Winterr's words

Johnson & Johnson baby shampoo cancer causing?

2011-11-14T11:27:00.000-08:00

The baby shampoo by the popular brand of Johnson & Johnson would be thought of as harmless right? Wrong! For 2 years, health and environmental groups have requested that Johnson & Johnson remove 2 possible cancer causing chemicals from it's baby shampoo. For more information on what these ingredients are click here on Dr. Joseph Mercola's website http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2011/11/14/johnson-johnson-baby-products-toxic.aspx

Good Coffee

2011-11-09T09:30:00.000-08:00

I love a good coffee! I sometimes wonder how much I actually drink per day, it seems as it gets colder I want it all the time! I have been loving cappuccino's this year especially from Gloria Jeans, but not flavored coffee, I really like my coffee to taste like coffee.

Hey!

2011-11-09T06:17:00.000-08:00

Wow I forgot all about my blog for so long. I used to post all the time, I loved it, then what happened? Facebook happened and the birth of my 3 and a half year old daughter Grace, she is a very active little one, more so than my now 15 year old daughter. I stopped watching the news as often as I used to and I became less opinionated. I have missed the bloggers I used to communicate with all those years ago. I'll have to catch up and see who is still out there!! Last time I was updating I was a newly wed in the USA. Having moved from Australia and trying to get used to the new life! Now it's just the norm and I have pretty much settled here good. America is beautiful! But, I can't stand the snow. Living in Ohio is cold, cold cold most of the year. Hopefully I'll blog a little more, I do miss writing.

My blogging break

2008-11-17T04:54:00.000-08:00

As you may have noticed, I have not been blogging since baby arrived! Being a mother to Grace has taken up a lot of my time. I do miss reading your blogs and receiving your comments on mine here, but for now I will continue with my break, until things get a little less hectic. I will be visiting your blogs from time to time and hopefully will find time for a post here and there. Have a lovely thanksgiving and Christmas season.
Here are some pictures of my girls...

2008-06-17T09:35:00.000-07:00

how fast they grow!! Grace is smiling, it's nice to get a smile after months of waiting. I have had no time to read blogs and when I have it's been only for a few minutes!

more...

2008-06-03T08:54:00.001-07:00

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fake magazine cover starring Zoe

2008-06-03T08:47:00.001-07:00

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So I was bored and...

2008-06-03T08:35:00.001-07:00

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baby

2008-05-15T06:36:00.000-07:00

On April 16th We welcomed Grace into the world. I have not had time or energy to post earlier, or a free hand!!! So this is a short update. Thanks for your thoughts and prayers.

Holy Father's message to the US

2008-04-12T09:25:00.001-07:00

Incestual relationship

2008-04-11T05:10:00.001-07:00

An incestual relationship is wrong! Family is not made to mix in that way. If you are involved in an incestual relationship you need to get advice from someone you can trust. A mother or father, sister or brother should not cross the boundaries, ever.
There is love to be found out there, don't settle by joining with someone in your family.
This story makes my skin crawl!! A father and daughter in a relationship, with children.
Where do people set their boundaries? These two people have crossed a terrible line.
Here is the link

So what do you think about this?

little update

2008-04-09T05:11:00.000-07:00

Just a little update, yes I am still pregnant! My due date is the 17th of April, it's going by so quickly. I haven't been blogging obviously but I do try, but sitting near the computer for too long can really be uncomfortable at this "bigger" stage of my pregnancy.
Spring is in the air, so I have been trying to get outside more, it's been so nice to open the windows and let real fresh air come into the house. I have seen just about all the snow I want to see for a while.
I had a meaningful lent and a wonderful Easter, ate too many chocolates but they were soooo good.
We spent Spring break visiting family, it was so good to get away, I get sick of the same place after a while.
The ladies at my in laws Church threw a wonderful baby shower for me (or for my baby really) it was awesome, the gifts were so cute. In case you don't know, when we had the ultra sound we found out that our baby is a girl, so many of the gifts were cute little dresses etc.
I had my OB appointment yesterday and the doctor will give me until Monday the 14th to go into labor, or she'll make an appointment for the labor to be induced, she doesn't want me to go past the due date, I am not sure why but I suspect it's because maybe the baby will just keep on growing, I am a small person so perhaps that's why. So the next time I update I guess that it will be news that our baby is here (God willing).
Now it's time to go and enjoy this warm weather. I'll update asap!! I will also visit your blogs, I promise!!!
Here is a picture of the cake that the ladies bought me for the baby shower, I think it's so cute:

Remote Area Medical

2008-03-03T05:23:00.000-08:00

I saw this on 60 minutes last night Remote Area Medical it was first started for medical help in the Amazon, now they also help out in the USA.
The health care system here in the USA is just terrible, and I have even thought the insurance we have personally, is expensive and the deductibles are way too high.

They also are in need of Physicians, dentists, optometrists, vetirinarians etc to join their team. So if you think that you can help and are looking for something to do that could help a lot of desperate people, this might be fore you.

30 Weeks!

2008-02-07T07:04:00.000-08:00

Today I am 30 weeks into my pregnancy, I feel like I have been pregnant forever, but then again, time is going by so fast, I am in nooooo hurry either. I am sick of getting all these blood tests etc every time I visit my OB/GYN and wonder how necessary they all are. I know that some are very important to do but it just seems that there are so many. They test you for HIV and all these STD's when you first get there, and then they do it again later, I know that I don't have anything like that so it all seems pointless. I went for a glucose test which read that I had high blood sugar (I ate lots of cookies that week, no one told me that I wasn't supposed to) only to go back for a 3 hour glucose test and find out that my blood is normal (apart from low iron but I knew that already).
It's expensive you know! We have health insurance but the health care system here sucks.
I think that now the doc's want me to go in every 2 weeks or something, that's alot! I don't remember going in that often when I had my first daughter, nor do I remember all these tests.
Well that's my complaint for the day. Also, just so you know, I am very thankful to be healthy and that our baby is healthy.

Catholic people out there!

2008-02-06T07:05:00.000-08:00

To all the Catholics out there who have already voted for the new presidential candidates...........you should have voted for Ron Paul!

Here is something from Dr.Ron Paul's own website about life:

The right of an innocent, unborn child to life is at the heart of the American ideals of liberty. My professional and legislative record demonstrates my strong commitment to this pro-life principle.

In 40 years of medical practice, I never once considered performing an abortion, nor did I ever find abortion necessary to save the life of a pregnant woman.

In Congress, I have authored legislation that seeks to define life as beginning at conception, HR 1094.

I am also the prime sponsor of HR 300, which would negate the effect of Roe v Wade by removing the ability of federal courts to interfere with state legislation to protect life. This is a practical, direct approach to ending federal court tyranny which threatens our constitutional republic and has caused the deaths of 45 million of the unborn.

I have also authored HR 1095, which prevents federal funds to be used for so-called “population control.”

Many talk about being pro-life. I have taken direct action to restore protection for the unborn.

As an OB/GYN doctor, I’ve delivered over 4,000 babies. That experience has made me an unshakable foe of abortion. Many of you may have read my book, Challenge To Liberty, which champions the idea that there cannot be liberty in a society unless the rights of all innocents are protected. Much can be understood about the civility of a society in observing its regard for the dignity of human life.

You can read more here although, it's most probably too late because you didn't vote for him, which is ridiculous. Electing a pro life candidate is a huge thing if you are a Catholic or have conservative views.
There is no perfect candidate, I know and I am not saying that he is either.

Where you still have the chance to vote for him, you should do it, for goodness sake!!

The business of being born

2008-02-01T07:47:00.000-08:00

Someone sent me this video, and now that I am pregnant and don't have too long to go until my due date, I feel uncomfortable and am afraid of going to the hospital. I am glad though, that I did watch it.
In this video it says that midwives are normally the ones attending to the person in labor. When I had my first daughter, I had one midwife, a doctor and 2 medical students all checking up on me and my daughter, and when I went to my OB/GYN I was with him for most of the appointment, I must admit that now when I go, it's mainly the nurses and about 5-10 minutes with the OB/GYN.

Lacking on updates

2008-01-24T06:11:00.000-08:00

Since being pregnant I have not really paid attention to my blog! I am now 28 weeks pregnant and feel a lot better than I did in the early months. I am now starting to get some energy back and am doing a little bit more.
I feel our baby kicking mostly at night and she is pretty still during the day, or at least, I can't feel much during the day.
I am certainly growing, my belly gets in the way of putting socks on and getting into our bed is interesting too.
My husband and daughter have felt the kicking too and are pretty excited about the due date. I am just going to enjoy every bit of sleep and rest that I can get before then.
I hope everyone out there is doing well. Also, happy new year!!

Pure Fashion

2008-01-08T11:36:00.001-08:00

Women, girls, check out purefashion.com I thought it was a great idea.

Advent Season

2007-12-17T07:40:00.001-08:00

Is everyone enjoying the Advent season? It's hard to believe that it's almost Christmas! Time goes so fast, but I am looking forward to it and enjoying the whole season, including now which is the 3rd week in Advent. We have been lighting our wreath and it has been great doing this together.
We are going to spend time with my husbands family this Christmas, who live out of town, so it's going to be so nice getting away and being together.
Being such a busy time of the year, I hope to post another blog entry, but if I don't, have a wonderful Christmas!!

Just like Johnny!!

2007-12-12T07:01:00.000-08:00

This guy sounds just like Johnny Cash! I am amazed. He is only 15 years old and his name is Vince Mira

cute kitten

2007-12-10T06:49:00.000-08:00

Westroads Mall, a gun free zone

2007-12-07T09:30:00.000-08:00

With all the attention on the very tragic shooting at the Westroads Mall in Omaha, why have the media failed to mention that this mall was a gun free zone?
A shooter and criminal will ignore the gun free zone signs, while law abiding permit holders will leave their guns at home.
Another mall shooting happened in February at the Trolley Square Mall in Utah, this mall too was a gun free zone, the attack was stopped by an off duty police officer who ignored the sign and thank goodness had a gun.
I was reading here that research has been showing for years that multiple victim public shootings keep occurring in places where guns are banned.
Any madman/woman can illegally buy a gun and be walking in malls, schools and on the street, wouldn't you feel safer if more law abiding citizens with permits had their guns with them too?
Are these gun free zones disarming the victims, while giving the shooter less to fear? I think so.
I would feel safer with a gun in my purse, it may not save me, but I would at least have a better chance.

Jennifer Love Hewitt is NOT fat!!

2007-12-07T05:51:00.000-08:00

Jennifer Love Hewitt is not fat at all, she is healthy and radiant looking. Focusing on a size 2 womans butt is the wrong thing to do. No wonder there are so many pressures out there on young girls, and all this crash dieting/anorexia going on. Size zero should not be the ideal.
Size zero models look unhealthy and their airbrushed pictures in magazines are very unrealistic. We wonder why everyone rushes to plastic surgery and feel unhappy with their bodies, now matter how many times you tell them they look great.
My opinion is that Jennifer Love Hewitt is a beautiful woman.
None of us can be airbrushed beauties at the beach in a bikini.

I have been lazy

2007-12-04T06:29:00.000-08:00

It's not that I've been lazy, but blog lazy. Everything seems to happen around November/December, it's always been the busiest time of year for me. I can't wait for the Christmas break because my husband and daughter get time off work/school.
Nothing new has happened, I did get sick last month and was taking naps in the day, which I can't stand doing normally. Now I am all better and have more energy so I will be back to the blogging. I am still pregnant, at this stage I feel like I have swallowed a huge basketball, it's hard to get my socks on or bend over to pick something up, so when I do actually drop something I get a bit impatient.
We are getting quite a lot of snow, it's pretty from inside where I am warm. I did get out in the snow yesterday though, I wanted to try plowing the driveway (with a shovel not a plow, we don't have one) to see how difficult it was, well it's easy!! Well not that easy but do-able at least. Pregnant women can shovel snow too!
That might sound strange to those of you who live in these cold parts, but this will be my first Ohio winter, so all is new to me.
I wish that I had something more creative to share than to talk about myself, I will come up with something soon and I will visit blogs soon too.
Have a great december, Oh and for those who are interested in the Church year, Advent has begun!!
Bye bye!!

*my husband is doing the shoveling now, he said "you're pregnant" (yes he is lovely) so all the credit of nice driveways goes to him now.

Happy Thanksgiving!

2007-11-19T11:43:00.000-08:00

Have a happy turkey day everyone! (if you want to have a happy one)

Snow!

2007-11-07T08:52:00.000-08:00

We had our first snow of autumn! I am certainly not ready for the snow shoveling, the tough driving, ice, slippery pavements etc, but today it is just a little dusting and it's certainly pretty. It's weird to see fall decorations among the winter look of snow. I took a photo of my pumpkin and gourds early this morning (the gourds are now buried under the snow) because it looked neat. Here is the picture:

Too lazy to think of a title

2007-11-05T08:33:00.000-08:00

I hope you all had a restful weekend. I loved putting all the clocks back an hour and actually seeing my daughter off for school in some daylight. I didn't feel like I slept in at all but it was just nice to have some daylight when starting the day.
My in laws came into town for the weekend, it was great, we all ate out a lot so I have probably eaten too much. I can't keep away from those salad bars when I'm out, so I am full before my meal arrives, which leads me to force feed myself a bit more so no one notices that I wasted food, which of course leads to eating too much.
It's not too bad now that I am a member of the YMCA and I can work out more, I usually work out at home but it's not the same without all the fancy machines.
I had a very nice All Souls day, it was great to pray for all the souls including my dear and close family.
Now I am looking forward to the thanksgiving break, it's coming up soon. I hope you all have a good one!

All souls day

2007-11-01T08:34:00.000-07:00

O death where is your victory? O death where is your sting?

The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law;

but thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.

May angels lead you into Paradise; may the martyrs receive you at your coming and lead you to the holy city of Jerusalem. May a choir of angels receive you, along with Lazarus, who once was poor, may you have eternal rest.

-In paradisum deducant te Angeli; in tuo adventu suscipiant te martyres, et perducant te in civitatem sanctam Ierusalem. Chorus angelorum te suscipiat, et cum Lazaro quondam paupere æternam habeas requiem.

Mary, Mother of God, pray for them
Saint Michael, pray for them
Saint John the Baptist, pray for them
Saint Joseph, pray for them
Saint Peter, pray for them
Saint Paul, pray for them
Saint Andrew, pray for them
Saint Stephen, pray for them
Saint Ann, pray for them
Saint Teresa, pray for them
Saint Catherine, pray for them Saint
Frances Cabrini, pray for them
Saint Elizabeth Seton, pray for them
All holy men and women, pray for them

Christ, pardon all their faults

Christ, remember the good they have done

Christ, receive them into eternal life: Lord, hear our prayer

Christ, comfort all those who mourn: Lord, hear our prayer

Almighty God and Father, by the mystery of the cross, you have made us strong; by the sacrament of the resurrection you have sealed us as your own. Look kindly upon your servants, now freed from the bonds of mortality, and count them among your saints in heaven.

Sweet is the consolation of the dying man, who, conscious of imperfection, believes that there are others to make intercession for him, when his own time for merit has expired; soothing to the afflicted survivors the thought that they possess powerful means of relieving their friend. In the first moments of grief, this sentiment will often overpower religious prejudice, cast down the unbeliever on his knees beside the remains of his friend and snatch from him an unconscious prayer for rest; it is an impulse of nature which for the moment, aided by the analogies of revealed truth, seizes at once upon this consoling belief. But it is only a flitting and melancholy light, while the Catholic feeling, cheering though with solemn dimness, resembles the unfailing lamp, which the piety of the ancients is said to have hung before the sepulchres of their dead.
~Cardinal Wiseman

All Saints Day

2007-11-01T05:21:00.000-07:00

Today we celebrate All Saints Day
The vigil of this feast was yesterday being "All hallows eve" otherwise known as "Halloween".
Every November 1st we honor all Saints known and unknown. And also those members of our families/friends, who are known only by us. The Church honors these Saints because "they were faithful" It is like a memorial day really.
Then on November 2nd we have "All souls day" which is a commemoration of the faithful departed.
It's good to pray for those souls who are longing to be in heaven, for our loved ones and also for ourselves, so that we may be united in heaven with those we loved here on earth.

Here is a prayer for All Saints Day:
Dear Father, You have given the saints in Heaven eternal happiness and they now live in the fullness of Your glory. Because of their holy love for You, they also care about me and my family, my friends, my church, and my neighbors. Thank You for the gift of their friendship and the witness of their holy lives. I ask our patron saints and every saint who has become especially dear to me to intercede for us. I ask them to help us journey safely on the narrow path that leads to Heaven. O Lord, give us their protection. Grant us their assistance in overcoming temptation and gaining the fullness of life with You. Amen.

There are more prayers found here

Happy Halloween

2007-10-31T08:10:00.000-07:00

Well everyone "Happy Halloween" It's my first halloween in the USA, we were invited to a Halloween party and I have to say, it was so much fun getting all dressed up. My husband looked way too scary for me though, I prefer the more mellow stuff like pumpkins, bunnies, etc.
Of course for us Catholics it's "All hallows eve" if you don't know what that is you can find the info here since I have no time to explain it all.
Later we are taking our daughter out for some trick or treating with her friend.
The party was great, so I've added a photo of Jonathan and I before the party, please don't freak out over Jonathan's scary face, although it is scary I must say, I did his make up! I did not do the fake blood though, that's just too gross for me.

Bella

2007-10-25T06:06:00.001-07:00

I think that this pro life film "Bella" is going to be great. I really REALLY want to see it.
It opens on October 26th. It is inspired by a true story.
Here is the trailer Click here
There is also an article about it on "life site news" which is here

Oh yeah another layout!

2007-10-24T07:23:00.000-07:00

I have been changing my layouts a lot I know, but I want to be satisfied. I think I am now but who knows, we'll see!!

Hello!!

2007-10-15T09:17:00.000-07:00

Hello there! I am not much good at updating these days. I have been so tired and doing all sorts of things, that internet time is very limited.
I have been reading your blogs and hope to be as frequent as most of you soon.
We did go away that weekend to the family wedding, it was so good to get away to somewhere different, stay in a hotel, hang with family etc. The wedding was great, we had a lot of fun and let me tell you the food was so yummy!! (Not as great as the bride and groom).
The wedding was of my brother in law David and my new sister in law Jennifer, there are a couple of pictures on her blog here
She is just as bad as updating her blog as me.
Another reason that I have been unable to get internet time is because I am pregnant. It feels weird saying it in such a public place. I have been downright sick (morning sickness is yuck) but it's getting better, although certain food smells disgust me and it's hard to cook for a family when your tastes are so strange. My daughter has a hand sanitizer that makes me want to faint, my husbands favorite dish makes me want to throw up, even when the smell is gone I believe in my mind that I can smell it. When I wash my hair the shampoo smell even makes me want to throw up.
But apart from the smells and sicknesses all is fine, I am over 3 months now so I am at the stage where it looks like I have swallowed a small watermelon, or like someone who forgot to do their sit ups for a few months.
My clothes still fit but I feel weird and fat in them because my waist is different.
My husband and daughter got all excited over the ultrasound photo, I did too but I loved their reaction.
What else....this last weekend was so quiet that I fell asleep after lunch, my husband is into the football, I like the atmosphere but it did make me tired.
Sitting at the computer makes me feel a little sick too by the way, so that's another reason I am taking less time in front of this thing.
This weekend we are going out of town to some sort of pumpkin festival, I am new to all this pumpkin/fall/halloween thing so it's all a new experience. I don't know yet what a pumpkin festival is like but if there is pumpkin food I'll be happy!
Have a wonderful week (far out it's only monday, I hate getting up at 6am).
God bless you all!

little update

2007-09-27T06:24:00.001-07:00

I have been terrible lately when it comes to updating my blog. I don't like my layout and all that either!! I also haven't been online too much, only to check emails and such.
There is quite a lot of new going on but we'll get to that later.
We are going away this weekend to attend a family wedding, so it will be nice to get out of here for a few days.
I will be checking your blogs before the weekend.
Take care!

Nora the piano playing cat

2007-09-04T14:40:00.000-07:00

It's really very cute

Labor day

2007-08-31T08:00:00.001-07:00

I love public holidays because my daughter and husband stay home. For the long weekend we are going to go away and visit the in laws. I love the town that they live in, it's so small and quiet and it always feels good to be with family, since where we live at the moment is far from both sides of our family.
So I'm looking forward to the weekend. Have a nice labor day all!!

Changed again

2007-08-30T06:46:00.001-07:00

I did change my template again, I loved the kitten but I felt that this one was more what I wanted.
To Ginny who asked where I found the templates, the link is here

New Look

2007-08-28T08:02:00.001-07:00

It's been ages since I changed the look of my template, I found a website with free ones so I took advantage of it. I thought this one was very cute, I also managed to keep the links to all the blogs!!
I'll update more very soon.
Take care!

Prayer

2007-08-21T12:37:00.000-07:00

Please pray for Krystyna's Grandchild who is very ill at the moment, or offer some nice words of encouragement.

The Irish Festival

2007-08-17T09:45:00.001-07:00

So we did actually make it to the Irish festival and it did not rain! This is my second time there and it's just as good as the last time.
Sadly, one of the performers called Tommy Makem had passed away only a few days before the event, and we were hoping to see him there.
We did hear other Irish music, one band in particular was Flogging Molly which were pretty good, they are so popular, so they drew in a large crowd.
On top of the great music there was good food and stalls. We had a great time and I'll have to wait until next year!

Here is a picture of Flogging Molly that I took, although, you can barely see them so get your microscopic lenses out.

I will be back

2007-08-05T09:34:00.000-07:00

.......and I have not forgotten your lovely blogs. Right now, we don't have internet since we moved into our new house. Also, it's summer break and we are not home often enough to do anything much online. But when I get the chance to get online I do read and visit.
So for about a week or so, things will be slow on this blog as they have been since July.
But some news for the day is that a group of us are all going out to the Irish festival today, if it stops raining.
See you soon

Gun free zones

2007-07-18T07:23:00.000-07:00

Jonathan(who has a new blog URL) has posted a link to this video that I have embedded here. It's a way of showing how those gun free zone signs don't really stop criminals from bringing in fire arms anyway.
I have been thinking about this and really, it's the good law abiding citizens who would leave their guns out of these zones. Wouldn't it be better not to post these signs at all and let those people with concealed carry permits in? I think so.

The Golden Lamb

2007-07-07T07:35:00.000-07:00

We went out for a long drive to have dinner at a famous restaurant in Lebanon Ohio, to experience dining at The Golden Lamb Inn and Restaurant
It was like going back in time. The restaurant is the oldest in Ohio and has quite a history to go along with it.
It has had many American presidents as visitors and famous writers such as Charles Dickens and Mark Twain.
You can even go upstairs and take a look at the rooms that they stayed in. You can also spend the night in one of the rooms.
The food was great, the town of Lebanon is pretty and very historical. There is also a lovely gift shop at the Inn.
I highly recommend visiting if you are ever in the state.

Below: A photo of one of the signs in town

Below: The Golden Lamb!

Below: I wanted a photo of the sign

Below: The room where Warren G. Harding stayed

Below: Downtown

Below: One of the beautiful dining rooms.

Independence day

2007-07-05T10:21:00.000-07:00

My first 4th of July in the USA!!! We went out and ate a whole lot and ended the evening with the local fireworks display.
I have also tried kayaking, it was awesome, although I freaked out a little over a water snake though and if anything put me off, that did.
Here are some photos:

Above is a place we visited while kayaking, and below is a photo of the fireworks last night on july 4th.

I am around here somewhere.

2007-06-26T11:03:00.001-07:00

It's certainly been a while since I updated my blog, I have been away. It's summer break so things are all over the place. I'll update soon and read some bloggies when I get the chance.
In the meantime, behave yourselves.

Also a nice new blog is on my link list, welcome to View From the Pews blog.

And another thing to mention. All you people who changed your blog addresses, I have not updated you yet, but I will, I promise.

Happy Fathers Day

2007-06-16T11:13:00.000-07:00

Fathers day is coming up tomorrow and I hope that all you fathers have a great day. Parenting is a busy and difficult task. My father passed away almost 6 years ago but I always think of him in a special way on fathers day. As well as God, our heavenly father.
My daughter and I are going to take Jonathan out for breakfast tomorrow (well he is driving).

Also, in my last post I wrote about the orphaned fawn. It is still out there somewhere, I don't know if it is alive or what, I heard it crying out yesterday but I could not find it. It's so difficult to see this sort of thing and not be able to do anything. I have spent a lot of time trying to help it by calling wildlife rescue and looking for it, leaving water and apples outside. The raccoons seem to be the only ones benefiting from it.
I hope it will come back, if it can even survive for so long without it's mother. It's 3 weeks old and my poor family have had to deal with an emotional me all week.

Have a great weekend all.

Orphan Fawns

2007-06-14T05:07:00.000-07:00

*UPDATE: I am updating since writing this post, to write that one of the fawns has been rescued, the other one ran away, so I pray it comes back soon.
One of the great things that I have discovered while living here in Ohio is the beautiful wildlife. I have had the pleasure of seeing raccoons, groundhogs, squirrels, chipmunks and deer from my kitchen window.
Only a few nights ago I woke up to the sound of a crash, a mother deer had been hit by a car. Only days later her twin fawns appeared in our yard. I feel so sad for them, and I called a wildlife rescue phone number, they sent out a volunteer to try and take the fawn, but she could not catch them. They are about 3 weeks old and keep calling out for their mother, it's so sad. I have been praying that they are OK.
I put water out for them and the wildlife rescue volunteer put some special deer food mix out there for them (which the raccoons feast on unfortunately). I haven't seen them eat any of it, but they did sleep in our yard last night.
I'd like to hear from anyone who has come across orphaned wildlife in the past and what they did, and if the animal/s survived.

St.Francis of Assisi

Those rides!!

2007-06-11T05:37:00.001-07:00

Those big scary roller coaster rides give me the shivers. When I was 16 or so (who can remember age???) I went on a mini roller coaster called the "super loop" and it took you through a loop and left you hanging upside down for a while.
Well I screamed and cried out for the whole thing. My poor friend who sat next to me must have had an ear ache. Nothing was wrong with the ride itself, it's just that it scared me almost to death. And I swore that I would never ride one again. I haven't since.
Now my daughter is asking my husband if he can take her to a roller coaster park thing. I don't know whether I will let her go, it's just way to scary.
Now this story here has happened, and it's looking less likely that she will go. Maybe I am being overprotective, but they are so very scary.

Kelseys myspace

2007-06-08T06:29:00.000-07:00

Ever since I posted on Kelsey Smiths story (in case you don't know, she went missing and was murdered shortly afterward, sadly) I have had so many searches linking people over to my blog, searching for Kelsey's myspace page. I didn't have it to begin with, I only wrote about the dangers of posting your information on the internet. But for all those searching, her myspace page is right here
http://myspace.com/bandbaby2007

There you go.

PS, I wrote it in my previous post on this tragedy that if you use myspace DON'T let people know which school you go to or where you work on your profile. I notice that Kelsey had that information. That's very risky. Make sure your kids don't do this either.

Soccer star responds to Gisele's anti-Catholic comments

2007-06-08T05:11:00.000-07:00

In my last post, I wrote about how supermodel Gisele, voiced her views on the Catholic Church's teaching, in regards to contraception and purity, although, by what I have read, I doubt that she knows exactly what the Church teaches.
I did find a beautiful response to her comments by a Brazilian soccer star named Ricardo Izecson Santos Leite.
He said that “The Bible teaches that true love waits until marriage,"
Then he talked about his marriage: “If our life today is so beautiful, I think it is because we waited."
and about being chaste before marriage: "was important, as it tested our love."
If we taught more about love and not giving in to every desire right away, if we taught about purity, if it were made to be "in" or "cool" that would be the best STD prevention you could get. If everyone waited for their "one" person, there would not be so much sexually transmitted disease around. People who do go out there and have sex freely, are in need of protection against diseases, I know that. But what I am addressing are the ways we can think about changing the way we view sex.
I think more people should tell how they waited, I cannot be an example because I did not take any major Christian view on until later in my life, I grew up with Catholic parents, but they had no idea how to address purity, so it was never talked about. I had no Christian friends and read all the wrong magazines, looked up to so many of the wrong people etc. But when I did take on the Christian lifestyle, I waited. I met my now husband and we waited almost 5 beautiful years. It was great to show love in other ways. And it does make a big difference in your relationship, and there is also a big difference in how you feel about your body.

Gisele Bundchen

2007-06-07T07:46:00.000-07:00

Supermodel Gisele has said
"Today no one is a virgin when they get married ... show me someone who's a virgin!" In her debate against the Catholic Church in regards to birth control.
Hello??? No one is a virgin anymore? Show her a virgin? There are many virgin examples out there, is she really serious? There are plenty of virgins out there, Gisele just may be too consumed with those who are not.
In her statement about abortion she stated: "If she thinks she doesn't have the money or the emotional condition to raise a child, why should she give birth?"
Well, it's not about raising the child, it's only about giving birth to the child, children can be put up for adoption to loving parents and good homes.
If a mother doesnt think she will have money or emotional condition, then she shouldn't be having sex and risking a pregnancy. And it is really about the life inside of the mother, not money and conditions.
Another thing she said: "It's ridiculous to ban contraceptives - you only have to think of the diseases that are transmitted without them. I think it should be compulsory to use a contraceptive."

The Church is not forcing it's beliefs or baning them, it wants to teach self respect and purity. It should be compulsory? Under what law should this be compulsory? The Condom and pills law or something? Everyone who has sex must use contraception? There are many sexually transmitted diseases which are transmitted even after using a condom. So should we just hand out condoms, and tell people to have sex with anyone they want, that intamacy is to be shared with multiple people,if you want as long as you have this condom you are ok even though you can still get and STD with them? What about purity, keeping clean, morals and self respect for your body?
What about the side effects and risks associated with the pill? And how it stops your body from doing what a normal womans body does, why treat the female body like a disease and not multiple sex partners as a very good chance of disease.
Well that's my rant and my opinion. I dislike it when people like this are role models for our children and young teens. Grrr!!!
PS I tried to find a picture of Gisele with her boobs in her shirt instead of hanging out and this is the best I could find.

Funnies

2007-06-07T06:25:00.000-07:00

With all the sad stories in the news lately, I thought that I'd better post something a bit on the lighter side of things. Some of these were sent to me in email.

Here are some things that children had to say about when love happens between 2 people:

"No one is sure why it happens, but I heard it has something to do with how you smell ... That's why perfume and deodorant are so popular."
Mae, age 9

"I think you're supposed to get shot with an arrow or something, but the rest of it isn't supposed to be so painful."
Manuel, age 8

On ways to make someone fall in love with you:

"Tell them that you own a whole bunch of candy stores."
Del, age 6

"Yell out that you love them at the top of your lungs ... and don't worry if their parents are right there."
Manuel, age 8

"Don't do things like have smelly, green sneakers. You might get attention, but attention ain't the same thing as love."
Alonzo, age 9

"One way is to take the girl out to eat. Make sure it's something she likes to eat. French fries usually works for me."
Bart, age 9

Killing Babies

2007-06-06T08:21:00.001-07:00

Kelsey Smith

2007-06-06T05:01:00.000-07:00

Find Kelsey from Kansas!

Missing June 2, 2007

*update, she was found and murdered, sadly. for those of you who have come to this page looking for her myspace address it's here
I thought I would add it since all the google searches for it are linking here.

Old story:
Lets hope that she is found and is well.
I must say that we should be aware of what kind of information we put online about ourselves, myspace.com seems to give people the option of typing in where you work or go to school etc. I would suggest to people not to do that. Make sure you children and friends are not doing that, it's no strangers business.
I am not blaming the internet but I was looking at Kelsey's myspace page and it had the place where she goes to school and some theater where she worked. People please don't do that! That means that someone can wait outside of this area and find you, follow you and it is very risky.

Lord, I pray for the safe return of this girl and of all the missing.

Funny

2007-06-01T05:55:00.000-07:00

Jonathan has this calendar on his desk at home which has the "stupidest quotes ever".
Every day, you tear a page off and read stupid quote after stupid quote. Well, me being the not so interesting person that I am, likes this.
So I want to post one that made me laugh today (really it was for the 24th of may but we haven't been tearing them every day).

Tech support: OK, sir, we'll do a file search to find it. Can you please click on Start, then Find, then---

Customer: Don't talk down to me like that! I'm not and idiot--I know what I'm doing!

Tech Support: OK, sir, please Start, then Find to do a file search.

Customer: How do I do that?

Welcome to Rome

2007-05-31T07:32:00.000-07:00

Here is an article about Francis J. Beckwith who has resigned from being the president of the Evangelical Theological Society and returning to Catholicism.
All I can say is "welcome home".

Here is a little piece from the article:

"I do agree with Protestants that there is no good I can do, no work I can perform, that would justify me," Beckwith said. "But there are many places in scripture that say there's an obligation Christians have to take on the character of Christ, and that contributes to their justification. The Catholic solution is: I am required to take on the character of Christ, but it is not my power that does it, but God's grace."
The article is here Evangelical Leader Returns to Catholicism

Also the original statement from his blog can be found here

Hiking

2007-05-29T06:19:00.000-07:00

I hope that you all had a nice memorial day and a great long weekend. We went hiking on memorial day and then out to dinner. It's so green and lush around here, so I took my camera and took some pictures. I love hiking and I wish that we could do this every week.
Here are some of the gorgeous things nature let us see!

plants growing on a roof!

above, you can see a little pigeon sitting there, it didn't move when I got close so I left it alone, after snapping a photo of course.

I find it easier to think when I'm hiking and I love how they have the little seats that allow you to sit, rest and take in the view. Hopefully we can go more often, and when I can drive here in the USA I hope to get out and hike as much as possible, although with the way the world is today, if I went alone,I would most definitely take a gun.

Strawberry quick - Crystal Meth

2007-05-24T11:43:00.001-07:00

This is actually true, I looked it up to be sure here on Snopes.com after I got a FWD email, so I checked it. Here is what it's about, you might want to warn your kids!!
Here is the email:

THIS IS VERY SERIOUS. PLEASE READ AND PASS ALONG TO ALL YOU KNOW WITH SCHOOL AGE CHILDREN!!!!

TO ALL IT MAY CONCERN,
There is a very scary thing going on in the schools right now that all need to be aware of. There is a type of crystal meth going around that looks like strawberry poprocks. It smells like strawberry also and it is eing handed out to kids in school yards in Arkansas . I'm sure it will make its way around the country if it hasn't already. Kids are ingesting this thinking that it is candy and being rushed off to the E.R. in dire condition, death can possibly occur. Please instruct your children to not accept candy that looks like this, even from a friend, and to take any that they may have to a teacher, principal, etc. Please pass this around it could save some family a lot of heartache!

That is what they are calling strawberry meth or strawberry quick.

Pill that stops periods..

2007-05-24T10:52:00.000-07:00

At first I thought it was not true, but it is, a pill that stops periods!! I think that is obsurd, menstration is a part of being a woman!! The pill is called "Laybrel" and it is supposed to stop periods forever.
Laybrel has been developed to stop periods for women who experience pain and difficulty with it, but symptoms and pain during menstration are caused by something like lack of exercise, poor nutrition etc. It will also be used for continual contraception. I am no doctor but I think by stopping your period unnaturally you are stopping your body from doing something that it is supposed to be doing. More concentration should be in the pain relief and the cause.
Women should not be excited about stopping their period either, because it's a sign of good health. it is a part of your womanhood. Of course menopause happens, but that is natural and your body is doing what it is supposed to do at that age. Do we know that stopping your period is safe anyway?
The FDA says that the risks of using Lybrel are the same as other oral contraceptives, those risks are increased risk of:
1. blood clots,
2. heart attacks
3. strokes.
And from what I have read, the label warns that cigarette smoking increases the risk of serious cardiovascular side effects from the use of combination estrogen and progestin-containing contraceptives.
I guess if you smoke you don't mind taking risks, but still!!
And what if you fall pregnant but don't know because you don't get your period anyway? Then you will be taking pills while a baby might be growing inside!! What will happen to the baby then?
Womanhood is not a disease, helllloooo!!!
Well that's just my opinion.
Here is an aritcle by Mike Adams...
FDA approves pill that stops periods; is womanhood a disease? (opinion)

Doing things

2007-05-23T12:47:00.001-07:00

What have I been doing lately? I have been settling myself in to this lovely town. I hope we buy a home soon, we are looking but are just in the beginnings of it all. I'm going to sell my house too, the AUD is not as strong as the USD so I'll lose money, but doesn't that always happen with just about everything? I have also been enjoying this lovely weather, although as I write this, I'm a bit on the thermally hot side of things.
Summer break is coming up so the husband (I love saying that lol) will be off work for a few months and the daughter (I've always loved saying daughter) will be off school, so we will probably go away to visit family, that will be nice, I love getting away, I love long drives too, although isn't the price of gas ridiculous? disgusting?
I have also been applying for my new Immigration stuff, no it doesn't end when you get married, you then have to apply to adjust your status, you also have to apply for permission to work, the fees for me and my daughter came to around $800 dollars. Then they will want to take my fingerprints and all that. They need to be careful I suppose.
What else have I been doing? Procrastinating, I have really been doing that, I am doing that right now instead of doing things I told myself that I'd get done before now.
I guess that I had better stop procrastinating now.
Bye!

Faces of Modern day Saints

2007-05-18T08:17:00.000-07:00

Instead of doing what I am supposed to be doing, I have been "youtubing".
I came across this little video that I think is sweet.

NFP

2007-05-17T05:03:00.000-07:00

"Natural Family Planning involves acceptance by the couple of a way of life of conjugal harmony and devotion to their children, which makes of their life something beautiful for God."
~ Mother Teresa of Calcutta

Happy Mother's Day!

2007-05-13T09:44:00.000-07:00

Happy mother's day to all loving mothers. And to both my earth mother and our Mother Mary.

The image above is from this wonderful and beautiful site, which you can find here

All Roads lead to Rome

2007-05-11T07:59:00.000-07:00

Here is a personal account of one young mans discovery of the Catholic Church and the Shocking truth about this religion
I enjoyed it.

Also, I came across this site about missing children and saw the banner, I figured that I should put it somewhere on my blog, I can't find a roomy place on the side bar yet, but I'll figure it out some day, but for now I can add it to this post.

I'm not so sure that you can click on the photo as it says to do, but here is the link to the site here

You are the reason

2007-05-08T09:40:00.000-07:00

I went ahead and stole this fromAntonia's blog because I just had to share it.
Before you watch it, if you are afraid of blood, violence or drug use etc, don't watch it, I would hate it if you had a heart attack whilst reading my blog. :)

Wildlife

2007-05-04T09:53:00.000-07:00

Nothing blogworthy is happening at the moment, but I do want to post a picture of the first raccoon I have seen ever! It came to our bird feeder and ate all the seeds!!!
It did climb on top of the feeder but I was too late to get a photo. You may think it's strange that I take such an interest, but I can't help it.

Jonathan posted a better photo here

Cute

2007-04-27T05:44:00.000-07:00

"If you live to be one hundred years old, I want to live to be one hundred minus a day, so I never have to live one day without you."
~ Pooh

Home made

2007-04-25T04:48:00.000-07:00

We went to Lake Erie this weekend, it was so beautiful. It was the most sunny and warm weekend that I remember in too long now. Too bad though that the temperatures have dropped a bit, but it's still ok.
Nothing too spectacular is going on right now, but I have been attempting to make home made pita bread. It worked out pretty good and is tasty if I do say so myself. I like being in my cooking moods, it reminds me of being with my mother, growing up I always remember her making something from home. Now my daughter likes joining in so it's working well.
I took photos of my bread making so I could email them to my mother and I decided to post one here so you can see too!

The picture is before they went into the oven of course and they actually worked yay!!! I'm surprised really, because I didn't think they would work out and they did. phew.
Well I am going to go off and get on with the rest of my day. Have a great week all!

4HC, if you would like the recipe here it is:

whole wheat pita bread

1 (1/4-oz) package active dry yeast (2 1/2 teaspoons)
1 teaspoon honey
1 1/4 cups warm water (105–115°F)
2 cups bread flour or high-gluten flour, plus additional for kneading
1 cup whole-wheat flour
1/4 cup extra-virgin olive oil
1 teaspoon salt
Cornmeal for sprinkling baking sheets

preparation

Stir together yeast, honey, and 1/2 cup warm water in a large bowl, then let stand until foamy, about 5 minutes. (If mixture doesn't foam, discard and start over with new yeast.)

While yeast mixture stands, stir together flours in another bowl. Whisk 1/2 cup flour mixture into yeast mixture until smooth, then cover with plastic wrap and let stand in a draft-free place at warm room temperature until doubled in bulk and bubbly, about 45 minutes. Stir in oil, salt, remaining 3/4 cup warm water, and remaining 2 1/2 cups flour mixture until a dough forms.

Turn out dough onto a floured surface and knead, working in just enough additional flour to keep dough from sticking, until dough is smooth and elastic, 8 to 10 minutes. Form dough into a ball and put in an oiled large bowl, turning to coat. Cover bowl with plastic wrap and let dough rise in draft-free place at warm room temperature until doubled in bulk, about 1 hour.

Punch down dough and cut into 8 pieces. Form each piece into a ball. Flatten 1 ball, then roll out into a 6 1/2- to 7-inch round on floured surface with a floured rolling pin. Transfer round to 1 of 2 baking sheets lightly sprinkled with cornmeal. Make 7 more rounds in same manner, arranging them on baking sheets. Loosely cover pitas with 2 clean kitchen towels (not terry cloth) and let stand at room temperature 30 minutes.

Set oven rack in lower third of oven and remove other racks. Preheat oven to 500°F.

Transfer 4 pitas, 1 at a time, directly onto oven rack. Bake until just puffed and pale golden, about 2 minutes. Turn over with tongs and bake 1 minute more. Cool pitas on a cooling rack 2 minutes, then stack and wrap loosely in a kitchen towel to keep pitas warm. Bake remaining 4 pitas in same manner. Serve warm.

• Pitas can be baked 1 week ahead and cooled completely, then frozen, wrapped well in foil in a sealed plastic bag. Thaw before reheating, wrapped in foil, 10 to 12 minutes in a 350°F oven.

This recipe is from epicurious.com

Ask Father!

2007-04-24T08:49:00.000-07:00

From time to time we might have a question that we need a priest to answer, so today while reading some Catholic sites, I found Ask Father it's a forum page where you can ask "Father Z" a Catholic priest living in Rome, your questions. So if you have anything you are too shy to ask a priest in person about, ask Father Z!

Could it be getting warmer?

2007-04-19T07:12:00.000-07:00

So I wonder if spring is on it's way here yet! It's been so cold, and yet today I finally see some sun! They are predicting about 60degrees for the weekend, I will gladly take that over weeks of 30-42 degrees, so maybe this weekend might mean we can enjoy some outside time.
I was browsing some very interesting photo-shop images on a site that were very creative. I don't know if I can copy a picture without getting into trouble so i'll link to one that I like a lot.
It's here and it's of stonehenge. You will need to scroll down a little bit to see the whole thing.
I hope you all have a nice weekend, I am looking forward to a sleep in.

Virginia Tech Shooting.

2007-04-18T04:28:00.000-07:00

What a difficult week it has been. Glancing over at the news on the T.V and hearing all about the Virginia Tech massacre. It makes me sick to my stomach.
But lets offer up prayers to all the victims and their families and do good and loving things, to out weigh such evil things, and try to make the world better.
I was reading an article by David Zampino on our group blog Per Christum which was like a breath of fresh air. It's in relation to the Virginia Tech massacre and it's called The finger of God
and it's about finding God in times such as this.

I want a beagle

2007-04-16T06:13:00.000-07:00

I know that I can't have one because I won't be home enough, but I would love to own a beagle. I met 2 beagles over the weekend and it was love at first sight.

Easter

2007-04-10T04:40:00.000-07:00

I hope every one had a wonderful Easter!

House of Miracles

2007-04-02T11:20:00.000-07:00

I can't say whether it truly is a miracle or not until it is approved by the Church, but I like to keep an open mind, as I do believe in miracles. If I lived in Sydney, Australia, I would visit this home. Again, I don't know if it is a true miracle and I cannot speak for the Church unless it is approved.
Here is the story of the house of miracles, that I took from the Today tonight homepage and it's by Laticia Gibson,

After a 17-year-old boy died, oil began seeping through his bedroom walls and ash appeared on the floor. Some now believe he was a messenger of God.

There are crowds in a suburban Sydney street this evening, as there have been for weeks.

They are hoping for a miracle, to be touched by the hand of God. All because of a young boy who died and occurrences inside the house that are so far unexplained by science.

They line up for hours, hundreds at a time, to enter the small suburban home, a place thousands call "God on Earth".

Inside the home, oil is slowly seeping from walls and paintings, while ash on the floor is said to be a miracle cure for the mind, body and soul. The deliverer: a dead boy..

Five months ago, 17-year-old Michael Tannous was tragically killed in a car crash.

Forty days later, Mike's God-fearing parents, George and Lina noticed a strange line of oil appear on his bedroom wall and the smell of roses filled parts of the home.

Ash, the colour of coal, inexplicably began materalising from thin air. His parents believe it is a sign their son is still alive.

According to the Tannous family, the line of oil has multiplied and spread across the walls.

As well as the miracle oil, Mike's initials and a cross have also appeared. If you believe the believers, even Jesus has been spotted on the ceiling of a neighbouring room.

Now, the young and old are making pilgrimages to this 24-hour cathedral to those seeking to be healed by God.

Among them was 12-year-old Elana Ibiahim, who says her crippling joint pain is gone, healed by a magic elixir, the aromatic oil from Mike's bedroom.

"I was sick, I had joint problems and they kept swelling up," Elana said.

"I couldn't kneel and sometimes I was unable to write because of them.

"I put it on the first day and since then - all my pain is gone."

Local Catholic priest, Father Michael Melhen, said in all of his years at the pulpit, he had never seen anything as miraculous as this.

He stressed that he cannot speak on behalf of the Catholic church, but as an individual believer he is stunned at what he's seen.

He is using the oil that comes through the walls to anoint people.

"The purpose of the oil, according to the church, is to bless people and that's a sign, a symbolism of peace," Fr Melhen said.

As the word spread, Johanne Adams heard that the messiah was among us, despite never having met the Tannous family, but now visits regularly.

"Because I believe, I believe in this house," Johanne said.

"I don't know these people and they are beautiful people and it's a miracle."

Every person who walks through the doors for the very first time receives a free souvenir: a cotton bud soaked in the holy oil.

So far, over 3,500 people have received such a gift, with the number increasing by the hour.

"It means that Mike is still alive and that's a message to everyone that there is life after death," Fr Melhen said.

Mike's parents and Father Melhen say God hand-picked Mike from birth. A picture taken when he was just six months old, they say, was prophetic in its similarities to a famous rendering of Jesus.

Some even said Mike predicted his own death, his schoolbooks littered with poems and scribbles depicting the afterlife.

A gate among his drawings bore an amazing resemblance to the dripping oil.

George and Lina say they have not made a cent from the people arriving at their home.

"We have not collect any money, no way, we won't accept it at all," George said.

"All we need is for people to come here to light candles at the church for Mike, nothing else, or to pray, we don't need anything."

Peter Bowditch from Australian Skeptics said that for a miracle to be true, it has to have scientific evidence to back it up.

"To become excited about it, you have to be a true believer," Mr Bowditch said.

"That is, you have to be someone who is immersed totally in some form in faith.

Religious sightings and paranormal activity, known as religious pareidolia, have captivated audiences and the faithful for centuries.

Celestial sightings have been captured on fence posts, windows, even the humble vegemite sandwich.

In Perth, a statue of the Madonna supposedly bled tears of oil.

Extensive scientific testing revealed it to be an oil substance with an added fragrance, most likely rose oil, but where it came from - how it got there - no-one could conclusively determine. A documentary is being released this Easter.

But you only have to look at the faces of those who gather at the Tannous family's home, night and day, to realise that they believe Michael was a direct messenger of God.

"I would like everyone, especially those who don't believe, to come here and to have a look and to start knowing there is life after death," Father Melhen said.

The house is at 6 Bowden Street, Guildford, NSW. Visiting hours are strictly 12-2pm and 4-6pm ''only''.

There is also another article with more information here: Weeping walls Mystery

Dr.John Billings

2007-04-02T04:53:00.000-07:00

Sadly, I found out from Antonia's World
That Dr.John Billings died....
Dr John Billings, world-renowned pioneer of natural fertility regulation, died last night aged 89 after a short illness.

John James Billings AM, KCSG, MD, FRCP, FRACP, was born in Melbourne on 5 March 1918 and educated at Xavier College and the University of Melbourne. Married to Dr Evelyn L Billings, nee Thomas in 1943, John saw service as an army doctor with the AIF during WWII in PNG. more here

I chose to study the Billings method for NFP about 6 months before I got married,(and use it now that I am married) after a friend loaned me her copy of "The Billings Method" book by Dr.Evelyn Billings. I had originally been studying NFP by Couple to Couple league, but since I was living in Australia, it was easier to study something that most other couples I knew used. The Billings method is a form of Natural family planning that teaches a woman to interpret signs of fertility, and can be used to avoid or achieve pregnancy, using no drugs, devices or side effects.
Personally, I think it's a great way for a woman to know how her body works and all the signs of change. It is scientifically proven too, no matter what stories are out there, if you use it properly it does work.

So Dr.John Billings may have passed away, but has left women with a wonderful way, which allows us to manage our fertility without use of drugs and unnatural means.

Above is a picture of Dr.John Billings, meeting with John Paul II
The Billings Method

Boo hoo

2007-03-29T07:06:00.000-07:00

I came across some old photos that I had put on Jonathans computer of my old pet kitty cat and I miss her!! I had to leave her with my friends who were kind enough to adopt her when I moved overseas. For memory sake, here are some pictures of my baby meow tiger...

Sleepy meow...

Time to wake up and feed the baby piglet!

now back to sleep....

New blog

2007-03-26T07:09:00.000-07:00

There is a new blog that has been added to my links list, it's a new blog by Father William Hahn who is also the priest that married us.

Happy Monday!

more photos

2007-03-23T06:12:00.000-07:00

I thought it would be nice to share some photos,

Below is a beautiful fish from the aquarium we visited in Charleston SC

Below, isn't this a cutie?

The shore, I love the beach, we stayed in a hotel on the Isle of Palms SC

Spring is showing in Charleston SC!!

Below, me looking very drained at the rehearsal, the evening before our wedding, I had a very stressful day of trying to prepare for the next day.

Wedding photo!

My sister and daughter

Smiley wedding photo!

Back to the north!

2007-03-20T04:55:00.000-07:00

We are now back from our honeymoon. We went to Charleston South Carolina and I loved it! The weather was so warm, I wish it were that warm today, but it's somewhere in the 20's F here today, so it's quite different!
We began driving to Charelston SC on sunday, but stopped off for a night at a place called "Mount Airy" It's the home town of Andy Griffith from the Andy Griffith Show, and since Jonathan is such a fan, we thought it would be perfect and it was. I love the southern hospitality and the "laid back" feel of it all out there, I want to go back already!
I loved reading your congratulations and well wishes in my wedding post, i'll be back to reading blogs and updating now. I will also post more photos as I get them.
Jonathan Has posted some wedding and honeymoon photos too if you want to see them.

Also, another very good thing is that there is a new blog in the blogosphere by Fr.Hahn he is also the priest that married us and to my good findings, he has posted our wedding homily, which I think is just great, now Jonathan and I can reflect on it in the future.
See you soon!

We're Married!

2007-03-14T08:40:00.000-07:00

On March 10th 2007 we got married! It was a wonderful ceremony, followed by a wonderful reception. We are currently in South Carolina, so I haven't read any blogs but I have read your lovely comments, so thank you! Here is a photo of our day.

Settling In.

2007-03-01T04:55:00.000-08:00

So I've been slowly settling into the US, it's a slow thing because there is so much else to do. But I'm taking in the weather and trying to tough out the cold and and thaw out a little. The snow and all is so pretty but that annoying part of it all are the slippery side walks.
Things with the wedding are coming along nicely now, there are still some small details to go, it's hard to believe that there is only a week and a bit left. My family are arriving from Australia next week too, it's pretty exciting, I can't wait to see my mum, I guess I should spell that "mom" now. I can't wait!!!
I have had 2 bridal showers since i've been here, those are so much fun, i'm lucky to have found such welcoming people, every little bit helps.
I don't know what the weather will be like on our wedding day but i'm sure that i'll be freezing in my dress.
They are predicting rain today and lots of it, I can't wait for some sun!! That's all I can update on right now, but i'll be back!!

Im here

2007-02-21T09:39:00.000-08:00

I did make it to the USA safely! Thanks for your prayers and well wishes. Right now i'm putting together the last of the wedding details and i'll be sure to update on everything by next week and i'll get around to reading some more of my favorite blogs.
See you soon!

Time for some party!

2007-02-10T04:52:00.000-08:00

Well, it was time for some sort of goodbye gathering, so we had a party tonight. Here is a picture of my daughter, mum , cousins wife and me. It was a fun night, hopefully i'll have more photos at a later time, right now I want to get to my bed and sleep it all off. Click the image for a huge view of our faces!

hmmm, could we be as friendly as we look?

flowers

2007-02-09T14:17:00.000-08:00

A few friends of mine sent me these flowers as a wedding wish, and had them delivered to my door. Are they not beautiful?

I missed it

2007-02-09T04:09:00.000-08:00

So not only am I late for the blogs 4 life conference but I missed it, I am in Australia so even if I knew about it, I couldn't be there. I do however support it!
And I just noticed that
faithmouse took the time to also make a cartoon for me! How lovely! Sure i'm almost a month late in noticing but it's really nice to know someone took that time. It's also nice to know that people care enough about life to all rally at the conference, I would have loved to have been there to show my support. Thanks faithmouse!

Here is the one made for me!

My new dvd!

2007-01-30T01:15:00.000-08:00

I recently bought the New York City ballet workout dvd and I can't wait to start it. Has anyone tried this one? It's just the change I need from the same old. I hope to be leaping like a ballet professional (one can only dream).

If you have tried it, I would love to know what your opinions are.

Swamped!

2007-01-28T16:13:00.000-08:00

I am still swamped with stuff to do, it's been really good though because I got to head out of here and spend some time in Melbourne. It was Australia day long weekend so we had time off work and joined in on the celebrations. I only got back last night and have a few more days off work, i'll take these spare days to finnish getting my house all ready for someone else to move in.
I have had the chance to read all the comments from you guys, thanks, i've got lots to tell and can't wait to update.

In more interesting news, I enjoyed reading this article:
The world awaits the joint testimony of Christians

here is some of it...

VATICAN CITY, JAN 26, 2007 (VIS) - Yesterday afternoon in the Roman basilica of St. Paul's Outside-the-Walls, the Pope presided at the celebration of the second Vespers of the Feast of the Conversion of St. Paul. The ceremony, which marked the end of the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity, was attended by representatives from other Churches and ecclesial communities.

In his homily, the Holy Father recalled how the theme of this year's Week of Prayer, taken from the Gospel of St. Mark - "He even makes the deaf to hear and the mute to speak" - had been proposed by Christian communities in South Africa. "These words," he said, "are good news announcing the coming of the Kingdom of God and the healing of the incapacity to communicate."

"Listening to the Word of God ... is a priority in our ecumenical efforts. Indeed, it is not we who organize the unity of the Church; the Church does not create herself and does not live by herself, but by the Word that comes from the mouth of God."

"Whoever undertakes to listen to the word of God can and must then speak out and transmit it to others, to those who have never heard it, or to those who have forgotten it and buried it under the 'thorns' of the cares and illusions of the world.
read more here

I hope you enjoy it too.

Miracle of the Rosary

2007-01-18T00:50:00.000-08:00

Although I haven't written for a while, I managed to check out the song by Elivs Presley (yes the king lives on don't deny it!) called
miracle of the Rosary
It's just beautiful, and it has taken me this long to hear it, thanks to Thomas aka:
American Papist
You are a sea of information!

Ok here is my plug that goes out to Deepak....

My blogger friend Deepak sent me his youtube video, so I thought that since he wants to be an actor he needs all the publicity he can get, so why not take a look at the video by linking here
I think that I see another blogger by the name of
Noushad in it too, being choked of all things.

Anyway, I haven't written for ages, things are so busy that I am overwhelmed! But all is going well and the wedding plans are coming along nicely. I will get around to reading your blogs soon and updating you on the new things that are happening. Thanks for your visits and your lovely messages in the post below.

Busy times.

2007-01-03T22:39:00.000-08:00

The first month of the year has certainly come in as a busy one, there is so much to do it's not funny! The busiest season of work starts next week, and I already need to take a few days off to go pick up some wedding related things. Lucky for me I can take my own hours since I indeed am one of the owners, my mother is my boss so of course she is nice to me.
Did anyone notice my wedding count down ticker on my blog? You better because I want you all to see it!! You know, since I put it in the middle and at the top and all.
Argent gave me the idea, so thanks. Although it took me forever to work out how it can be viewed on a dark background such as mine. The "love birds" meet at the end, how sweet?? I'm being a little corny here I think, so I'll stop.
Today I found the most beautiful wedding invitations that I've ever seen, they can be made in a week so they'll be out soon. I'll take a photo when I have them at home and all printed, I'll hide the address though of course this is the internet!!
Jonathan and I are going to start a novena to St.Joseph for the plans and other things, so I'm confident all will go well and fall together nicely. I love the fact that we are getting married in the start of spring, it has that "new life" feel about it. If I had a choice of another season I'd pick winter bc I love the snow and the winter colors, even though I do almost die when I feel those Ohio winters, here I am a small person from such a hot and dry climate, going to live in a place where the seasons are opposite!! I am seriously in need of eskimo clothes!!
I remember wearing winter tights under my jeans on a cold day, I've never done that. I also wore 2 pairs of socks, another first. I'm not complaining though, really, the homes are warm, I had never seen heating ducts in a bathroom til I visited.
So it's almost time for me to leave the country, about one month and a bit to go, it's an amazing feeling. I am in one way sad to leave my family over here, but excited about the new things to come and spending more time with my new family over there. I'll see my Australian family a lot because we are close so it's going to work out beautifully, I'm very lucky.
So yes, the new year has started super busy.

Just adding a short note of thank you to all my readers who have sent me such beautiful well wishes and prayers for the new year and who have been waiting patiently to be hearing about me and Jonathan.

Happy 2007!

2006-12-31T22:50:00.000-08:00

Hey there everyone! I haven't had too many spare moments for computer time, you ,know with family commitments and all, so I want to take this opportunity to wish all my readers and passers by a happy new year! I hope that 2007 is great for all of us.
New years eve was a quiet one for me and my family, and my last in Australia, unless we happen to be visiting at this time one year, so I'm making the most of it.
Have a great time in all the festivities!

Christmas day

2006-12-26T17:41:00.000-08:00

I hope everyone had a great time on Christmas day. I'm still recovering from the food and late night we had on Christmas eve after the mass.
The mass was beautiful, I always get a tear in my eye while singing the carols at the beginning, seeing the manger scene near the altar with the baby Jesus, and then looking up to the top of the altar at the grown man dying on the cross.
My mother was up at 6am cooking and my daughter was up at 6.30am opening presents, I could hear paper being torn, while I was in bed. Then more paper being torn by my cousin who was sleeping on the couch (my 2 cousins were locked out of their home accidentally so they slept over). My sister came over wanting to open her gifts from her boyfriend, she was diving into them, she is really loud too. So up I got by 7.15am.
The food!! There was so much food!! Everyone ate! Then some fell asleep, woke up and it was time to eat again.
It was not a hot Christmas this year, yay!! It was a windy and cool one so maybe I'll be better prepared for my next Christmas in Ohio.
It was a fantastic day, I loved every moment of it, even if some of the family fell asleep after lunch.
I definitely missed Jonathan more than ever, but we'll be together in a couple of months and can prepare for Easter. I have to be in ohio by at "least" the end of february 07, so it's all coming up so very soon, after a long wait of course.
I've posted a picture of the left over cookies for all my readers, take one! But don't take the one with the fly sitting on it, unless you have a pet frog. I didn't know there was a fly there til after I took the photo, maybe it was wanting some Christmas festive food too.

Below is a photo of the manger scene that my parish had, it is bigger than it looks.

Christmas Wishes

2006-12-21T19:54:00.000-08:00

I want to wish everyone out there a very happy and safe Christmas season.

If you don't celebrate Christmas then I wish you a happy time of year.

Christmas Meme

2006-12-19T20:34:00.000-08:00

I told Jonathan that I would do this meme if I blogged before Christmas.
Come on now, I know you don't really want to know any of these things about me but in the spirit of memes, here you go!

1. Egg Nog or Hot Chocolate?

Egg nog, it's tasty.

2. Does Santa wrap presents or just sit them under the tree?

He wraps them of course.

3. Colored lights on tree/house or white?

At the moment i'm living at my mothers house because i've vacated my home, so i've decorated her home with white lights on the tree and colored ones out side.

4. Do you hang mistletoe?

I've never even seen mistletoe

5. When do you put your decorations up?

I try to wait til the first day of Advent but they always go up late november.

6. What is your favorite holiday dish?

My mums curry rice salad

7. Favorite Holiday memory as a child?

Getting our brand new Christmas tree (we live in a hot climate we don't have real ones)

8. When and how did you learn the truth about Santa?

When my sister sung this song to me "someone got a 22 and shot him in the head" she later explained "he's dead and his real name is St.Nicholas" ...............great sis.

9. Do you open a gift on Christmas Eve?

No

10. How do you decorate your Christmas Tree?

I hang live cats on it, just joking, I do what everyone does, lights, ornaments and the rest, is there another way?

11. Snow! Love it or Dread it?

I don't live in the snow. I love snow but dread it when it comes to days on end of it.
12. Can you ice skate?

I've never tried I live in the hot dry part of Australia.

13. Do you remember your favorite gift?

My engagement ring

14. What’s the most important thing about the Holidays for you?

Celebrating Jesus birth, the mass, and family.

15. What is your favorite Holiday Dessert?

In Australia, Christmas cake (lions brand) in the USA, Pumpkin pie and Jonathans grandma's pistachio thingy, I tried to be a lady and not eat it all, little did the family know that I secretly wanted to run away with it and never share.

16. What is your favorite holiday tradition?

Sharing a meal with my family, opening gifts together, looking at lights, decorating the home.

17. What tops your tree?

Star, some times angel,

18.Which do you prefer giving or receiving?

giving, especially this time of year, I do like receiving too, like if someone wanted to give me a whole heap of money, i'd receive it without sulking.

19. What is your favorite Christmas Song?

O Holy night

20. Candy Canes! Yuck or Yum?

"yum", not "YUM", or "YUMMY", they are just like a mint, so medium "yum" without a capital Y, just a small "y" to show that it's medium yum, not "THE BOMB" yum, just "hmm nice" yum.

You know, that type of yum?

If you would like to be tagged just be tagged.

Some fun

2006-12-12T21:45:00.000-08:00

Try this for karaoke. I wonder how you will keep up.

How many children died?

2006-12-12T02:50:00.000-08:00

I found this button from here and thought it was a good way to show the reality at hand when it comes to abortions. I'll add it to my side bar when I do get the chance. You can just click on it to get to the site where it was created.
The argument of abortion is always that the unborn child is not a child, but if it's a life then of course it's a child, "life" is when you are alive, so if you are alive, you are indeed a being.
It's the same as stem cell research, it 'might' and I stress the 'might' save one life, but to save that life you must destroy the other life first, how is that right?

All about Advent

2006-12-11T02:25:00.000-08:00

This part of the year is my favorite part of the Church year. So posting a little bit on it is a must.
Advent is actually the begining of the Church year and begins on the fourth sunday before Christmas day.
This advent I have packed away my advent wreath, but Jeff Miller has designed one that we can all use, it's on my side bar.
The whole focus during advent is the celebration of the birth of Jesus. If you want to know more, Churchyear.net have a page called
All About Advent which is pretty helpful.

Pigcat

2006-12-10T22:42:00.000-08:00

My cat gave birth to a pig, true story.

You can shake your head because yes, I am a strange bird. In my defence though, I did not take this picture :)

The tree.

2006-12-09T22:55:00.000-08:00

Here is that photo of the big Christmas tree in the city of Melbourne, blogger didn't let me add it to my post with my other photos so now I finally got it in! Also blogger keeps saying that the new version is available, has anyone updated to that? I am too scared to update because i'm afraid it might be the blogger beta that everyone hates.
Enjoy the photo! (ok it's not that big of a deal, just a tree.)

It feels like there is no time.

2006-12-08T23:36:00.000-08:00

So here I am, slowly moving out of my house and I haven't even booked flight tickets out of the country. I'm planning on leaving in february (only 2 months away) but don't have anything concrete yet to work toward. We've hardly got anything booked for the wedding either and it's supposed to be in march. I know weddings normally take about 6 months to prepare, and all I have is 3 months. The Church is sort of booked, the venue isn't booked, no music, photographer, cake, cars and all that. Do you really think that's enough time? I'm focusing on the sacrament of marriage and what it means, but I can't help getting such panicky feelings about whether there will be enough time. I wonder if i'm just thinking about it too much. I have that little girls dream of this being a perfect day. Am I being silly by being a little nervous?

Feast of the Immaculate Conception

2006-12-07T22:34:00.000-08:00

Since I am a Catholic and want to share my faith on my blog as well as other things and want to wish you all a blessed Feast day of the Immaculate Conception

A feast called the Conception of Mary arose in the Eastern Church in the seventh century. It came to the West in the eighth century. In the eleventh century it received its present name, the Immaculate Conception. In the eighteenth century it became a feast of the universal Church.
In 1854 Pius IX gave the infallible statement: “The most Blessed Virgin Mary, in the first instant of her conception, by a singular grace and privilege granted by almighty God, in view of the merits of Jesus Christ, the savior of the human race, was preserved free from all stain of original sin.” to read more click here

Father, You prepared the Virgin Mary to be the worthy Mother of Your Son. You made it possible for her to share beforehand in the salvation Your Son, Jesus Christ, would bring by His death, and kept her without sin from the first moment of her conception. Give us the grace by her prayers ever to live in Your presence without sin. We ask this through the same Christ our Lord. Amen.