five favorites

Linking up with Heather for Five Favorites.


I like to keep my seven readers on their toes and post in random bursts and then disappear for months at a time. It gives y'all an exercise in spirituality - in learning patience. I think St. Ignatius had the same method outlined in his exercises (or I made that up, I've heard it both ways), and seeing as how today is his feast day, I thought I would tip my hat in his general direction.

One

House blessings. We got one. And there is now a blessed-salted line of doom that demons will meet when trying to come across our property line. It's like a spiritual electrical fence, a la Jurassic Park.

Two

This pool. Oh, the summer hours we have spent there. It's shallow enough where my paranoid little heart doesn't jump out of my chest when I can't see my children for .245 seconds and it's deep enough where it challenges the girls to learn how to swim. So far it's slow-going, bless their little own paranoid hearts. I look forward to the day when public school goes back into session so we have the pool to ourselves and I can stop hearing, "Mommy, why is that lady wearing her underwear? It's not very modest and that hurts Holy God's Heart." It's tiresome explaining the ways of the natives when you're trying to relax and work on your Catholic Mommy tan (see above for an example of tan lines). 

Three

Package sent from a dear friend  that contains a slew of veils scored at an estate sale (holla - that's where I've gotten most of my veils). And because we share the same whacked sense of humor, she included a book that makes me ugly snort and laugh whenever I open it. A friendship built on the sturdiest of grounds.

Four

Because the protector of the family will be out of town on business tonight and there is no rest for the weary and terrified, so I'll be furthering the ugly snort and laugh with this theatrical gem until about 3am.

Five

On a less stupid note, this academic gem. We've signed eighteen Fridays over the powers that be of CCM North. Fortunately, the lady in charge is a homeschooling boss and has her stuff together. Everything is planned and ready and wonderful. Unfortunately, I grace the homeschooling loser table and have nothing ready and nothing together (including emails to this poor, patient lady that were answered about a month after she sent them. I will take my bow and pat on the back....now.). It sounds like a recipe for an incredible year for me and a miserable year for her. Should be great.