roosje: {little rose}

when i was a kid, i had a cute kids Protestant devotional called _today i feel like a warm fuzzy_ (i think that was the title; i still have ...

i got new glass lens today (kept my same frame) and wow. i can see more individual tree leaves; i forget every time what it is like to get n...

A few weeks ago I bought a printer/scanner/copier. Today I installed it! This is very exciting. I have been writing a journal for three ye...

1. i found out that AGAIN the pipe(s) under my sink is (are) leaking. took out all plastic containers with baking and cooking, all cans, bot...

Just found out through my feed to Get Religion that Ruth Bell Graham died; i have her book (something to do with pack rat on the front, i lo...

I wrote a post, and then took it off (some may have noticed as it would of come up in blog feeds). I liked what I wrote, but feel that I ne...

i am doing well -- for the most part quite happy - more than i have been in a while. i've been cooking again and wanting to cook (this h...

New jobs sure are tiring! I get tons of training – a new thing for me – I am still in the nervous stage. You know the ‘is my skirt on strai...

i found out that i have 15 (working) days of vacation! 3 weeks! wow. one of the weeks i will take off is Holy Week, so that leaves 2 more we...

I start my job tomorrow! Would love prayers – Tuesday 8 am I will be handing in my letter of offer and tax information and then it will begi...

I wrote the post I just posted this morning. When I went online I had an email waiting for me regarding my references. An hour later I got...

God, as always, is wise in His timing. We are awaiting Pentecost. One of my good friends told me of a priest’s sermon she heard while on vac...

I can still take the cake but I sure am missing the ice cream. So no news on the job front. I called a friend out West for moral support. ...

i had the honour and extreme privilege of seeing John Samuel be baptised! Later, when i was in my church, i had the images of the baptism co...

Wow. I have just discovered this: http://janotec.typepad.com/terrace/2007/05/why_i_am_not_a_.html And the blog it is from - http://janotec.t...

Gilead by Marilynne Robinson. It is safe to say that this is going to be one of the best new books I have read this year. Elizabeth Goudge,...

I am off to church for morning liturgy. This is the good part of being unemployed! God is good and His mercy endures forever... The Joy of ...

the installation of my internet was finished--20 minutes on phone to install the router here i am at home, with internet. sadly no news of j...

Well. I was supposed to work on getting internet today, but I did not. (am at the public library). My job is done now and I am waiting to h...

i was a volunteer this morning and was asked: 1. are you a student volunteer (no i am a real librarian!) 2. upon writing a list - are you wr...

i made it through another interview! and i think that one was the best one yet. have no idea at the outcome, but was thinking of Psalm 16 an...

i am very encouraged by all the prayers that many have prayed for me RE: job finding. i think the Friday interview went well. i am suppose...

this week has been a battle to stay at peace - job interview friday - another thing today - my job ending in 2 weeks - the unknown. yet to G...

i am dwelling in quietness this evening. preparing slowly for the interview but trying to be really careful to not do too much and get my n...

http://theorthodorkcafe.blogspot.com/2007/04/blame-game.html thank you Fr. John.

i strive to be thankful while being overwhelmed. i struggle to not be afraid and then i read how Christ tells His disciples not to fear and...

i read all these great blog posts today, as a break in between resume and cover letter editing. i did not have time to comment on them, so ...

thanks for the prayers thus far; very appreciated; i called the would-be-new-boss and got some more information (and of course thought of an...

okay. i hung out with Cleo my Cat. i had my ice cream. i read my blogs. commented. now i have to work on my resume! there is a job i would ...

this (i think i read it in CS Lewis' work) has been in my mind this week, hard as it is for me to do: possess my soul in patience. once ...

that I am striving to be and am thankful. thankful that I tried to learn the French word for Kleenex today - mouchoirs (I forget how to pron...

Today I decided to stay home and rest. I have no sick days at my work, so it was not a light decision – as I will lose money and only have ...

The cold hit me last night; used a box of Kleenex already. But I am trying to take it in good humour – too bad my Cat Cleo will not help ou...

Brings me back to the beginning... Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me a sinner, Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me...

found this through one of Mama Monk's blog links ( http://mamamonk.blogspot.com/ ). All I know of the Romanian people and their saints I...

So it is the end of the fiscal year at work next week; my boss walks quickly past my office door and back again (oddly enough I have an offi...

One of my good, treasured literature, art, and word loving friends tamie added me to her blog and I have gone to friends blogs through her b...

My Peculiar Aristocratic Title is: Milady the Right Reverend Elizabeth the Ovine of Yockenthwait Walden Get your Peculiar Aristocrat...

Be sure to check what your Dog or Cat is eating - huge recall underway. I am thankful that my Cat Cleo should be fine, as the dry Iams Cat f...

So I was walking home from the grocery store last night and a woman ran up to me, asking if I could talk to her for a minute. She asked if ...

The quote below is from the P. Lavra in Kiev. It is a good reminder about what our life is really to be about: But building and restoration...

I thought today that I would write either one post or perhaps a series of posts reflecting on God’s love, grace and faithfulness that He has...

I know that the times when one is happy with one’s lot – esp. for me – I tend to be a bit like Eeyore (of Winnie the Pooh world) are momenta...

“It is right and inevitable that we should be much concerned about the salvation of those we love. But we must be careful not to expect or ...

I had this conversation with a colleague the other day. I had noticed her as someone who is very much herself and comfortable with this. S...

i had not heard of this as of yet. so i am letting others know so we can all avoid it. appears to be a new way scam artists are doing frau...

did you ever feel like if u ever do one more serious or intense thing you will explode? well that is me currently; so today i took a differe...

Okay. Why is this book with me so much right now and how is it impacting me? This book, for those who do not know, is a series of letters CS...

letters to an american lady by cs lewis. wow. blessed lent!

no one where i work (in Canada) had heard this phrase. maybe it is American?!? culturally i do not know if i will ever figure life out - i...

One of my friends made a very appropriate comment, when we were talking on the phone. We are both converts to Orthodoxy and she reminded me...

My cat Cleo is looking at my laptop; I am sitting in my kitchen on my old ‘70s gold armchair, listening to French radio while I cook my dinn...

Did you ever have times when all of a sudden you are either restless or in someway at a saturation point? This is how I have felt in the las...

i have been able to change to the new blogger system now. God has been merciful and my contract has been extended until May 10. Now i need ...

I am sitting in quiet in my house, with candles. This computer is warm on my lap; it is cold outside. I was hoping to switch over the new bl...

To love someone is to wish them to live forever; Madeleine L’ Engle quoted someone who said something similar; but more startlingly beautifu...

All those who go before us, leaving us bereft of their presence, if only for a short time.

Another list. I read somewhere, probably in one of my recently read mystery books, that woman love list making… I for one do... 1. I got to ...

Here are the latest lovely things: 1. I turned 30. yesterday (!); had a wonderful day with friends in person and on the phone 2. Today I res...

Here’s the list: 1. My Oma turned 98 Christmas eve, I was there 2. My family really loves me; I was comforted 3. It was three years ago Chri...

nothing more to say than that. Merry Christmas.

The boy who I wrote of, and prayed for, along with many others, died last weekend. He is buried in the cemetery next to the elementary scho...

I wrote the comment below on Stacy’s blog ( http://theloveofgodismadness.blogspot.com/ ) … It is a challenge; sometimes I think that if one ...

That is how I feel I guess. I think of things to write, but not when I have time to write them. I will write about this though… I am praying...

Well. In a lot of ways, not much new to report. I need to start applying again for jobs, my house is slowly (very slowly it feels) gaining o...

Well. Today I found a table at the side of the road! A little one, that goes just right beside my oven in my very cool but still very messy ...

I just read lots of blog feeds – catching up as I have not been online much since August. It has been an intense time for me. London and fin...

Well. All is going amazingly well for me here in Ottawa. It is a dream come true to be back here; on the bus I was thinking how London was ...

It appears that I got the job. It is a 90 day contract... I am so relieved and feel very grateful to God for His timing and provision. Now I...

I am moving to Ottawa. I have an interview this Tuesday at 2 pm (please pray) for a short contract helping to integrate a small library col...

I am working on a cover letter for a position in Ottawa – I had been putting it off – thank God that I realized today that this is the last ...

I got this recipe idea from a cookbook called the book lover’s cookbook: (with a little bit of variation on the bread) fresh sliced Italian,...

I am handing in my last assignment today at 1.30. All of my work for my MLIS degree is now over. In other words, God got me through the la...

i wrote this list for our MLIS Zine... has a few different things than the post i was tagged for... Books I love: The Scent of Water by Eliz...

Okay—I did the book list that Victoria asked me too. Of course I often went beyond writing about just ONE book. :) Thanks for asking me t...

I have gotten a cell phone, while I was in Ottawa, for job searching etc (to have an Ottawa phone number). Today I was in my last consumer h...

I have a paper due tomorrow, have not started it yet—I applied for a job that was last minute in posting and it took most of yesterday. I f...

It was a wonderful weekend of being back in my church; it really is like my home now. I think I am still in a bit of shock that I actually a...

Well. Someday, I say, someday: I will be more grown up than I am right now. I would say Lord Willing [DV] but I believe this is indeed what...

I took a ‘mental health morning’ and rested, talked to my sister, finished re-reading an Amanda Cross novel and went into school this aftern...

Well. I am hoping to go to Ottawa but now I do not know for sure if I can go; I feel in such an unstable place and do not know what to do! I...

I just found out that my favourite poet’s husband (my favourite poet being Jane Kenyon, who has passed away from leukemia in 1995) Donald Ha...

How’s that for a sappy title? :) I am going DV (Lord Willing) in a week’s time for a week! And hopefully 2 WEEKENDS. This means being at my ...

I am sitting on my bed at home, propped up with many pillows, dressed in my nice long khaki-ish skirt and black shirt (I have a presentation...

Saturday night I only slept a few hours; I could not fall asleep again; my friend thought it was stress. Could be! I decided that I was not...

Well. This has been quite the day; the handmaiden that I got this week was all about suffering—including illness leading to death. I was sur...

How do we make decisions on where we live, where we put our money? I read (and need to reread) an article in the handmaiden late last night ...