Verse of the Day...

For the month of October my running thread is going to be Verse of the Day where I will share a verse from Scripture and possibly reflect on it or something of the sort.  I would like to also put in another running thread, but I have yet to figure out what it will be.

Blessed Michaelmas!

A Mormon Doctor's View of Humanae Vitae

I found this article about a Mormon Dr.'s view on Humanae Vitae .  It is definitely worth reading.

Latin Mass...

Ishmael and I have been attending Latin Mass most weekends.  At first we both had an incredibly difficult time following everything.  Today I felt like for the first time I really understood what was going on enough so that I wasn't panicked when I lost my place in the missal.  

On a related note, it is so nice to be at Mass with other women who wear chapel veils and dresses/skirts.  I am beginning to appreciate modesty at Mass more than ever.  Modesty is pretty much the norm at the church we have been attending.  It makes it really shocking to return to Novus Ordo Mass where women and girls are dressed in short shorts and spaghetti strap tanks or  hooded sweatshirts and ratty jeans now that fall weather has hit.

Pork extravaganza...

So my brother brought out a pork loin to be defrosted and cooked a couple days ago.  As is often the case we got side tracked so had to make a last ditch effort to cook it tonight so we didn't lose six pounds of pork.  My mom and I diligently worked to rescue the pork from it's impending doom.  The results?  3 separate pork loin dishes.  Tonight's dinner of roasted pork with roasted apples and sweet potatoes shaken up with apple cider, cinnamon, and ginger (yum!).  A basic mustard rubbed pork loin to be delivered to Nana.  Still cooking, there is the pork with green peppers, onions, pineapple chunks, and dried cranberries.  I wonder if I will still care for pork at the end of this week.

Bad ideas...

--having caffeine after 6PM when you have to be up early for a doctor's appointment

--scheduling an early morning doctor's appointment

--not wearing socks on a fall evening when you don't have the heat on in your house 

And it begins...

The school year starts for me on Monday.  Such is the life of a substitute teacher.  You get a few extra few weeks before your school year starts (generally speaking).  I have 4th graders all day Monday.  Hopefully the teacher leaves a sub folder.  I'll probably bring a bag of tricks with me just in case.  There is nothing quite like having a classroom full of children with nothing to do.

Old-fashioned tools...

I haven't really been writing on this very much lately, but I have actually been writing up a storm otherwise.  I have been a sucker for good old fashioned pen and paper lately.  Maybe some day I will get up the nerve to type some of my more interesting writings up.  I  think sometimes sharing what I think or how I feel is difficult for me in the blogosphere, but it is a totally different story when I am armed with my trustworthy  all-purpose notebook and a LePen in any of a variety of colors--currently I favor grey.  

My boots...

I have a new pair of boots.  They make me taller, if only temporarily.  They also make me feel invincible--odd, I know.  Maybe it is the grown-upness of it all.  The only other boots I have owned are Little House on the Prairie style boots in 4th grade and rain/snow boots.  Although I appreciate my yellow rain boots, there is something different about these new boots....

....I suppose the invincibility factor faded a bit when I tripped on the stairs...

....twice.

"Mary in a half shell"

In the free section on craigslist today someone listed a statue of Our Lady however the ad had one major mistake. The advertisement reads:

If you are into collecting concrete lawn statues, or you just plain, love Mary Magdalene, then PLEASE, come get this thing out of our yard!

I have a feeling these people aren't very well versed in scripture.  I think I may write to them.

Quick note...

Does anyone else who lives in an intensely democrat state feel as though their republican vote doesn't count?  I get that awful sense here in Massachusetts.

Labor Day Road Trip

Ish and I went to Delaware for Labor Day weekend.  It was a whirlwind event.  We got to see all sorts of wonderful people in a very short span of time.  I didn't realize how much I missed the folks at the Oratory and the New School crowd.  Thankfully we had plenty of time for visits with both.  We got a chance to hang out with Ish's family on various occasions, including a gathering for pizza and playing with the Wii.  We also got the chance to hang out with Reet and the kids.  Owen can now say my name; I am no longer a banana.  I was able to get some really good pictures of the kids.  Here is my favorite:

...And to top things off, we got to visit Livia on the way back to Massachusetts!  :-)

I am getting really bad at blogging.  I never claimed to be good at it, but I can definitely proclaim that I am rather horrible at it lately.