~ Boys & Toys ~



Conductor at work

 I just love my two men!  They are always SO good about keeping things maintained around the yard (& house)...always fixing & improving.  What a team!

They are amazing - both in designing and building new places of beauty, all for the family to enjoy.

Conductor's Toy

Toys, toys, toys

Of course, with all this manly work, several toys tools are needed...

...I'm good with this;  Hmmm, come to think of it, I have several toys tools in the kitchen.  ;o)

Besides, they always get the job done - and it's always top notch. 

Break Time

BREAK TIME! 
Man & Man-boy are peacefully enjoying a short break and some father/son time.

Play Time

PLAY TIME!
Dog-puppy playfully attacks Master, from behind!

TIME OUT, TIME! 

Master reverts to old high school wrestling move for a pin!                                                                     

Time Out, Time

~ A Penny For Your Thoughts ~

2nd Grade Experiment:  Cleaning Pennies with soda pop

dirty penny awaiting transformation

 Place (dirty) pennies in a dish; we used a stainless steel bowl.

Cover the pennies with soda pop; for best results, pennies should not be sitting on top of each other. (Little Lamb wanted all her pennies in at once). :o)

Let sit for about 5 - 6 hours (you can flip them halfway through, and check on them periodically to see the changes - or at least Little Lamb did).  Aren't most scientists curious?

Pennies soaking in soda pop

Little Lamb's side comment:  "Mama, if I ever get to be a Scientist, I'm going to prove to the world that C**e is bad for people."

Stay tuned for the results....

~ The Language of Love ~

St. Valentine's Feast Day 2012

 If I speak in human and angelic tongues - but do not have love, I am a resounding gong or a clashing cymbal. 

And if I have the gift of prophecy and comprehend all mysteries and all knowledge; if I have all faith so as to move mountains but do not have love, I am nothing. 

If I give away everything I own, and if I hand my body over so that I may boast but do not have love, I gain nothing.


Sweethearts, Chocolates, Rose scented candles...

 Love is patient, love is kind. 

It is not jealous, (love) is not pompous, it is not inflated, it is not rude, it does not seek its own iterests, it is not quick-tempered, it does not brood over injury, it does not rejoice over wrongdoing but rejoices with the truth. 

It bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. 



What's better than chocolate? 
Chocolate with a bible verse, of course!

  Love never fails. 

If there are prophecies, they will be brought to nothing; if tongues, they will cease; if knowledge, it will be brought to nothing. 

For we know partially and we prophesy partially, but when the perfect comes, the partial will pass away...

So faith, hope, love remain, these three; but the greatest of these is Love.  ~ 1 Corinthians 13


Sacred Heart of Jesus ~ Perfect Love







Hope you had a Lovely St. Valentine's Day...                      



~ St. Valentines Day ~

Little Lamb's Love Note and Hand-Maid Heart...

~ Rosebuds ~

Jiggler Hearts...Hmmm, idea for St. Patricks...



~ Tea-Time ~



~ Our Lady of Lourdes ~

Our Lady of Lourdes - France

Yesterday, on the Feast of Our Lady of Lourdes - February 11th. 
We attended a beautiful World Day of the sick Mass at our Cathedral, where the Sacrament of the Sick was administered to those with serious illnesses.  Conductor served the Holy Mass...just four years earlier, he had served in the Grotto of Our Lady of Lourdes...unforgettably amazing!


Our hearts & souls were forever touched...and we were inspired to share this wondrous experience...

Our Lady of Lourdes candles from Lourdes, France (see them??)

Our Lady of Lourdes Shrine ~ Our Gift

EXPECTING! ...the unexpected

I was feeling pretty good about my recent weight loss...slipping into my dress as I prepared for Mass...trying on different jackets over my dress, trying to decide on the red or the blue...

In walks Little Lamb, as she often comes in to chat...

Little Lamb:  "Oh no; that makes you look like your gunna have a baby in a few months!"

Mom:  *ouch*  (LOL)

"Pain is never permanent."  ~ St. Teresa of Avila

And Furthermore...

"There is more value in a little study of humility and in a single act of it than in all the knowledge in the world."  ~ Saint Teresa of Avila

And Finally...

"Humility does not disturb or disquiet or agitate, however great it may be; it comes with peace, delight, and calm. . . . The pain of genuine humility doesn’t agitate or afflict the soul; rather, this humility expands it and enables it to serve God more."  ~ St teresa of Avila

~ Finding Peace ~

Butterfly & Conductor at peace...

Little Lamb...at peace.