1. Happy Friday. My husband found this posted by MonkRock. It was too fitting not to share. Evidently Pride & Self Love is an appropriate diagnosis for all of us. The real question...how many of us are as repulsed by it as God?
2. What a wonderful week of playdates. I am enjoying the sounds of my daughter and her friend, who, as I type, are on the other side of my computer watching Cinderella and playing princesses. Rosie dresses up just about every day, as evidenced by the picture of my lovely princess+bride. Her playing takes me right back to my childhood. This precious time of her life where she truly believes that she is a princess and is disappointed when others try to tell her she is not. I love this age.
In other news, she is so super excited about her first wiggly teeth.
3. As the March for Life approaches my posting on facebook reflects my passion and advocacy. I think this is the time of the year I am most likely to loose "friends" and be hidden by family that are polar opposites. I am sure everyone has seen this...but posting it here any how.
4.Speaking of facebook....I feel the pull to step away. I know I will be giving up the Internet (as much as humanly possible) during Lent. I was honored when a real life friend read my blog and was inspired by my floating screen post & cancelled her facebook.
Last night I received an email from a friend who felt lead by the Holy Spirit to send me the text of her Pastor's homily. The message was about finding God in the busy. It was also about all the distractions that keep us from seeing/seeking God. Facebook was not only in this homily, but in my head.
The kicker was this morning when I finally read this article in the Catholic Register (that has been sitting by our bathroom for several weeks. It is called "Make the Most of the Time God Gives You". Before facebook I was plenty busy and found a hundred excuses to not pray or go to Mass. Now, how much time do I constantly carve out (read: waste) on facebook. I have resisted stepping back (except for lent) for years. It is time I do something about this.
5. When I adopted my son, I found and blocked most of his bio family so they hopefully would not find my pictures shared via facebook. I have not found my daughter's bio family...which concerns me a bit. Some of them must be on, and unless I am blocking them, they can find me or possibly see my pictures. It is easy to be complaisant about what I am sharing and what is being shared. So...to start the process of weaning I will be deleting the extraneous - photo albums and tags. I will also be deleting my facebook app. Is there a patron saint against idolatry?
6. Okay, enough about FB (bleh). We got two big gifts for Christmas. A Sodastream and a Keurig. Here are my reviews. I love the Sodastream. I am a new fan of fizzy water (or bizzy water as Augie calls it). Flavored fizzy water is much more interesting to my palate. I have also been having issues with our newly softened water and feeling thirsty (maybe because it is not as enjoyable to drink). But adding fizz to the water has miraculously resolved that issue. Also, the kids love the bizzy water so any time I can get them drinking more water, score! Two thumbs up recommendation for the sodastream.
The Keurig, on the other hand. It is a total luxury to go to someone's house and find a Keurig. I LOVE being a guest of a Keurig owner. I do not, however, love being a Keurig owner. For four reasons. 1. Soft water is water with salt added. This does not brew well in a Keurig. However, even with bottled water, it still tastes off to me. 2. The strength of a k-cup stinks. It is perfect if I was drinking a tea cup worth of coffee. For the large mug, I would need a double strength k cup. Have not found these yet. The best so far is using the EZ cup with our own coffee. Better strength and budget friendly. 3. The ease and temptation mean we are drinking way more coffee/tea/chai/hot chocolate than we would normally be drinking. Which means more sugar/caffeine/calories. And which also means way more.... 4. Expensive! Initially I tried to justify the expense that by only brewing a cup, there would be no wasted coffee in the pot. That argument has no legs to stand on. Holy expensiveness! In addition to the fact we are drinking more hot beverages my a little math tells me it is cheaper to by a mug of fresh brewed Starbucks. I was told that if you can score a k-cup for less than $.50 a cup, it is a good deal. Well...did you know that with your own mug, you can go to Starbucks and get coffee for $.50? And that is a travel mug...which would actually take two k-cups. SO, Starbucks store brewed is actually cheaper than a good deal on Folgers or other more generic coffee.
For the gifter who reads my blog (aren't I a terrible woman!)- we are so grateful for the gift and my husband would give you an entirely different review. I am excited to entertain with it and have had two opportunities this week to show it off and pamper my guests.
7. Can not wait to finish this room - our office! It is next on our to do list. Drywall this weekend. The before is wretched....but I am all about humility, right? Well, this isn't a true before. This is a living-in-the-room-after-demo-before. As of now my/our vision is as many bookshelves as we can possibly squeeze into the space and wood counter top custom made desk (large desk with two computer stations and a jet out in the middle that will be my client table. It has been FOREVER since I have had the luxury of seeing clients in my home. I am looking forward to an office again. Hopefully before too long...
