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So Bug’s got a new morning routine. She wakes up, I get her & we chill in bed for a bit. Then I go change her diaper, while she screams & fights me. Then we go downstairs & I put her down so I can make her morning bottle. She screams. And screams & throws herself on the floor. She screams if I pick her up, screams if I put her down. Won’t come get her bottle. Just screaming & screaming. We have entered the time of the tantrum. It’s getting old, and she’s only been doing this for three days (as far as I know).

What the heck is going on with Etsy? Or is it just me? I can’t ever get the page to load, but all my other pages are loading just fine.

I really need it to be Friday at 5pm. No work for nine days!

The rain also needs to stop. Not because I mind it so much in general, but I mind it because now it means I can’t go anywhere.  The days are so long when I can’t even go out to the park or the library. Ugh.

wednesday

• Bug & I are running the house until the end of the week. She’s been throwing morning tantrums, but once that’s over, things are alright. We have to walk to the library today & hopefully it’ll be okay (weather) for a park trip as well. We stayed in the house the WHOLE day yesterday. Hi, cabin fever.
• Bummed about the Biggest Loser…RON! Just go home already! He’s manipulative! And can’t do much anyway. Felipe deserved to be in the Final Four more than Ron. Ah well, it’s a TV show…

• This couple of lines from Adoro are exactly what I’ve been thinking for awhile…

“… the more the political terms “Conservative” and “Liberal” become like spiritual nails on a chalkboard. They’re completely inappropriate, for one can only fall into two categories as a Catholic:  Faithful (Orthodox) or Unfaithful (Heterodox).  Period. One is either in line with Church teachings, or one is not.

That’s not to say that one cannot ask questions or have personal reservations arising from a lack of understanding, so long as that person, with integrity, remains obedient to the teachings and truly seeks to understand them. “

• Yes. Yes. I don’t even know what to add to this. You cannot call yourself a practicing, faithful Catholic if you are okay with abortion, if you don’t care about attending mass, if you use ABC, etc. At least that’s  my understanding. And you know what? Why would you want to be a memeber of a faith that you don’t agree with? I mean, really? Why would you want to call yourself a Catholic, but then have to list all of the things you think the Church needs to ‘review’? What you need is  prayer & patience and a desire for understanding. The Church really isn’t asking anything crazy of you…
• Another issue I’ve been thinking about is IVF & surrogacy. I was reading this article this morning. The woman’s desire to help others is admirable, but misdirected. The problem with people is that they don’t want to ever hear ‘no’. Not from others, not from the world and especially not from God.
• Less so, but still an issue, I feel that surrogacy can also be a slap in the face to adoption. You’ll let someone else carry your artificially conceived baby for nine months, but you won’t adopt a naturally concieved baby that somene else carried for nine months? Fine, it’s great if baby has Dad’s eyes & Mom’s smile, but if not, is it really that important? Important enough to spend crazy amounts of money (I have no idea how expensive it is, but it can’t be cheap!) so you can have another woman carry your child, just so it’s genetically like you? Don’t get me wrong. I hope I can have at least 5 kids and I wouldn’t mind if they have my eyes, my smile, etc. It has to be wonderful to see yourself in someone else. But at the same time, adoption is equally wonderful. And if you aren’t meant to be a mother at all, you just aren’t. If that happens to me, I won’t take it easily. But ultimately, it’s not up to me.
• Via AmP, Cardinal George talks about his meeting with Obama. Wow! I’m proud to be from Chicago!
• wii fit kicked my butt. Workout yesterday, sore abs today. Awesome! It’s great, especially because I can’t go to the gym until Friday evening.

lazy

• I haven’t run in a week now…oops! I didn’t really mean to get this lazy, but it sort of just happened. I’m watching Bug until Thursday night, then class, so the earliest I can go again is Friday morning.
• Interesting info about stretching here. It’s from 2006, so it’s not exactly new, but it’s news to me! I suppose I’ll just start doing 5 minutes on the eliptical before I head out. But man, I need to head out!!
• The Runner’s World this month has an awesome recipe for Shrimp with Israeli couscous that looks absolutely awesome! I have no idea where to buy the couscous (whole foods?)
• Bedtime is at 9:30 tonight; I am incredibly exhausted. This weekend in FL was great, but I didn’t sleep as much as I needed to, plus last night I wasn’t in bed until 12:30…sheesh!

if it raises the dead like a duck…

Steven Colbert + Jesus + humor = win.

“Nothing compares to the privilege of giving life and the responsibility of that. Nothing. So if you don’t have reverence and respect for that, where do you go from there?” -Nadine Goodman

snow snow go away

Heh. Happy April 6th! There’s snow on the ground. I am really, really sick of winter weather! I want to wear dresses & ballet flats & soak up the sun!

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I like the 43things website. I don’t use it often, but I go back to it every few months or so & check up on what I wanted to do previously. It’s fun to see other’s goals as well…perhaps a source of inspiration!

I am going to get a pool pass this week & I swear, I will spend as many evenings after work there as possible in the summer. Ah, pool time!

I didn’t run this morning because I just couldn’t force myself to get up & run in April with snow on the ground. Which means I have to go to the gym after class tonight. Which means I am going to go run at about 10 pm. Not ideal. But that’s what I get for wanting to sleep in an extra hour!

I’ve also decided not to join the Y & just stick with my gym membership. I wish the gym was easier to get to by bike, but that’s okay. I need to be using it at least 2x a week to make it worth paying though. If I stick with the running, I’ll use it more in the winter…for now, we’ll see. I should try to take advantage of the classes they offer as well. Although they don’t offer any before 9:oo, which I find strange…where are the 6:oo classes?

yay!

Reasons To Be Happy

• At least for now, the IL FOCA is defeated! Video from Cardinal George & etc here.
• I have only six days until I am officially Catholic!
• Book club in the works with some RCIA people…cool!
• Scrapbooking today with mom & friends…& I got home before most of the snow started!
• I have my bike here now…when & if it warms up, I can go everywhere!
• 73 days until France trip!

mosaic from flickr

Here’s what you’re supposed to do.

Instructions
a. Type your answer to each of the questions below into Flickr Search

b. Using only the first page, pick an image.

c. Copy and paste each of the URLs for the images into fd’s Mosaic Maker

d. Save the image and post it

The Questions:
1. What is your first name? Patina

2. What is your favorite food? Avocado

3. What is your favorite color? Green

4. Favorite drink? Jasmine tea (the stuff they give you at restaurants!)

5. Dream vacation? Sicily

6. Favorite hobby? Making lists (reading is probably it, but I do make a lot of lists…)
7. What you want to be when you grow up? Mom
8. What do you love most in life? (I took this to mean a thing…) Libraries

9. One word to describe you? Disorganized

& so here’s my mosaic!

Cool.

You’re it! It’s fun!

& it’s wednesday

• So these women developed a game. You can read about it here. It’s probably the worst theme for a game I have ever seen. Seriously? Yeah, that’s what we need girls to start learning…choose a sexy outfit, buy condoms. Horrible!
• These pictures are totally hilarious! I hope no one takes them seriously, but man, are they funny! I would love to have these printed on cards or t-shirts or something. I especially like the one about the smiling, the nursing & the feeding.
• I think I am going to join the YMCA here. They have a track, a bunch of different classes & I think I am going to take a swimming class with Bug! How fun!
• I want to take a vacation to Colorado. Colorado Springs maybe? It’s a beautiful state!
• I also need to go to the DMV to change my license, so that I can get my Polar Bear pass & hang out at the pool this summer!
• Running is going well. By well I mean really slowly. But well.

tiny people

I love these little people, and it is not a slight thing when they, who are so fresh from God, love us.

- Charles Dickens