I got this link from an e-mail list that I am on.  I have to say that I love that list.  Anyway, I thought I would pass this along.  I also checked out the rest of the blog and I have to say that it is lovely.  Here you go and enjoy!

Things you can do with a hundred chart

A friend of mine posted this link, and she is absolutely correct!  This is a great article!  It is about being a pro-choice atheist who then become a pro-life Catholic!  The authors name is Jennifer Fulwiler, and she has a blog that you can read as well.

It is amazing on how she slowly began to change her point of view.  It also shows us how we do and can lie to ourselves to suit our point of view.

I believe that we all do this at some point for one reason or another.  It may not be on issues as strong as this, but come on we all do it.

I am for example really dreading folding and drying the clothing I have in the washing machine as I type.  I have been telling myself that I am so tired…too tired to just get up, toss them into the dryer, and then fold them when they are done.  I am trying to convince myself that I can just get up, toss them into the dryer, and fold them tomorrow.  Easy right?  Yes, but is it really what God wants me to do?  If I choose to do the latter then that is an extra load to fold and put away.  I could use that time instead to pray with the children, read a passage in the Bible, put in some school plans into the computer, etc.  As the saying goes…I guess I really shouldn’t put off what I can do today for tomorrow.  Who wants to play catch up when it could be easily done right now.

Speaking of right now…I am off to throw the clothes into the dryer and give thanks to God that I have laundry to do, and let him know how grateful I am to have a husband that works hard, to provide the money, to buy the washer and dryer, and pay for the gas/electricity to run the darn machines!  Thank you God, and God Bless you Brandon for being the wonderful husband and father that you are!

Can you believe it?  I am missing Texas again!  This is something that we all actually deal with about once a week.

This morning Brandon asked me what I thought about moving to Amarillo.  He could put in for engineering school and be an engineer out there.  I, of course, get all excited, call my mom, who then calls my dad, who in turns calls us and talks to Brandon about it!  LOL  I think that we just all miss each other.

I have only been back home here in Colorado for a little over a week, and I really want to go back to Texas.  It was so nice to be down there for two weeks, and I wish we could have stayed longer.  The thing was that I missed Brandon and well he missed us as well.  Which of course is actually a good thing!

So now I am up on myspace listening to music by a band that I just so happen to know the drummer.  I have known him since he was 15, and that was almost 15 years ago.  He is a good friend of my little brother. You can check them out here at btfrock .  They are a rockish/punkish band.

Anyway, so I am thinking about the part of the movie  Dazed and Confused (and yes I am totally aware that this is not a good Catholic movie, but I like it anyway), when Pink is on the football field and the wind is blowing in his hair.  The hot, humid, muggy, warm, Texas air blowing through ones hair is nice in a very strange, sticky way,  LOL

How long do I think it would take to go to Texas a few years…because of the market, or just never.  See, it is in God’s hands, and well he may not want us back there(but it sure would be nice).  So, we have no idea…only God knows and we will just do as he wishes, but I can’t promise that we will stop dreaming about being back in Texas.  I also try to remind myself that it is all in God’s time not ours!

May God bless you all!

His name is Zac Sunderland, and he is going to try to become the youngest, young man to circumnavigate the world alone.  Did I mention that he is a homeschooler!  Impressive!

We have been dreaming of sailing for years…more so my wonderful husband.  I am just along for the ride.  Anyway, a friend sent me the link and I have to say that I wish this young man the best of luck!  How exciting that he is going to get to live out his dream!

We hope to be able to live our sailing dream one day…after babies and diapers.  We know that we will be taking little ones with us because lets face it…we will have little ones around for the rest of our lives!  LOL

Anyway, enjoy and share with as many as you can.

Okay now I know that this a touchy subject, but I am a Catholic and well we see this as something that has to be stopped.

Now I knew about 2 ways that abortion was done…the partial abortion and the second video that you can find here at Priests for Life.   The first video I had no idea about.  Just so shocking, and upsetting.

Please pray for abortion to end and pray for those that have had them done…they need love and prayer.

Oh how much one can use 4-H to go towards homeschooling!  So, Tyme and Trinity were building some bug houses.  I have to say they did a darn good job and didn’t need too much assistance.

They had a great time making the houses.  About two weekends later they went to the Arkansas River Walk in search of bugs to put into the house they made with love.  Just so you know no bugs were harmed and yes they were released back into the wild when the hunt was over.

Chris has done it again! I just love her blog! She has posted on her blog about Large Families. Yesterday, we went to Pueblo to run some errands and while we were there we went to grab a bite to eat. A woman looked at our family and said, “You two really have your hands full.” We just smiled and I said, “Just a tiny bit.” I know that she didn’t mean anything by it because of the smile she gave us while she made her comment. Large families are really looked upon as being negative. What ever happened to the fact that the more children,or as we call them the Blessings from God, you had the richer you were? I mean really children are such a precious gift from our Father. Why does the world look so down on these blessings? Could it be true that satan is attacking families? Gee I wonder…I mean if he can convince everyone that one is more than enough then there goes our future Priests and Nuns. Chris is correct in saying that we become less selfish if we have children. We are feeding the hungry, giving water to the thirsty, changing diapers, taking care of the sick, and the list goes on with being a mother or a father. We are always doing for others instead of doing for ourselves.

As far as those with small families I am in no way thinking bad about them. My own mother was lucky that she had myself and my younger brother before she had to have full hysterectomy. So, please know that I am not saying that those with one child or no children are not good. We never know the reasons why someone has a large or small family. It is God that knows and we should not judge others.

I am so glad that Chris posted about large families. I was thinking about it last night, but she beat me to it! Way to go Chris!

On another note Gabriella ears were pierced yesterday! I know it is so mean of us, but we have always pierced the girls ears and since we broke away with the “T-name” tradition…well we didn’t want to stop that one as well. She did great and still looks beautiful! Her daddy would say that she takes after him…who am I to disagree? He is a handsome man after all.

I just have to say that this new blog done by a woman that goes to our Church,(Chris) is just amazing!  She will make you think.

She also posted a link about the media and oh my goodness…how they lie!  Go and check it out if you want The Truth.

First, Vanessa, my mother told me that if you go to EWTN that you should be able to order a tape/dvd with the story of the Divine Mercy. If you need some more information just let me know and I will get it from my mother. Also, I hope to meet you this Friday.

We are all doing well…knock on wood and praying very hard! I hope that the sickies are gone for the rest of the year!

Our chicks, geese, ducks, and other chickens are doing great. The chicks that we are going to butcher are growing so quickly.

School…well I am happy to say that we got all of the reports from the tutors and everyone is doing extremely well! Whew…I was worried that I wasn’t doing a good job, but now I don’t have to worry! LOL

Our Pope is here in America! Oh how we wish that we could take the children to go and see him. He was greeted by President George Bush and his wife, Laura Bush. Isn’t that something! Speaking of President Bush, he did an interview with Raymond Arroyo. I have to say that I was really impressed with his answers. I like him! LOL You can view the interview here at Living His Life Abundantly. Back to Pope Benedict XVI, I have some friends that live close enough to go and see him. I hope that they go! I just think it would be so exciting. I mean he is the head of our Catholic Church here on Earth. Of course we know that the head of our Church is Christ who started the Catholic Church, but our Pope is the visible head on Earth. Oh, if I could be half as holy as he is! He is just beautiful! I am so glad that I returned to my Catholic Faith. I don’t know how I ever did anything when I walked away. Why didn’t I ever know the depth and richness of our Church is beyond me. LOL I am just so thankful to be back!

I just wanted to do a quick update and I believe that I am now done.

May God bless you all abundantly!

My mother was telling me this wonderful story that she heard on EWTN yesterday.

A woman was pregnant and during the pregnancy her baby died.  The Dr. informed her that she would have to carry the baby for another 2 months.  So, she went before a picture of The Divine Mercy and started to pray the Divine Mercy chaplet.  Well, her baby was brought back to life, was born, is totally healthy, and is now 5 years old!  Jesus is so wonderful!!