I'm noticing a line being drawn in the sand between the liberal and conservative Catholics. In my opinion the resulting changes will be profound and heartbreaking. I suppose each Catholic person has already decided which side of the line they will straddle. Just keep in mind, we will be held personally accountable for each of those  decisions.

I woke up early and said to the boy, "Hey, how are you this morning, what cha' doing on the computer?" He said, "I'm busy, I'm learning how to make my own fireworks." 

Naturally, I exploded, because he refused to listen to reason. I'm gonna have to go all commando on the boy and scare him straight by showing him pictures of people who at one time also enjoyed working with explosives at munitions, and firework assembly plants.  It's a true tale of  pyrotechnics gone bad, we call these people with missing limbs Zombies. (Can't the boy just be satisfied with the thrill and excitement of playing catch with lawn darts?)  In the meantime, I'm locating, then hiding the matches

What a waste

I don't believe that God minds being worshiped in a way that a particular congregation finds acceptable, depending upon the religion and the wealth of the community. Opulence isn't out of place when worshiping God, though personal luxury for the religious people who serve him, I find unacceptable and offensive. Our worship environment is supposed to be a place which promotes devotion and awe for God, and his glory.

Christs own disciples were upset with Mary Magdalene for anointing Christ with an expensive alabastron bottle of perfume, worth a years wage. Judas, the betrayer, commented indignity to Christ that the perfume should have been sold, and the money used to feed the poor, but Christ replied, " “Why do you bother the woman? For she has done a good deed to Me. “For you always have the poor with you, but you do not always have Me.“For when she poured this perfume on My body, she did it to prepare Me for burial."

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We are called to feed the poor among us, but at the same time, we worship God in a way that is appropriate, right and just.. befitting of our creator.

In my opinion, for the most part, mankind has caused the famines, starvation and deaths of the poor. Consider government embargo's which have kept stockpiled food from getting to people who've needed it. North Korea doesn't have a problem with letting their people die from starvation, or from anything else for that matter. This has been the case for certain regions in Africa too.

God has put enough food on this planet for every person. Examine yourselves, look in the backs of your pantry, is there food that has been in there for years? Have you eaten more than your fair share of food today, yesterday? Do you ever go meatless for a day or two? Do you ever fast? Are you overweight ? Do you eat for recreation, or out of boredom or stress ? Do you waste food - straight from the refrigerator, pantry, or plate? Do you pick up food from local restaurants or grocery stores at the end of the day to take to shelters or soup kitchens? Do you donate or work in soup kitchens? Do you gamble your grocery money, or buy drugs with it instead?  Do you ever make do, and eat those crummy leftovers in the frig?

Anyway, if your going to blame God ,why not blame Satan instead because if one exists then so must the other.
 I suppose blaming ourselves isn't part of the picture.

*For my facebook friend who doesn't believe in God though his daughter is an Anton LaVey follower.

To my children,....Embrace the pains of inconvenient people and remember that one day you will be inconvenient too.

 

 

An uhappy meal

In the news, a prostitute works out a deal with an undercover cop for two double cheese burgers off of the value meal at McDonald's. At first I laughed until I got to thinking about the hypocrisy of the situation when I realized that women do this all of the time, as many have gone home with men who've simply bought them a drink at a bar or maybe even with men who've taken them out for a date then back to his place. Many people laugh at whores while they've done the very same thing only they called it dating. I suppose it's all about terminology. Pagans always blame Christians for their hypocrisy but really they're no better........ Then I reflect upon Christ who dearly loved the prostitute though he didn't think much of hypocrites.

*Above photo is of a couple on a blind date.

Empty with Dan Haseltine Matt Hammitt (Music Inspired by The Story) from worshiphousemedia on GodTube.

In the sweat of your face shall you eat bread, till you return to the ground; for out of it were you taken: for dust you are, and to dust shall you return.

Genesis 3:19

Oh the passion, and those smoldering eyes, (Or maybe he's simply still smoldering.) That look of love can only mean one thing. It's another Valentines day with my administrator!

My administrator is actually in California, hanging out at Disney land with our Maria but he sent me a sweet note via Gmail. Fortunately for me, he was able to form a few frilly words into some fine sentences plus -this is an off week for his routine back waxing.

If my son, "The bat boy" ends up in the principals office again tomorrow, I will be livid. The little mutant needs to comply with authorities and do his school work with respect and courtesy for others. My son is a mini version of my father... The perils of the genetic lotto.

Elizabeth has applied for a job at one of the  Disney studios and they have  responded favorably to her portfolio. They said that she's one of the finalists

 - but then there are probably a lot of finalists.

We've started a nine day novena on Elizabeth's behalf. Our son  has been participating with us, praying as he's never prayed before. He threw his whole heart into it, praying solemnly, slowly and with as much  devotion and passion as his little heart could muster, unlike his usual method of praying like an auctioneer - late for a pig roast. Joseph believes if his sister is hired, she will then mail him a couple of tickets to Disney World or Disney land so if this prayer is answered God would be in essence killing two birds with one stone.

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 Elizabeth was sitting in her office overlooking Paramount studios next door and watching people come and go in their Bentley's, and Mercedes, then as she  turned to gaze at the "Hollywood" sign, she told me she thought to herself, "Is this all there is?" This place is such a joke. How did  it become so iconic. Hollywood has sold us all a bunch of lies.

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Here's another movie, Elizabeth has made.

Please consider praying for our daughter. We need people like her in Hollywood.

A band of vagrants in Prospect park were ticketed after being caught trapping and eating ducks, squirrels, pigeons, opossum, turtles and pink flamingos, all the while mistaking the flamingos for chickens as they chased them around the city's cement pond. The vagrants were also sited for domesticating a rabid raccoon and though their fines totaled more than $2,100 dollars they insisted they were multimillionaires and could easily afford the exorbitant fees.

 (Chalk one up for the high cost of fine dining at their billy-ard table.)

 Personally, I think this would make one terrific reality show! 

One of the vagrants swore he was an Oxford man with a third grade education specializing in cyphering and spying. 

*Drudge report news
* Vincenzo, from Sancte Pater - photoshop wiz.

How is it that a person wouldn't know or understand the content and character of their spouse after 25 years of marriage? 

The back alley of Venice beach, California.

 I enjoyed watching these boys and they liked being photographed.

 Medical marijuana anybody? 
There was a real live doctor inside  hahahaha and he shook his head "No", at me when I stopped to take a photo of his store.  Later on in the week we saw a medical marijuana shop with people standing in line about 30 people deep - and they didn't look like rocket scientists either.
(On second thought, I guess maybe they did.)

We don't have illegal drugs in Kansas, nor huge selections of custom hand blown glass pieces used for room decor accents.

Here's where you could go to get a medical evaluation for marijuana.

(I'm confident that it's all cootie free and above board.)

 Directly across the street from the Graumans Chinese theater is the Jimmy Kimmel show and behind his building is an enclosed parking lot where the concerts for his show are performed. Across the street from the concert lot is the Hollywood high school., which has these amazing paintings of former students along the exterior walls. West of this building is the school track and field and it's all situated in the middle of the city and is fully enclosed.

Here I'm hangin' out with Buster Keaton (kinda- sort of) ... I love him and I pray for him often.

Buster had two stars, one for his movies and one for his television work, naturally, I prayed twice.

 The "Betty Paige" store had the prettiest and most modest clothing along the street - go figure. That idea cracked me up. Then I worried about where Betty might be today , so I prayed for her soul too. I also asked God if I he would mind sending me a pink dress with a black cardigan sweater - to wear with my pearls.

These dresses were beautiful replicas from the 1950's. The side walk out in front has the "Walk of stars" and it runs for several blocks along both sides of the street."

Here's where I could  of  purchased  a "Permullet" (- a permed mullet) for my activity director!

Urban dictionary defines those haircuts  as being....."The 30-10-60" (30% up top, 10% on the sides, 60% out back). 

(Just say no.)

Elizabeth Taylor had tiny feet but then again she was wearing high heels.

Here's where I offered to get matching tattoos with my activity director. He declined - again. ;)

Ironically,.... not the Betty Paige store.

 The Grauman's Chinese theater.

Next door to Graumans was Madame Tussauds  where this Marilyn replica sat out in front of the museum. She's made of silicon so she wont melt in the sun.

Scammers.

Here's where Spiderman  begs for a photo with me and at first I declined but then I thought, "Maybe my seven year old back home would be impressed, so I relented. After the photo they demanded to be paid but I should have told them no because my eyes were closed.

Ugh, repulsive.... Cat woman was all over my blog administrator like,  "White on rice."

Can I be an honorary Spinner now?!

So if Christians and non- Christians alike think that the world is going to end, then why is it that  people don't seem to be making any meaningful changes in their lives?

Could it be that the protestant idea of , "God loves me just as I am", is the reason? Or do they reject the notion of God entirely. If many people do think the world is going to end then what do they think will happen to them after that?  Why can't they think this stuff through?

 What happens to a nation of people who've been watching,  listening and worse yet participating in Sodom and for decades now?  Should I  be looking back at Sodom?

*This video is very much like Jennifer Lopez, and  Enrique Iglesias latest music videos but Katie Perry's video is the creepiest music I've ever heard, simply demonic and it has over 52 million views - none of which had  better be from any one of my kids.

My son told me he's afraid of people with electrical body parts so naturally I started doing the
 "Robot"- though very poorly and as usual he didn't get my joke.

Come to think of it, I'm scared of people with electrical body parts too.

Dear Mom,
I was sitting at my desk, working on chemistry. I had headphones plugged into my laptop. I was trying to calculate the amount of Oxygen at 800 torr. pressure. It was really boring.
As I was typing the equation into my calculator, my i-tunes suddenly turned off. I said to myself, "that was weird," and reached over to push play.
A second time, it went from "Mozart: Le Nozze Di Figaro," to sudden silence. I started freaking out and I thought, "Uuuuuuum, I think my computer is possessed...."
I turned my music back on, and literally 2 seconds later, my screen goes black and media settings come on. I pushed the "esc" button. This happened 3 times within (estimated time) 12.4  seconds. It was very aggravating.
Because my music was rather loud, I did not notice the laughing boys behind me.
At this point I thought that my computer was about to crash, so I quickly started to save my homework files and close down applications. After saving almost everything, I noticed the girl in front of me also frantically pushing buttons on her laptop while the screen went on and off.
I took off my headphones and heard the boys laughing. I saw that one of them had a Mac Book remote ( for computers, just like a t.v.). He was aiming it at random computers and controlling them. You would be surprised at the girls reaction (she did not think it was funny). He does not have that remote anymore.

 :)  <3 -Grace