Daybook for the heart of my home: February 16

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Outside My Window ...
there are a few snow flurries swirling (But I still want MORE snow;-)
 
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I am listening to...
noisy children who really need me to get them going in a productive direction this Monday morning.
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To Live the Liturgy...
It's time to start planning for Lent. I hope to have a few minutes this week to sort through files and links?
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To Breathe Deeply...
Several people asked about my workout. I've been doing the T-Tapp Basic workout, which was just perfect coming off bedrest and a c-section. This week, I'm moving up to the walking workout. Woo hoo! .

Towards rhythm and beauty ...
hmmm,, no doctors' appointments, no big trips, no one is sick; do I dare hope for a "normal" week?

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I am thankful for ...
a baby who only sleeps when in contact with my chest. Really, I am. She slows me down and encourages me to savor every moment of this all-too-fleeting time.
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From the kitchen ...
 Stir fried ham and veggies for dinner tonight and then split pea soup with ham tomorrow. We had a spiral sliced ham for our Valentine's dinner last night--a gfit that keeps giving:-)

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I am wearing ...
 black knit pants, a white tee shirt with a pink cardigan, pink pearl earrings and my St. Anne medal necklace. After thoroughly digesting It's So You! I've got the basic uniform down.
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I am creating ...
a facebook page. Ugh-it feels like a disorganized mess. No more time for that this week. But it has been fun to find some old friends and catch up a bit.
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  On my iPod...
still more Mozart for Sarah Anne .
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Towards a real education ...
In addition to the history trail, we're going to have a philosophy/theology binge this week. I want to make time to talk about  Before I Go: Letters to My Children About What Really Matters with my bigger kids. And I think I'll begin St. Patrick's Summer again with the younger set.  I was feeling like tea-time didn't give me enough discussion-reading time during the day and Colleen suggested instituting popcorn and lemonade time mid-morning. Sounds like a plan!
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Bringing beauty to my home ...
I've had children's paintings hanging in my sunroom as a kind of window valance for nearly three years. I think it's time to change up the art work. That will require creating new artwork and this seems a  good week to do that. (Didn't get to this one last week because we did lots of Valentine and president crafting, so we'll do it this week.)
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I am reading  ...

a great big stack of Michael Dubruiel books and you should too! Be sure to buy them this month from Our Sunday Visitor, who will contribute double to the Dubruiel college fund. These are really good books and make excellent Confirmation and Easter gifts. Please stock up and keep them on hand for giving.

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I am hoping ...
that my midwife, Margie, and her family are comforted by the prayers of people from all over the world as they mourn the loss of her sister Mary in the Buffalo plane crash. Won't you please pray for the family and for the soul of Mary?
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Around the house ...
the goal is to maintain our newly found sense of peace and order (still). This is the intention I bring to St.Anne every morning. She is such a faithful intercessor.
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One of my favorite things ...
Valentine roses--all eighteen of them. This guy really has figured out that romance thing:-). 
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A Few Plans For The Rest Of The Week:
nail down a plan for Lent and buy all the supplies necessary. I went out the day before Valentine's Day to find pink and red jimmies and there were none to be had in the whole greater DC area. Lesson learned; I picked up St. Patrick's Day jimmies.I will have a plan and I will get it all together this week. I will.

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Here is a picture thought I am sharing~
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  The first baby in blue is Karoline and the second is Sarah Anne  
 

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Slow Down! You move too fast!

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Sheesh! My first day trying to catch the hang of Facebook and Twitter simultaneously:

  • I joined the Krysti Hinton fan club (Krysti is my sister. Who knew she had fan club?)
  • My father added me as a friend. My father has a Facebook account??
  • I have 151 "Facebook" emails and 130 Twitter emails. That feels really overwhelming to me.
  • I registered with my married name, then added my maiden name, then deleted my maiden name because it looked so odd to me (and yes, because I spelled it wrong the first time I keyed it in).
  • I got totally lost with tweets and replies and walls and all sorts of things I can't possibly learn with a nursing baby in my lap.[ Ah...my blog template feels so comfortable and s.l.o.w.]
  • I waited all day for my husband to confirm me as his friend, thereby confirming that Facebook is high school all over again. I will hack into his account tonight and fix that, yes I will:-)
  • I looked through fifteen or so pages of Kappa Delta-UVa alumnae and didn't see a single person I knew. What's up with that? 
  • I did find my sorority little sister. She was hanging out on Patrick's godfather's wall.
  • I didn't find my real little sister. Just her fan club. 
  • I didn't find anyone else from college either, except for Laurel and I already had her blog.
  • Best of all, I learned there are only 8 carb grams in 3 of those addictive Valentine dots.

So, if I miss you somehow on Twitter or Facebook or if I somehow step on your toes or otherwise mess up, please pardon me and be gentle when you correct me. I sooooo don't get this whole shebang!

Comments open. Maybe I'll learn something