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Wordless Wednesday: Washington Monument in Spring
Posted on 31. Mar, 2010 by Deb.
My favorite city in the Spring: Washington DC, April 2008.
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Your “Old Self”
Posted on 29. Mar, 2010 by Deb.
In my perusal of blogs, I came across this post by Christine Kane last week – Part One of a two-part series entitled “How to Turn a Set-back into a Comeback”. Part one goes through six reminders about set-backs, things that we truly need to understand and embrace before we are able to move forward. [...]
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The Silent Treatment
Posted on 29. Mar, 2010 by Deb.
“David’s son Absalom turned against him and was killed. Yet David wrote some of the most beautiful psalms, the ones about being lovingly cared for. Also some of the whiniest. I deeply respect that about God, that he chooses anti-heroes, people who have lost much, cynics. It makes me hope he has a place in [...]
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Update on My Mom
Posted on 28. Mar, 2010 by Deb.
Mother was finally sent home from the hospital on Wednesday evening. She met with oncology (Texas Oncology and they are WONDERFUL) on Thursday for her pre-assessment meeting to get her tattoo and cat-scan. On Friday received her first radiation treatment. She was exhausted both Friday night and most of Saturday and [...]
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Chicken Soup for the Puny
Posted on 27. Mar, 2010 by Deb.
I went to bed last night with a sore throat and woke up with a worse sore throat. Today then seems like a good day to make some homemade soup. Instead of simply throwing everything in the crockpot, I decided it was the day for sauteing and simmering.
I needed fresh veggies…and [...]
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Spring Time
Posted on 26. Mar, 2010 by Deb.
The office windows are open today and the breeze is crisp. The navy curtains are gently blowing and the cat is alternating between sitting against the screens and letting the smells tickle his little pink nose while the wind caress whiskers and sitting on my desk. There is a magical quality to spring [...]
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Wordless Wednesday: Cherry Blossoms
Posted on 24. Mar, 2010 by Deb.
Cherry Blossoms, April 2008.
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My Mother
Posted on 20. Mar, 2010 by Deb.
Today I realized that I have been twittering about being at the hospital, but I haven’t put the pieces together for those who aren’t cursed (blessed?) with me having their phone number programmed into my handy-dandy droid.
Last week, my mother went to the ER last Thursday (March 11th) because she had a shortness of breath [...]
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Saturday Songs
Posted on 06. Mar, 2010 by Deb.
Kid played this song in the car today, so I thought I would share…
It’s been a good Saturday. The weather was really beautiful, though we are expecting some rain later tonight or tomorrow. I’m hoping the rain holds off for Mass tomorrow.
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On The Beginning of Lent
Posted on 17. Feb, 2010 by Deb.
Today is Ash Wednesday, the beginning of the Season of Lent.
Though I have quietly observed the Season of Lent the past two years, today is the first time in several years that I have attended Mass on Ash Wednesday. When I am at home, I usually attend mass with the Carmelite Nuns. Today, however, I [...]
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The Happiness Project: Beginning January
Posted on 01. Jan, 2010 by Deb.
When Harper Collins offered me a copy of Gretchen Rubin’s “The Happiness Project” to review, I said “Yes“. I mean, who wouldn’t want to read a book about happiness? When the book arrived, I realized that I was familiar with Gretchen’s work in the form of The Happiness Toolbox, which my friend Lee has suggested. [...]
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On this Christmas Eve
Posted on 24. Dec, 2009 by Deb.
I’d like to share with you my favorite Christmas story:
And it came to pass in those days, that there went out a decree from Caesar Augustus, that all the world should be taxed. (And this taxing was first made when Cyrenius was governor of Syria.) And all went to be taxed, every [...]
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A Day That Will Live in Infamy
Posted on 07. Dec, 2009 by Deb.
In honor of those who lost their lives sixty-eight years ago today, images from last year’s rehearsals for the Pearl Harbor Memorial Ceremony at the Navy Memorial in Washington DC…as well as a portion of Franklin D Roosevelt’s speech to congress the day after the attack in 1941.
Yesterday, December 7, 1941—a date which will live [...]
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T-Rex had a Mini-Me
Posted on 17. Sep, 2009 by Deb.
Tyrannosaurus rex — the most fearsome predator ever to trod the Earth — had a pint-size precursor, remarkably similar in appearance but no heavier than a human being, according to a new report from a team of scientists. The creature was what Austin Powers might call T. rex’s Mini-Me.
via Smuggled Dinosaur Fossil Scrambles Picture of [...]
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Making Friends
Posted on 17. Sep, 2009 by Deb.
Greta, the Bouvier des Flanders, is nine years old. In May, we added Tommy, a two-year old tabby to our household. It took some time, and some posturing, but it’s obvious these two creatures have started becoming friends. This little (interrupted) nap together is just a sign that they aren’t just co-existing! [...]