~~Mosaic Monday/Macro Monday~~

Teamwork always works!  lt's really coming together!!!  The counter top arrives and will be installed on Wednesday!  I cannot tell you how excited I am!

And then today in the gray and gloom I saw a hint of Spring and just a bit of color! 

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Thanks be to God!!

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

Takin' A Break

Will be back Sunday!  Will be preparing for the presentation I'm to give on Sunday for RCIA.  Your prayers will be oh so appreciated!  May God bless you all abundantly in the meantime!

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Thanks be to God!

~~Mosaic Monday~Macro Monday~~

Retreats are always a rejuvenating experience at the Archabbey. It's what I have been doing now for five years. It seems, for me, an appropriate way to enter Spring after a long winter. This year though the weather was entirely different than in past years. This year the weather was mild and it really did seem as if spring was knocking at the door. In years past there was snow on the ground and you still had to bundle up to walk to the Abbey Church for prayer. No so this year.

Saint Meinrad

February 20, 2010

What a difference a year makes...Though my picture is not so much "macro" as it is and illustration in what I was saying about the difference from year to year, I hope I will be forgiven.

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Thanks be to God!

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

~Tea Talk~

No matter how long the winter, spring is sure to follow. 

~Proverb

I'm having...Island Mango Peach White Tea from Lipton.  It's very flavorful.



My teacup...is one I got at Cracker Barrel a few weeks ago. Had breakfast with a friend and we got mugs to savor our tea at home and remind us that friendship is a real treasure.

I'm feeling...So very grateful.  The cabinets are in and the counter top will be measured and in another week or two it will be in place.  The kitchen is coming together and my how wonderful it is.  I am grateful to all who helped with this process from beginning to the middle here...not quite the end.  But the kids and Ron and the contractors from Lowe's have been just grand.

On my mind...is the weekend retreat at St. Meinrad Archabbey.  It's that time of year again when women from the church gather there for two days of prayer, instruction and community.  It's how I get ready for spring.  

Sam's personal inspection of the new cabinets. 

  Wishing all a wonderful Thursday!!

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Now won't you join me and visit Ruth at Celebrate Friendship is hosting Tea Talk at her house?  Share a cup of tea or a cool refreshing drink with us.

~~Mosaic Monday~~

And the heart that is soonest awake to the 

flowers is always the first to be touch'd by the thorns.

Saint Thomas More

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Wishing all a very Happy Valentine's Day

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Thanks be to God!

Now please visit Mary at The Little Red House and share in the beauty offered there.   And thought I have nothing to offer this week for Macro Monday pleas visit Lisa at  Macro Monday  for there is a lot to enjoy and admire there.  The pictures are grand.