Friday, September 19, 2008

Quote of the Day

Mama to Dd#1
...so a cult is a psudo-religion where people follow the rules of the cult like a religion, but it's based on complete lies. A cult and a religion are very different, for example...
Dd#2 over hearing us
WOW!! They must LOVE football!

Mama
What??Why??

Dd#2
To name their religion after a football team.
Mama
Not C-O-L-T! It's c-u-l-t. They
don't have anything to do with the Colts.
Dd#2 (wisely)
OHhhhhhhh!


Poor Payton Manning...didn't know what he was joining...

Wednesday, September 17, 2008

Quote of the Day

Mama to Ds#4
Sweetheart, please set the table and put the bread, mustard and bologna on it.

Ds#4, incredulously
WHAT? You bought BOLOGNA?

Mama (not sure what the shock in his voice might be about)
Yes...

Ds#4
OH, THANK YOU, Mama!! I've been wanting and wanting bologna! THANK YOU!
Wow, I'd keep bologna on hand more often if I thought it would always elicit such an enthusiastic response. That's the best reaction I've had on someone in a long time!

Thursday, September 11, 2008

John McCain: Courageous Service

The story is even more interesting and dramatic than this...but this tells much of his POW story. The end was told by him in his acceptance speech -- how he valued the darkness and isolation of solitary confinement because by taking away everything from him, it strengthened what he loved most, his love of country.

John McCain -- interesting facts

Here are many statistics and side articles on things that I had questions about : http://marriage.about.com/od/politics/p/johnmccain.htm

In particular, John McCain's family -- I found this article very interesting : Jennifer Steinhauer, "Bridging 2 marriages, a large, close-knit brood", MSNBC.msn.com, 12/26/2007.

Irreverent Policical Sarah Palin Cartoons

The 'Lions' one is my favorite:























Thursday, September 4, 2008

Does a candidate's position on abortion really matter in local elections?

Dave's quote "Does a candidate's position on abortion really matter in local elections? Yes, it does."

County bill may effectively limit abortion (link to JG article)

Wednesday, September 3, 2008

Saint a Day

Saints : A Year in Faith and Art by Rosa Giorgi is such a nice little book. There's a 2-page spread for each saint for each day of the year. The left page is a brief (a few sentences) description about the saint and the right page is work of art of that saint. It doesn't like to stay open by itself, so we're using a heavy key chain with a saint metal on it to hold the pages open.

I looked into buying a tabletop book stand, but they're more expensive than I can justify right now (hint to my honey). This one is definately on my wish list and this one and I even like this one. Instead, Ds#4 used his Kindergarten Wooden Blocks and using the wedge pieces we "built" one --but each time we change the page, we need to rearrage the blocks.

We have candles on either side of the book for what season or feast day color the liturgy would be. The book sits open all day so the kids can reflect (hopefully pray) to the saint that day.

It's so easy and incorporates a spirit of renewed prayer into each day.