Blessed with Full hands: 2012

7 Quick Takes

1. 12-12-12

This date was my birthday! I had a wonderful day with my family and enjoyed it so much. Plus, it is awesome that my birthday is on such a great Feast Day. I love the Feast of our Lady of Guadalupe.

2. The Odd Life of Timothy Green

After the kids went to bed on my birthday night, my husband and I watched The Odd Life of Timothy Green. Two weeks ago, someone said to me that they felt that they needed to tell me to watch it.

I cried my way through that movie. Maybe it is just because it is "where I am at." But, I totally lost it while watching the final scene of the movie. It was a good thing that only my husband was there to witness it.

Anyone else see it??

I should have a movie party at my house so people can see it . . .

Dec

Still counting the gifts. Vacation style.

I am not sure why it is so much easier to feel His presence and recognize His gifts on vacation, but it is. Maybe because the routine of daily life is interrupted somewhat. There is still laundry to do, meals to prepare and dishes to clean up. But these tasks feel so much less burdensome when on vacation. Suddenly coonversations with strangers, texts from neighbors are seen as what they are . . . gifts given to us in the day to remind us that HE is with us always and loves us so much.

Dec

Grand Ilumination 2012

Can the beauty of fireworks make you cry? Well, yes, it can.

The night after the Christmas Town Dash, we headed to Colonial Williamsburg for Grand Illumination. It is the celebration of the beginning of the Christmas Season and the highlight of the night is firework displays. 4 to be exact. Throughout the town. We had gone to Grand Illumination two years ago and watched it by the Governor's Mansion. This year, we headed to the Capital Building.

The night was beautiful.

Dec

How do you spell fun? Answer: Christmas Town Dash 8K!

The first day of our vacation was a busy one. It started early in the AM with the Christmas Town Dash 8K. Most of the family was running. K and A were running the Running with the Cows Chick-fil-A fun run. And J was registered for the 8K. My husband and I were also registered, but obviously both of us could not run. We had done this two years ago too. One of the perks of running the race, is getting a free ticket to Busch Gardens.

Dec

Our Christmas Card!

Photo Card

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Nov

7 Quick Takes

1. The Detox is over!!

I really wish I had the desire to blog right now. But I don't. So, the three week Reset gets a little mention here. Bottom line: It was great. I feel great. I am 9 lbs lighter. And my eating habits have totally changed. I am thoroughly convinced now that I need to keep wheat and some of the more processed grains out of my diet for good. And I need to keep my meat consumption in check.

Nov

St. Andrew Novena Starts tomorrow!!

This is one of my most favorite prayers! The boys and I have made St. Andrew Chaplets and have had to make more because I love to give these to others!

This is a very special prayer and I haev read of many special prayers answered through this Novena.

Won't you join our family?

The St. Andrew/Christmas Novena

Say 15 times a day from St.

Nov

Those who do not know history . . .

. . . you know the rest of that statement.

But, I seriously think our family will be OK. WE love history and are blessed to live in a very, history rich area.

My oldest is studying the Civil War right now. When I was a kid, I LOVED learning about the Civil War and I dreamed of living in an Old Plantation style farm house in the countryside of Virgina someday. My favorite movie was Gone with the Wind. So, I wanted to encourage my son in his fascination with the Civil War.

Nov

I am hitting the Reset button

For the past several months I have felt "off." I have been eating well, but not as great as I could. Because I had not been running (notice the tense used . . . that is for another post), and my PT took away pretty much all high intensity exercise, I had fallen into a exercise funk. I had been tired most of the time and I enjoyed a nice cup of coffee more than once a day.

I knew I needed a change. I knew I needed a detox. My hubby and I have done different detoxes over the years.

Nov

Renaissance Festival

One of the bigger outings we did while my husband was away for work was heading to the Renaissance festival. The boys have been begging to go all fall and the weather and our schedule finally cooperated. We decided to go to an early mass one Sunday and then head directly to the "Ren Fen" as it is called here.

We had never been to the Ren Fen and it was quite the experience! Since we went early, it was not too crowded when we got there, but there were SO MANY people dressed in costume.