ITS LENT..ITS LENT....TODAY I MUST REPENT

BECAUSE...the day before yesterday i put together a mother of a marinade for a pork tenderloin...it was goooood...and i marinaded the hunk of meat overnight. yesterday afternoon as i was starting to think about my side dishes i realized....its Ash wed...i CANT serve meat.....

me being me...i talked myself into baking it and serving it anyways....
you know...we humans can really talk ourselves into anything we want...or out of anything we want....
gee...is that the FREE WILL we have all been given???

anyway...it was good...damn good as a matter of fact....
and i kept thinking to myself...oh it is good cuz the devil wants to make sure i realize just how bad i'm being...
it was the kind of good that you slice and eat one and put one on the serving dish...one for me...one for us...one for me...one for us...

my agony was short lived...as my children take over most waking thoughtful moments of my life - i was onto something else....

then came Mass....V was scheduled to serve..but had practice...
i happily took her place...as i simply adore being a EEM.
i have a love affair with Communion.

i had thought about giving up Facebook earlier this year.
it was kind of a joke between a coule of my friends.
i was slowly realizing that i had been sucked into the abyss and my Nosey Roseyness was in full bloom.
i actually love knowing what everyone else is doing...whether it was harvesting plants or shooting bad guys...there was the occasional prayer request...and then the wee hour watch for school to be closed...and the wee hour watch to see who was going to run with me. my feelings had been hurt once..i'll admit it....but that only allowed me an opportunity to relive some teenage angst and put a reality check on life and how really...we never grow up...
and that is ok...sometimes.

after the whole meat ordeal..how could i NOT give up Facebook?

so last night..i changed my profile to say i was signed off...
and like a teenager..i've been waiting to see if anyone cares...
(this is not a fishing for replies here - this is just a dose of reality that i am brave enough to admit to)
i had a wonderful comment from my friend CKJ who gave me teh boost i was looking for..:)
but...will my blog become my facebook?
crap, i'll admit...i was half tempted to open up a damn WORD document and type my random thoughts...

*** feeling badly that i didn't run this morning
*** not sure i'll run tonight
*** sure wish the Ave Maria presenter hadn't cancelled
*** furniture deliver guys here with my new table
*** off for the tax guy
*** have water seeping in thru my walls
*** thank you Karen for the Pink cd...will load into itunes and get it back to you
*** ranya..have no idea what you are doing down there.....


well, i suppose it won't hurt to show ya'll my new table and chairs...i have been wanting something a big smaller and compact. with the bump out of the bar and builtins the dining room area lost some...well...area...and i was constantly moving chairs in and around to get thru to my bedroom...
i took advantage of a 50% off sale and special ordered a table to fit my space...i went ahead and got two bar stools to match...
the chairs are 'big butt' chairs..plenty of room and they are not fabric covered which i love!!
the table itself is more narrow than the average bear..
the leaf however is a different story...
it just adds onto the end of the table...rather than the table pulling apart..
so when the leaf is on it looks really awkward...
i just may have to reorder the table longer and go without the leaf...
mimi is coming over tonight and will help me decide.
i've got to live with it for a couple days.

in other news...my daughters are in love with Appolo Ono...
they had no idea who he was of course until three days ago...and now they can't get enough..V has a picture of him taped to her wall now...and R has preprogrammed the DVR to pick up all of his events...they simply ga ga over him when he is on the TV.

i will admit he is cute...
but i'm just a blond hair boy kinda' girl.

i attempted to watch Curling the other day.
i watched long enough to get some education on the game..
but when those damn women started talking about how to make a play...
and they kept talking...
and talking...
and rehashing it....even AFTER the coach came down..
i had to change the channel...

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and as i sit here jonesen' for a diet pepsi i'll leave you to go get a glass of ice water...the good news is i'll be hydrated for all of my runs from now till Easter..