I am so happy that I actually made something aside from the usual for our evening meal today and yesterday. The best part was that I was able to use ingredients that I already had and the meals were really very simple to make. I got the recipes from a bargain cook book I bought a few years ago. Yesterday I made beans and rice and today I made meat balls and had them on spaghetti. Mmmmm. I loved the spaghetti and meat balls!
I was really beginning to dread supper time when I would make the same thing over and over agian. It was the same with grocery shopping, buying the same ingredients to make the same thing week after week. The more you put into something the more you will get out of it applies in this situation. I just decided to look for something different to make and lo and behold I did it! Just a small variation seemed to make all the difference in my feelings about cookingl.
Wednesday, May 6, 2009
Tuesday, May 5, 2009
Saturday, April 25, 2009
Moving On
Today is a rainy spring day in Iowa. Son is away on a day long youth retreat at our church that is being led by the Brothers of St. John from Peoria, Illinois.
Husband, baby and I went to do some work on cleaning up our condo that we will finally be putting on the market again. Although we were originally intending to sell it, we had rented it out to some relatives as they had three small children and the place where they were living wasn't fit due to landlord negligence and exploitation. We gave them more than a fair deal but unfortunately the place ended up getting trashed so here we are again spending thousands to clean it up and put it back on the market.
It feels like we have had to work hard (and are still working) to get our lives and our finances back together. Husband was unemployed about two years ago for a few months which was what really put us in the hole. We are also gradually getting out of a traumatic situation (of which the condo situation is only part of the story )where we were able to help some of our family during a difficult time but now are looking to move on as we have continued to take less and less responsibility for these peoples' lives.
I know these particular family members really did need our help, but we also had a tendency to take on more responsiblity for them than we should have. It is time to let go as we have been and let them take responsiblity for their own lives. We have done what we could for them and now it is God's hands and theirs.
Husband, baby and I went to do some work on cleaning up our condo that we will finally be putting on the market again. Although we were originally intending to sell it, we had rented it out to some relatives as they had three small children and the place where they were living wasn't fit due to landlord negligence and exploitation. We gave them more than a fair deal but unfortunately the place ended up getting trashed so here we are again spending thousands to clean it up and put it back on the market.
It feels like we have had to work hard (and are still working) to get our lives and our finances back together. Husband was unemployed about two years ago for a few months which was what really put us in the hole. We are also gradually getting out of a traumatic situation (of which the condo situation is only part of the story )where we were able to help some of our family during a difficult time but now are looking to move on as we have continued to take less and less responsibility for these peoples' lives.
I know these particular family members really did need our help, but we also had a tendency to take on more responsiblity for them than we should have. It is time to let go as we have been and let them take responsiblity for their own lives. We have done what we could for them and now it is God's hands and theirs.
Friday, April 24, 2009
On the Homestretch
I am working to get my son through the end of the year and trying to push him through until July (this is when the baby is due). Our goals are to get math, Rome, and writing done.
Math- This would be getting through Saxon 7/8 2nd ed.
Rome-This would mean getting through the Haaren's Famous Men of Rome.
Writing & Language-This would mean getting through Sandra Garant's Writing Workshop. We signed up for this through Catholic Heritage Curricula. I would also like to have him complete the first half of Linga Mater: Language Lessons from Literature by Margot Davidson but this may not happen.
Religion-We were working on St. Joseph's Baltimore Catechism #2 but haven't done too well since Easter. We had also been working on The Virtue's of Jesus
Other-G also takes Spanish and Orchestra at the local Jr. High every other day as well as participating in a local Future Problem Solvers homeschool group.
Math- This would be getting through Saxon 7/8 2nd ed.
Rome-This would mean getting through the Haaren's Famous Men of Rome.
Writing & Language-This would mean getting through Sandra Garant's Writing Workshop. We signed up for this through Catholic Heritage Curricula. I would also like to have him complete the first half of Linga Mater: Language Lessons from Literature by Margot Davidson but this may not happen.
Religion-We were working on St. Joseph's Baltimore Catechism #2 but haven't done too well since Easter. We had also been working on The Virtue's of Jesus
Other-G also takes Spanish and Orchestra at the local Jr. High every other day as well as participating in a local Future Problem Solvers homeschool group.
Monday, April 20, 2009
Where do I go from Here?
I put myself on the blog list for Catholic Mothers Online. I feel like this blog is becoming more of a sounding off place for political and moral issues than it is me talking about being a Catholic Mother. Maybe I'll start another blog.
As far as Catholic Mothering I'm not sure there's too much to write about there. That involves more personal things. How much of my life do I want to let hang out there? Other Mother's write about homeschooling and have pictures of their children on their blogs. I love reading these blogs but am not sure that is for me. We'll see.
As far as Catholic Mothering I'm not sure there's too much to write about there. That involves more personal things. How much of my life do I want to let hang out there? Other Mother's write about homeschooling and have pictures of their children on their blogs. I love reading these blogs but am not sure that is for me. We'll see.
Friday, April 3, 2009
Iowa Supreme Court Rules Unanimously for "Gay Marriage" in Iowa
Today the Iowa Supreme Court ruled that a "ban on gay marriage" is unconstitutional. The thing that is first and foremost in my mind is how the prevailing intolerance of those who think active homosexuality is wrong will only increase as they will be forced to object to many things on moral grounds. Will they be forced to use the terms husband and wife for homosexual couples?
Here is the statment from the Iowa Catholic Bishops:
We, the Roman Catholic Bishops of Iowa, strongly disagree with the decision of the Iowa Supreme Court which strikes down Iowa’s law defining marriage as a union of one man and one woman. This decision rejects the wisdom of thousands of years of human history. It implements a novel understanding of marriage, which will grievously harm families and children.
This unwarranted social engineering attacks the good that marriage offers to society, especially the good of children, and weakens the critical relationship between marriage and parenting. We will resolutely continue to protect and promote marriage as a union between a man and a woman because of its unique and historical contribution to the common good.
We uphold the right of all people to be treated with respect and live in peace. This right, like the right to enter into a permanent, monogamous marriage of one man and one woman, derives directly from the intrinsic dignity of the human person. These are rights which the state has the duty to recognize and protect. They are not something that the state creates or may redefine. The citizens of every state who have been given the opportunity have voted to preserve civil marriage as it has been recognized and defined since the beginning of recorded history.
Therefore, we exhort Catholics and other citizens of Iowa to recognize the clear need for a constitutional amendment on marriage. We affirm that supporting the ideal of marriage as the stable union of one man and one woman is necessary to defend marriage, families, children, and the common good.
Most Rev. Jerome Hanus, OSB, Archbishop of Dubuque
Most Rev. R. Walker Nickless, Bishop of Sioux City
Most Rev. Martin Amos, Bishop of Davenport
Most Rev. Richard Pates, Bishop of Des Moines
April 3, 2009
Here is the statment from the Iowa Catholic Bishops:
We, the Roman Catholic Bishops of Iowa, strongly disagree with the decision of the Iowa Supreme Court which strikes down Iowa’s law defining marriage as a union of one man and one woman. This decision rejects the wisdom of thousands of years of human history. It implements a novel understanding of marriage, which will grievously harm families and children.
This unwarranted social engineering attacks the good that marriage offers to society, especially the good of children, and weakens the critical relationship between marriage and parenting. We will resolutely continue to protect and promote marriage as a union between a man and a woman because of its unique and historical contribution to the common good.
We uphold the right of all people to be treated with respect and live in peace. This right, like the right to enter into a permanent, monogamous marriage of one man and one woman, derives directly from the intrinsic dignity of the human person. These are rights which the state has the duty to recognize and protect. They are not something that the state creates or may redefine. The citizens of every state who have been given the opportunity have voted to preserve civil marriage as it has been recognized and defined since the beginning of recorded history.
Therefore, we exhort Catholics and other citizens of Iowa to recognize the clear need for a constitutional amendment on marriage. We affirm that supporting the ideal of marriage as the stable union of one man and one woman is necessary to defend marriage, families, children, and the common good.
Most Rev. Jerome Hanus, OSB, Archbishop of Dubuque
Most Rev. R. Walker Nickless, Bishop of Sioux City
Most Rev. Martin Amos, Bishop of Davenport
Most Rev. Richard Pates, Bishop of Des Moines
April 3, 2009
Thursday, April 2, 2009
Response to Community Abortion Promoter
It is a shame that the centerpiece of women’s rights and women’s health has become the right to abortion. This is an injustice to women and does not by any means speak for all women despite the perception created by the rhetoric of people like K K who promote abortion as the pinnacle of women’s rights. Governments and their people should have the right to support the health and well being of both women and children after and before birth without being forced to accept something as horribly wrong as abortion. A convention that most people would otherwise have no moral problem with has taken on new meaning with the push for abortion rights to be interpreted in CEDAW. Many countries where abortion is illegal have ratified CEDAW but apparently, as is shown in K’s March 28 column, this may lead these countries to be forced to accept legalized abortion. Is it any wonder this convention hasn’t received unanimous support?
Is K angry over inaction regarding women’s rights or the fact that many don’t fully embrace the abortion ideology that has been made an integral part of women’s rights? Why are we being forced to accept these two things as inseparable? Women’s rights should include the right of women to be treated with the dignity that has been bestowed on all humanity by God, not with the artificial right to abortion that pro-abortion feminists falsely say is central to a woman’s dignity.
Is K angry over inaction regarding women’s rights or the fact that many don’t fully embrace the abortion ideology that has been made an integral part of women’s rights? Why are we being forced to accept these two things as inseparable? Women’s rights should include the right of women to be treated with the dignity that has been bestowed on all humanity by God, not with the artificial right to abortion that pro-abortion feminists falsely say is central to a woman’s dignity.
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