Friday, December 30, 2011

Haiku My Heart

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Happy New Year to all and may 
God's blessing be abundant!!!

~~~^j^~~~
Give thanks!
Yes!
Thanks be to God!!!

Cathy


Please visit recuerda mi corazon for Haiku My Heart.





Thursday, December 29, 2011

Tea Talk with Joy



Strange how a teapot can represent at the same time the
 comforts of solitude and the pleasures of company.
~~Author Unknown~~

I'm having...Good Earth Decaffeinated tea

My teacup...is a Hallmark Norman Rockwell mug!   Will use my Christmas mugs until I must put them away.

I'm feeling... excited!!  Will be traveling to St. Louis tomorrow to celebrate a New Years Eve birthday!!!  It's always fun!

On my mind...will be baking the birthday cake,  packing and then will be on the road after work tomorrow!!!! 

Please join Ruth at Tea Talk today.

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Today I also join Meri for Share the Joy Thursday.   For I believe we need to find it in my life every day no matter the realities in which we live.  God is Good in so many ways even in times of trial.




Mankind is great, an immense family.
This is proved by what we feel in our hearts
at Christmas. ~~Pope John XXIII

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This day has the potential of being just as grand as the

music of the angels,   I must be open to it!


~~~^j^~~
Thanks be to God!!!
Cathy

Thursday, December 22, 2011

Tea Talk with Joy



Strange how a teapot can represent at the same time the
 comforts of solitude and the pleasures of company.
~~Author Unknown~~

I'm having...Good Earth Decaffeinated tea

My teacup...is a Hallmark Norman Rockwell mug!  I've had it for a number of years, an old friend.


I'm feeling... excited!!  The kids arrive today  Wonderful few days

On my mind...making sure I have all the ingredients for the clam chowder.  Will start making it soon!

Please join Ruth at Tea Talk today.

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Today I also join Meri for Share the Joy Thursday.   For I believe we need to find it in my life every day no matter the realities in which we live.  God is Good in so many ways even in times of trial.




This day has the potential of being just as grand as the sunrise.
 I must be open to it!

~~~^j^~~
Thanks be to God!!!
Cathy


Wednesday, December 21, 2011

Relax and Play Wednesday

Wednesday before Christmas.  Time to take a break and relax.  Take a few moments to be distracted from the pressures.  Get a hot cup of coffee/tea and for just a few minutes play here.  It'll do you a world of good.  And what you have left to come here is no doubt still be waiting for  your return.


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It's time to relax
Oh my deer, you're beautiful
Such lovely brown eyes!

Wishing all a wonderful day!
~~~^j^~~~
Thanks be to God!  

Cathy

Sunday, December 18, 2011

Mosaic Monday



When we give each other our Christmas presents in his name, let us remember that he has given us the sun and the moon and the stars, the earth with its forests and mountains and oceans and all that lives and moves upon them...And to save us from our own foolishness and from all our sins, he came down to earth and gave himself.  Venite adoremus Dominum.  ~~Sigrid Undset~~  

Wishing everyone a very Blessed Christmas.  I will have a busy week with family coming and going.  I'm not sure how much time I will be able to visit here!!!  Will make every effort to visit you at "HOME."  
~~~^j^~~~
Thanks be to God!!!

Cathy

Now please visit Mary at The Little Red House and share in the beauty offered there.   Please visit Lisa at  Macro Monday  for she also has much to offer.  The pictures are grand.

Friday, December 16, 2011

Haiku My Heart

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The anticipation does not diminish with age.  The Glory of this season is infectious and of all the "germs" with which one should be infected I think the gloria-in-excelius strain should be passed on to everyone.  I'm just saying, "Imagine an epidemic of peace, love, joy, and goodwill to ALL!!!!!"

~~~^j^~~~
Thanks be to God!!!

Cathy




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Wednesday, December 14, 2011

I Made It!

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I reached another milestone!!!  Today I'm 65!
Joy in the gift of birth and the years past and
those to come!

~~~^j^~~~
Thanks be to God!!

Cathy






Please join Ruth at Tea Talk today.

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Today I also join Meri for Share the Joy Thursday.   For I believe we need to find it in my life every day no matter the realities in which we live.  God is Good in so many ways even in times of trial.

Sunday, December 11, 2011

Santas and Such Mosaic Monday

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Our hearts grow tender with childhood memories and love of kindred, and we are better throughout the year for having, in spirit, become a child again at Christmas-time.  ~~Laura Ingalls Wilder


~~~^j^~~~
Thanks be to God
Cathy


Now please visit Mary at The Little Red House and share in the beauty offered there.   Please visit Lisa at  Macro Monday  for she also has much to offer.  The pictures are grand.

Friday, December 09, 2011

Candy Canes And Such Haiku




Candy cane cookies
Tasty morsels of delight
Just melt in your mouth

~~~*~~~***~~~*~~~


Grotto at Saint Meinrad Archabbey
February, 2011
The Virgin most pure
Mother of all the faithful
Intercede for us.
Amen

~~~^j^~~~

Thanks be to God
Cathy


~~Today's diversion~~

Click to Mix and Solve

Now visit  Rebecca at recuerda mi corazon for Haiku My Heart.






Tuesday, December 06, 2011

Very Funny Joke





Because it's the season when we can use all the help we can get when preparing for the celebration I thought I'd share this bit of humor a friend sent me today.  I know for I could use his services...



A woman was sitting at a bar enjoying an after work cocktail with her  girlfriends when Steven, a tall, exceptionally handsome, extremely sexy,  middle-aged man entered. He was so striking that the woman could not take  her eyes off him .

This seasoned yet playful heartthrob noticed her overly attentive stare and  walked directly toward her. (As any man would.) Before she could offer her  apologies for staring so rudely, he leaned over and whispered to her,  "I'll  do anything, absolutely anything, that you want me to do, no matter  how  kinky, for $20.00 ... on one condition ..."

Flabbergasted but intrigued, the woman asked what the condition was.  The  man replied, "You have to tell me what you want me to do in just  three  words. "

The woman considered his proposition for a  moment, and then slowly removed  $20 bill from her purse, which she pressed into the man's hand along with  her address. She looked deeply  and passionately into his eyes, barely  concealing her anticipation  and excitement, and slowly and meaningfully  said....



"Clean my house."

Wishing all a wonderful day!!!

~~~^j^~~~
Thanks be to God!

Cathy 



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Sunday, December 04, 2011

Mosaic Monday~Macro Monday




I would maintain that thanks are the highest forms of thought; and that gratitude is happiness doubled by wonder. ~G. K. Chesterton



Though it is hard to make him out there is indeed a little critter on my marigold!!! He's a nice contrast.

I have had one of the grandest two weekends ever!!!  Last weekend we spent time in NC with the Keller Clan there and enjoyed a beautiful Thanksgiving Holiday.  This weekend we were with the Keller Clan of GA.  Yesterday was Xavier's Baptism and the glory of God shown all round!  

~~~^j^~~~
Thanks be to God!

Cathy

Now please visit Mary at The Little Red House and share in the beauty offered there.   Please visit Lisa at  Macro Monday  for she also has much to offer.  The pictures are grand.