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Think I'm done with the remodeling. Not sure why the comments aren't working, but I'll deal with that another time. whew!

Saturday random thoughts

Missing the kids and had time to kill, so I walked through Sears today (yeah I said I'd never go there again, oh well) to exchange some jeans I bought the other day that were too small (sounds better than saying I'm too big.) I'm finally starting to see NORMAL clothes in the stores. I mentioned it to my friend and she agreed.. she's noticed it too.

While I was in Sears the other day buying the jeans, there was a toddler screeching uncontrollably. On hearing her, two ladies in line behind me laughed about how glad their kids were back in school. I thought, "How sad." Shoulda said so, but I didn't.

My kids come back tomorrow. I miss 'em. Since they have been gone, I have planted a couple plants in the yard, did a little house cleaning, took a lot of naps, and oh yeah.. worked.

We were going to start school on the 13th, but since they are coming home tomorrow, I think we'll go ahead and start school on the 6th. Won't they be pleased? We may as well. We have all the books they need and all. I was going to wait until their dad left, but I guess he has stuff to do before he goes, so he's gonna bring them home early. I'm a little surprised, cause I thought he'd be spending more time with them.

How about that bounce? I feel so much better about this election. I know polls are just polls and it's not over till its over, but.... Wow.

I've also spent some time just randomly picking a blog, reading over it, then randomly picking a link on that blog and following the chain. It's funny how many of them all link to each other or how way down the chain, I'll see lots of links to blogs on my sidebar. Saw Kimmotion on a few. Dave Barry seems to be listed on lots of them, too.

Did I mention that I miss my kids?

sadly reminiscent ..

For the sake of His sorrowful Passion, have mercy on us and on the whole world.



Click here for the photo (Not for the faint-hearted)

Prayers going out

Every parent's worst nightmare.



Prayers going out for the parents...for the children...for the victims.....for the survivors... for us all.

I think this election is all but over (but keep praying)

what if?

These were e-mailed to me by a friend, but remind me of the "what ifs" my son is always coming up with :)


1. Ever wonder about those people who spend $2.00 apiece on those little bottles of Evian water? Try spelling Evian backwards: NAIVE

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2. Isn't making a smoking section in a restaurant like making a peeing section in a swimming pool?

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3. OK.... so if the Jacksonville Jaguars are known as the "Jags" and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers are known as the "Bucs," what does that make the Tennessee Titans?


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4. If 4! out of 5 people SUFFER from diarrhea...does that mean that one enjoys it?

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5. There are three religious truths:
a. Jews do not recognize Jesus as the Messiah.
b. Protestants do not recognize the Pope as the leader of the Christian faith.
c. Baptists do not recognize each other in the liquor store or at Hooters.

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! 6. If people from Poland are called Poles, why aren't people from Holland called Holes?

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7. Do infants enjoy infancy as much as adults enjoy adultery?

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8. If a pig loses its voice, is it disgr! untled?

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9. Why do croutons come in airtight packages? Are! n't they just stale bread to begin with?

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10. Why is a pe rson who plays the piano called a pianist but a person who drives a racecar is not called a racist?

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11. Why isn't the number 11 pronounced onety one?

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12. If lawyer s are disbarred and clergymen defrocked, doesn't it follow that electricians can be delighted, musicians denoted, cowboys deranged, models deposed, tree surgeons debarked, and dry cleaners depressed?

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13. If Fed Ex and UPS were to merge, would they call it Fed UP?

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14. Do Lipton Tea employees take coffee breaks?

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15. What hair color do they put on the driver's licenses of bald men?

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16. I was thinking about how people seem to read the Bible a whole lot more as they get older; then it dawned on me ... they're cramming for their final exam.

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17. I thought about ! how mothers feed their babies with tiny little spoons and forks, so I wondered what do Chinese mothers use? Toothpicks?

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18. Why do they put pictures of criminals up in the Post Office? What are we supposed to do, write to them? Why don't they just put their pictures on the postage stamps so the mailmen can look for them while they deliver the mail?

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19. If it's true that we are here to help others, then what exactly are the others here for?

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20. You never really learn to swear until you learn to drive.

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21. Ever wonder what the speed of lightning would be if it didn't zigzag?

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22. If a cow laughed, would milk come out of her nose?

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23. Whatever happened to Preparations A through G?

novena reminder...

A Novena of Weeks leading to Election Day


Starting on Tuesday, August 31, 2004, Priests for Life is calling upon all Catholics to offer a special novena of nine weeks of intense prayer for our nation as we prepare to elect our national and local leaders. August 31 is exactly nine weeks before November 2, which is Election Day.

The intentions of this prayer campaign include the following:
a) That in this year's elections, our nation will embrace the moral values of a culture of life;
b) That America will reclaim her founding principles of faith and dependence upon God in public life;
c) That believers will reject apathy and take an active role in the elections by registering to vote and actually voting;
d) That candidates will understand their responsibility to serve the people, to protect life and family, and to adhere to the law of God.

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A Prayer for our National Elections

O God, we acknowledge you today as Lord,
Not only of individuals, but of nations and governments.

We thank you for the privilege
Of being able to organize ourselves politically
And of knowing that political loyalty
Does not have to mean disloyalty to you.

We thank you for your law,
Which our Founding Fathers acknowledged
And recognized as higher than any human law.

We thank you for the opportunity that this election year puts before us,
To exercise our solemn duty not only to vote,
But to influence countless others to vote,
And to vote correctly.

Lord, we pray that your people may be awakened.
Let them realize that while politics is not their salvation,
Their response to you requires that they be politically active.

Awaken your people to know that they are not called to be a sect fleeing the world
But rather a community of faith renewing the world.

Awaken them that the same hands lifted up to you in prayer
Are the hands that pull the lever in the voting booth;
That the same eyes that read your Word
Are the eyes that read the names on the ballot,
And that they do not cease to be Christians
When they enter the voting booth.

Awaken your people to a commitment to justice,
To the sanctity of marriage and the family,
To the dignity of each individual human life,
And to the truth that human rights begin when human lives begin,
And not one moment later.

Lord, we rejoice today
That we are citizens of your kingdom.

May that make us all the more committed
To being faithful citizens on earth.

We ask this through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

--Fr. Frank Pavone, Priests for Life