About today...

I am having a lot of fun with my new writing work.

I created a FB page for my work as a writer, feel free to have a look.

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I wanted to note that my post on Conciliar Post was their 695th post

since 2014.  They have been doing a lot of great work in

dialoguing for 2 years and I am quite happy to be 

involved now.

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This weekend is going to be full.

We have work being done on our condo;

Feast of Dormition on Sunday.

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Read and appreciated this post by Fr. Lawrence. 

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Thinking about topics of love and boundaries; 

a friend reminded me of this podcast:

The Trench.

Here's the one about boundaries.

I found it to be a great summarization on the topic.

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I feel like I am straggling towards a finish line - 

summer is almost at an end, and then new things begin.

We are trying some new things with our Sunday School

because of changes both in our team and in the numbers of kids 

coming (we've doubled in size).

If you would, please say a prayer for us!

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I am still loving the Donald Sheehan book;

am also quite intrigued by this book:

Present Over Perfect.

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My Aunt's surgery went well, 

Thank God.

She will be recovering for a while.

Thank you for your prayers.

Lent Day 22 ~ final celebration of Mr Husband's birthday

We like to spread out birthday celebrations to last days 

here at our house....

today I finally was able to bake Mr. Husband's cake

and gave him his present...

an handmade one, the lovely Cross-Stitched Narnian quotation! 

Made by my love friend Nicole who has an Etsy account,

with the pattern for this lovely price here,

of which she can also custom make if you want! :) 

I was so excited to give this to Mr Husband,

as we love Narnia and he used a Narnian quotation for

his marriage proposal to me....very special!!! 

The cake I made was a cross between the normal birthday cake

I made for him and the St. Nicholas Cakes.

I was still tired today and it was easier to do the St. Nicolas Cake 

and the raspberry chocolate frosting...

Mr. Husband liked it! as did I!!!

The card with the 'book of romance' is a card I have had for years,

since 2005, when I went to the Osborne Museum of Children's Lit...

the book was edited by Andrew Lang...

I had, of course, not known Mr Husband back then but it was the 

perfect card for him! :)

For our dinner, we went again to our favourite diner,

in part because we are still recovering from being so ill with the flu

and we like it there too. 

I got a veggie burger and fries!

I am enjoying the book by Donald Sheehan and have found myself

lead right to the homilies of St. Issac the Syrian, who both

Scott Cairns and now Donald Sheehan seem to love.

so I went and found our copy...

I've just been reading the first homily but am surprised at how

lucid it is...though I should not of, still, it did, the clarity is just beautiful. 

I re-read some of Jane's poems from her last complication, Otherwise

and have been enjoying her finely crafted words...

It's funny what we tell and do not tell others, 

without even realizing it...

Somehow Mr Husband did not know that I took 

3 semesters of creative writing in my undergraduate years...,

yes, I too wanted to write. 

I have not forgotten this, but do not yet have the time or ability to 

prioritize this but I have not forgotten.

We also talked about making of bread and I may be trying to bake

bread again, but not quiet yet...

Well, that is Lent day 22, I am thankful...Mr. Husband was able to go 

back to the office, I got some things done around the house

and we had a nice end of his birthday celebration of 4 days :)