It Must Be Spring...

Liz bought me these flowers the other day. Today is a typical Spring day: rain, hail, wind, thunder, sun, etc.! But looking at these gives me a glimmer of better weather.

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Ta Da!

I finished putting the binding on this quilt, and its all done. It bought back so many memories...

Back of quilt. 

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Cake Tasting

Frank and Theresa went cake tasting yesterday - Frank was jazzed because he got to taste cake for breakfast! 

So far, they have their wedding really well thought out, and they've picked almost everything, and hopefully, had some fun in the process!

Frank and Theresa still flying around the side yard...

XOX

Happy Birthday Dylan!

X O X

Another Update

The MRI of my left hip shows an old tear of, and some degeneration of the labrum around the socket in the hip.  I remember tearing something there many years ago, in a Junior College Gymnastics class, and I've just lived with the stiffness and pain. It's gotten worse over the years and now I have to have surgery to fix the tear and stop the pain. I told the Dr. I want to put the hip surgery on hold until I get info from the soon-to-be-scheduled MRI of my shoulder.  

(MRI now happening this Friday...news next week.)

The shoulder injury is not healing on its own which indicates it also may be a tear requring surgery, the inflammation is constricting a lot of nerves and causing me to have everything from vertigo, to back spasms, slurred speech, shoulder/back pain, fatigue,  etc., so if I can choose to treat one area first - that would be the shoulder area! More news as I get it...

On May 3rd we're having a big barn/yard sale. I'm excited about that! I think that's the date, that Saturday, 8:30 - 3pm. Washer/dryer, clothes - new things, small electronics, books.....good stuff!

XOX

Congratulations on Graduating Justin!

Our best wishes and lots of love on your graduation 

from High School this year!

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Blessed Maundy Thursday, Good Friday and Easter!

Maundy Thursday, Mandatum Thursday, Holy Thursday - all words for today's Feast Day, the first of three days (the Triduum - Holy Thursday, Good  Friday, Holy Saturday) leading to Easter or Pachscal Time. It is traditional for the Pastor of the parish to wash the feet of twelve men from the parish, as Christ did with his twelve Apostles.

This day commemorates Christ's commandment (Mandatum) to institute the Eucharist at the 'Last Meal'. The entire day, the meal, altar, the Passover food, everything, is very symbolic for Catholics and it is part of the entire Paschal-tide mystery. 

 

Christ's sacrifice of Good Friday is acted out at each Mass.

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