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How's your day been?; exactly what it says on the tin!
Topic Started: Friday, 28. August 2009, 12:35 (3,088 Views)
Mrs.Pogle	Friday, 30. October 2009, 16:48 Post #181
Home-maker Posts: 831 Group: Members Member #219 Joined: February 2, 2009	Anne-Marie Friday, 30. October 2009, 14:43 Guess I'll soon be back to me normal old self I hope so! You certainly sound brighter today :) I've had a really busy day with family visiting, and I'm tired out now...
	"Living Life on the Home Front!" My Blog: Life on the Home Front “It is most laudable in a married woman to be devout, but she must never forget that she is a housewife. And sometimes she must leave God at the altar to find Him in her housekeeping.” ~ St. Frances of Rome


Richard Hannay.	Friday, 30. October 2009, 20:16 Post #182
Posts: 463 Group: Members Member #243 Joined: August 25, 2009	A bad week I learnt of the death of an old school friend on Friday and Fr Eddie, Who we are praying for on another thread, died earlier this week. All week I have been refreshing my Management of Civil Servant Skills and ironically one of the issues was relating to misuse of expense accounts, an act of gross misconduct for which one will be dismissed. How many MPs were sacked...? I now have 2 new very pretty certificates to hang in the houses smallest room where they may, in an emergency, find a use. Mickey Mouse training to keep another department of the Civil Service employed ensuring that I can do a job that I have a real Diploma and experience to do with no difficulty at all. Still thanks to 4 days in the “learning environment” I was today required to catch up on 5 days of work. All while not particularly focused for the reasons given above. Unhappily I shall not be able to get to one of the funerals because it is in Southern Africa but I shall be going to Fr Eddies on Wednesday, Litherland is a little more accessible than Nyasaland (Malawi for all you radical non Imperialists) Please continue your prayes fro Fr Eddie and his family and congragation and also for my friend Myles.



Mrs.Pogle	Friday, 30. October 2009, 20:25 Post #183
Home-maker Posts: 831 Group: Members Member #219 Joined: February 2, 2009	Praying here, Richard My day started off well, gradually detriorated and ended up a chaotic mess But that's family life for you. I tried to remember St. Benedict's exhortation to avoid "murmuring", but failed. At least I managed to avoid hitting another brother! Ah well, tomorrow is another day and God's mercies are "new every morning"! Edited by Mrs.Pogle, Friday, 30. October 2009, 20:27.
	"Living Life on the Home Front!" My Blog: Life on the Home Front “It is most laudable in a married woman to be devout, but she must never forget that she is a housewife. And sometimes she must leave God at the altar to find Him in her housekeeping.” ~ St. Frances of Rome


Anne-Marie	Friday, 30. October 2009, 21:20 Post #184
Posts: 519 Group: Members Member #242 Joined: August 21, 2009	Richard Hannay. Friday, 30. October 2009, 20:16 All week I have been refreshing my Management of Civil Servant Skills and ironically one of the issues was relating to misuse of expense accounts, an act of gross misconduct for which one will be dismissed. How many MPs were sacked...? I now have 2 new very pretty certificates to hang in the houses smallest room where they may, in an emergency, find a use. Mickey Mouse training to keep another department of the Civil Service employed ensuring that I can do a job that I have a real Diploma and experience to do with no difficulty at all. Still thanks to 4 days in the “learning environment” I was today required to catch up on 5 days of work. They're utter nonsense, of course, Richard... as you've appreciated. A complete waste of public money - and NO, MPs aren't subject to the disciplinary consequences they inflict if you do half of what they do! I know many of those silly civil service courses are a total farce, from which the folks who conduct them earn a fortune - goodness only knows why! I know one person on a course in a certain department where they were to hold hands and 'relate'. Back came the instant response, "Look, lady, we kill people - that's our job!"
	Anne-Marie FIAT VOLUNTAS DEI


SeanJ	Saturday, 31. October 2009, 08:25 Post #185
Moderator Posts: 877 Group: Moderator Member #208 Joined: September 26, 2008	I woke up. And while I was eating my breakfast, I watched a magpie and a crow fighting over a chunk of food, or more correctly what I presumed to be food. Therefore, it is a fantastic day. Sit back and think for a minute how wonderful the human body is, as is all of God's creation. Just think about the mechanisms that keep it going. Especially the cycling of waking and sleeping. It is indeed a miracle that I woke up. God bless. SeanJ Edited by SeanJ, Saturday, 31. October 2009, 09:10.



Anne-Marie	Saturday, 31. October 2009, 08:40 Post #186
Posts: 519 Group: Members Member #242 Joined: August 21, 2009	Since my last post on this thread last night, I had a late-night call from my Scottish teacher friend. In her new school, she has no idea how long she will be there, as the person she's covering for has suffered a loss (the fourth in three years!) and no-one knows what effect this will have on her. However, the teachers are refusing to speak to my friend, who describes it as the most unpleasant atmosphere she has ever encountered in a Catholic school. One class for which she is reponsible is almost wholly the 'un-desirables' of the school... into which a few wonderfuil children have been added! I spent over one hour motivating my friend and suggesting ways she might use the mission God has given her there. She would go back to her previous school instantly if there were a vancancy - and they have written to her stating that if the Education Authority provided the money, they would have her back instantly. Her reference describes her as one of the best teachers they have ever had, working wonders with her pupils in weeks and enjoying excellent relationships with other staff. My friend is wondering what God really wants of her. I told her to go sit in front of the tabernacle at church and empty her mind of everything, allowing God to talk to her, rather than the other way round. That's an excellent piece of advice I received from my own PP - and it works! En passant, having myself just re-joined the SVP Catholic charity, I now need a CRB check! What a load of expensive nonsense! It doesn't catch the paedophiles and causes all sorts of problems for the rest of us.
	Anne-Marie FIAT VOLUNTAS DEI


Richard Hannay.	Saturday, 31. October 2009, 14:00 Post #187
Posts: 463 Group: Members Member #243 Joined: August 25, 2009	SeanJ Saturday, 31. October 2009, 08:25 I woke up. And while I was eating my breakfast, I watched a magpie and a crow fighting over a chunk of food, or more correctly what I presumed to be food. Therefore, it is a fantastic day. Sit back and think for a minute how wonderful the human body is, as is all of God's creation. Just think about the mechanisms that keep it going. Especially the cycling of waking and sleeping. It is indeed a miracle that I woke up. God bless. SeanJ Grateful for the miracle and well said Sean J, thanks.



Mrs.Pogle	Saturday, 31. October 2009, 15:12 Post #188
Home-maker Posts: 831 Group: Members Member #219 Joined: February 2, 2009	My day has been mixed. I have had a bad cough for weeks now which won't go away. last night I had some Covonia night-time medicine, which has a sedative in it, so I could have a good night's sleep without coughing myself awake. It worked! But this morning I felt like I had a hangover So, after a slow start, I have knuckled down and scrubbed three rugs on my hands and knees, cleaned the bathroom, hoovered downstairs, tidied up and done some washing. Now I'm having a well-deserved break with a cuppa coffee
	"Living Life on the Home Front!" My Blog: Life on the Home Front “It is most laudable in a married woman to be devout, but she must never forget that she is a housewife. And sometimes she must leave God at the altar to find Him in her housekeeping.” ~ St. Frances of Rome


Anne-Marie	Saturday, 31. October 2009, 21:03 Post #189
Posts: 519 Group: Members Member #242 Joined: August 21, 2009	Got annoyed in Marks this morning - and most unusually, I kept my mouth shut! I saw the lovely blue box of chocolate bickies I love at Christmas... one box £5 and two boxes for... £6! Now I admit I bought two boxes - it kinda made mathematical sense. But I felt really angry for all those poor pensioners and others who wouldn't want two and were, frankly, being ripped off paying just £1 less for half the amount. To me that is immoral and it disgusts me - and if I'd seen a manager hovering around, I'd have said exactly what I thought about it. Why not just charge £3 per box and have done with it. Then, instead of buying loas of goodies that are actually very bad for us, we'd have got a reasonable quantity we could enjoy without doing our bodies too much harm. I have long thought that, were I in a political position of power, one of my priority targets would be an Act of Parliament making quantity discounts illegal. They are wholly unjustifiable. Period. Tonight, back from Mass, I was able to practice the restraint I have just preached. This morning I bought a small crab (SMALL, for once!)... only to find I'd had enough when I was only halfway through. So I've saved the rest for tomorrow evening. Which is a tad awkward as I've already got dinners for the next two days.... Oh well.... Must say... I really do love getting out the hammer (to smash the big claws), the powerful nutcrackers (to finish the access job), the crab-picks to extract every last morsel from every tiny leg, a teaspoon to extract meat from the head and shell... for me such a simple exercise with my hands is the very essence of a real meal. Infinitely preferable to finding myself presented with a plate of food someone's spent hours 'mucking about' with - and then expects me to pay a fortune for! So tonight, I'm feeling an awful lot happier than I have for several weeks. I'm back to the basics I love... I don't feel ill... and I sang heartily at Mass.
	Anne-Marie FIAT VOLUNTAS DEI


Joe Valente	Saturday, 31. October 2009, 22:47 Post #190
Posts: 403 Group: Members Member #227 Joined: April 3, 2009	Fanantastic day : Belfast to Aylesford and the Shrine of Our Lady and St. Simon Stock. Celebration of the 60th anniversary of the return of the Carmelites to Aylesford. Weather good, a truly great day.
	What doth it profit a man if he gains the whole world but suffers the loss of his soul


Anne-Marie	Sunday, 1. November 2009, 12:08 Post #191
Posts: 519 Group: Members Member #242 Joined: August 21, 2009	Watching a flim on TCM channel. Kiril: If you cannot remember when you last saw love, perhaps there never was any love. Mrs.Faber: Oh, there was. Kiril: Then ask yourself... where did you mislay it? (Or words to that effect... I tend to get swep up in the emotion of films like 'The Shoes of the Fisherman'.)
	Anne-Marie FIAT VOLUNTAS DEI


sumermamma	Thursday, 5. November 2009, 00:53 Post #192
Posts: 434 Group: Members Member #71 Joined: March 30, 2007	It was an exceedingly wonderful day. Took my 2y/o granddaughter to Mass. She was very good. We then had lunch and to the park,.It was only 48 degrees, with a chill wind, but this wippet did not want her jacket on. We made the rounds of the swings, teeter totter, sliding boards and we landed in the sand pile where we sat for a good long time filling a bucket and truck, dumping them and filling them again and again. Needless to say, when it came time to get up and leave my lower torso was screaming. At least I did not loose sensation. I could still feel my legs. No sacrifice is too great for my Maddie. At home we colored, played music and watched Dora the Explorer and sang Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star at least 5 times. Then she crashed. Edited by sumermamma, Thursday, 5. November 2009, 00:53.



Anne-Marie	Saturday, 7. November 2009, 08:47 Post #193
Posts: 519 Group: Members Member #242 Joined: August 21, 2009	Knowing I've not been eating properly for several weeks now, I've been meaning to check my weight for some days - conveniently forgetting each time I've come out of the shower. This morning, I finally got round to it - I've lost two stone over the past four weeks! I don't seem to look any different, so no-one else has probably noticed... but the scales didn't say "Ouch!" for once All I need to do now is find the energy (!!!) to get some exercise, so I get fit again. I'll just have to practice on the stairs. I used to walk up and down them twenty times each morning, again at lunchtime and also in the evening - if I didn't take a one hour walk around the streets where I live before bed. I always exercise simultaneously with a one pound kitchen weight in each hand. Somehow, I doubt I'm going to manage more than five times up the stairs now! Still, I've either got to give up, or start somewhere. This evening, I go into one of my annual rituals. At Mass, we'll be starting with Eternal Father Strong to Save for the processional, The Lord's My Shepherd for the Offertory and Abide With Me for the recessional. Then after dinner, I'll be watching the Service of Remembrance form the Albert Hall and tomorrow, I'll watch the Cenotaph Service. I have always felt that if others are prepared to die for me, the very least I can do is treat them with respect.
	Anne-Marie FIAT VOLUNTAS DEI


Mrs.Pogle	Saturday, 7. November 2009, 12:17 Post #194
Home-maker Posts: 831 Group: Members Member #219 Joined: February 2, 2009	Praying that you will feel fully well again soon, Anne-Marie My day hasn't started well. I am ill again! I think I have caught my little grand-daughter's virus :( I really am going to have to work hard at offering this up so that it is at least useful, as opposed to useless, illness! Coffee will help! Off to make one now and watch Big Cook, Little Cook with my Grandson!
	"Living Life on the Home Front!" My Blog: Life on the Home Front “It is most laudable in a married woman to be devout, but she must never forget that she is a housewife. And sometimes she must leave God at the altar to find Him in her housekeeping.” ~ St. Frances of Rome


Mrs.Pogle	Saturday, 7. November 2009, 15:59 Post #195
Home-maker Posts: 831 Group: Members Member #219 Joined: February 2, 2009	Well, I've struggled thru' so far, and managed to do some washing and tidy/hoover downstairs. Now I have to go shopping or we'll have no tea! Plus I have been menu planning for the days I'm at work, and decided on easy meals to freeze, which I'll make tomorrow (minestrone soup, shepherd's pie and fish pie so that's Monday-Wednesday covered!) Tonight I shall make a cake and some muffins, and then chill out and catch up on 2 Voyager episodes I recorded in the week, and finish reading my book about the Stasi! Edited by Mrs.Pogle, Saturday, 7. November 2009, 16:00.
	"Living Life on the Home Front!" My Blog: Life on the Home Front “It is most laudable in a married woman to be devout, but she must never forget that she is a housewife. And sometimes she must leave God at the altar to find Him in her housekeeping.” ~ St. Frances of Rome


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