~~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.

~~Weekend Wrap-up~~

This last week has been a week of ups and downs.  So it's time to share...

The best thing that happened to me this week was the facial I had...Oh, my how rejuvenating!  Made me feel renewed!  And then gathering with my Ultreya   group for sharing and prayer...rejuvenated again!

The worst thing that happened to me this week was, though I'd don't think I'd say the word I would use is the "worst," when grandson, Jonathan, was hospitalized, sent home stable, and then readmitted yesterday.  Today he will undergo an appendectomy.  It's hard for us because we cannot be there.  I do have the power of prayer on my side, though.

The funniest thing I saw/heard/did this week was when I asked a patient the name of her GYN she told me he was new to her and she thought his name was "S-freakin-aroni.  Oh I can't pronounce it!"

The craziest thing I saw/heard/did this week was overlooked as if there was anything crazy out there I missed it with all else that was going on.

The thing I was most thankful for this week attentive and good doctors. 

Now, it's not too late for you to join Sue at In Him We Move And Live And Have Our Being for Weekend Wrap-up!

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Thanks be to God!

Progress Still!

Yes, indeed, I'm making serious progress on Xavier's baby afghan.

Hoping to finish it tonight!

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Thanks be to Gd!

 

Just a bit of wisdom for today, too.

Christ patiently awaits the return of the sinner and he gently receives the penitent.  This twofold mercy abounds in the heart of the Lord Jesus--his long-suffering in waiting for the sinner and his readiness in granting pardon.  ~~Saint Bernard of Clairvaux