Welcome to the reader who searched for
"how to write an apology letter to your husband?" Here's a shot at it:
"Dear Husband (always a nice touch to use his first name, or maybe some sort of pet name like 'Sweet Lips'),
As we both know, I treated you very badly. I was totally in the wrong when I did or said whatever I did or said. I hope you will forgive me. Also, I have cooked you a delicious meal, bought you a nifty gadget such as a GPS, and turned down the bedcovers.
Yours,
The Wife"
"Dear Husband (always a nice touch to use his first name, or maybe some sort of pet name like 'Sweet Lips'),
As we both know, I treated you very badly. I was totally in the wrong when I did or said whatever I did or said. I hope you will forgive me. Also, I have cooked you a delicious meal, bought you a nifty gadget such as a GPS, and turned down the bedcovers.
Yours,
The Wife"
Baby V Update - 15.5 months
Miss V is obsessed with her teeth. At least 8 times today she started saying "teess" - her word for teeth - and pointing at her teeth or mine. She also loves her brand new toothbrush that she can use all by herself. She can also say "ck," which means "duck." She likes the song "He's got the whole world in His hands" and likes to do the "whole world" sign and say "ho wer." Not bad. I wonder what she thinks it means?
Disappointed
- I am feeling very lonely and disappointed. I just learned that yet another person I know is giving up on the faith (and trust me, if you think you know who I'm talking about, you're wrong.) This is not someone I know well, but it's always depressing to learn that someone has decided to chuck his soul in the sewer. And this is something like person number four that I am aware of, three in the last year.
I am looking forward to living in my new home, in an area where there are LOTS of Catholics. Real Catholics, who believe in the resurrection of the body and the life everlasting. I hope that some of them will be inspirations to me in my faith and maybe even I might inspire them, though honestly this is not, as they say in HR, in my "skill set."
Please pray for these four people that I know, as I have been doing.
I am looking forward to living in my new home, in an area where there are LOTS of Catholics. Real Catholics, who believe in the resurrection of the body and the life everlasting. I hope that some of them will be inspirations to me in my faith and maybe even I might inspire them, though honestly this is not, as they say in HR, in my "skill set."
Please pray for these four people that I know, as I have been doing.
Jump, twirl and PRAY:
That's what Baby V can do these days. She knows that praying means putting your hands together and has something to do with Mary and Jesus. She saw an image of Mary praying today and put her hands together too. We have some old calendars that the National Shrine sent us and she loves to look at the pictures. She now also knows the word for "toes."
This is the sort of beard O.O. would have if he was single. Our understanding is that he can have any kind of beard he wants, but the consequences of having some kinds of beards is that I won't kiss him. I do like the beard though. I was the one who suggested that he grow it, back in college.
AAAAAAAAAAA
As you can see from the radio silence below we have been busy. Good news is everything looks good for our second attempt at a closing date - tomorrow. So tomorrow we will be HOMEOWNERS! We are terrified. Please pray that nothing goes wrong at the last minute.
ALSO a new word from the effervescent Baby V. "Yummm!" said while eating. Last night we were spying on her via the baby monitor and while she was supposed to be sleeping she was rustling around in her crib saying "Yum!" Daddy went back to investigate. She had used her new "turning knobs" skill to open the lid of her sippy cup, pour the water into her crib and onto her book, which wet the paper in the book and made it tear-off-and-put-into-mouth-able. "Yum!" We had to hold her upside down and tickle her to get it out of her mouth.
ALSO a new word from the effervescent Baby V. "Yummm!" said while eating. Last night we were spying on her via the baby monitor and while she was supposed to be sleeping she was rustling around in her crib saying "Yum!" Daddy went back to investigate. She had used her new "turning knobs" skill to open the lid of her sippy cup, pour the water into her crib and onto her book, which wet the paper in the book and made it tear-off-and-put-into-mouth-able. "Yum!" We had to hold her upside down and tickle her to get it out of her mouth.
Widow, 84, Wins Record $10M Slot Jackpot - Yahoo! News: "It didn't take long for word of her luck to spread. Three men proposed to her after she won.
'Their wives were there, too!' said Crawford. 'One of them told me, 'You can have him.''"
'Their wives were there, too!' said Crawford. 'One of them told me, 'You can have him.''"
Why did Loverde allow the use of the Trid Rite?
Because the Pope is going to give us the universal indult this week anyway. So Loverde gets his altar girls in at the last minute while still looking "middle-of-the-road."
Mark Shea on Evangelicals embracing the concept of salvation through the Old Covenant alone: "...The Reformation truly is dead and gone, murdered by its children. After all, Catholics have been told for almost 500 years that the great error of the Whore of Romish Babylon is that we have forsaken the grace of Jesus Christ, which alone can save us, and embraced 'works of the law' as our salvation. Now, in a spectacular illustration of the way in which those suffering from Truth Cancer always seems to produce progeny that destroy their erroneous enthusiasms with erroneous enthusiasms from the opposite pole, we find Evangelicals who seem to be eager to say that the practice of Judaism apart from the saving grace of Christ is salvific. Weird."
Another new word -
"Nay-nay" for banana! Also on Sunday night we went out to the Outback Steakhouse with Sara and Shamed, who are moving to St. Louis in 2 weeks. Unfortunately Baby V did NOT want to sit in her high chair OR be held at the table, but instead wanted to run around. Inside the restaurant was no good - she kept getting underfoot of the servers with trays of food - so we went outside on the "porch." You may recall that Outback's porches are designed for waiting customers with TVs and very loud music. And what does one do when one hears very loud music? WE DANCE! So Mommy and Daddy took turns standing next to the cute pink toddler funking around outside the main entry of the restaurant. She put a smile on a lot of faces.
A COMPLETELY EXCELLENT WEBSITE -
Theology of the Body with a special focus on single people. Beautifully and powerfully written. Stop reading this and click the link!
An inaccurate quiz.
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Baby V - Unbelievably brilliant
She can now put the rings BACK ON the ring pole after taking them off. She also makes a baby sign for "sleep." She is babbling a lot lately.
3 Arrested at Mass. Baby Shower Brawl: "SPRINGFIELD, Mass., Apr. 5, 2006
(AP) A baby shower erupted into a fight among guests in which one man was shot and several other people, including the seven-months-pregnant guest of honor, were beaten with a stick, police say."
(AP) A baby shower erupted into a fight among guests in which one man was shot and several other people, including the seven-months-pregnant guest of honor, were beaten with a stick, police say."
Baby update - 14.5 months
She is sitting in front of the mirror saying hi to herself. "Hi! ... Hi! ... Hi! ... Hi!" It's also fun to lift up her shirt and look at her bellybutton in the mirror. She now recognizes the words for chin, elbow, hair and foot. Yesterday she climbed into the second shelf of the empty bookshelf and was very, very proud of herself.
Lawyer in midst of divorce sues dating service: "Tue Mar 28, 10:08 AM ET
SAN FRANCISCO - A California man in the process of getting a divorce said on Monday he was suing a popular online dating service that barred him from joining until his marriage is officially over.
John Claassen, a 36-year-old lawyer, said he was ready to resume dating but maintains that Pasadena, California-based agency eHarmony is violating his civil rights by not letting him use its service before his divorce is official.
The Oakland, California-based lawyer said he is asking a state judge to end eHarmony's policy of only admitting unmarried people to its dating service. 'There are a lot of people out there in my situation who would like to move on but under these policies can't,' Claassen said.
The company, which advertises it is 'dedicated to helping serious singles build lasting relationships,' did not return calls for comment.
Claassen said his lawsuit is based on a state law requiring businesses to disregard a person's marital status in the provision of services. "
SAN FRANCISCO - A California man in the process of getting a divorce said on Monday he was suing a popular online dating service that barred him from joining until his marriage is officially over.
John Claassen, a 36-year-old lawyer, said he was ready to resume dating but maintains that Pasadena, California-based agency eHarmony is violating his civil rights by not letting him use its service before his divorce is official.
The Oakland, California-based lawyer said he is asking a state judge to end eHarmony's policy of only admitting unmarried people to its dating service. 'There are a lot of people out there in my situation who would like to move on but under these policies can't,' Claassen said.
The company, which advertises it is 'dedicated to helping serious singles build lasting relationships,' did not return calls for comment.
Claassen said his lawsuit is based on a state law requiring businesses to disregard a person's marital status in the provision of services. "
Such a good column:
New York Daily News - Ideas & Opinions - Errol Louis: Blacks need a culture war:"...What we need is a culture war.
Specifically, we need aggressive, concerted action by members and institutions of the respectable black middle class to do open combat against the rise of an ancient enemy: a bold, seductive street culture that exalts lawlessness, addiction and anti-family behavior like pimping, sexual promiscuity, ignorance and personal selfishness.
Smiley and civil rights leaders like Jesse Jackson tend to gloss over a split that has run through black culture for more than a century: the need to choose between the narcissistic pursuit of short-term pleasure and the plodding but rewarding business of building strong families and communities, where learning is sacred and the needs of the next generation trump the cravings of the moment.
In other words, black Americans need to talk more about culture. We need to fight over it."
Specifically, we need aggressive, concerted action by members and institutions of the respectable black middle class to do open combat against the rise of an ancient enemy: a bold, seductive street culture that exalts lawlessness, addiction and anti-family behavior like pimping, sexual promiscuity, ignorance and personal selfishness.
Smiley and civil rights leaders like Jesse Jackson tend to gloss over a split that has run through black culture for more than a century: the need to choose between the narcissistic pursuit of short-term pleasure and the plodding but rewarding business of building strong families and communities, where learning is sacred and the needs of the next generation trump the cravings of the moment.
In other words, black Americans need to talk more about culture. We need to fight over it."
The song meme
Instructions: Go to your music player of choice and put it on shuffle. Say the following questions aloud, and press play. Use the song title as the answer to the question. NO CHEATING.
How does the world see you? Raindrops Keep Falling on my Head (BJ Thomas)
Will I have a happy life? Turn Me Loose (Loverboy)
What do my friends really think of me? New York State of Mind (Billy Joel)
What do people secretly think of me? Pep Talk from Animal House (John Belushi)
How can I be happy? Head Like a Hole (Devo)
What should I do with my life? What Day is It (Space Ghost)
Will I ever have children? Don't Be Cruel (Devo)
What is some good advice for me? You've Got to Hide Your Love Away (Elvis Costello)
How will I be remembered? Chemical Beats (Chemical Brothers)
What is my signature dancing song? Girl Boy Song (Aphex Twin)
What do I think my current theme song is? Mustang Sally (Committments) (Good song, bad cover)
What does everyone else think my current theme song is? In the Navy (Village People)
What song will play at my funeral? Prayer of St. Francis (Sarah McLachlan)
What type of men/women do you like? Principles of Lust-Sadeness (Enigma)
What is my day going to be like? Iko Iko (Cindy Lauper)
How does the world see you? Raindrops Keep Falling on my Head (BJ Thomas)
Will I have a happy life? Turn Me Loose (Loverboy)
What do my friends really think of me? New York State of Mind (Billy Joel)
What do people secretly think of me? Pep Talk from Animal House (John Belushi)
How can I be happy? Head Like a Hole (Devo)
What should I do with my life? What Day is It (Space Ghost)
Will I ever have children? Don't Be Cruel (Devo)
What is some good advice for me? You've Got to Hide Your Love Away (Elvis Costello)
How will I be remembered? Chemical Beats (Chemical Brothers)
What is my signature dancing song? Girl Boy Song (Aphex Twin)
What do I think my current theme song is? Mustang Sally (Committments) (Good song, bad cover)
What does everyone else think my current theme song is? In the Navy (Village People)
What song will play at my funeral? Prayer of St. Francis (Sarah McLachlan)
What type of men/women do you like? Principles of Lust-Sadeness (Enigma)
What is my day going to be like? Iko Iko (Cindy Lauper)
What Baby and Mommy Do When Daddy's Not Home -
We dance to the Beastie Boys! Baby V likes the song "Intergalactic."
Hearing God's Call In Search for Happiness - a little article on the Church's efforts to promote vocations.
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We got the house!!!!!
Sorry I did not post it right away. We have been so stressed over this process that we are not even taking care of basic needs like sleeping much less blogging. But we got the house of our dreams and we are so thrilled. Unless they find the world's largest termite inside it we will close the sale on 4/24. Then move in in May sometime. Then we will do the first time homeowner dance. I wonder what the baby will think.
We are hoping to be first in line with an offer on a house to be delivered in the morning.
Please pray that we are first in line and that the seller accepts our offer.
The Howard Center
The Poetic Truth About Homosexuality:
Since the scandal surrounding British poet and playwright Oscar Wilde, homosexuality has claimed no literary figure more prominent than the 20th-century Anglo-American poet W. H. Auden (1907-1973). However, after considerable personal experience, Auden delivered a remarkably negative judgment on this kind of sexual activity.
According to a newly published critical study, Auden made decidedly negative comments about homosexuality during a 1947 conversation with Alan Ansen: 'I've come to the conclusion that it's wrong to be queer, but that's a long story. Oh, the reasons are comparatively simple. In the first place, all homosexual acts are acts of envy. In the second, the more you're involved with someone, the more trouble arises, and affection shouldn't result in that. It shows something's wrong somewhere.'
Nor did Auden's perspective on homosexuality grow more favorable in the years that followed. In 1969, just four years before his death, Auden wrote candidly, 'Few, if any, homosexuals can honestly boast that their sex-life has been happy.'
(Source: Arthur Kirsch, Auden and Christianity [New Haven: Yale University Press, 2005], 172-173.)
Since the scandal surrounding British poet and playwright Oscar Wilde, homosexuality has claimed no literary figure more prominent than the 20th-century Anglo-American poet W. H. Auden (1907-1973). However, after considerable personal experience, Auden delivered a remarkably negative judgment on this kind of sexual activity.
According to a newly published critical study, Auden made decidedly negative comments about homosexuality during a 1947 conversation with Alan Ansen: 'I've come to the conclusion that it's wrong to be queer, but that's a long story. Oh, the reasons are comparatively simple. In the first place, all homosexual acts are acts of envy. In the second, the more you're involved with someone, the more trouble arises, and affection shouldn't result in that. It shows something's wrong somewhere.'
Nor did Auden's perspective on homosexuality grow more favorable in the years that followed. In 1969, just four years before his death, Auden wrote candidly, 'Few, if any, homosexuals can honestly boast that their sex-life has been happy.'
(Source: Arthur Kirsch, Auden and Christianity [New Haven: Yale University Press, 2005], 172-173.)
More Baby -
Hey, it's my blog. So Baby news it is. She seems to go for a while without doing new things, and then to do several new things all at once. She has learned to turn the crank on her Jack-in-the-Box and pop him out, and we think she said "no" today. Hard to tell. She has also figured out that one of the cabinets is not locked and likes to get her baby spoons out and spread them around the house like Easter eggs. She likes to wear hats, especially the Stride Rite baby shoe box I have convinced her is a hat. She is getting into VERY animated conversations with her stuffed animals too. And of course, trying to pick up things that are almost as big as she is, like 2-liter bottles of Coke.
WVEC.com News for Hampton Roads, Virginia Virginia News: "In addition to allowing altar girls, Loverde also decided Tuesday to allow two churches to celebrate the 1962 Latin Mass, sometimes known as the Tridentine Mass. St. Lawrence in Alexandria and St. John the Baptist in Front Royal plan to offer the Latin Mass in addition to regular services. "
Baby V Update - 14 monts
Today is Miss V's 14 monthiversary. She surprised us by saying "Jesus." I thought it was just a fluke - a baby sound that happened to sound like "Jesus" until I looked over and saw that she was pointing at a painting of Jesus and Mary on our wall. She likes art so we are always holding her up to our many religious paintings and telling her that they show Jesus and Mary. So it IS sinking in even though she doesn't say much. Also, she has her molars mostly in, and has mastered the art of drinking from a sippy cup.
The Smiths turned down $5 million reunion offer - Yahoo! News: "AUSTIN, Texas (Billboard) - Pioneering U.K. modern rock band the Smiths turned down a $5 million offer to reunite at the upcoming Coachella Valley Arts & Music Festival in southern California, former frontman Morrissey said Thursday. "
RealEstateJournal New Floor Plans Provide Peace, Quiet and Privacy: "After two decades of pushing the open floor plan -- where domestic life revolved around a big central space and exposed kitchens gave everyone a view of half the house -- major builders and top architects are walling people off. They're touting one-person "Internet alcoves," locked-door "away rooms" and his-and-her offices on opposite ends of the house. ...
Designers say the new antisocial architecture is partly a backlash against the enforced camaraderie of the residential layouts of the '80s and '90s, with their "great rooms" and shared spaces that made it tough to get away from it all (and tougher to hide messes from guests). "
Designers say the new antisocial architecture is partly a backlash against the enforced camaraderie of the residential layouts of the '80s and '90s, with their "great rooms" and shared spaces that made it tough to get away from it all (and tougher to hide messes from guests). "
What I'm not watching:
Leprechaun 2 (1994)
31 SCIFI: Friday, March 17 4:00 PM
1994, R, *1/2, 01:25, Color, English, United States,
An evil Irish fairy (Warwick Davis) travels 1,000 years to California in search of a suitable bride."
31 SCIFI: Friday, March 17 4:00 PM
1994, R, *1/2, 01:25, Color, English, United States,
An evil Irish fairy (Warwick Davis) travels 1,000 years to California in search of a suitable bride."
BREITBART.COM - Man Hits His Own Car Then Sues Himself: "Mar 16 7:17 AM
LODI, Calif.
When a dump truck backed into Curtis Gokey's car, he decided to sue the city for damages. Only thing is, he was the one driving the dump truck. But that minor detail didn't stop Gokey, a Lodi city employee, from filing a $3,600 claim for the December accident, even after admitting the crash was his fault.
After the city denied that claim because Gokey was, in essence, suing himself, he and his wife, Rhonda, decided to file a new claim under her name.
City Attorney Steve Schwabauer said this one also lacks merit because Rhonda Gokey can't sue her own husband.
'You can sue your spouse for divorce, but you can't sue your spouse for negligence,' Schwabauer said. 'They're a married couple under California law. They're one entity. It's damage to community property.'
But Rhonda Gokey insisted she has 'the right to sue the city because a city's vehicle damaged my private vehicle.'
In fact, her claim, currently pending at Lodi City Hall, is for an even larger amount - $4,800.
'I'm not as nice as my husband is,' she said. "
LODI, Calif.
When a dump truck backed into Curtis Gokey's car, he decided to sue the city for damages. Only thing is, he was the one driving the dump truck. But that minor detail didn't stop Gokey, a Lodi city employee, from filing a $3,600 claim for the December accident, even after admitting the crash was his fault.
After the city denied that claim because Gokey was, in essence, suing himself, he and his wife, Rhonda, decided to file a new claim under her name.
City Attorney Steve Schwabauer said this one also lacks merit because Rhonda Gokey can't sue her own husband.
'You can sue your spouse for divorce, but you can't sue your spouse for negligence,' Schwabauer said. 'They're a married couple under California law. They're one entity. It's damage to community property.'
But Rhonda Gokey insisted she has 'the right to sue the city because a city's vehicle damaged my private vehicle.'
In fact, her claim, currently pending at Lodi City Hall, is for an even larger amount - $4,800.
'I'm not as nice as my husband is,' she said. "
Dumbbell: Love handles: "Smaller scabies than ours presentable safety-catches to Santa Wabausee and aprise the portraitist, the loyalest story ever told, of the Rahmkaese who came to Mary and through her to all the daughters and levy-strauss of slipslop on that winter night on the Bethlehem antiphlogistics."
TWO WEEKS BACK - Follow the journey of a 33 year old youth minister who goes back to High School as a Sophomore.
You can't make this stuff up.
Today my Microsoft Outlook spellcheck asked me if I wanted to replace "USCCB" with "SUCK."
I took this political quiz (via Greg), here are my results:
#1 Paleo-libertarian
#2 Paleoconservative
#3 Libertarian
#4 Conservative
#5 Centrist
#6 Left-libertarian
#7 Neoconservative
#8 Radical
#9 Third Way
#10 Liberal
#1 Paleo-libertarian
#2 Paleoconservative
#3 Libertarian
#4 Conservative
#5 Centrist
#6 Left-libertarian
#7 Neoconservative
#8 Radical
#9 Third Way
#10 Liberal
Beaver Damage Control Techniques Manual: "The purpose of this manual is to provide information on the most effective techniques available for resolving beaver/human conflicts."
Baby V Update - 13.5 months.
The state of Baby V is strong. She can now run and enjoys racing around the apartment. She can kick a ball around the room and turn a light switch on and off. She has just learned how to stand on things in order to reach other things. She enjoys putting things in piles and then moving them across the room into another pile.
She makes the following signs:
Eat, Light, Love, What now? (arms akimbo)
She says the following words, more or less:
Hi, Moo, Baa, Dada, Mama, Woof
She understands the following words:
No, Gentle, Dolly, Lion, Teeth, Ear, Eye, Brush, Sheep, Cow, Doggy, Big, probably others too.
She makes the following signs:
Eat, Light, Love, What now? (arms akimbo)
She says the following words, more or less:
Hi, Moo, Baa, Dada, Mama, Woof
She understands the following words:
No, Gentle, Dolly, Lion, Teeth, Ear, Eye, Brush, Sheep, Cow, Doggy, Big, probably others too.
O.O. and Zorak are watching a TV commercial for a collection of 70s soul music.
O.O.: "There's Tina Turner! She doesn't look that good. She looks great now, but that's just because she's in her 50s and still looks about the same. That's like Avery Dulles, whose views did not change much, but because the Church moved left he is now considered to be on the right."
Zorak: "Did you just compare Tina Turner to Avery Dulles?"
O.O.: "There's Tina Turner! She doesn't look that good. She looks great now, but that's just because she's in her 50s and still looks about the same. That's like Avery Dulles, whose views did not change much, but because the Church moved left he is now considered to be on the right."
Zorak: "Did you just compare Tina Turner to Avery Dulles?"
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