently next time is simply NOT use

a whole chicken but instead use boneless chicken,

will be much faster and easier to serve, etc.

It was a lovely dinner with the 15 year old telling G and I many things

and we both really enjoyed her very much! 

Sunday: Liturgy, saying goodbye to a wonderful Romanian priest 

and his 15 year old daughter and then a very nice, cute and well planned baby shower

 for a local church friend and then dinner, 

an important talk with Husband and

watching a Walton's episode. 

Monday (today): Cleaning, laundry, dishes, preparing leftovers for dinner, etc.

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Wednesday night we were rather broadsided with some further

stressful unbloggable news that coloured a lot of the days I just listed.

All I can say is that we feel less "stuck" than before and that part is good

but we are in an intense time and are grateful that so many we know and love

are praying for us. 

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I am in a really busy patch of life right now but I 

have a lot to be thankful for and am reminded and have been pondering

how thankfulness makes the heart light 

even when in difficult circumstances.

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Soon it will be Pentecost and then fast-free week

before the (long!) Apostles' fast...

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I am preparing two tea events DV in the next 5 weeks and

am dreaming of doing a Slava for our 6th wedding anniversary in September,

Lord Willing (DV = Lord willing).

I've been tinkering with a menu for this for a while...

I am really seeing how much of what I love to do in terms of creativity is

in cooking, baking, table settings and hospitality. 

It's hard to imagine that I will be DV married 6 years in September

and that I have already known my beloved Husband for 7 years! 

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I do hope to sew again soon, but tomorrow, I hope, DV, is a quiet rest day

and I hope to catch up on some paperwork that has been put aside

due to lots of other things (flights, events, AC-Pantry saga, etc).

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Meanwhile, I am thankful for social media and also smart phones and the

ability to text people near and far.

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I know that EACH of us are in such battles in life and that

we can be really weary 

(I have been so tired that have been practically woozy at times 

recently but am planning on 2 days of more at home-rest 

so that I can get past that, I hope!)

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Meanwhile, the Ascension greeting I learned in Ottawa is:

Christ is Ascended! Ascended in Glory!