Weekly Wrap-Up - The Blessed Edition

From The Immaculate Conception to Our Lady of Guadalupe! I love this week. We start the week off at Mass and end it with confession and Mass. All week long our Lady is pointing us to her son. Reminding us to serve Him with humility and love.

Monday morning was spent at Wal-Mart getting a new car battery, it died on Sunday night and my poor hubby had to ride his scooter to work and it was ccccold! I'm glad I bought him the face buff (sorta like a survivor buff) to wear under his helmet. We prayed that it was just the battery and nothing worse and the young, clean cut mechanic who inquired of my husband about joining the Navy, confirmed that we just needed a new battery. Woohoo! Less than a 100 bucks!

Tuesday we worked on book reports and I headed out shopping for the goodies to do Christmas baking.

Wednesday we headed off with the rest of the home school group physics class to the local science center. That was a blast! Literally! We got to freeze balloons with liquid nitrogen and watch them crack apart like glass, we got to make our hair stand up with static electricity. We learned about circuits, virtual reality, flat screen technology and different types of electricity. The kids most loved riding the human gyro. You get strapped in and, using your body movement you can turn yourself in circles and upside down. Makes me queasy looking at it, but the kids absolutely love it!

Thursday, we were blessed to receive a live Christmas tree through the Trees for Troops initiative. There were more than 100 families out at the lot picking out Christmas trees and there are still some left over. In fact, last night my hubby and I learned of a young family who just moved here that didn't have a tree nor a way of getting one. So we picked it up and delivered it for them. This is truly a weekend to rejoice! The goodness of the Lord is overflowing.

Friday, after Mass, we went out car shopping. My hubby just got voted in as Scoutmaster for our boys troop. He's gonna need a vehicle for those camping trips and such. We would like to get a crew cab truck. We looked at a few and nothing seemed to be the right fit. It's in God's hands as we know that He will send us the right opportunity if it is His will. I would truly love to be able to buy my hubby his first Mustang, his dream car, but that will have to wait until a little later. Family first. He's just such a darned good husband and father ya know?!?! I just love that guy!

Whew..it's been a busy one! It doesn't end there. Today we are off to a PLC meeting this morning at 9, Young Marine meeing at 10, play practice at 2 and the Christmas party for the drama club at 4, plus I have to work at 4:30. My hubby will be driving us around like crazy. I guess we do need another car! He just came down in his scout uniform..he looks so cute and official ;)I'll try to post some pictures of this week after they get uploaded..I have to find the darned camera..now where...

The Weekly Wrap-Up

Another week come and gone. This week was our volunteer week. We spent all of Monday at Church, helping put up the decorations for Advent and prepare the decorations for Christmas. Monday night was our Homeschool groups Christmas party. They had a wonderful children's choir perform. Then the boys got to show off their Rube Goldberg Machine with the rest of the Physics class. It was a lot of good fun and Dad got to see some of the art and science projects they have worked on. On Tuesday the kids worked on their quarter two book reports ( I just can't give them a whole month off! Bad mother) and we were back to church to help spruce up the Blessed Sacrament Chapel. It need a good cleaning. We went to Mass everyday this week except Tuesday. But we did spend time with Christ that day in the Blessed Sacrament.

After church I hit the thrift store and garnered a very nice sport coat for my oldest for just $7!! I also picked up some ornaments and decorations for my work space..all for under $2. It was a good stop. Wednesday, back to church..more decorations..the ladies here have created a multi-cultural village and that needed to be set up. It's really beautiful. All the handmade houses from different countries. Then the Nativity set up high above them, as if on a hill. Thursday more book reports, we pulled out all our home decorations and put them aside for Gaudete Sunday.

Friday we headed to the big church downtown..it is absolutely beautiful. Then we stopped for a small lunch at Red Lobster. Our server was so nice, she offered to give us a takeout bin full of fresh biscuits for my hubby at no extra charge! On the way out to the car (God is so good) we were approached by a homeless woman who asked if she could have the rest of my daughters shirley temple (she had gotten one to go). My oldest gave it up immediately..she began to walk away and my oldest young lady grabbed some biscuits and ran after her.

It sparked a wonderful conversation on the way home. We talked about how the server had been so nice to give us those biscuits, perhaps because God wanted us to give them away. We talked about being poor and living in the streets. My oldest girl says you can tell poor people because their faces are wrinkled and old looking from the stress in their life...then my youngest girl pipes up and says "Grandma and grandpa have wrinkles and their not poor! They have a lot of stuff!" We laughed at that for awhile.

All in all, it was a wonderful week of volunteering and praying (the Jesse tree scriptures each day, the Blessed Sacrament and receiving the Eucharist). We are so blessed and I continue to Thank God for his gracious gifts. May the Holy Family continue to be our guide and role model.

The Weekly Wrap-Up

Wow! What a week! We started our Thanksgiving Break on Monday. We spent the better part of Monday and Tuesday cleaning house, shopping and creating to do lists for Thanksgiving dinner.

Monday we went to my place of business, a small movie theater, and decorated it for Thanksgiving. Tuesday, we tackled the laundry monster. Wednesday that monster threatened to kill me. I started my cooking on Wednesday, as well. I did all the prep work for the dinner on Thursday, cooked the mashed and sweet potatoes and did all the baking. Thursday arrived and we all awoke excited and happy! The bird went in the roaster, the ham went in the crock pot and we decorated the table.

My cousins arrived from the big city around 10:30 and were able to attend Mass with us (this was such a great Blessing, Thank you Thank you! Father T.) Then, my brother and his family arrived, the neighbor came over and we commenced Thanksgiving dinner. It was so much fun to have everyone here and I still cannot Thank The Good Lord enough for the abundance of blessings He has granted our family.

Friday..Friday..Black Friday. I went out with my cousin, she had not been black Friday shopping before.
We went for the "experience". Yeah right. We spent the night before talking and pouring over shopping flyers until nearly 1 am. At 4 am we were up and ready to go. I did find the deals I was looking for and am almost done with my gift shopping!!

The lines and crowds here were long, but very pleasant. Nothing like New York or other places I heard about on the news. I am glad that I went, this is my first Black Friday in this new city and I have to say compared to Baltimore, where I was last year, this was so so much better. The people were just nicer and more laid back. Most folks just stood around talking about what they were looking to purchase and we all had coffee..it was a very pleasant and not hectic, chaotic experience.

Aaaaaaaand....that's the weekly wrap folks!

I need my coffee!!!