Devotionals

God is always protecting us even when we don’t realize we need it.


 "Charity may be a very short word, but with its tremendous meaning of pure love, it sums up man's entire relation to God and to his neighbor."


As the priest introduce the Gospels, all in the community sign themselves with the sign of the cross traced on the forehead, the lips and over the heart. This signing reminds us “Christ in my thoughts” (forehead), “Christ from my lips or what I say” (lips) and “Christ in my heart” (over the heart)


“Blessed the religious who treasures up for heaven the favors God has given him and does not want to show them off for what he can get out of them. God himself will reveal his works to whomever he pleases. Blessed the religious who keeps God’s marvelous doings to himself.”
—Saint Francis of Assisi

New Year Resolution 2014

I don't normally do it on Jan. 1st. I always start my New Year Resolution on my birthday, Nov. 28th. So here goes my lists for 2014.

My Resolution for 2014:

1. Turn the Big 5-0 this November. I want a Birthday Tea party.
2. Write to one friend a month via snail mail. E-mail does not count.
3. Write a journal.
4. Go out for tea with friend(s) once a month.
5. Read a good book.
6. Drive wisely. Drive Slow. Follow the Sign. (I got my first speed ticket in October 2009 at age of 43 1/2.)


My Mission Statement:

- God First
- Trust myself
- Enjoy the beauty around me
- Stand up for what I believe in
- Love myself as God loves me
- Quiet moment with God
- Thank you, God


My Mission Statement for Food:

- Eat healthful foods in reasonable portions
- Eat primarily to satisfy my nutritional needs rather than my emotional needs
- Treat my body wisely
- Find a balance
- Guard my thoughts; what I think, I am


My Money Mission Statement:

- Cut back magazines and books
- Shop at second-hand stores
- Don't buy anything related with Tea and Accoutrements
- Avoid use Credit Cards (emergency only)
- Last thing - BUY NOTHING I don't need.

Good Night

I will be wandering around in dreamland to find a dream as I bids you all good night.

CHRISTmas

The best ways to keep Christ in Christmas
is to keep MASS in Christmas!

"I believe that Christmas is to celebrate the birth of the Son of God who came to live with us on Earth.
I believe that Christmas is the time for us to share Love of God Jesus Christ with people everywhere."

‎"Take time every day, to read a verse or two on the birth of Jesus. It puts things in perspective. Jesus is the reason for this holiday. Give Him recognition and honor, for HE is THE GIFT we ALL have been waiting for all our lives!" "Live the Word and save Santa the trip!"   Christmas gift suggestions: To your enemy - forgiveness; To that frustrating co-worker - tolerance; To a friend - your heart; To a customer - service with a smile; To someone in need - charity; To every child - a good example; To yourself - respect; To a stranger - the Gospel. ...Have any others to share?

Macy's National Believe Day

Macy's Celebrates 6th Anniversary of 
National Believe Day

2008-2013

On Dec. 6th, Macy’s celebrates the season of giving with its 6th annual National Believe Day. Inspired by Macy’s beloved “Believe” campaign, National Believe Day aims to inspire Americans to spread the spirit of generosity throughout the holiday season.

For more information about Macy's Believe.  Visit www.macys.com/believe

For more information about Make-A-Wish Foundation.  Visit http://www.wish.org/help/macy_s_believe

Yes, Virginia, There is Santa Claus. Visit http://newseum.org/yesvirginia/

Advent

We begin a new liturgical year as we celebrate the First Sunday of Advent. Today's readings are set the pace for the weeks that follow.  They invite us to enter into a time of anticipation.  The Latin word adventus means coming or arrival.  and in this season, we celebrate Jesus' triple coming: his coming into human history when he was born of the Blessed Virgin Mary, his coming into our lives now in his Word and in the sacraments of his Church, and his coming in glory at the end of time.  The readings tell us how to anticipate his coming: be vigilant, be prepared, be hopeful.

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Advent begins today!

So how do we celebrate the story of Christmas?

For me, celebrating Advent is a big part of telling the story of the First Christmas.

The Season of Advent begins four Sundays before Christmas.

Simple.  Lighting candles and reading scripture.

You need 5 candles and a bible.(3 purple, 1 rose and 1 white)

A Simple Life.

To all my friends:
May the Season of Advent fill your Hearts with Love, Joy and Peace.

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Today is the first Sunday of Advent. In a 1996 Homily, Blessed Pope John Paul II said of Advent,
"Advent is the liturgical season that prepares us for the Lord's birth, but it is also the time of expectation for the definitive return of Christ."

My Bucket List - 50 Things To Do

As a birthday gift to myself (November 28th) inspired by my friend (name withheld). I decided to write my own 50 Things to Do. I hope to do before I turn 51 in November 2015. 

My Bucket List will start on 28 November 2014 and end on 28 November 2015. I will continue add more list.  Here is the list for my 50 Things to Do.

For myself:
read a mini good book once a month
have a portrait taken by professional
try one new recipe
create postcards to send
write to one friend a month via snail mail. E-mail doesn’t count
make a gift for Callie and Collin and Delaney and Bethany
wear cowboy boot or any boot to Mass every Sundays even in the summer time
Bouffant Hair in 1964 hairstyle for the day and have a picture taken


GirlFriends' Night Out:
host a girl's night out
go out for tea with friend(s)
go on a garden tour – Azaela Trail at Bayou Bend
take a trip to Tyler to enjoy Rose Festival
International Quilt Festival
take florist arrangement class
take painting class 
take photography class
Bluebonnet Sightings
wine festival and stomp grapes
Window shopping at Galleria


Friends:
ride ferris wheel in Kemah Boardwalk or Downtown Aquarium
horse show
horse racing - Sam Houston Horse Race
go horse back riding
Discovery Green Park
Galveston - Strand Street and Moody Garden
The Waterway Taxi in The Woodlands Town Center - http://www.thewoodlandstx.com/waterwaytaxi/
photograph a sunset... and a sunrise
Spindletop restaurant - http://www.hyatt.com/gallery/spindletop/index.html
eat something new and unusual – Lobster (I never eat lobster in my life)
Houston Zoo
Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo
Houston International Festival - http://www.ifest.org/
Houston Space Center
Houston Astros 
Skeeters Baseball - Sugarland
Mardi Gras in Galveston
Dicksen on the Strand - Galveston
Holiday In the Park Christmas at Six Flag in Arlington
ZipNac - http://www.zipnac.com/
Rent a tandem bicycle and ride on Bike Trail in Buffalo Bayou Park or on Seawall in Galveston
Ice skating at Galleria
learn how to grill
take pottery class
take country/western dance

Thank you for birthday greeting!

I am so thankful...

to those special people in my life who 

support me,

uplift me,

comfort me

and bring joy

to my soul!

I am currently very thankful for my cup of tea!

10 Fun Facts about me

10 Fun Facts about me

I was born at the Catholic Hospital. My delivery doctor was Catholic.

I am the first generation in my mother’s side ever born in America.

My parents knew I was born deaf. My Catholic doctor done a good job.

I was born Hip Dysplesia (DDH). Worn hip brace. Did not learn to walk until I was 3 years old. Thanks to my Catholic Bone Doctor and my parents. If not for them, I ended up one leg shorter than other leg and have to wear special shoe. My famous motto is “Walk Tall like a Princess”

Share birthday twin with my brother (1961) and great niece (2009)

I grew up oral and mainstreamed in public schools

Didn’t learn sign language until age of 11

Didn’t learn ASL until community college

I am a Blogger and Vlogger.

Celebrate my 7th birthday on Thanksgiving Day!

Thanksgiving Information

Taken by Martha Stewart's Thanksgiving Trivia via website.


Abraham Lincoln declared Thanksgiving a national holiday in 1863.

It was originally celebrated on the last Thursday of November, until 1939, when President Franklin D. Roosevelt moved Thanksgiving from the fourth Thursday in November to the third to allow for more shopping days between the fall holiday and Christmas. Millions of Americans protested and two years later, Roosevelt restored Thanksgiving to its former date.

The three-hour event is held in New York City. More than 44 million people watch the parade on television each year. NBC has been the official broadcaster of the event since 1955.

In 1924, the annual Thanksgiving parade started by Louis Bamberger in Newark, New Jersey, at the Bamberger's store was transferred to New York by Macy's. There were floats, professional bands, and live animals borrowed from the Central Park Zoo.

In 1621, the Plymouth colonists and Wampanoag Indians shared an autumn harvest feast, which is acknowledged today as one of the first Thanksgiving celebrations in the colonies.

The Intercollegiate Football Association was formed in 1876, and a championship game was instituted on Thanksgiving Day.

Original posted
14 November 2008